defining labor work centers

[Former Member]

Hi, mostly we use labor work centers. at certain operation, we use 2 operators and some other operations 3 operators etc. in that case how to define those different labor work centers. say, we have for 4 operations, where 2 labors are working. in that case if we define a labore work center (lbw2), can we assign this work center for that 4 operations (individually), is that ok? for this we mention ind capacities as 4. shall we follow the same for lbw3, etc. pls guide.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Work center is a place where we perform certain operations either by using Machine or Labour etc......

In your case you want to create work centers for labours, right you can create as usual but in Capacities view maintain capacity category as Labour only. and also in capacity header data maintain Individual capacities ( no. of labours) working at that place or performing the operations.

eg: you require 4 persons for performing an operation and all put together should work, so in that case maintain individual capacities as 1 only, if you have 8 workers maintain 2 only. But if the persons can work individually means maintain the capacities as the number of labours working there.

You can use same work center for different operations where its required. But here for eg: you created work center LBW1 consisting of 2 labours but they should work together to complete Operation, then you define individual capacities as 1 only. and assign work center LBW1 to Operation 10. and same work center LBW1 you want to use for operation 20, then 2 labours who are assigned in LBW1 working for 10 th Operation they should only work for 20 th operation also. If other persons are working then you have to create another work center with them.

in work center if you maintain individual capacities more than one then you can go with splitting, you can maintain this in operation header as No. of Splits.

Regards

Jagadeesh K

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi, thank u. say we need 4 persons need to work collectively, so defined as ind capacity as 1. pls advise while confirmation, shall we enter hrs as 4x8=32 hrs or 8 hrs. pls advise. how it will effect the scheduling or capacity.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

In your work center the 4 persons should work collectively, if they work individually its not possible to complete the operation.

Eg 1: Lifting a roller and keeping it on a Chain Conveyer, here exactly 4 persons required so all the 4 persons should work collectively to complete that task.

if you follow this, then use 8 hours only means in that particular work center the available capacity is only for 8 hours per day and also Activity type cost for Labour per hour = Individual Labour cost per hour * No. of labours working in that work center

Eg 2: Cleaning of parts or vessels, here individual person can clean each part or vessel independently in one hour. so here 4 persons are working means then in one hour they can complete 4 parts or vessels independently

if you use this, then 32 hours ( 4 labours* 8 hours), here the available capacity is 32 hours per day. and Activity type Cost for Labour per Hour= Labour cost per hour.

in Routing you will define standard timings use them in confirmation.

Regards

Jagadeesh K

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

hello sir, thank u for your response.

in example1: no of individual capacity=1, in routing i will mention std hrs required as as 32 hrs. then, where should i show that we need 4 persons collectvely to perform this operation. pls advise the same.

in example 2: no of individual capacity=4, in routing i will mention std hrs required as as 8 hrs. is the above assumptions correct?pls advise the same.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

in example1: no of individual capacity=1, in routing i will mention std hrs required as as 32 hrs. then, where should i show that we need 4 persons collectvely to perform this operation. pls advise the same.

Ans: No of Indiv Capacity=1, then in routing you should give only 8 hours

here all 4 wokers will work as one group collectively for a period of 8 hours. Here during scheduling & capacity planning system calculates capacity like this : indiv capacity* hours

: 1*8 = 8 hours available capacity in that w/c.

Here no option to maintain 4 persons, you cumulated 4 persons as one unit and you will perform the work, based on this you will define the activity types and their costs.

in example 2: no of individual capacity=4, in routing i will mention std hrs required as as 8 hrs. is the above assumptions correct?pls advise the same.

Ans: No of Indiv Capcity=4, then in routing you should give 32 hours. Here during scheduling & capacity planning system calculates capacity like this : indiv capacity* hours

: 4*8 = 32 hours available capcity in that w/c.

Here you should maintain indiv capacities as 4.

after gone through above, in general you think for eg:1, system considers indiv Capacity: 1, shift hours: 8, working hours:8, in routting you should maintain the time required for making that product by this labour group collectively. i.e is 8 hours.

eg 2: system considers indiv Capacity: 4, Shift hours: 8, working hours:8*4= 32, in routting you should maintain the time required for making that product by this labour as 32 hours.

Regards

Jagadeesh K

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

dear experts, pls see the below thread.pls advise which one will be correct?

thank u.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Yadav,

i think you are little bit confused with both,

when we are creating labour work centers first we have to decide wether here all persons will work collectively for making a single product if yes then consider them as one group and maintain indiv capacities as 1.

If the labours work independently and they can make the products individually here no dependents all are independent workers, here you maintain indiv capacities as no. of labours working in that work center, here you can maintain splits, spliting is nothing but dividing the Production order quantity and assigning it to the individual capacities.

Still if you have doubts on this better try to follow below lines

For Making one product you require labour for 4 hours. Then

1. you maintain indiv capacities as 4 and in routings give total std time as 16 hours

2. you maintain indiv capacities as 1 then in routing give total std time as 4 hours.

still if you are unable to get it, come back

Regards

Jagadeesh K

Edited by: jagadeeshk on Aug 27, 2009 10:45 AM

[Former Member]

maintained two labour work center. and in routing you can asign work center as per your requirmenteither you are using 2 labour or 3 labour.

[Former Member]

Hi,

As the group of labourers perform the same type of job, you can create a Work center - LABOUR01, with no. of individual capacities and mention the same in the routing under "Splitting", No. of Splits.

For different operations, create different Work centers as LABOUR2, LABOUR3 as per the above mentioned, inorder to be clear in difference in operations.

Hope this helps you...

-Thaila Shree