MANAGE WORK CENTERS
Use this screen to define the work centers that make up your production processes. Work centers can be a group of machines and/or a group of employees responsible for building products.
Capacity planning is done at the work center level. The anticipated workload of each manufacturing order is measured by work center and compared to the stated capacity of the work center.
Set up this screen when initializing Costpoint Routings and maintain it whenever modifications are made to work centers.
Location
Identification
Use the fields in this block to create a new Work Center ID or to retrieve
a previously saved one. A Work Center ID represents a set of work center
details. After you have saved a Work Center ID and its details, you can
retrieve them using Query.
When you select a previously saved Work
Center ID or Name, the
associated details automatically display as selection defaults. You can
change any of the associated defaults as necessary.
Work Center ID
Enter, or click 
to select, a Work
Center ID of up to 12 alphanumeric characters. Choose characters
for your Work Center ID that help
identify the type of selections you made in the screen.
When you save your record, all the details made on the screen are stored
with the Work Center ID. Later, you can retrieve the work center using
Query.
You can maintain work centers more efficiently because you can select
the Work Center ID with its previously defined parameters. After the default
selections display on the screen, you can override the defaults.
Name
Enter, or click to select, a work center
name of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.
Active
Select this check box to indicate that the work center is active.
Detail
Organization
Enter, or click 
to select, the organization ID with which this work center is associated.
ORG Abbrev
Enter, or click to select, the organizational abbreviation with which this work center is associated. This field may already display the abbreviation associated with the organization ID you selected in the Organization field.
Work Center Type
Enter, or click to select, the work center type. You can establish work center types on the Work Center Types screen.
Number of Machines
Enter the number of machines used at the work center.
Process Type
Enter, or click to select, the process type that is performed at the work center. You can establish process types on the Process Types screen.
Crew Size
Enter the number of employees typically used at the work center.
Key Resource
Enter, or click to select, the key resource consumed by this work center. You can establish key resources on the Key Resources screen.
Supervisor
Enter, or click to select, the ID of the supervisor assigned to the work center. You can define supervisors on the Supervisors screen.
Unit Usage Billing Item
Item
Enter, or click to select, the ID of the item to which the work center will be linked for unit usage billing purposes. The description is displayed in the field below the ID.
Rev
Enter, or click to select, the revision of the item to which the work center will be linked for unit usage billing purposes.
U/M
This field displays the unit usage billing item unit of measure.
Lead Time Defaults
Move Hours
Enter the lead-time hours required for moving a manufacturing order to the work center.
Setup Hours
Enter the lead-time hours required for setup of a new manufacturing order.
Queue Hours
Enter the lead-time hours that a new manufacturing order must wait at the work center.
Notes
Enter notes related to the work center if desired.
Subtasks
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Subtask
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Description
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Capacity & Rates
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Click this link to open the Capacity & Rates subtask, where you can specify the rates and capacity of the work center.
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Equipment
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Click this link to open the Equipment subtask, where you can specify the equipment used in the work center.
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Labor
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Click this link to open the Labor subtask, where you can specify the labor classifications used in the work center.
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Maintenance
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Click this link to open the Maintenance subtask, where you can specify the maintenance performed on the work center.
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Alternate Work Centers
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Click this link to open the Alternate Work Centers subtask, where you can specify other work centers that can be used in place of the selected work center.
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