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Work Center
Production Planning

Work Center

Defined production resource or group of similar resources used for capacity and scheduling.

Examples

  1. 01The turning work center includes three CNC lathes that can run the same parts, with 48 hours of capacity per day.
  2. 02Planning reviews the load of each work center weekly and flags any above 90 %.
  3. 03When a machine is moved, the work center is updated in the system so that capacity planning stays correct.

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