Work Center Maintenance

You use this activity to create and change work center records by assigning either resources or work centers to them (see Work Center).

A specific resource can belong to only one work center. You must also assign sequence values to the elements in a work center.

If your shop floor uses machine interfaces, work center names must be unique across all sites to ensure that the system sends messages to the correct destinations. For example, SITE1 and SITE2 should not both contain a work center with the name WCVM.

This activity allows you to do the following:

Nest work centers inside other work centers and produce a hierarchical structure with resources as the bottom nodes
Sequence resources within a work center
Release SFC numbers to work centers (see Releasing SFC Numbers to Work Centers)

Fields

The following tables describe fields requiring explanation:

Main Tab
Field	Description
Status	If enabled, the work center can have new SFC numbers released to it or assigned to users.
Routing	The routing assigned to the work center Note This field can only be edited for work centers. End of the note.
Work Center Category	The category of work center None: No work center category is specified. Cell: The work center category is a manufacturing or service unit. Cell Group: The work center category is a collection of cells. Line: The work center category is a single routing. Line Group: The work center category is a collection of lines. Building: The work center category is a building.
Work Center Type	The type of work center Fabrication: Performs processes to produce discrete component parts from raw or semi-raw materials Assembly: Combines component parts, subassemblies, and assemblies into assemblies of greater complexity Dispatch: Tracks and moves materials between other work centers Shipping: Prepares, packs, and ships finished parts, assemblies, or end materials to the customer Customer: Performs inspections and verifications on behalf of the customer Prod Control: Receives, stores and issues parts to other work centers Records Control: Compiles and controls production records for an end material Diversion: Specifies a location where work is received and performed that was originally assigned to another work center and where visibility of the diverted work is retained at the original work center
Assignment Enforcement	None: Allows any user to perform a transaction (Start or Labor On) against an SFC number at an operation in this work center. Warning: Displays a warning message to a user performing a transaction against an SFC number in this work center if the user is not assigned to the SFC number at the selected operation. Enforced: Displays an error message to a user performing a transaction against an SFC number in this work center if the user is not assigned to the SFC number at the selected operation. Note This field works in conjunction with the Supervisor Work Assignment activity. If users are not assigned to a specific SFC number at a specific operation, this field setting is ignored. See also Supervisor Work Assignment. End of the note.
SFC Can Be Released To This Work Center	If selected, you can release SFC numbers to this work center.
Is ERP Work Center	If selected, indicates that the work center was transferred from SAP ERP (see Transfer of Work Center with Individual Capacities).
ERP Work Center	The corresponding SAP ERP work center for the SAP ME work center Note The field is automatically entered with the ERP work center name when the work center is transferred from SAP ERP (see Transfer of Work Center with Individual Capacities). End of the note.
Sequence	The order of the work center or resources in the work center
Work Center or Resource	The work center or resource assigned to this work center
Type	The type of the work center or resource in the Work Center or Resource field
Status	Shows the current status of the work center. If enabled, the work center can have new SFC numbers released to it or assigned to users. Note that this field only appears when Work Center is selected.
Zoom	Opens a nested work center in a new screen

Users Tab
Field	Description
Available Users	Users that you can assign to this work center
Assigned Users	Users that are assigned to this work center

More Information

Supervisor Work Assignment