Associating ERP resources to production requests

Associate ERP resources to selected production requests.

Note: The system will only associate ERP resources to production requests with an Unfinished Status.

A resource is a line of products, equipment, or materials used to complete a job.

To associate ERP resources to production requests:

Select Work > Production Requests.
Select the production request with which to associate ERP resources, and then click the Resources tab.
Click Add Resource.
Specify this information:

Resource

Specify the resource to associate to the selected production request. The system automatically populates Accounting Entity and Name.

Operation Sequence

Specify the order in which this resource will be impacted when work is performed on the equipment.

Cool-down Time (Hours)

Specify the time it takes in hours for the resource line to cool down before performing production requests.

Warm-up Time (Hours)

Specify the time it takes in hours for the resource line to warm up before normal use.

Downtime (Hours)

Specify the expected downtime in hours for the selected production request.

Offset

Select to designate this resource line as offset, or that the resource impacted by down equipment will overlap with the previous resource.

Offset Value

Specify the amount of time in hours in which the resource impacted by down equipment, overlaps the previous resource.
Click Submit.

Note: The system deletes a resource association only if the production request Status is Unfinished.
To associate resources to the production request not associated with the selected equipment, click All Resources. Select a resource, and then click Submit.

To refresh resources associated, select the resource record to refresh, and then click Refresh Resources.