User Guide

The Overview tab explains how the WLF system works. Read it before using any other section, especially if this is your first time encountering the Producer Quotient (PQ). It covers the formula, the assumptions behind the 120 man-hour baseline, a worked numeric example, and a plain-language guide to interpreting what a high or low PQ actually means.

Nothing in this tab is interactive. It is a reference document. Return to it any time you need to explain the system to a commander, a new producer, or an IG inspector.

The Task Library is the shared list of product types and their Workload Factors. It is pre-loaded with the 19 task types from SOP 80-07. Every station on the network reads from this same list when calculating their PQ.

Modifying a WLF

Click into the WLF (MH) field for any task and type the revised value. The change saves automatically after you stop typing. When you change a WLF, the task's status automatically changes from Active to Modified. Always fill in the Justification field to explain why the value was changed — this creates an audit trail.

Task Status Flags

Adding a New Task Type

Click + ADD TASK to create a new row. Fill in the task name, a brief description, a proposed WLF, and a justification. New tasks start with Proposed status. An RMB or RMC should review proposed tasks before they are used in official PQ calculations — change the status to Active once approved.

Only custom (non-SOP) tasks can be permanently deleted. SOP tasks can only be deprecated.

Exporting the Task Library

Use EXPORT JSON to download a machine-readable copy of the full task library (useful for archiving or migration). Use EXPORT CSV to open the list in Excel or include it in a report.

The Calculator lets you compute your station's Producer Quotient for a given month. Enter your staffing situation, then log how many of each product type you produced. Results update in real time as you type.

Your monthly production quantities are saved locally in your browser — they are not shared with other stations. Each station enters their own numbers. The calculator is a working pad; use the Network Rollup (Section 4) to share final monthly totals.

Staffing Panel

Production Input

For each task type in the library, enter the quantity your station produced this month in the Qty Produced column. The man-hours column calculates automatically (Qty × WLF). You can also override the WLF directly in the calculator if you need to use a one-time local value without changing the shared library.

Tasks marked Deprecated are hidden from this list. All others appear, including Proposed tasks.

Results Panel

The Network Rollup provides a consolidated view of production output across all AFN stations. All 25 stations have been pre-loaded. Each station updates their own row monthly; RMBs and RMCs use this tab to see the full network picture.

How a Station Updates Their Row

1. Open the Network Rollup tab.
2. Find your station's card in the list. Cards are sorted by echelon (RMC first, then RMB, then Station) and then alphabetically.
3. Update Total MH Produced with your station's total man-hours for the month. You can get this number from the Calculator (Section 3) — it is the "Total MH Produced" figure in the Results panel.
4. Update Assigned, TDY Days Lost, Equipment Downtime, and Skill Modifier to reflect this month's actuals. Fields save automatically after you stop typing.
5. The summary table at the bottom updates immediately.

Summary Table Columns

Exporting the Rollup

Click EXPORT CSV to download the full network summary as a spreadsheet. This is useful for monthly reporting, commander's briefs, or trend analysis over time. The export includes all columns visible in the summary table.

The Calibration Log is a shared, network-wide record of actual time-on-task data. When a producer completes a product, a manager can log how long it actually took — not what the WLF says it should take, but the real-world time from assignment to delivery.

Over time, this log becomes the evidence base for updating WLFs in the Task Library. The averages table at the top of this section shows how actual times compare to current WLFs across all logged entries, for every task type.

Adding a Log Entry

1. Select your station name from the Station Name field. Type it manually — use the official station name (e.g., "AFN Sasebo").
2. Select the Task Type from the dropdown. This list pulls from the shared Task Library.
3. Enter the Date the product was delivered.
4. Enter Actual Time Spent in hours, to the nearest 0.25. This is total time from assignment to final approved delivery — not just edit time.
5. Enter the number of Producers Involved. If a producer and a manager both worked on it, enter 2.
6. If the product required rework after initial client approval, toggle Required Rework to Yes and enter the additional hours spent.
7. Add any relevant Notes: equipment issues, producer experience level, unusual complexity. The more context, the more useful the data.
8. Click ADD ENTRY. The entry saves to the shared database immediately.

Reading the Averages Table

The averages table compares the mean actual time (including rework) against the current SOP WLF for each task type that has been logged. The variance bar shows the direction and magnitude of the difference:

• Red / positive variance — producers are consistently taking longer than the WLF suggests. The WLF may be too low, or the team may need additional support.
• Yellow — actual times are within 15% of the WLF. This is a normal operating range.
• Green / negative variance — producers are completing work faster than the WLF. The WLF may be too high, or the team is particularly efficient on this task type.

When a task type shows a consistent and significant variance across multiple stations and entries, that is the signal to open a conversation about updating the WLF in Section 2.

What Makes a Good Log Entry

• Log products after they are fully complete and approved — not mid-production.
• Include rework time honestly. Revision cycles are a real production cost and are invisible to the WLF system without this data.
• Note anything unusual in the Notes field. A great log entry includes the context that explains the number.
• Log regularly — monthly at minimum. Sporadic data produces unreliable averages.

The Staffing Model Reference is a static reference section. It displays the AFN standard station construct, explains the expected 75% fill rate and what it means in practice, and provides a side-by-side scenario comparison showing how the Producer Quotient changes at 100%, 75%, and 50% fill rates for a fixed production output.

This section is designed to support briefings and staffing discussions. Use it to explain to a commander why a PQ that looks low may actually represent a team working near full capacity given their fill rate, or why a PQ that looks healthy masks a seriously under-manned station.

Nothing in this tab is editable. The scenario comparison uses the worked example from Section 1 (139 man-hours of output) as its fixed production baseline.