Change the constraint and capacity type for a resource

After a few weeks of running a schedule, you may find out that the work done at some work centers is greater or lesser than the actual requirement. You may have originally considered those work centers as constraints. You can change the resources you no longer want to consider a constraint on the schedule. You can also change the capacity type if you think one work center that was originally running at maximum capacity can no longer handle the workload at that capacity.

If you change a resource’s constraint and capacity type, you may have to update the schedule.

To change a resource’s constraint and capacity type

1. Open the Constraint and Capacity (PSCONCAP) page.

   • Select Planning and Scheduling > P&S Production > Scheduling > Constraint and Capacity.

   Or

   • Search for PSCONCAP or Constraint and Capacity in the Navigation box and then select Constraint and Capacity.

   The Constraint and Capacity (PSCONCAP) page appears.

2. The details of each work center are listed in a grid.

The ID and name of the work center defaults from the Made2Manage ERPWork Center (WORK) page and cannot be changed.

TheAverage Load/Capacity percentage is calculated by the system to define the most constrained resource or CCR and cannot be changed.

3. Highlight the work center, and modify any of the following fields:

   • Specify the number of simultaneous operations the work center can perform for shifts 1, 2, and 3 in the respective Sim Ops Shift columns.

   • (M2M Advanced Scheduling only) Indicate if the work center is a constraint:

   TheConstraint value defaults from the Made2Manage ERP Work Center (WORK) page , but you can change it.

   • Select the check box in the Constraint column if the work center is a constraint and must be scheduled finitely.

   • Unselect the check box in the Constraint column if the work center is not a constraint and must be scheduled infinitely.

   • Specify the workload capacity.

MAX indicates that the resource is at its maximum workload capacity. STD indicates that the resource can handle the standard workload capacity. The default value is standard.

• (M2M Advanced Scheduling only) Indicate if the resource is partitioned:

You can modify this field only if theConstraint check box for the work center is selected.

• Select the check box in the Partitioned column if the resource is partitioned.

Partitioning a work center allows unfinished work at the end of a shift to remain on the machine until the shift starts the next day.

• Unselect the check box in the Partitioned column if the resource is not partitioned.

The schedule will attempt to find capacity at another simultaneous operation.

4. On the Toolbar, click Save to save the changes.

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