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<Session ID="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Work Centers (tirou0101m000)</Title>
	</Header>
	<HelpTopic><AimSection><Paragraph>Use this session to list and maintain <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000000000000036" role="glossary" Update="No">work centers</Link>. Work center data is used for cost estimating and for planning purposes.</Paragraph>
		</AimSection>
		<GeneralSection><List><ListIntro>On the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu you can choose:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Tasks Relationships, to start the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0104m000" role="session">Task Relationships (tirou0104m000)</Link> session in which you can list and maintain relationships between tasks, machines, and work centers.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Shared Work Center Relationships, to start the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou3100m000" role="session">Shared Work Center Relationships (tirou3100m000)</Link> session in which you can define the relationships for <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000300" role="glossary">shared work centers</Link>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000#tirou0201m000" role="formcommand">Calculate Resources</GUIRef>, to start the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0201m000" role="session">Calculate Resources (tirou0201m000)</Link> session in which you can compute the number of machines and operators for a work center.</ListItem>
			</List>
			<List><ListIntro>You cannot delete a work center, if:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>The work center is a main work center with one or more sub-work-centers.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The work center is still active in SSA ERP.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
		<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000000000000002" role="manual">To enter a routing</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000000000000004" role="manual">Work centers</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000165" role="manual">Using shop floor warehouses</Link>
			</RelTopic>
		</RelatedTopics>
	</HelpTopic>
	<Fields><FieldHelp ID="tirou001.cwoc"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Work Center</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000000000000036" role="glossary">work center</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>When you define a work center code, you must find out which work center influences the cost estimates of production orders.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cpr/ticpr0100m000#ticpr000.kort" role="formfield">Type of Operation Rates</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cpr/ticpr0100m000" role="session">Cost Price Calculation Parameters (ticpr0100m000)</GUIRef> session determines whether a work center has an influence on the estimated costs. The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cpr/ticpr0100m000#ticpr000.kort" role="formfield">Type of Operation Rates</GUIRef> field can be set to either <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kort#task.rate" role="enum">Task Relationship Rate</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kort#wc.rate" role="enum">Work Center Rate</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>The number of work centers need not match with the number of physical work centers in your organization, as not every physical work center has an impact on estimated costs.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0110m000" role="session">Production Planning (tisfc0110m000)</GUIRef> session, you can modify the planning by having an operation carried out at another work center. In that case, the resource units must be similar.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<List><ListItem>The work center cannot be deleted if used anywhere else in SSA ERP.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Before you can define a work center you must define a department in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0565m000" role="session">Departments (tcmcs0565m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="enterpr.unit"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Enterprise Unit</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The work center's <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000011" role="glossary">enterprise unit</Link>.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.swct"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Shared Type</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Use this field to specify the shared type for a work center.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><SectionTitle>This field can have the following values:</SectionTitle>
			</SimpleSection>
			<SimpleSection><List><ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000301" role="glossary">Primary work center</Link>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000302" role="glossary">Secondary work center</Link>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/rou.swct#non.shared" role="enum">None</GUIRef>: the work center is not a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000300" role="glossary">shared work center</Link>
					</ListItem>
				</List>
			</SimpleSection>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000308" role="manual">Shared work centers</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.swcc"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Primary Company</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Displays the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Company.tc" role="glossary">company</Link> of the shared <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000301" role="glossary">primary work center</Link>.</FuncDesc>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>This field is not filled if the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000#tirou001.swct" role="formfield">Shared Type</GUIRef> field is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/rou.swct#non.shared" role="enum">None</GUIRef>, or if the field is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/rou.swct#secondary" role="enum">Secondary</GUIRef> and the secondary work center is not linked to a shared primary work center.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000308" role="manual">Shared work centers</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.kowc"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Work Center Type</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000000000000036" role="glossary">work center</Link> type.</FuncDesc>
			<AllowedValues><SectionTitle>Allowed values</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph><Link href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kowc" role="domain">Possible values</Link>
				</Paragraph>
			</AllowedValues>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000344" role="manual">Costing work centers</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.mnwc"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Main Work Center</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#MainWorkCent.ti" role="glossary">main work center</Link> pertaining to the work center in question.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>If the work center is a sub work center of a main work center, you must enter the code of the main work center in this field.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>If you use <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000300" role="glossary">shared work centers</Link>, the secondary work center is always a main work center, even if the primary work center is a sub work center.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.bpid"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Subcontractor</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>If the work center is a subcontracting work center, you must enter the <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#Subcontracto.td" role="glossary">subcontractor</Link>.</FuncDesc>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<List><ListItem>You must enter subcontractors in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4520m000" role="session">Buy-from Business Partners (tccom4520m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>For each subcontractor you must define at least one subcontracting work center.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</Note>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000081" role="manual">Subcontracting</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.wipw"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Shop Floor Warehouse</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#WIPWareho.ti" role="glossary">shop floor warehouse</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>You can only enter a value in this field if the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000#tisfc000.uwwh" role="formfield">Use of Sh. Fl. Wareh.</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc0100s000" role="session">Shop Floor Control Parameters (tisfc0100s000)</GUIRef> session is selected.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>The value of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0103s000#tcmcs003.typw" role="formfield">Warehouse Type</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0103s000" role="session">Warehouses (tcmcs0103s000)</GUIRef> session must be set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/typw#wip" role="enum">Shop Floor</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000165" role="manual">Using shop floor warehouses</Link>
				</RelTopic>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000000000000002" role="manual">To enter a routing</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.bfem"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Backflush Employee</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The employee number to which hours are posted in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/bp" role="package">People</GUIRef> by means of <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#Backflushing.ti" role="glossary">backflushing</Link>.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.oprc"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Operation Rate Code</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#OperatRateCo.ti" role="glossary">operation rate code</Link> that is linked to the work center and serves as the work center rate.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>You must define operation codes in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cpr/ticpr0150m000" role="session">Operation Rate Codes (ticpr0150m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
				<List><ListIntro>This field is only enabled if the following is true:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cpr/ticpr0100m000#ticpr000.kort" role="formfield">Type of Operation Rates</GUIRef> parameter in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/cpr/ticpr0100m000" role="session">Cost Price Calculation Parameters (ticpr0100m000)</GUIRef> session is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kort#wc.rate" role="enum">Work Center Rate</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kort#wc.and.task" role="enum">Task Relationship/Work Center Rate</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000#tirou001.kowc" role="formfield">Work Center Type</GUIRef> is not <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kowc#subcontracting" role="enum">Subcontracting Work Center</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</SimpleSection>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>Do not enter an operation rate code if the work center is of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kowc#sub.wc" role="enum">Sub Work Center</GUIRef> type. In this case, the operation rate code of the sub-work-center's main work center or costing work center is taken for cost calculations and hours posting.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.ctwc"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Costing Work Center</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000367" role="glossary">costing work center</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>If the work center is of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kowc#sub.wc" role="enum">Sub Work Center</GUIRef> type, the costing work center of the sub-work-center's main work center is automatically displayed. However, you can change the costing work center in this field.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000344" role="manual">Costing work centers</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.wcru"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Basic Week Capacity</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The weekly capacity of each resource unit in the work center. This value is used to calculate the normal capacity of a work center by week, which is displayed in work center utilization reports.</FuncDesc>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000000000000008" role="manual">Calculating basic week capacity by resource unit</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.dcru"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Basic Day Capacity</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The daily capacity of each resource unit in the work center. This value is used to calculate the normal capacity of a work center by day, which is displayed in work center utilization reports.</FuncDesc>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000000000000008" role="manual">Calculating basic week capacity by resource unit</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.nomc"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Number of Machines</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The number of <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#Machines.ti" role="glossary">machines</Link> that are available for production on the work center. This value can be calculated and updated in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0201m000" role="session">Calculate Resources (tirou0201m000)</Link> session.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>SSA ERP searches for all machines allocated to a work center by means of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0102m000" role="session">Machines (tirou0102m000)</GUIRef> session. The number of machines for a work center is calculated as follows:</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>Number of machines = Sum of weekly capacities of all machines linked to the work center / Weekly capacity of the work center</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>The work center's weekly capacity is defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000#tirou001.wcru" role="formfield">Basic Week Capacity</GUIRef> field of this session.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>The number of machines and the number of operators that is linked to a work center is used to calculate the work center's available capacity.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>Example</Paragraph>
				<TABLE border="1"><TBODY><TR><TD>Work center A</TD>
							<TD>40 hrs/week</TD>
						</TR>
						<TR><TD>Machine A</TD>
							<TD>40 hrs/week</TD>
						</TR>
						<TR><TD>Machine B</TD>
							<TD>60 hrs/week</TD>
						</TR>
					</TBODY>
				</TABLE>
				<Paragraph>Number of machines = (40+60)/40 = 2.50</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000186" role="manual">How to calculate available capacity</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.noop"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Number of Operators</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The number of operators that is available on the work center. This value can be calculated and updated in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0201m000" role="session">Calculate Resources (tirou0201m000)</Link> session.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>Each work center is a <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000005" role="glossary">department</Link>. SSA ERP searches for all operators assigned to the department by means of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0101m000" role="session">Employees - General (tccom0101m000)</GUIRef> session, and sums up their weekly capacities. The number of operators for a work center is calculated as follows:</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>Number of operators = Sum of weekly capacities of all operators linked to the work center / Weekly capacity of the work center</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>The employees' weekly capacities are entered in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/bp/mdm/bpmdm0101m000#bpmdm001.hwem" role="formfield">Employment</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/bp/mdm/bpmdm0101m000" role="session">Employees - People (bpmdm0101m000)</GUIRef> details session. The work center's weekly capacity is defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000" role="session">Work Centers (tirou0101m000)</GUIRef> details session.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>The number of machines and the number of operators that is linked to a work center are used to calculate the work center's available capacity.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>Example</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>Today's date: 2000-11-07</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>Work center A: 40 hrs/week</Paragraph>
				<TABLE border="1"><THEAD><TR><TD width="67">Employee</TD>
							<TD width="60">First date</TD>
							<TD>Last date</TD>
							<TD>Hrs/week</TD>
						</TR>
					</THEAD>
					<TBODY><TR><TD width="67">A</TD>
							<TD width="60">2000-01-01</TD>
							<TD>2000-01-01</TD>
							<TD>40</TD>
						</TR>
						<TR><TD width="67">B</TD>
							<TD width="60">2000-01-01</TD>
							<TD>2000-06-01</TD>
							<TD>20</TD>
						</TR>
						<TR><TD width="67">C</TD>
							<TD width="60">2000-01-01</TD>
							<TD>0</TD>
							<TD>30</TD>
						</TR>
					</TBODY>
				</TABLE>
				<Paragraph>Number of operators = (40 + 30) /40 = 1.75</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000009" role="manual">To define departments</Link>
				</RelTopic>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000186" role="manual">How to calculate available capacity</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.ccap"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Critical Capacity for Planning</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>This field is used by Enterprise Planning and PCS network activities:</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><List><ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef>
					</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>Dependent on the value, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> uses man capacity or machine capacity to express the capacity use in the resource master/order plan.</ListItem>
					<ListItemHead>PCS network activities</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>Dependent on the value, PCS network activities use man capacity or machine capacity to calculate the value of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4101m000#tipcs400.ecpa" role="formfield">Aggregated Capacity Requirements</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4101m000" role="session">Activities (tipcs4101m000)</GUIRef> session and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs/tipcs4502m000" role="session">Activity Overview by Project (tipcs4502m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				</List>
				<Paragraph>SFC does not use this field because in SFC the capacity use is always expressed in terms of man capacity as well as in terms of machine capacity.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<AllowedValues><SectionTitle>Allowed values</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph><Link href="/baanerp/tc/domains/ccap" role="domain">Critical Capacity Type</Link>
				</Paragraph>
			</AllowedValues>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.stty"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Station Type</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The type of work center that is used in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/tiasc" role="module">Assembly Control (ASC)</Link> module.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><SectionTitle>This field can have the following values:</SectionTitle>
			</SimpleSection>
			<SimpleSection><List><ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#LineStatio.ti" role="glossary">Line station</Link>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#Buffer.ti" role="glossary">Buffer</Link>
					</ListItem>
				</List>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.bfty"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Buffer Type</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000#tirou001.stty" role="formfield">Station Type</GUIRef> field is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/rou.stty#buffer" role="enum">Buffer</GUIRef>, you can select a buffer type. A buffer type defines in which sequence the components at the buffer leave the station.</FuncDesc>
			<AllowedValues><SectionTitle>Allowed values</SectionTitle>
				<List><ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000347" role="glossary">Random Access Buffer</Link>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000348" role="glossary">FIFO Buffer</Link>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/rou.bfty#not.appl" role="enum">Not Applicable</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
				</List>
			</AllowedValues>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.norp"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">No. of Random Access Places</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The number of random access places of a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000347" role="glossary">random access buffer</Link> from which SSA ERP can choose to achieve the desired sequence for the next assembly <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000019" role="glossary">line segment</Link>. The number of random access places determines the number of products that can go directly from the buffer to the assembly line.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>Suppose you define 10 random access places for a buffer. This means that during the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000034" role="glossary">line sequencing</Link> process SSA ERP can choose at random out of a total of 10 (different) products in the buffer to achieve the proper assembly order sequence.</Paragraph>
				<List><ListIntro>The value of this field is used in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/tiasc" role="module">Assembly Control (ASC)</Link> module. You can enter a value if the following is true:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem>The work center is of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kowc#sub.wc" role="enum">Sub Work Center</GUIRef> type.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000#tirou001.stty" role="formfield">Station Type</GUIRef> is of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/rou.stty#buffer" role="enum">Buffer</GUIRef> type.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</SimpleSection>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000#tirou001.bfty" role="formfield">Buffer Type</GUIRef> is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/rou.bfty#fifo" role="enum">FIFO Buffer</GUIRef>, the value of this field is one.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.obfu"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Optimal Buffer Utilization</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The maximum number of products that can be stored in the buffer. During the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000034" role="glossary">line sequencing</Link> process, SSA ERP can fill the buffer up to the quantity you specify in this field, which is the maximum amount of units that can be handled by the buffer.</FuncDesc>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<List><ListIntro>You can only enter a value if the following is true:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem>The work center is of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kowc#sub.wc" role="enum">Sub Work Center</GUIRef> type.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000#tirou001.stty" role="formfield">Station Type</GUIRef> is of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/rou.stty#buffer" role="enum">Buffer</GUIRef> type.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.tuni"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Time Unit</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The time unit in which <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000#tirou001.wttm" role="formfield">Wait Time</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000#tirou001.qutm" role="formfield">Queue Time</GUIRef> are expressed. The time unit of the sub-work-center must be the same as the time unit of its main work center.</FuncDesc>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<List><ListItem>If the time unit relates to the queue time, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/tope#days" role="enum">Days</GUIRef> and <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/tope#hours" role="enum">Hours</GUIRef> must be interpreted as days and hours in the working time calendar that is linked to the work center.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>If the time unit relates to the wait time, no calendar is used. The availability of time is considered as 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.qutm"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Queue Time</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000351" role="glossary">queue time</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>The queue time is used in lead time calculation. The queue time is expressed in days or hours. You can also enter fractions of days or hours. The days or hours must be interpreted as days and hours in the working time calendar that is linked to the work center.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000000000000011" role="manual">To calculate lead times for operations and production orders</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.wttm"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Wait Time</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000352" role="glossary">wait time</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>When SSA ERP calculates the start times and end times of planned orders based on the routing, SSA ERP takes the wait time into account.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>The plan buffer enables you to build in a certain tolerance between successive operations, which makes it possible to shift operations.</Paragraph>
				<Paragraph>The wait time is expressed in days or hours. You can also enter fractions of days or hours. The days or hours do not relate to a calendar. The availability of time is considered as 24 hours a day, seven days a week.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>This field is not accessible if the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000#tirou001.kowc" role="formfield">Work Center Type</GUIRef> field is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kowc#cost" role="enum">Costing Work Center</GUIRef>, or if the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000#tirou001.stty" role="formfield">Station Type</GUIRef> is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/rou.stty#line.station" role="enum">Line Station</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/rou.stty#buffer" role="enum">Buffer</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000000000000011" role="manual">To calculate lead times for operations and production orders</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.mvtm"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Move Time</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#100102" role="glossary">move time</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.dque"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Desired Queue</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000334" role="glossary">desired queue</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.crmp"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Critical in Master Planning</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, the work center is critical. As a result, the work center is included in the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#BillOfCritic.ti" role="glossary">bill of critical capacity</Link> used in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef>.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tirou001.prin"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Print Instructions</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>If you use a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000364" role="glossary">microrouting</Link>, you can define instructions for production orders for each operation and for each <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000365" role="glossary">operation step</Link>. If the value of this field is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/prin#yes" role="enum">Yes</GUIRef>, those instructions are printed.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>You can only use <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/domains/prin#noappl" role="enum">Not Applicable</GUIRef> as a value if the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000#tirou001.kowc" role="formfield">Work Center Type</GUIRef> is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/kowc#sub.wc" role="enum">Sub Work Center</GUIRef>. In this case, the sub-work-center inherits its main work center's value of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000#tirou001.prin" role="formfield">Print Instructions</GUIRef> field.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000334" role="manual">Microrouting</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
	</Fields>
	<FormCommands><CommandHelp ID="calculate.resources"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Calculate Resources</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Calculates the number of operators and the number of machines. For calculation examples, refer to the Help of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000#tirou001.nomc" role="formfield">Number of Machines</GUIRef> field and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou0101m000#tirou001.noop" role="field">Number of Operators</GUIRef> field.</FuncDesc>
		</CommandHelp>
	</FormCommands>
</Session>
