Calculating labor availability

Calculate the total number of hours that are available for work during a given period. Use the available hours to schedule labor.

Organization, Trade, and Department serve as filters for employees who are associated with specific organizations, trades, and departments. Enter an organization to calculate labor availability for all employees assigned to that organization and to an active shift. Enter a trade to calculate labor availability for all employees assigned to that trade and to an active shift. Enter a department to calculate labor availability for all employees assigned to that department and to an active shift. Finally, enter any combination of Organization, Trade, or Department to calculate labor availability for all employees that match that specific combination. Leave Organization, Trade, and Department empty to calculate labor availability for all active shifts.

Note: You have to assign the employee to a shift in order for the employee’s availability to be part of the calculation.

You may also calculate labor availability on the Record View tab of the Employees page.

Note: Infor strongly recommends that you calculate labor availabilities before scheduling work orders in the system.

To calculate labor availability:

Select Work > WO Planning > WO Scheduling.
Click Calculate Availability.
Specify this information:

Organization

Specify the organization for which to calculate labor availability.

Trade

Specify the trade for which to calculate labor availability.

Department

Specify the department for which to calculate labor availability.
Note: The system totals employee exceptions for Trade and Department to calculate the total amount of labor hours available for a specific time-frame.

Enter the Start Date and End Date of the period for which to calculate available labor.
Note: End Date must be later than or equal to Start Date.
Click Calculate.
Click Close.