Visualization for Labor Availability

The visualization for the labor availability category shows graphical information that makes it possible for the Manufacturing personnel to know the allocated labor hours for each labor class, work center, production line, department or load source.

The following criteria must be fulfilled in order that a labor class is loaded into Manufacturing Visualizer:

The labor class must have employees defined in the Manufacturing Labor Class window.
Labor capacity must have been calculated for the site using the Calculate Employee Capacity for Manufacturing dialog box and there should be capacity for the days where you want to view the load.
The labor class must have a load assigned through a shop order, shop order requisition, unreleased DOP order. For CBS and APB sites you will also see the labor load from promised orders and resource breaks.
To be able to visualize loads other then shop order, capacity requirements planning must be performed for the site using the Perform CRP dialog box.

Specific descriptions for each labor availability chart can be found using the links below:

The labor class is connected to a site. The labor load for shop orders, shop order requisitions and unreleased DOP orders are connected to a work center, and the work center can be connected to a production line and/or a department.

The labor load categories are described in the table below.

Load Category	Description
Not Loaded	The labor class has capacity, but has not been assigned any work for the time period.
Partially Loaded	The labor class has excess capacity that can be utilized. Theoretical - The total theoretical labor capacity per workday. The theoretical labor capacity is calculated as: Theoretical Capacity = S (Hours Available) The total available labor capacity per workday. This value is calculated by summarizing the employees' capacity multiplied with each employee’s utilization. Available Capacity = S (Hours Available Utilization)* If IFS Human Resources is installed, planned absence of the employees will be excluded from the available capacity calculation.
Fully Loaded	The labor class has been fully assigned.
No Capacity Load	The labor class has been assigned work on a day without capacity.
Overloaded	The labor class has been assigned work exceeding its maximum capacity.
Past Due	The load that was due in the past that has not been completed as yet. The site date is considered as the current date when calculating the past due load for the time period regardless of whether the information is grouped by days or weeks

Load Sources

There are several different load sources that are displayed in the labor visualization. Definitions for each of the load sources are as follows:

Planned: The labor load from shop orders in the Planned status.

Released: The labor load from shop orders in the Released status.

Started: The labor load from shop orders in the Started status.

Parked: The labor load from shop orders in the Parked status. The load will only be displayed in the visualization if the parked shop order has the Include as Load check box selected.

Unreleased DOP: The expected labor load for unreleased DOP orders, when they are released.

Requisitioned: The expected labor load for shop order requisitions, master schedule and production schedules, when they are converted to shop orders.

Promised: The expected labor load for interim orders from capability checked customer order lines for CBS and APB enabled sites. When the customer order will be released, this labor load will be converted to shop order labor load.

Resource Break: The labor time for resource break connected to employees for CBS and APB enabled sites. Capacity will be booked for the resource break.

General Navigation and Configuration

When you right-click on one or several selected segment(s) you will get several navigation options. You could either navigate to another relevant visualization chart, or to the relevant page in the application. When you navigate in this manner, the new visualization or page will be filtered to only show the objects selected.

The following navigation possibilities are available in the labor charts, if applicable.

Navigation:

Right-click on a segment/bar and click Labor Load Summary to navigate to the relevant chart.
Right-click on a segment/bar and click Labor Load In Standard Hours to navigate to the relevant chart.
Right-click on a segment/bar and click Labor Load to navigate to the relevant chart.
Right-click on a segment/bar and click Shop Order Labor Load to navigate to the relevant chart.
Right-click on a segment/bar and click Labor Load per Labor Class to navigate to the relevant chart.
Right-click on a segment/bar and click Operations per Work Center to study operations in order to determine which operations create a load for a certain work center.
Right-click on a segment/bar and click Shop Order Operations to study and take actions on shop order operations.
Right-click on a segment/bar and click Work Center to view information about the work center in more detail.
Right-click on a segment/bar and click Labor Class to view information about the labor class in more detail.
Right-click on a segment/bar, point to Load Source and click on the relevant option to view information about each load source.
Right-click on a segment/bar, point to Capacity Type and click either Available or Theoretical according to the capacity type that you want displayed.

Configuration:

The information can be viewed per week or day. Click on the calendar on the topmost right hand corner to alternate between viewing the data per week and per day.

Publish and Subscribe Parameters

Charts can be published so that the chart is used as a master and changes in one chart are reflected in others. The following parameters are published from each chart.

Publishing Chart	Parameters
Publishing Chart	Labor Class	Work Center	Date Range	Work Day	Shop Order	Shop Order Operation	CRP Order Reference
Labor Load Summary	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Labor Load In Standard Hours	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Labor Operation Load In Standard Hours	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Labor Load	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Shop Order (Operation) Labor Load	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

When the chart is set up as a subscriber, it is possible to subscribe to the parameters below for the given chart set up as publisher. To be able to subscribe to a parameter, another chart needs to be set up as publisher and that chart must be able to publish the parameter.

Subscribing Chart	Parameters
Subscribing Chart	Labor Class	Work Center	Work Center Resource	Date Range	Work Day	Shop Order	Shop Order Operation
Labor Load Summary	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes*	Yes*
Labor Load In Standard Hours	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes*	Yes*
Labor Operation Load In Standard Hours	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes*	Yes*
Labor Load	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes*	Yes*
Shop Order (Operation) Labor Load	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

* When subscribing to shop order and/or shop order operation this information will be translated into a work day, work center and work center resource. I.e. all the load on the specific day, work center and work center resource will be shown in the chart and not only the specific shop order/shop order operation published.