32 Generate a Labor Plan

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Section 32.1, "Generating a Labor Plan"

32.1 Generating a Labor Plan

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From Equipment/Plant Management (G13), choose Maintenance Planning

From Maintenance Planning (G1322), choose Labor Planning

From Labor Planning (G1324), choose Labor Plan Generation

You can generate a labor plan to assist you in planning labor resources for your maintenance tasks. When you generate a labor plan, the system compares available labor resources with the labor resources required by forecasted (planned) work orders and actual (firm) work orders. Based on this comparison, the system generates messages that alert you to over-capacity and under-capacity conditions.

Condition	Description
Over-capacity	When the system identifies an over-capacity condition, fewer labor resources are available than needed. You must adjust your resources or reschedule the sequence of maintenance tasks to correct an over-capacity condition.
Under-capacity	When the system identifies an under-capacity condition, it indicates that your labor resources are not being utilized to their full potential. You should adjust your resources or reschedule the sequence of maintenance tasks in order to better utilize your labor resources.

Ideally, you adjust your resources and schedule your maintenance tasks to achieve a 100-percent capacity throughout your maintenance organization.

When you run the Labor Plan Generation program, the system displays Processing Option Revisions before submitting the job for processing.

After you select the appropriate processing options, the system displays a message that the job was submitted to batch.

32.1.1 Before You Begin

Verify that you have purchased and installed the following systems. You must have installed these systems to be able to generate a labor plan:
- · System 30 - Product Data Management
- · System 31 - Shop Floor Control
- · System 33 - Resource and Capacity Planning
- · System 34 - Material Planning
- · System 40 - Inventory Base and Order Processing
- · System 41 - Inventory Management

You must generate a parts plan before you generate a labor plan. See Section 30.1, "Generating a Parts Plan".

32.1.2 What You Should Know About

Topic	Discussion
Deleting previous planning messages	Every time you generate a labor plan, the system deletes all previous capacity messages, except: Messages that you direct the system to hold Messages that you enter manually See Section 33.2, "Reviewing Labor Messages" for more information about holding messages or entering messages manually.
Setting up critical work centers	A critical work center is a work center that you want the system to include as a demand for labor resources when the system processes a labor plan. When you are selecting data for Labor Plan Generation, JD Edwards World recommends that you set critical work centers not equal to 4. See "Setting Up Work Centers"for more information about setting up critical work centers.

Topic

Discussion

Deleting previous planning messages

Every time you generate a labor plan, the system deletes all previous capacity messages, except:

Messages that you direct the system to hold
Messages that you enter manually

See Section 33.2, "Reviewing Labor Messages" for more information about holding messages or entering messages manually.

Setting up critical work centers

A critical work center is a work center that you want the system to include as a demand for labor resources when the system processes a labor plan. When you are selecting data for Labor Plan Generation, JD Edwards World recommends that you set critical work centers not equal to 4.

See "Setting Up Work Centers"for more information about setting up critical work centers.