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   <Header>
      <Title>Work centers</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2352940">
         <Level1>Work Centers</Level1>
         <Level2>work centers</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>A <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000000000000036" role="glossary">work center</Link> is a place where
		production activities are performed. Resources, such as people and machines,
		are lined to a work center.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <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>