Enter Resource Group

Explanation

Perform this activity to create a resource group. Resource groups have different types:

• Machine groups are groups of one or more machines or other fixed production equipment, and is one of the most important resources in manufacturing planning. A machine group may also contain other machine groups to facilitate planning on a higher level.
• Person groups are crucial for planning with people and often define a group of persons that can perform the same type of job.
• Tool/equipment groups, like person groups, often define groups of equipment that can be used to perform the same type of work.

Resource groups can be enabled for use in different processes:

• Manufacturing - Machine groups (work centers), person groups (labor classes) and tool/equipment groups are used in routings, capacity requirements planning and shop orders.
• Maintenance - Person groups and tool/equipment groups are used on work order and maintenance order operations. The work can be allocated to persons and tools/equipment.
• Project - All resources can be used in project planning and reporting.

Prerequisites

N/A

System Effects

A resource group is created. For a person group used in manufacturing, a labor class is created and can be further detailed in the Labor Class window. For machine groups used in manufacturing, work centers are created and can be further detailed in the Work Center window.

Window

Resource Groups, Resource Detail

Related Window Descriptions

Resource Groups, Resource Detail
 

Procedure

1. Open the Resource Groups window.
2. Create a new record.
3. Enter values in the Resource ID and Resource Description fields.
4. Select a Resource Type.
5. Select a resource category in the Resource Category field using the List of Values. This value is optional.
6. To enable the resource group for use, select one or several of the Use in Manufacturing, Use in Maintenance, Use in Projects check boxes.
7. Add the companies and sites that can use the defined resource group.
8. Save the record.

Note that, to add more detials in the resource group Resource Detail window can be used.