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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Shared work centers</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>work centers</Level1>
			<Level2>shared</Level2>
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		<Keyword><Level1>work centres</Level1>
			<Level2>shared</Level2>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>A shared work center is a work center that has a relationship with a work center in a different logistical <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Company.tc" role="glossary">company</Link>. You can use this relationship to plan work in one (or more) logistical companies that is actually carried out in a different company. When this relationship is defined, you do not need to use sales orders and purchase orders to subcontract work between those work centers in different companies. The physical work center where the work is carried out is the primary work center, and the hypothetical work centers in different companies are secondary work centers.</Paragraph>
		<ExampleSection><SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>You produce medical equipment and you have a large autoclave facility used to sterilize equipment from several different factories, which are in different companies. If you do not use shared work centers, every time you want to sterilize some products you have to subcontract the work with purchase orders. Not only does this create lots of extra administration, but it makes capacity planning for the autoclave difficult. Instead, you can define the autoclave as a primary work center, and assign a percentage of its capacity to each of the other companies that need to use it, creating a hypothetical secondary work center in each of the other companies.</Paragraph>
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		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>How to set up shared work centers</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>The data used by the shared work centers must be available to all the companies involved. You can either share the tables or copy the data. You can share tables with the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad4120m000" role="session">Logical Tables (ttaad4120m000)</GUIRef> session. If you do not have permission for this session, contact your system administrator.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph><Emphasis>Calendar data must be shared.</Emphasis> When the company calendar of a secondary work center differs from that of the primary work center (for example, different public holidays in different countries), you must create a work center specific calendar in the company of the secondary work center.</Paragraph>
			<List><ListItem>Employees ( <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0101m000" role="session">Employees - General (tccom0101m000)</GUIRef> session).</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Operation rate codes ( <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cpr/ticpr0150m000" role="session">Operation Rate Codes (ticpr0150m000)</GUIRef> session).</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Warehouses ( <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/emm/tcemm1112m000" role="session">Warehouses (tcemm1112m000)</GUIRef> session).</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Departments ( <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/emm/tcemm1124m000" role="session">Departments (tcemm1124m000)</GUIRef> session).</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Availability types ( <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ccp/tcccp0101m000" role="session">Availability Types (tcccp0101m000)</GUIRef> session and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ccp/tcccp0150m000" role="session">Calendar Availability Types (tcccp0150m000)</GUIRef> session).</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Working hours types ( <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ccp/tcccp0103m000" role="session">Working Hours Types (tcccp0103m000)</GUIRef> session).</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Period tables ( <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ccp/tcccp0170m000" role="session">Periods (tcccp0170m000)</GUIRef> session).</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Machine ( <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0102m000" role="session">Machines (tirou0102m000)</GUIRef> session).</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Task ( <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0103m000" role="session">Tasks (tirou0103m000)</GUIRef> session and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0104m000" role="session">Task Relationships (tirou0104m000)</GUIRef> session).</ListItem>
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			<Paragraph></Paragraph>
			<List><ListIntro>The following parameters must be the same in the companies involved:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000#tisfc000.uwwh" role="formfield">Use of Sh. Fl. Wareh.</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0500m000" role="session">Shop Floor Control Parameters (tisfc0500m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000#tisfc000.wkut" role="formfield">Update Method Week Utilization</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0500m000" role="session">Shop Floor Control Parameters (tisfc0500m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000#tisfc000.daut" role="formfield">Update Method Day Utilization</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0500m000" role="session">Shop Floor Control Parameters (tisfc0500m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cpr/ticpr0100m000#ticpr000.kort" role="formfield">Type of Operation Rates</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cpr/ticpr0100m000" role="session">Cost Price Calculation Parameters (ticpr0100m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0100m000#tirou000.ccal" role="formfield">Used Calendar Type</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0100m000" role="session">Routing Parameters (tirou0100m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Paragraph></Paragraph>
			<List><ListIntro>Define the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000301" role="glossary">primary work center</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000" role="session">Work Centers (tirou0101m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Make sure that you are working in the company that you want to use for the primary work center. You can change companies from the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Options</GUIRef> menu of your Menu Browser of Desktop.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>You must select <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/rou.swct#primary" role="enum">Primary</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1501m000#tirou001.swct" role="formfield">Shared Type</GUIRef> field.</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Paragraph></Paragraph>
			<List><ListIntro>Define the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000302" role="glossary">secondary work centers</Link>
				</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000" role="session">Work Centers (tirou0101m000)</GUIRef> session, select the primary work center and from the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu start the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou3100m000" role="session">Shared Work Center Relationships (tirou3100m000)</Link> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Insert a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000302" role="glossary">secondary work center</Link> for each of the companies that want to use a part of the capacity of the primary work center. It is possible for the sum of the capacities of the secondary work centers to be greater than 100%, but you should only allow this to account for unusual circumstances such as overtime.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>If you create the new work centers, you must select <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/rou.swct#secondary" role="enum">Secondary</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1501m000#tirou001.swct" role="formfield">Shared Type</GUIRef> field, and zero (0) in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000#tirou001.wcru" role="formfield">Basic Week Capacity</GUIRef> field.</ListItem>
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			<Paragraph>Note that before using the shared work centers you should negotiate the appropriate rates, prices, contracts, and so on.</Paragraph>
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		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>How to use shared work centers</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>Once you set up the shared work centers, you can plan with the secondary work centers like they were normal work centers. However, when you want to view what capacity you planned to use for shared work centers, you must be working in the company of the primary center (because that is where the information is stored and processed). You can view the utilization data for one particular secondary work center while working in the company of that seconday work center.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>You can view shared work center capacity utilization in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc1510m000" role="session">Shared Work Center Utilization Overview (tisfc1510m000)</GUIRef> session. From this session, you can start other sessions to display and print planned capacity utilization requirements in more detail.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>You can also use shared work centers in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> package for resource requirement planning.</Paragraph>
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