Printing Relative Work Center Utilization

The following terms can be found on the report:

  • Basic Capacity (H/Wk)

    The capacity on a work center is Week Capacity [Hours] * Available Labor Resources or Number of Machines. The basic week capacity, the number of operators, and the number of machines are defined in the Work Centers (tirou0101m000) session.

  • Available Capacity

    The hours that can be spent on the work center, based on the calendar, expressed as a percentage of the basic capacity.

  • Actual Capacity

    The hours that are actually planned on the work center by man or machine, based on the production orders, expressed as a percentage of the basic capacity.

Example

In the Work Centers (tirou0101m000) session the following data is defined:

  • Week Capacity [Hours]: 40 hours/week
  • Available Labor Resources: 3
  • Number of Machines: 0

Based on this data, a part of the report printed in the Print Relative Work Center Utilization (tisfc1404m000) session can look like this:

Work Ctr Description Man/Mchn Basic Cap. (h/wk) Actual/Avail. Week 35 (%)
W31203 Assembly Man 120 Actual Capacity 8
Available Capacity 75
Machine 0 Actual Capacity 0!
Available Capacity 0
  • The basic capacity displayed on the report with regard to man: 40 * 3 = 120 hours/week.
  • The basic capacity displayed on the report with regard to machines: 40 * 0 = 0 hours/week.
  • If you suppose that the number of man hours that can be spend on the work center according to the calendar is 90 hours/week, then the percentage that expresses the available man capacity is: Available Capacity / Basic Week Capacity = 90 / 120 = 75%.
  • If you suppose that the number of man hours spent on the work center on production orders is 10 hours/week, then the percentage that expresses the actual man capacity is: Total Hours / Basic Week Capacity = 10 / 120 = 8%.
  • The percentage of the available machine capacity is 0 because the basic capacity is 0.
  • The actual machine capacity is 0 because the basic capacity is 0. However, if machine capacity is defined on a routing operation instead of on the work center, capacity is in fact planned, although the value in the report is 0. This is indicated by the exclamation mark (0!).