Work Centers (tirou0101m000)

Field Information

Work Center Type

The work center type.

Allowed values

Work Center

A regular work center that defines an area, typically bounded by yellow lines, where job shop operations are done and machines are present.

Sub Work Center

Note: If the value Job Shop by Site parameter is Active in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session, this option is not available.

A work center that belongs to a higher-level work center in order to review aggregated capacity.

Subcontracting

If an operation must be subcontracted, a subcontracting work center must be defined. You cannot link operation-rate codes for this work-center type. However, you can record planning data by subcontracting work center, irrespective of the selected critical capacity type. If a work center is of the Subcontracting type, you cannot change the work-center type.

Costing

The work center is a costing work center.

Buffer

An assembly line work station where no operations are carried out, but orders wait pending transfer to the next work station.

Line Station

A work center that is part of an assembly line. A line station is used in the production of final assembly schedule items.

Work Cell

A grouping of one or more work stations in a fixed sequence defined in the Work Cells (tirpt0140m000) session, dedicated to repetitive manufacturing. Work cells are used for manufacturing items based on production models.

Work Center

The work center ID.

When you define a work center code, you must find out which work center influences the cost estimates of production orders.

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

production department

Subcontractor Independent

If this check box is selected, the work center, which is defined as Subcontracting, has no linked subcontractor.

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

The subcontractor, if the Work Center Type field is Subcontracting.

Note: You cannot specify this field if the SubcontractorIndependent check box is selected in the Work Centers (tirou0101m000) session.

Site

The site ID.

Note: Only visible if multisite functionality is active.

Enterprise Unit

enterprise unit

You can change the work center's enterprise unit in the Departments (tcemm1124m000) session. However, once you have set up the multicompany structure, you can no longer change the enterprise unit.

Actual Calendar

The calendar and availability type combination that is used by the work center manufacturing a production order.

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.

Critical in Master 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 labor capacity or machine capacity to express the capacity use in the resource master/order plan.

• Project Control network activities

  Dependent on the value, PCS network activities use labor capacity or machine capacity to calculate the value of the Aggregated Capacity Requirements field in the Activities (tipcs4101m000) session and the Activity Overview by Project (tipcs4502m000) session.

In Order Planning ( the Resource Order Plan-Find (cprrp0530m000) session), both the Labor Capacity and Machine Capacity are available.

Note: JSC does not use this field because in JSC the capacity use is always expressed in terms of labor capacity and in terms of machine capacity.

Allowed values

Labor Capacity

Labor capacity is used in Enterprise Planning to express the capacity use of the resource master plan.

Machine Capacity

Machine capacity is used in Enterprise Planning to express the capacity use of the resource master plan.

Machine Capacity Groups

If this check box is selected, machine types are used for the specified work center. One or more machine capacity groups must be defined for this work center, and every operation on this work center must have a machine type selected.

Initially Hidden

Address

address

City (Letterhead)

The name of the city that must be printed before the date in the department's letter headings.

Enterprise Unit

The enterprise unit of the work center.

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

operational company

Shared Type/ Primary Company

Use this field to specify the shared type for a work center.

• Primary work center
• Secondary work center
• None: the work center is not a shared work center

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

Parent Work Center

The main work center linked to the work center.

Note: If the value Job Shop by Site parameter is Active in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session, this field is only used for financial reporting, as a grouping element in the financial mapping scheme integration. Otherwise, it can be used to aggregate capacity.

Work Center Calendar

calendar

The field is not applicable, when the Work Center Type field is set to Line Station or Buffer.

Extra Intrastat Info

If this check box is selected, extra Intrastat info is available.

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.

Shop Floor Warehouse

shop floor warehouse

You can only enter a value if the Use of Shop Floor Warehouses check box in the Production Order Parameters (tisfc0100s000) session is selected.

The value of the Warehouse Type field in the Warehouses (tcmcs0103s000) session must be set to Shop Floor.

Report Product

Specify how production is reported:

Allowed values

• Manual

  Reporting is done manually in the Machine Work List (tisfc4600m000) session for machine operations and in the Report Operations Completed (tisfc0130m000) session for other operations.

• Automatic

  Reporting is done by the completion of another operation.

Report Labor Hours

Specify how hours are reported:

Allowed values

• Backflush

  This is an automatic calculation based on reported quantities.

• By Machine Group

  Reporting is done by machine in the Report Operations Completed (tisfc0130m000) session.

Default Labor Resource

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 Work Center Type is not Subcontracting.

Costing Work Center

costing work center

Note: If the work center is of the typeSub Work Center, the costing work center can also be managed through its main work center. In case, the costing work center of the main work center is updated, you can choose to update the costing work center of the sub work center automatically.

Operation Rate Code of Costing W/C

The code linked to the costing work center and used as the costing work center rate.

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.

Note: 

Only available if the value of the Job Shop by Site parameter is Inactive in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session.

Basic Day Capacity

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.

Note: 

Only available if the value of the Job Shop by Site parameter is Inactive in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session.

Number of Machines

The number of machines that are available for production on the work center.

Available Labor Resources

The number of operators that is available on the work center.

The number of machines and the number of operators that is defined for a work center are used to calculate the work center's available capacity.

Critical in Master Planning

Specify the capacity that will be used for Master Planning.

If the work center has no capacity groups, only Labor Capacity is used.

If the Resource Order Plan (cprrp0530m000) session is used, both labor and machine capacity are available.

Allowed values

Labor Capacity

Labor capacity is used in Enterprise Planning to express the capacity use of the resource master plan.

Machine Capacity

Machine capacity is used in Enterprise Planning to express the capacity use of the resource master plan.

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.

Allowed values

• Hours

  Lead times are expressed in hours and fractional values are allowed.

• Days

  Lead times are expressed in days and fractional values will be rounded to integer values.

Queue Time

queue time

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

wait time

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

move time

If the Time Unit field is Days, LN rounds the entered values of the lead times to integer values.

Desired Queue

desired queue

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 selected, 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 cleared, 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.

Constraint Type

Specify the type of constrained type for the work center.

Allowed values

• Time Fence
• Plan Horizon

Constraint Time Fence

time fence

Use as Calculation Office

If this check box is selected, the selected costing work center functions as the calculation office.

General

Calendar

Origin

The ID of the session where the actual calendar is defined.

Relationships

MES Reporting

If a machine with MES reporting active is linked to the work center this check box is selected.