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   <Header>
      <Title>Checking Work Centers Dashboard</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2375767">
         <Level1>Checking</Level1>
         <Level2>work centers dashboard</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2375772">
         <Level1>Work Centers Dashboard</Level1>
         <Level2>checking</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>In a company, often a shop floor planner is responsible for the
		production planning of products on one or more work centers. Therefore, a shop
		floor planner must perform several work center related tasks. To execute these
		tasks the shop floor planner needs access to work center and production
		planning related data in an orderly way. The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1501m000" role="session">Work Center 360 (timfc1501m000)</GUIRef> session provides this data.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>How to use the Work Center 360 (timfc1501m000) session</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>If you select a work center in the work center list in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1501m000" role="session">Work Center 360 (timfc1501m000)</GUIRef> session, information about the work center
		is displayed in the header, in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1501m000#timfc1501m000.01" role="groupbox">Work Center Details</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The check marks under <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1501m000#tisfc.docs" role="groupbox">Documents</GUIRef> indicate if data is available for the work
		center. If you click a link, a session is started in which you can view,
		maintain, process or create the work center related data.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>You can click the following links:</ListIntro>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1501m000#utilization.by.week.b" role="command">Utilization by Week</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Click to start the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc1501m000" role="session">Work Center Utilization by Week (tisfc1501m000)</Link> session, which
		  displays the detailed planning and capacity usage of a specific work center.
		  Shop floor order-schedules are displayed for a specific week. Detailed
		  information can be viewed, such as operation, operation status, machine hours,
		  and man hours. This data is very important for planners. They can see work
		  center progress, and based on this detailed information, take
		  action.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1501m000#utilization.by.day.b" role="command">Utilization by Day</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Click to start the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc1506m000" role="session">Work Center Utilization by Day (tisfc1506m000)</Link> session, which
		  displays the detailed planning and capacity usage of a specific work center.
		  Shop floor order-schedules are displayed for a specific week. Detailed
		  information can be viewed, such as operation, operation status, machine hours,
		  and man hours. This data is very important for planners. They can see work
		  center progress, and based on this detailed information, take
		  action.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1501m000#build.utilization.b" role="command">Build Utilization</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Click to update the calculations of how much you have planned
		  to use machines and work centers.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1501m000#display.io.control.b" role="command">Input/Output Control</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Click to start the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc3510m000" role="session">Work Center Input/Output Control (tisfc3510m000)</Link> session. Input/output
		  control can be used to judge how efficiently your work centers are operating.
		  The input/output figures are expressed in number of hours. If the actual input
		  is less then the planned input, not enough work is at a work center or machine,
		  which leads to poor productivity. An actual output that is less then the
		  planned output can indicate problems at a work center or machine. The
		  difference between input and output is the queue. To ensure a continuous
		  production flow in the work center a planner aims at a minimum amount of work
		  waiting at a work center, which is called the desired queue. Based on all this
		  information a shop floor planner can take corrective actions.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1501m000#generate.io.control.b" role="command">Generate I/O Control</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>The input and output control figures must be generated before
		  they can be analyzed. Click to do so. You can also generate the input/output
		  data directly from the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc3510m000" role="session">Work Center Input/Output Control (tisfc3510m000)</Link> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1501m000#delete.io.control.b" role="command">Delete I/O Control</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Input/output data for a specific work center that is not used
		  anymore must be deleted. Click to do so. You can also delete the input/output
		  data directly from the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/sfc/tisfc3510m000" role="session">Work Center Input/Output Control (tisfc3510m000)</Link> session.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1501m000#resource.order.plan.b" role="command">Resource Order Plan</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Click to start the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp0530m000" role="session">Resource Order Plan (cprrp0530m000)</Link> session. The resource
		  plan displays the planned capacity usage of a specific work center on the
		  mid-long term. The resource plan takes into account planned orders (not yet
		  transferred), and already transferred orders. This data is important for shop
		  floor planners because based on this data they can take action in an early
		  stage, even before shop floor orders are created.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1501m000#display.tool.requests.b" role="command">Tool Requests</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Click to start the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/trp/titrp0515m000" role="session">Tool Requests (titrp0515m000)</Link> session. The list of requests are displayed by
		  work center. For every request, ERP Enterprise shows whether the requested tool is available. This information
		  can be important to planners. Although sufficient capacity is available, a tool
		  might be unavailable so that the operation cannot be performed.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/mfc/timfc1501m000#request.return.tools.b" role="command">Request/Return Tools</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Click to start the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/trp/titrp0215m000" role="session">Request and Return Tools (titrp0215m000)</Link> session to
		  actually request a tool for a work center. You must also use this session to
		  return a tool after utilization from the work center to the warehouse or to
		  another work center.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/ti/onlinemanual/000307" role="manual">Input / output control</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>