| # Work centers A work center is a place where production activities are performed. Resources, such as people and machines, are lined to a work center. Work centers are used to define machines, tasks, and routings in the Routing 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. In the Project Control 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 Project Control module. Work centers are maintained in the bill of critical capacity and are used to calculate rough capacity requirements in the Master Planning module in Enterprise Planning. In Enterprise Planning, 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 People package. Production order planning by work center is done in the Shop Floor Control module. The estimated and actual cost of a production order are calculated using the operation code that is linked to the work center. Related topics Costing work centers |