To adjust capacity in Bills of Material :You can adjust resource capacity to respond to machine or personnel availability. This includes: .
Delete or add a day of capacity, adjusting for overtime shifts or shop closures
Add or delete resource units when either extra resources are obtainable or resources are unavailable
Adjust Assigned Units or Usage Rate for the resource on the job routing
Simulation sets are used to link resource changes to available resource capacity. If the Use in Scheduling field is enabled on the Simulation Sets window for particular simulation sets, capacity modifications associated with that set are used when scheduling jobs. Simulation sets are defined, associated to resources in Oracle Bills of Material, and linked to Work in Process scheduling in Work in Process Parameters window. When you assign resources to departments, you can use simulation sets for capacity modifications by defining them on the Capacity Changes window in Oracle Bills of Material. See: Assigning Resources to a Department and WIP Parameters
There are two methods for adjusting resource capacity: You can change capacity in Oracle Bills of Material, or directly on the workbench.
To adjust capacity in Bills of Material :Navigate to the Departments window, see: Defining a Department
Choose Resources to navigate to the Resources window.
Select a resource, then choose Shifts to display the Shifts window.
Select a shift, and choose Capacity Changes to define capacity changes for a shift. The Capacity Changes window displays. See: Assigning Resources to a Department.
To adjust capacity in the Job or Resource Workbench:Select Adjust Resource Capacity from the tools menu, or right-click on a resource, and select Change Capacity from the popup menu.
The Capacity Changes window displays.
Note: A resource must be assigned to a department and a shift to display this window.
This window displays the resource name and the department assigned, the simulation set used to link resource changes to available capacity, and any specified instances. In the Capacity Changes region, change or add information depending on the resource definition. If you selected a resource scheduled by instance, the only available value in the Action field is Delete a Day. For these resources, access the instance to adjust capacity.
In the Shift field, select available shifts from the list of values. Shifts are defined on the Shifts window when you are assigning a resource to a department.
Select the action you want to perform. The choices are Add Capacity, Delete a Day, Reduce Capacity, or Add a Day. You can only delete work days, and only add non-work days.
If you are adding or reducing capacity, select the capacity units you want to change.
In the Date fields, From and To, select the dates for this capacity action to occur.
In the Time fields, From and To, the values default from the shift information, but can be changed.
Save your work.
You can set alternate resources from the Job or Resource Workbenches if they are defined on the Resource Requirements window. Alternate resources consist of other resources - or groups of resources - used instead of the primary resource in the job operation. When rescheduling jobs, the alternate resource is invoked if the primary resource cannot complete the job or schedule by the Requested Due Date.
If you are in the manual scheduling mode, you can only use alternate resources for operation type resources. In this case, no other operations will use the alternate resource. The resource is automatically scheduled when the resource is exchanged with the alternate.
If you are in the automatic scheduling mode, the Automatic Reschedule window displays when the alternate resource is selected.
Note: For automatic rescheduling, Oracle recommends first expanding the Work Order node and then rescheduling.
See: Adding and Updating Resource Requirements
To select an alternate resource in manual scheduling mode:Right-click on a resource, and select Choose Alternate Resource from the popup menu.
The Alternate Resource window displays.
Select a resource group listed on the window.
Choose OK to save your work.
The operation is rescheduled using the new resource information.
To select an alternate resource in automatic scheduling mode:Expand the Work Order node. Right-click on a resource, and select Choose Alternate Resource from the popup menu.
The Alternate Resource window displays.
You can select the Flashlight icon to locate the corresponding resource on the workbench. If the resource is not already displaying, this action loads that resource on the workbench. This enables you to view the capacity of that resource.
Select a resource group listed on the window.
Choose OK to submit your resource selection.
The Automatic Reschedule window displays.
Select scheduling information, see Automatically Rescheduling Start and End Dates