Understanding Labor Resources

After you have identified which work centers have over-capacity and under-capacity conditions, you should revise labor resources to correct the conditions and balance the workload. When you correct over-capacity and under-capacity conditions, you help maximize the efficiency of the maintenance organization and save costs.

You can use these methods to revise labor resources:

• Change the date to perform the maintenance task.

• Revise the labor resources that are allocated to a work center.

For example, suppose that you have several work orders scheduled on a day that is 40 percent over capacity. You notice the next workday is 35 percent under capacity. You can balance the capacity load by rescheduling a portion of the work orders for the next day. You also can reschedule individual operation sequences (routing steps) on a work order.

You can make short-term revisions to the work center that is responsible for the maintenance tasks. For example, you can:

• Indicate additional resources for a particular workday.

• Add workdays to a workweek.

• Revise the efficiency of the work center.

You can revise work order dates to correct over-capacity and under-capacity conditions. For example, supposed that you have several work orders scheduled on a day that is 40 percent over capacity. You notice the next workday is 35 percent under capacity. You can balance the capacity load by rescheduling a portion of the work orders for the next day. You can also reschedule individual operation sequences (routing steps) on a work order.