Enter Service Resource Group
Explanation
Perform this activity to create a service resource group. A service
resource group is used for planning and scheduling purposes.
Resource
groups can be of different types:
- Person groups are crucial for planning people and often define a
group of persons that can perform the same type of job. The group can be
off different competencies within your business such as technicians,
electricians, welders, engineers, etc.
- Tool/equipment groups, like person groups, often define groups of
equipment that can be used to perform the same type of work.
A resource group can be connected to other resource groups and be
included in a resource structure.
When creating the service resource
group using the assistant, it is possible to enter the initial company, site
and maintenance organization where this resource group will be used. It is
also possible to define cost and sales information as well as qualifications
for the group.
Prerequisites
- Sales Part(s) has to be defined.
- Job(s) has to be defined in Human Capital Management.
System Effects
- A service resource group of type either Person or Tool/Equipment is
created.
- Service resource groups for Persons and Tool/Equipment groups can be
used to plan on work tasks.
- If cost has been entered, then it is possible to get cost when
planning and reporting against a work task.
- If a sales part has been entered, then it can be used when invoicing
for the work performed by the resource.
- If a job has been defined, then it can be used to define
qualifications required to perform the planned job and to find macthing
persons to allocate to the work.