How to Create a Work Center
Applies to CoCoCo platform v1.0.0-rc.31. Every step below was run on that version.
A work center is a resource that production can be planned on: a machine, a person, a tool or a place. Each work center has a type (see Work Center Types Explained), can belong to a production cell, and says which steps it can carry out through its capabilities (see How to Assign Capabilities to a Work Center).
Before you start: you need the permissions to see and create work centers (workCenter:list and workCenter:write); deleting needs workCenter:delete. If the work center should belong to a production cell, create the cell first (see How to Create a Production Cell).
Create a work center
Section titled “Create a work center”- In the sidebar, under Planning, click Work Centers.
- Click Add Work Center. The page New Work Center opens.
- Under Details, enter a Name, for example
Speedmaster XL 106, and choose the Resource Type. New work centers start as Machine. - Under Production Cell, choose the cell, or leave None.
- Set the planning values, or keep the defaults (see Planning values below).
- Leave Active ticked if the work center can take work now. Untick it for a machine that is not in production yet: inactive work centers get no new work, but stay available for reporting.
- Click Save. The message Work center created appears and the list opens again.
Below Details the page also lists the Capabilities; how to use them is described in How to Assign Capabilities to a Work Center.
The card in the list shows the type, Active or Inactive, and the efficiency. To find a work center, type into Search by name or use the filters Type, Production Cell and Status.
Planning values
Section titled “Planning values”| Field | Meaning | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Efficiency Factor | Multiplies the nominal throughput when planning: 1 = nominal, above 1 = faster. Greater than 0, at most 10. | 1 |
| Setup Minutes | Average setup time before each operation. | 0 |
| Cleanup Minutes | Average cleanup time after each operation. | 0 |
| Processing Rate (units/min) | Units per minute. Empty means the operation’s own expected duration is used. | empty |
| JMF Device ID | The DeviceID the machine uses in its JMF messages. Incoming JMF messages with this ID are assigned to this work center. | empty |
Change or delete a work center
Section titled “Change or delete a work center”- Click the pencil (Edit) on the card. The page Edit Work Center shows the same fields and, additionally, Shift Profiles — this is where you assign shifts (see How to Set Up Shift Definitions). Click Save to keep changes, Cancel to discard them.
- To delete a work center, click the bin (Delete) on its card and confirm Delete Work Center? with Delete.
Linking a device to a work center is not part of this form in this version.