This activity is used to view and register resource preferences on work orders. When a job is to be carried out, resources can be registered in the work order as preferred resources. Further, there can be preferred resources registered for the object or the location. Preferences registered on the object or the location, will get inherited to the work order when registering a work order. Finally, once the work order is scheduled, the prioritization will be given to the preferred set of resources, over other resources.
When registering preferences directly on the work order, it is mandatory to enter a Resource ID and Preference. The Preference, can be 0,1 or a value between 0 and 1.Entering a preference of 1 indicates that, no other resources to be considered for the job, and a value of 0 restrict using such resource on the job. A value between 0 and 1 such as 0.5 works in a sliding scale of preference. The field 'Preference Source' can have values such as Functional Object, Serial Object, Work Order and Location and 'Source ID' displays the identity of the source of the availability.
As a result of this activity preference lines get registered against work order
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Work Order
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Prepare Work Order
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Preference
Procedure to Register Preference on work order
Procedure to view Preference entered on equipment object or location