How You Manage Work Order Operations Resources

The Work Order Operation Resources contain information about the resource requirements for the Work Order Operations. The Edit Operation Resources action enables you to do the following:

• Add Operation Resources

• Edit Operation Resource Details

• Delete Operation Resources

The following table lists attributes of the work order operation resources:

Name	Description
Resource Sequence Number	Resource Sequence Number is used to define the sequence in which resources work together in finishing the operation. When multiple resource lines have the same resource sequence number, it indicates that the resource is scheduled in parallel, such as simultaneous resource.
Resource Name	Represents the name of the resource.
Code	Represents the code of the resource.
Description	Represents the description of the resource.
Usage Rate	Represents the resource usage required to manufacture per unit of the product.
UOM	Represents the unit of measure of the resource usage.
Inverse	Represents the inverse of the Usage Rate. This is applicable when the resource sage rate is fractional but its inverse is an integer.
Required Usage	Represents the resource usage required to manufacture the work order quantity. This is calculated and defaulted from the Usage rate depending on the Basis type as follows: If Basis is Fixed, then the Required Usage is equal to Usage Rate If Basis is Variable, the Required Usage is equal to Usage Rate multiplied by Work Order Quantity
Scheduled	Indicates if the resource is scheduled or not. The resource can be scheduled, if the unit of measure of the resource belongs to the time unit of measure class specified in the profile SCM Common: Default Service Duration Class (RCS_DEFAULT_UOM_SERVICE_DURATION_CLASS). For any scheduled resource, it's recommended that this profile be set to a UOM class that represents units of measure for Time.
Charge Type	Represents whether the resources are charged manually by the user or automatically when completing the operation.
Job Profile	Represents the job profile for a labor resource.
Equipment Profile	Represents the equipment profile for an equipment resource.
Assigned Units	Represents the number of resource units assigned to perform the operation.
Start Date	Represents the planned start date of the resource and also referred as scheduled start date. The resource start date is generally calculated by the scheduling engine. This is a mandatory attribute. The resource start date must be encompassed within the operation start and completion date
Completion Date	Represents the planned completion date of the resource and also referred as scheduled completion date. The resource completion date is generally calculated by the scheduling engine. This is a mandatory attribute. The resource completion date must be encompassed within the operation start and completion date.
Activity	Represents the activity of the resource in the operation such as setup, run, and tear down.
Principal	Represents a primary resource among the group of simultaneous resources. One of the simultaneous resources must be a principal resource.
Actual Resource Usage	Represents the net actual usage of the assigned resource.

Associating Work Order Operation Resource Instances

As a production supervisor, you can optionally assign resource instances to work order operation resources using the Edit Work Order Operation Resource dialog. If resource type is equal to Equipment, you can assign resource instances representing actual machines used on the shop floor. If resource type is equal to Labor, you can assign resource instances representing actual persons on the shop floor.

You can assign any number of resource instances to a resource and this doesn't affect scheduling of the resource. While assigning resource instances to the work order, by default you will be able to pick those resource instances whose primary work center is the same as the work order operation's work center. However, as a production supervisor, you can search for resource instances belonging to other primary work centers and assign them to this operation resource.

The following table lists attributes of the work order operation resource instances:

Name	Description
Resource Instance Name	Resource instance name is name of the person or equipment associated with the resource.
Identifier	Unique code identifying the resource instance.
Person Type	Represents the type of person associated to the labor resource instance.
Person Name	The name of the person associated to the labor resource instance.
Asset Number	The asset number associated to the equipment resource instance.
Asset Description	The asset number description associated to the equipment resource instance.
Actual Usage	Represents the actual hours charged at the resource instance level.
Program File Name	Indicates the program file associated to the work order operation resource instance. The value is copied from the work definition resource when the resource instance is assigned to the work order operation resource. Note: This is applicable to resources that are set up as automation equipment.
Current Version	The current version of the program file associated to to the work order operation resource instance. Note: This is applicable to resources that are set up as automation equipment.
Equipment Parameters File	Indicates the comma separated value file associated to the work definition operation resource that contains the equipment control attribute values and names of inspection characteristics. Note: This is applicable to resources that are set up as automation equipment.

The equipment profile is validated when assigning work to an equipment resource instance. You can confirm the equipment's qualifications when assigning an equipment resource instance to a manufacturing work order operation. In the event that the equipment resource instance doesn't qualify during the assignment to a work order operation, you receive a warning and can proceed or replace with another qualified equipment resource instance.

The job profile is validated when assigning work to an operator. You can confirm the operator's qualifications when assigning a labor resource instance to a manufacturing work order operation. In the event that the operator does not qualify during the assignment to a work order operation, you receive a warning and can proceed or replace with another qualified operator.