General settings

General setup

Efficiency

Set the efficiency for this resource.

A resource working with another efficiency as the standard resource. E. g. an older machine can produce only 80% per hour of what a newer machine can. In that case, set the efficiency to 0.8. If the standard processing time for an operation is 10 hours for the new machine, the older machine will produce the same operation with a processing time of 10 hours/0.8=12,5 hours.

If an operation is moved between the two machines the processing time will be automatically recalculated.

Capacity

The capacity used if field “Cap. from res.” in Edit operation in the time tab.

Calendar

Assign a calendar to a resource.

Double click in the field Calendar next to a resource and a list of available calendars is shown.

It is possible to edit a calendar or create a new one: right-click on the headline Resources in the list to the left.

If the activities of a resource are to be displayed in relation to its resource calendar both a valid resource calendar has to be selected and the check box Active has to be enabled.

Advanced calendars in the drop-down box:

Calendar factor

Set the number of simultaneous operations.

Typically used on resource groups where a value of 0 is used in the case that operations should be scheduled to one of the group members. If a resource group have no members use this value to specify the number of simultaneous resources for the resource group.
The factor is used by the planning strategies to decide how many simultaneous operations are allowed on the resource group. The factor also affects the number of possible hours available for a resource shown in the workload graph.
Note that the calendar factor specified here can be overwritten on calendar periods. I.e. it is possible to create e.g. a resource exception reducing/increasing the calendar factor for a certain period of time.

Resource type

Optionally assign a resource type previously created in the “Resource types” tab. Resource types are typically only used in combination with special customer-specific modules added to ROB-EX partner or system integrator.

Warehouse

If you have already created warehouse options in Edit Materials -> warehouses, you may choose a warehouse option from the list.

Cost profile

If you have already created one or more Cost profiles in Edit Cost Profiles, you may choose a cost profile from the list.

Visual setup

Modification of duration

Select if the workload or operation efficiency is changed when the duration of the operations on this resource are changed.
The duration is changed by pulling the backend of an operation.

The function Allow change of Gantt bar length using mouse must be activated in the menu “Functions->Settings->General->Gantt chart”.

Graphs

Set if this resource contributes to the workload graph and the manpower graph.

Push the Settings button. Set if the resource should contribute to the workload graph and the manpower graph.

Red overlap warning

BOM warning mode

Show overlap warnings from sub-operations

While you are moving the primary operation, then double bookings from any sub-operation will be shown as purple-colored overlap warnings above the primary operation. So you may focus on the primary resource but still be warned of any problems from any of the sub-operation resources. Overlap bookings on the primary operation will still be displayed in red, so you can easily distinguish between the two types of double bookings.

Workload summing ignore resource efficiency

Setting affecting how resource efficiency affects workload summing on workload graphs, ExtractReportingHistory macro and the REST analysis framework. Operation workload is summed as without accounting for resource efficiency. On a resource with high efficiency an operation with an hour of workload would normally contribute less than 1 hour, with this setting 1 hour of workload contributes 1 hour regardless of the resource efficiency.

This setting is available only from v7.0.0.467 and later