Set Preferred Resource

Explanation

Use this activity to allocate a specific work center resource to a shop order operation, or the operations in an operation block.

To set preferred resource directly on a shop order operation, or an operation block, select from available resources in the Preferred Resource field using the List of Values. Setting a preferred resource for an operation block will set this resource as preferred for all operations connected to the operation block.

To set preferred resource from the Machine Load, Labor Load or Machine Operations Scheduling charts, click Set Preferred Resource from the chart segment representing the relevant shop order operation and select the resource in the Set Preferred Resource dialog. It is also possible to set a new preferred resource from Machine Operations Scheduling chart by dragging it to another resource and drop it there.

Prerequisites

System Effects

As a result of this activity, shop order operation will receive a new preferred resource and it will get scheduled on this resource given that it is available.