>The client doesn't want to spend more than they have already. :0) That is a constraint as much as the others.
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>I would like an "easy" method for the "production operator" to create each roll line (in my grid), so that the "weighing operator" doesn't have to create this entry as he/he is weighing each roll. The weigher would be aware of the "incoming" produced item before they arrive in his section, and would only be responsible for weighinng.
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>I wouldn't like to take the pressure off the production operators and throw it on a couple of weighing operators.
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>Do you think it is reasonable to create the "package" you mentioned as an alternative, and along with the package, create all the roll records when preparing this package, or am I asking for trouble? In other words, as with the pevious example, asn order of 100 rolls, would automaticaly append 100 items in my production file for that particular job, before the rolls get produced, waiting foe the qc updates?

Speaking from a milder experience (my production line had fery few events in a day, because their operations took hours and they only made a few products a day) I'd say: why not. You have an order, therefore there will be events in the production line. It's just a matter of wise manipulation of the production item's status. You can just create the 100 records, mark them as "ready for production" and then change their status as they get to the weighing station and QC. If ever you have old records which still have this status, you can probably mark them with "order cancelled" or something. Could be easier than handling records one by one.

You can print the sheet(s) of barcode stickers and have an accompanying sheet(s) with the checkboxes to follow the whole amount, so the operators would only fill the checkboxes (by hand, on site, not having to walk to the PC) for the failed ones. The whole batch (rolls with stickers on them, and the sheets) gets to the weighing station and the operators there do the final status entry. Just have them mark all that have any other status as "OK - verified", so they'd have to do some entry only for those few which are different.

I don't know whether I guessed your environment properly, but you can probably twist this to your needs.