Assign Resources to a Work Center

Now that you have created a work center, assign some resources to it. You can assign the resources that are either labor or equipment.

1. Click the work center link to which you want to assign resources.

2. On the Edit Work Center page, click the Add icon in the Resource Availability section.

3. Select the resource name.

4. In the Default Units Available field, provide the total number of resource units available in the work center.

5. Select the Available 24 Hours check box if this resource is working round the clock.

   Leave it unchecked if you want the resource to be available in shifts. You must allocate these resource units to specific shifts.

   24 hour resources are available all 24 hours (midnight to midnight) on all working days of the calendar. Work center resource exceptions can't be defined for such resources. However, when you define a shift exception in the production calendar, the 24 hour resources become completely available when you add shifts on a non-working day or become unavailable when you remove all shifts of a working day.

6. Select the Check Capable to Promise check box if you want the Global Order Promising engine to consider the capacity of this resource during order promising.

7. In the Utilization field, enter the percentage of the resource time available for manufacturing.

   For example, if you enter 50%, the scheduler doubles the length of time that the resource is required to complete a work order.

8. In the efficiency field, enter the percentage of the time a resource takes to complete manufacturing operations.

9. Click OK.

10. Click Save and Close.

You can also add resources to a work center while creating a work center.

Here's an example of how you can assign the resources to work centers.

Figure 4 An illustration of how you can assign the resources to work centers.