| | Work Centers (tirou0101m000) Use this session to list and maintain work centers. Work center data is used for cost estimating
and for planning purposes. Note You cannot delete a work center if: - The work center is a main work center with one, or more
sub-work-centers.
- The work center is still active in LN.
Work Center When you define a work center code, you
must find out which work center influences the cost estimates of production
orders. The Type of Operation Rates field in the Standard Cost Calculation Parameters (ticpr0100m000) session determines whether a
work center has an influence on the estimated costs. The Type of Operation Rates field can be set to either Task Relationship Rate or Work Center Rate. The number of work centers need not match
with the number of physical work centers in your organization, as not every
physical work center has an impact on estimated costs. In the Production Planning (tisfc0110m000) session, you can modify the planning by having an
operation carried out at another work center. In that case, the resource units
must be similar. Note - The work center cannot be deleted if used anywhere else in LN.
- Before you can define a work center you must define a
department in the Departments (tcmcs0565m000) session.
Production Department A group of production resources, work centers and work cells, physically related to each other. For example, a
production hall is a production department. SubcontractorIndependent Note This check box allows users to model scenarios and define
master data for production of items with subcontracted tasks or parts, while
the subcontractor is yet to be determined. Subcontractor Note You cannot specify this field if the SubcontractorIndependent check box is selected in the Work Centers (tirou0101m000) session. Enterprise Unit A financially independent part of your organization that
consists of entities such as departments, work centers, warehouses, and
projects. The enterprise unit's entities must all belong to the same logistic
company, but a logistic company can contain multiple enterprise units. An
enterprise unit is linked to a single financial company. When you carry out logistic transactions between enterprise
units, these are posted in the financial companies to which each enterprise
unit is linked. You can define intercompany trade relationships between enterprise units to
determine the terms for internal trade between these units. To use invoicing
and pricing between enterprise units, you must link the enterprise units to
internal business partners. You can use enterprise units to do separate financial
accounting for parts of your business. For example, you can define enterprise
units for separate parts of your organization that belong to one logistic
company, but that are located in different countries. The accounting of each
enterprise unit is performed in each country's national currency, and in the
financial company linked to the enterprise unit. You can change the work center's enterprise
unit in the Departments (tcemm1124m000) session. However, once you
have set up the multisite structure, you can no longer change the enterprise
unit. Actual Calendar Note - If a work center calendar is specified, the actual calendar
equals the work center calendar. If no work center calendar is specified, the
next applicable calendar is used such as that of the related production department.
- You can see the level at which the actual calendar is
defined in the Origin field.
ParentWork Center If the work center is a sub work center of
a main work center, you must enter the code of the main work
center. If you use shared work centers, the secondary work center is always a main work center, even if
the primary work center is a sub work center. Critical Capacity for Planning Specify which capacity is critical when planning. The specified
capacity is used by Enterprise Planning and Project Control network activities: Enterprise Planning Dependent on the value, Enterprise Planning uses man
capacity or machine capacity to express the capacity use in the resource
master/order plan. Project Control network activities
Note JSC does not use this field because in JSC the capacity use
is always expressed in terms of man capacity and in terms of machine
capacity. Initially Hidden Address A full set of address-related details, which include the postal
address, access to telephone, fax, telex numbers, and email, Internet address,
identification for taxation purposes, and routing information. City (Letterhead) The name of the city that must be printed before the date in
the department's letter headings. Finance Company The financial company to which the work center's enterprise
unit is linked. Transactions created by the work center are posted to this
financial company. Operational Company The company to which a department, warehouse, or project
belongs. In most cases, this is the logistic company in which the department,
warehouse, or project was created. Logistic transactions originating from a
department, warehouse, or project can only be created in their operational
company. Manager The code of the employee who is the department
manager. Labor Rate Code The labor rate is used to determine the intercompany price for hours spent on
fulfilling an order or project. Shared Type/ Primary Company Use this field to specify the shared type for a work
center. Primary Company Note This field is not filled if the Shared Type/ Primary Company field
is set to None, or if the field
is set to Secondary and the
secondary work center is not linked to a shared primary work
center. Work Center Calendar A set of definitions, that are used to build a list of calendar
working hours. A calendar is identified by a calendar code and availability type combination. The field is not applicable, when the Work Center Type field is set to Line Station or Buffer. Origin The ID of the session where the actual calendar is
defined. Shop Floor Warehouse A warehouse that stores intermediate inventory in order to
supply work centers. A shop floor warehouse is linked to an individual work
cell, an assembly line, or one or more work centers. A shop floor warehouse can
be supplied with goods using replenishment orders, or by pull-based material
supply. The pull-based material supply methods are: - Order Controlled/Batch (only applicable in Assembly Control).
- Order Controlled/SILS (only applicable in Assembly Control).
- Order Controlled/Single (only applicable in Job Shop Control).
- KANBAN.
- Time-Phased Order Point.
The items stored in the shop-floor warehouse are not part of
the work in process (WIP). When items leave the shop floor warehouse for use in
production, their value is added to the WIP. Backflush Employee The employee number to which hours are posted in People using backflushing. Operation Rate Code The code linked to the work center and used as the work center
rate. Note You must define operation codes in the Operation Rate Codes (ticpr0150m000) session. This field is only enabled if: - The Type of Operation Rates parameter in the Standard Cost Calculation Parameters (ticpr0100m000) session is Work Center Rate or Task Relationship/Work Center Rate.
- The Work Center Type is
not Subcontracting.
Costing Work Center A work center, linked to a planning work center, that is used
to calculate the end item unit costs, WIP transfers, and production results
used to hold the financial transactions related to production orders. The link between a costing work center, and a planning work
center enables you to replan production order operations again. If required,
you can change the work center that is used to carry out an operation without
modifying the costing process. Note If the work center is of the Sub Work Center type, the costing work center of the sub-work-center's main
work center is automatically displayed. However, you can change the costing
work center in this field. Operation Rate Code of Costing W/C Week Capacity [Hours] The weekly capacity of each resource unit in the work center.
This value is used to calculate the normal capacity of a work center by week,
which is displayed in work center utilization reports. Basic Day Capacity[Hours] The daily capacity of each resource unit in the work center.
This value is used to calculate the normal capacity of a work center by day,
which is displayed in work center utilization reports. Number of Machines LN searches for all machines allocated to a
work center by means of the Machines (tirou0102m000) session. The number of machines for a work center is
calculated as follows: number of machines = sum of weekly capacities of all machines linked to work center / weekly capacity of work center The work center's weekly capacity is
defined in the Week Capacity [Hours] field of this session. The number of machines and the number of
operators that is linked to a work center is used to calculate the work
center's available capacity. Example | Work center A | 40 hrs/week | | Machine A | 40 hrs/week | | Machine B | 60 hrs/week |
Number of machines = (40+60)/40 =
2.50 Number of Operators Each work center is a department. LN searches for all
operators assigned to the department by means of the Employees - General (tccom0101m000) session, and sums up their weekly capacities. The
number of operators for a work center is calculated as follows: number of operators = sum of weekly capacities of all operators linked to work center / weekly capacity of the work center The employees' weekly capacities are
entered in the Employment field in
the Employees - People (bpmdm0101m000) details session. The work center's weekly
capacity is defined in the Work Centers (tirou0101m000) details session. The number of machines and the number of
operators that is linked to a work center are used to calculate the work
center's available capacity. Example Current date: 2000-11-07 Work center A: 40 hrs /week | Employee | First date | Last date | Hrs/week | | A | 2000-01-01 | 2000-12-31 | 40 | | B | 2000-01-01 | 2000-10-31 | 20 | | C | 2000-01-01 | 0 | 30 |
Number of operators = (40 + 30) /40 = 1.75,
because the hours of employee A is 40 and employee C is 30. The hours of
employee B are ignored as the Last Date is set to 2000 -10
-31 (the date earlier to current date), and hence B is no longer the employee
for the date set. Time Unit The time unit in which Wait Time and Queue Time are
expressed. The time unit of the sub-work-center can be the same as the time
unit of its main work center. If the time unit relates to the queue time, Days and Hours must
be interpreted as days and hours in the working time calendar that is linked to
the work center. If the time unit relates to the wait time, no calendar is
used. The availability of time is considered as 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Queue Time The amount of time that an order remains at a work center
before setup, or work is performed. The queue time is used in lead time
calculation. The queue time is expressed in days or hours. The days or hours
must be interpreted as days and hours in the working time calendar that is
linked to the work center. If the Time Unit field is Days, LN rounds the entered
values of the lead times to integer values. Wait Time The time that an order remains at a work center after an
operation is completed until it is moved to the next operation. LN does not plan wait times according to a specific calendar. Planning of the wait
time is based on a 7 * 24 hours week schedule. A typical example is the time required for drying after the
application of paint. When LN calculates the start
times and end times of planned orders based on the routing, LN considers the wait
time. The wait time is expressed in days or hours. The days or hours do not
relate to a calendar. The availability of time is considered as 24
hours a day, seven days a week. If the Time Unit field is Days, LN rounds the entered
values of the lead times to integer values. The plan buffer created by the wait time
enables you to build in a certain tolerance between successive operations,
which makes it possible to shift operations in case planning must be
adjusted. Note This field is not accessible if the Work Center Type field is Costing, Line Station or Buffer. Move Time The time that a semifinished good is in transit from one
operation to the next operation. After the last operation, the move time is the
time required to transfer the finished good to the warehouse. Move time is one of the lead-time elements LN plans according to a
specific calendar. If the Time Unit field is Days, LN rounds the entered
values of the lead times to integer values. Constraint Type Specify the type of constrained type for the work
center. Constraint Time Fence A reference date against which processes or statuses are
evaluated. Example The assembly order time fence on an assembly line defines the
end date of the period for which assembly orders must be created. If this time
fence is 100 days, assembly orders must be created for product variants whose
planned offline date is between now and 100 days. Similarly, a time fence can
define when line station orders must be frozen, updated, and so on. Desired Queue The difference between the output and input of a work cell required by the user. This value is the default for initial queue
calculations. Use rough PCS capacity requirement In PCS network planning, the work center's capacity can be
consumed by: - PCS rough capacity, which is defined in the Activities (tipcs4101m000) session
- Capacity required for JSC production orders and planned
production orders in Enterprise Planning.
This check box determines how the work center's capacity
is consumed: - If this check box is cleared, the work center's
available capacity is consumed by the capacity required for the JSC production
orders and planned production orders in Enterprise Planning. The
rough capacity requirements defined in the Activities (tipcs4101m000) session are not taken into account.
- If this check box is selected, the PCS rough capacity
defined for activities in PCS, and the capacity required for JSC production
orders and planned production orders in Enterprise Planning are
subtracted from the work center's available capacity. Therefore, double
consumption of work center capacity occurs.
Print Instructions If you use a microrouting, you can define
instructions for production orders for each operation and for each operation step. If the value of this field is Yes, those
instructions are printed. You can only use Not Applicable as a value if the Work Center Type is Sub Work Center. Consequently, the sub-work-center inherits its main work
center's value of the Print Instructions field. Device for Printing Labels Specify the device used to print labels. Device for Printing Labels If this check box is selected, the work center is a repair cell for repetitive manufacturing, and cannot be used for other
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