Before you start
You need build.manage to add or change one. With build.read you can view them.
Steps
- Open Floor, then Work centres, and click Add work centre. To change one, open it ("Edit CODE").
- Enter the Code (up to 40 characters) and Name.
- Choose the Place. It is locked after you create the centre: "A work centre stays at its place."
- Choose the Kind.
- Tick the Machines. They are equipment registered at the place. If none exists the page says "No equipment is registered at this place."
- Choose the Line-side area. "Backflush draws from here."
- Choose the Calendar. Without one the centre counts 24 hours a day.
- Set Capacity counted in: machine hours or labour hours. Set Operations at once.
- Enter Efficiency %. For example 80 makes every operation take a quarter longer.
- Choose the Dispatch rule that orders the queue.
- When costs are visible, enter the labour and overhead rates.
- Click Add work centre or Save changes.