Understanding Resources

This section lists common elements and discusses resource setup.

Field or Control

Description

Crew Status, Machine Status, and Tool Status

This field is for informational purposes. Values are:

  • Available: The resource is available for use.

  • Pending: The new resource is not yet approved for use in production and cannot be associated with a work center.

  • Unavail (unavailable): The crew is not available, but you can associate it with work centers, tasks, routings, and production. This is only an option for crew status.

  • In Repair: The resource is in repair, but you can associate it with work centers, tasks, routings, and production. This is not an option for crew status.

  • Schd Maint (scheduled maintenance): The resource is scheduled for maintenance. This is not an option for crew status.

Resources are the crews, machines, and tools used at work centers to complete tasks. Resources are consumed for the duration of a task and can be reused after the task is complete. You can also use PeopleSoft Supply Planning to analyze resources.

Before using resources, consider these steps:

  1. If you are using PeopleSoft Asset Management, you can link PeopleSoft Manufacturing machines and tools to asset information maintained in PeopleSoft Asset Management.

    To make that link, define machines and tools as assets in PeopleSoft Asset Management. This link enables you to view detailed machine and tool asset, service, and repair information from the Define Machine page and the Define Tool page.

  2. Define tools as a noncosted item in PeopleSoft Inventory to maintain quantity on-hand information for tools, as well as stock them in regular inventory locations.

    This enables you to purchase, receive, and stock tools without including them in the asset balance.