Other Resource Loading

Prerequisites

Unified Glossary

Basics of using a Ramco iEnterprise Series 4.0 Web Page

Using Online Help

This page allows you to view the workload as a percentage assigned to the resources. Tell me more.

The “Other Resource Loading” page appears.

Work Group

The work group for which you wish to view the loading of resources (Alphanumeric, 30). Ensure that the work group is already defined in the “Create Work Group” activity of the “Work Group” business component and is in the “Active” status. Ensure that the work group entered here belongs to the planning group specified in the “Planning Group” field. Data entry in this field is mandatory if you leave the “Planning Group” field blank.

 

Help facility available

 

Press <Enter>. The system retrieves the description of the work group.

 

Zoom facility available

Note: If you have entered a planning group and have not entered a work group, the system retrieves the loading of resources for all the work groups belonging to the planning group.

If you wish to view the loading of resources of a planning group, enter the following field:

Planning Group

The planning group for which you wish to view the loading of the resources (Alphanumeric, 30). Ensure that the planning group is already defined in the “Create Planning Group” activity of the “Maintenance Organization” business component and is in the “Active” status. Data entry in this field is mandatory if you have not entered a work group in the “Work Group” field.

 

Press <Enter>. The system retrieves the description of the planning group.

 

Zoom facility available

From (Day 1)

The date from which the work order is scheduled to start (Date Format). Data entry in this field is mandatory, if you have specified a work group or a planning group.

To

The date till which the work order is scheduled to complete (Date Format). Ensure that you enter a date later than the date entered in the “From (Day 1)” field.

The system retrieves in the “% Loading” multiline, the resource loading as a percentage for each day starting from the date entered in the “From (Day 1)” field till the date in the “To” field:

Other Res. Code

The resource for which the loading is calculated and displayed.

Day 1…Day 15

The percentage of utilization of the resource on each day starting from the date specified in the "From (Day 1)" field till the date specified in the "To" field. The loading is calculated as follows:

 
  • The number of hours for which the resource is available for the day is assumed to be 24 hours.

 
  • The total number of hours for which the resource is actually assigned to the work orders is calculated.

 
  • The loading is then calculated by the following formula:

 

Other Resource Loading = Assigned hours of the resource / Available Hours of the resource * 100

Resource Desc.

The description of the other resource.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Viewing the loading of other resources – An overview

Assignments - A summary of the activity

This page allows you to view the workload as a percentage assigned to the resources required for carrying out the work order. You can specify a work group or a planning group and view the workload of the resources for the period for which you wish to assign tools to the work order. The system displays the resource loading for each day starting from the date that you have specified as the start date till the end date. If you have not specified any end date, the system displays the resource loading for fifteen days from the start date.

The system calculates the resource loading as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prerequisites