The Resources module serves as an extension to the Production module; together they provide a base platform for managing light manufacturing processes in SAP Business One.

Using the resources functionality you can perform the following key business functions:

A resource is a commodity, machine, labor, and so on, used to produce goods and services. As opposed to items, resources have capacity available throughout a period of time that can be consumed in a production process. You can define daily resource capacity for each day separately or for a period of time, and then you can assign the capacity to production orders. Consumption of resources in a production process contributes to overall production costs and can be split into underlying cost elements for further accounting purposes.

For details on using the resources functionality, refer to the How to Work with Resources document in the documentation area of SAP Business One Customer Portal at http://service.sap.com/smb/sbocustomer/documentation.