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   <Header>
      <Title>Work centers</Title>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>A <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000000000000036" role="glossary">work center</Link> is a place where production activities
are performed. A group of resource units is used as a functional planning unit
and defined for production planning and cost estimating. Resources (men and
machines) are linked to a work center.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>Work centers are used to define machines, tasks, and routings in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou" role="module">Routing</GUIRef> module. The company calendar is also defined using work centers. Operation rate
codes can be linked to a work center and can be used to calculate the cost price
of an item.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs" role="module">Project Control</GUIRef> module, work centers are used to define customized routings
and activities in network planning. The routing sheet of the calculation parts
is also maintained using work centers in the budget area of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/pcs" role="module">Project Control</GUIRef> module. Work centers are maintained in the bill of critical capacity and are
used to calculate rough capacity requirements in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rmp" role="module">Master Planning</GUIRef> module in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>In <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef>, work centers are used if the generic routing is defined.
The budget (in hours) and the actual hours for a work center are maintained in
the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/bp" role="package">People</GUIRef> package. Production order planning by work center is done in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/sfc" role="module">Shop Floor Control</GUIRef> module. The estimated and actual cost of a production order are
calculated using the operation code that is linked to the work center.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000344" role="manual">Costing work centers</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>