Calendar Exceptions (tcccp0144m000)

Use this session to define calendar exceptions.

Field Information

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

recurrence

Description

The calendar recurrence's description.

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

A generic name (EARLY, LATE).

Note: 
  • If shifts are used, a shift name must be specified.
  • A shift name is not coupled to a specific date.
  • Multiple consecutive lines with the same shift name, are combined into one shift when generated in the Update Calendar Working Hours (tcccp0226m000) session.
Working Hours Type

working hours type

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

efficiency factor

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.