Calendar Exceptions (tcccp0144m000)

	Calendar Exceptions (tcccp0144m000) Use this session to define calendar exceptions. Related topics Overview of calendar and shifts functionality Defining a calendar Defining exceptions Efficiency factors Capacity percentage Calendar The calendar code and availability type combination by which the calendar working hours are defined. To change the calendar/availability type combination for which LN displays the working hours and capacity data, click the Find Record icon. Sequence Number The number that identifies a data record. Note To insert a single recurrence more than once, such as to define multiple shifts, you must enter different sequence numbers. Recurrence A repetition of dates, such as “Biweekly on Mondays and Fridays”, “The 27th of each month”, or “The first Monday in June of every 5th year”. Related topics Defining recurrences Rolling recurrence Description The calendar recurrence's description. Related topics Defining recurrences Rolling recurrence Available This check box defines whether the specified working hours are available to perform work. If this check box is selected, resources linked to this calendar and availability type are available on the specified working times. If this check box is cleared, the linked resources are not available during the entire day specified, regardless of the value of the Working Hours Type field and the times you specify in the Start Time and End Time field. Shift Name Working Hours Type A type of time interval such as Monday morning, Wednesday afternoon, or service weekend. For a working hours type, you can define defaults for start time and end time. Note The Use Working Hours Types check box in the Calendar Parameters (tcccp0100m000) session must be selected. Start Time The start time and end times of the working hours. Capacity Percentage The maximum utilization percentage of a resource for this working hours type. For example, if you enter 80 here, a resource cannot be used for more than 80% of the working hours of the corresponding working hours type. By default, LN sets the value of the Capacity Percentage field to 100%. Note Do not confuse efficiency factors with capacity percentages. Efficiency factors affect the lead-time calculation for which the corresponding calendar is used. In other words, they influence the speed at which the work is carried out. Capacity percentages give information about the utilization rate of a resource. Efficiency Factor A variable that LN uses to take into account differences in the daily availability of a resource, such as when working overtime, hiring extra staff, or working in different shifts. For example, if an employee works six hours out of a possible eight hours on a project, the efficiency factor is 0.75. Efficiency factors influence the lead-time calculation in Enterprise Planning. You can use the efficiency factor to do the following: Take more efficient working resources into account in the planning of job shop operations. For example, if a certain employee works better in the morning than in the afternoon, you enter an efficiency factor of 1.1 for the calendar line with the working hours type from 09:00 to 12:00. Shorten the lead time of operations by hiring extra resource for certain work. Note Do not confuse efficiency factors with capacity percentages. Efficiency factors affect the lead-time calculation for which the corresponding calendar is used. In other words, they influence the speed at which the work is carried out. Capacity percentages give information about the utilization rate of a resource. Overtime If this check box is selected, the working hours are defined as overtime.