Adding and Updating Resource Requirements
You can add and update resources as you add and update operations. You can add resources that are not pre-assigned to job or repetitive schedule routing operations. You can add resources to jobs and schedules that do not have operations.
You can add resource requirements regardless of their charge type: Manual, PO Move, PO Receipt, or WIP Move. When you add a resource with an charge type of PO Move, PO Receipt, or WIP Move, the resource is added to the job or repetitive schedule as a Manual resource.
Prerequisites
You must assign a resource to the department that is associated with the operation before you can add the resource as a requirement at that operation. See: Assigning Resources to a Department.
To add or update resource requirements:
1. Navigate to the Operations window.
2. Select the Job or repetitive Line and Assembly.
3. If you select a line and assembly, choose the repetitive schedule by selecting the first unit start date of that schedule. If you have selected a discrete job, the system displays the scheduled start date of the job.
4. Optionally, choose the Find button to populate the Operations region.
5. From the Operations regions, select the operation Sequence.
If you are adding a resource, the operation Sequence specifies at which operation to add the resource.
7. In the Main alternative region of the Resource Requirements window, select or enter the resource Sequence number.
Valid sequence numbers range from 1 to 9999 inclusive.
8. Select the resource Name.
You can add any resource that is assigned to the department of the operation you have selected. You can also add any multi- departmental resource.
I am not sure where to put this information. "You can assign only one PO move resource to an operation." Seems strange to start talking about charge types here (see Select a Charge Type below).
Attention: You cannot update a resource if you have charged the resource to a job or schedule.
Resource basis options are as follows:
Item: Charge and schedule the resource on an item-by-item basis. Select Item when resource times and costs are dependent on the job or schedule quantity, such as when charging per unit labor costs.
Lot: Charge and schedule the resource on a 'one per' job or schedule basis. Select Lot when resource times and costs are independent of quantity, such as when setting up a machine to run an entire job.
You cannot update the resource basis if you have charged against the resource.
Value: Enter a Value if you know how much of the resource is consumed at the operation (per item or per lot) given the resource UOM. For example, if your manufacturing process consumes a mold (resource UOM=EA) for every 5 items produced, enter a Value of 0.2 (1/5). When you enter the Value of 0.2, the Inverse is automatically calculated as 5. In other words, producing one unit consumes 0.2 of the mold.
Inverse: Enter an Inverse if you know the number of units a resource can process given the resource UOM. For example, if you can process 10 units on a Lathe (resource UOM = HR) in an hour, enter an Inverse of 10. When you enter the Inverse of 10 the Value is automatically calculated as 0.1 (1/10). In other words, each unit takes 0.1 hours to process.
You cannot enter a quantity less than zero for resources with time-based units of measure. When you enter the usage rate or amount, the inverse usage rate or amount is automatically supplied.
When you add a resource, the number of assigned units default value of 1. The number of Assigned Units must be greater than zero.
You cannot update this value if the resource is available 24 hours, such as a drying area. In this case, the default of 1 cannot be changed.
The number of assigned units affects the scheduling of jobs and repetitive schedules. If you assign more than the default number of resource units, less elapsed time is scheduled for the operation.
For example, if you have an operation that normally takes a machine 10 hours to complete, and you assign 2 machines, then only 5 hours are scheduled for the resource at that operation. You should only assign multiple resource units if they work simultaneously at an operation.
Attention: You should not assign multiple resource units unless each resource charges at the same rate. For example, if you have 2 person-type resources performing the same task at an operation, you can create 1 resource and assign 2 units if each person works at the same rate, charges at the same rate, and works in parallel on a job or schedule. If not, then you should create 2 separate resources at the operation.
Yes: The resource's start and completion dates and times are used to schedule the job or repetitive schedule operation.
No: The resource's start and completion dates and times are not used to schedule the job or repetitive schedule operation.
Prior: The resource's completion date and time are scheduled to overlap the completion date and time of the first scheduled resource (Scheduled option is Yes) of the previous operation which is earlier than a Next resource. This option is useful, for example, when applied to setup resources that can work in parallel with work in previous operations.
Next: The resource's start date and time are scheduled to overlap the start date and time of the first scheduled resource (Scheduled option is Yes) of the next operation which is earlier than a Prior resource. This option is useful, for example, when applied to a teardown operation that can work in parallel with work in next operations.
To enter or update resource cost information:
1. In the Costing alternative region, select the Activity.
If you choose the standard rate option, the resource is charged at its resource unit cost. If you charge an outside processing resources at the standard, Oracle Purchasing computes any purchase price variance and posts it to the variance account for the resource.
If you choose non-standard, you can manually charge the resource at the employee rate or at actual cost. If the resource is a non-standard, outside processing resource, its costs are derived from the purchase order it is associated with.
Attention: Non-standard is recommended if you import charges from an outside labor system and want to enter actual costs or an employee's labor rate.
You cannot change the standard rate option if you have charged the resource to the job or repetitive schedule.
You can select any charge type if the resource is defined as an outside processing resource. However, you can only select PO Receipt if the department of the current operation has a location assigned to it, and you can only select PO Move if the department of the next operation has a location assigned to it. Also, you can only assign one PO Move resource to an operation.
Charge types are defined as follows:
PO Receipt: Resources with this charge type are automatically charged when purchase orders are received. However, the assembly items associated with theses resources are not automatically moved to the next operation. They must be manually moved. See: Performing Move Transactions
PO Move: Resources with this charge type are automatically charged upon receipt of a purchase order and the assembly items associated with theses resources are moved to the Queue intraoperation step of the next operation, or to the To move intraoperation step if there is no next operation.
See Also
Overview of Work in Process Costing
Overview of Work in Process Scheduling
Adding and Updating Operations
Overview of Resource Requirements
