Overview of Resource Management
You can define and control resources (people, machines, and so on) during your production process.
Resource Types
You can charge resources based upon their charge type: WIP Move, Manual, PO Move, and PO Receipt.
Manual Resource Transactions
You can manually charge resources associated with discrete job and repetitive schedule operations. Manual resources can be charged as you move assemblies. They can also be charged independent of move transactions resource transaction. You can correct erroneously entered Manual resource charges.
Automatic Resource Transactions
When you move job and schedule assemblies forward in their routing, pre-assigned WIP Move resources are automatically charged at their standard rate. If you move assemblies backward, WIP Move resource charges are reversed.
When you receive purchasing items that are associated with PO Move and PO Receipt resources back from an outside processing supplier, they are automatically charged. In the case or PO Move resources, the purchasing items are also completed at the operation. If you return assemblies to an outside processing supplier or enter correcting receipts for an outside processing supplier, resource charges and moves are reversed.
Resource Requirements
You can add resources to existing routing operations as well as to operations not on the original routing.
Outside Processing Resources
You can assign outside processing resources to job and schedule routing operations. You can move assemblies to and receive them back from these outside operations. The system automatically charges outside processing resources, tracks your supplier costs, and directly interfaces with Oracle Purchasing for closed loop control.
Open Resource Transaction Interface
You can load resource transaction information from external systems -- such as barcode readers, payroll systems, time cards, routing sheets, and custom data entry forms -- into the Open Resource Transaction Interface table. When this data is processed, it is validated, and invalid records are marked so that you can correct and resubmit them. See: Open Resource Transaction Interface.
Flexible Labor Transactions
You can charge person-type resources with or without entering an employee. If you enter an employee, the employee hourly rate is used to calculate the resource charge. Otherwise, the charge is calculated using the standard resource rate.
Actual Rate Resource Transactions
If you define a resource as costed at an actual rate, you can enter the actual rate during a manual resource transaction using the Open Resource Transaction Interface. If you do not enter an actual rate, the standard rate is used, but it is treated as an actual rate.
Automatic Overhead Charging
The appropriate overhead costs are automatically charged as you move assemblies through the shop floor. You can charge overheads directly based on move transactions or based on resource charges. Overhead charges are automatically reversed during a backward move transaction.
Resource Reporting
You can report on resource transactions, efficiencies, and costs by job, repetitive schedule, department, or resource to get a complete history of resource activities. See: Resource Performance Report and Resource Transaction Report.
See Also
Outside Processing
Overview of Resource Transactions
Setting Up Resource Management
