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Working time templates (WTT)

The application is designed for users with production manager role or equivalent, to create, update, remove or deactivate existing templates. Users with production planner roles or equivalent can only view existing templates. The goal is to be able to set up calendars that can be reused on many resources, so that users don't have to do the same work on each resource. The calendar helps users plan according to resource capacity.

Overview
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In Working time templates (WTT), users can create new templates and look up Working times, Unavailable periods and Resources for each working time template.

Areas
  • Header

  • List - left side

  • Details - right side

  • Context menu options

Header

Users may switch between the Working time templates (WTT) and Unavailable period templates (UPT) applications quickly by clicking on the button with application name.

  • Working time templates

  • Unavailable period templates

List - left side

Columns

Description

St

Period working time template status.

Potential statuses are:
  • Status 1 - Pending registration

  • Status 4 - Active

  • Status 9 - Deactivated

Working time template id

Production working time template identification number

Name

Production working time template name

Description

Description of production working time template

Unavailable period template

Unavailable period template name

Created at

Date and time of creation in yyyy.MM.dd format.

Details - right side
Header
  • Name field - Production working time template name

  • Created at field - Date and time of creation

  • Description text-box - Description of production working time template.

Tabs
Working times

Users may define new shifts by clicking the Create new working time button and providing:

  • Weekday (Mon-Sun) - mandatory

  • Start/End time - mandatory

  • Production resource planning factor - optional. An integer value is required - factor (End time - Start time) are multiplied by this value to calculate the actual shift capacity.

  • Users may modify or remove existing shifts.

Columns

Description

Weekday

Day of the week

Start time

Start time for the working hours

End time

End time for the working hours

Duration

Displays the time difference between the Start time and the End time of a working time element.

Production resource planning factor

Utilization factor. Factor is multiplied with this to get the shift capacity.

Working time Id

Working time ID

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To open the Edit working time popup, click the Edit icon.

Available options in the Edit working time popup:
  • Weekday drop-down menu - Click and select to change the weekday.

  • Start time field - Click and type in HH:MM format to change, or click the Time icon select the required start time from a drop-down list.

  • End time field - Click and type in HH:MM format to change, or click the Time icon select the required start time from a drop-down list.

  • Production resource planning factor - Add a utilization factor. Factor is multiplied with this to get the shift capacity.

Note

Editing is not allowed after the working time is set in Status 9 - Deactivated.

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To delete the working time, click the Delete icon.

Note

Deletion is not allowed after the working time is set in Status 9 - Deactivated.

Unavailable periods

Users may select one predefined Unavailable period template (UPT) which automatically provides all non-working days for the working time template.

  • In addition, it is possible to define custom unavailable periods just for this specific template (WTT) by clicking the Create new unavailable period button and by providing:

    • From/To dates - mandatory

    • Description - optional

    • Users may modify or remove existing non-working days, but it applies to custom periods only. Predefined ones must be modified via UPT.

Columns

Description

From date

First date of the non-working period

To date

Date of last day of the non-working period

Description

Description of unavailable period

Unavailable period template Id

Unavailable period template identification number

Unavailable period template

Unavailable period template name

Resources
  • In the Resource, users can then add when the various resources are working and not working. This is done in the Production resource details (RESCONFIG) application under the Capacity setup tab.

Columns

Description

St

Status of production resources

Resource id

Production resource identifier

Name

Name of production resource

Description

Description of production resource

Type

Defines the CLASS of the resource

Context menu
Operations
  • Recalculate capacity on all resources that uses this WTT - User will be able to recalculate capacity on all resources by selecting a context menu option in WTT.

  • Delete - User may delete working time templates which are in Status 1 - Pending registration.

  • Deactivate - User may deactivate, set in Status 9 - Deactivated, working time templates which are in Status 4 - Active:

    • EXCEPTION: It’s not possible to deactivate a template which is used by an active Production resource (RESCONFIG), but only for valid periods (template is used now and in the future).

  • Activate - Activate Working time templates in Status 1 - Pending registration. It is not possible to activate a template with no working time elements.