Shared Work Center Relationships (tirou3100m000)

Use this session to assign a part of the capacity of a primary work center to several different secondary work centers, each in a different company.

When you create the relationship, the data about the primary work center is copied to the secondary work center. As a result, you can no longer edit the secondary work center data in the Work Centers (tirou0101m000) session, except for its description, the shop floor warehouse and backflush employee.

Note: 
  • The Use Shared Work Centers parameter in the Job Shop Master Data Parameters (tirou0100m000) session must be selected to use this session.

  • You must already have defined the work centers as a shared work center in the Work Centers (tirou0101m000) session.

  • The total percentage of the capacity primary work center that is allocated to various secondary work centers can be more than 100%, to allow for overtime and other factors. As a rule, you must usually make sure that this value is less than or equal to 100%.

Field Information

Shared Primary Work Center

primary work center

Note: You must already have defined a primary work center in the Work Centers (tirou0101m000) session.

Shared Work Center Company

The secondary work center company. In this session, you can assign a part of the capacity of a primary work center to several different seconday work centers, each in a different company.

The following restrictions apply:

  • The company must be present in your package combination (refer to the Packages by Package Combination (ttaad1121m000) session).
  • The company must be different from the primary work center's company.
  • You cannot use company 000.
  • You must be authorized for the company.
  • The primary work center must not already be related to a secondary work center of this company.

Shared Secondary Work Center

The secondary work center. In this session, you can assign a part of the capacity of a primary work center to several different seconday work centers, each in a different company.

Note: The secondary work center must already be defined as a secondary work center in the Work Centers (tirou0101m000) session and it cannot already be assigned to another primary work center.

Date Established

LN enters today's date by default.

Percentage Capacity

In this session, you can assign a part of the capacity of a primary work center to several different secondary work centers, each in a different company. This field shows what percentage is assigned to the secondary work center.

Note: The total percentage of the primary work center that is allocated to various secondary work centers can be more than 100%, to allow for overtime and other factors. As a rule, you must make sure that this value is 100% or less.

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