Understanding Labor Plan Generation
You can generate a labor plan to assist you in planning labor resources for the maintenance tasks. When you generate a labor plan, the system compares available labor resources with the labor resources that are 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:
Message |
Description |
|---|---|
Over-capacity Over-capacity: explanation |
When the system identifies an over-capacity condition, fewer labor resources are available than needed. You must adjust the resources or reschedule the sequence of maintenance tasks to correct an over-capacity condition. |
Under-capacity Under-capacity: explained |
When the system identifies an under-capacity condition, it indicates that the labor resources are not being used to their full potential. You should adjust the resources or reschedule the sequence of maintenance tasks to better use the labor resources. |
Ideally, you adjust the resources and schedule the maintenance tasks to achieve 100 percent capacity throughout the maintenance organization.
Every time that you generate a labor plan, the system deletes all of the previous capacity messages, except messages that you direct the system to hold and messages that you enter manually.
When you select data for labor plan generation, it is recommended you set critical work centers not equal to 4. 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 set processing options on the Process tab, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Plant and Equipment Management users should:
Select the same version of inclusion rules for material planning and capacity planning.
Select the Capacity Requirements Planning option to include all work centers in the labor plan.