Settings in the capacity groups

Specifying capacity

The planning process involves comparing the capacity specified in the capacity groups with the capacity required for production files. Before you can start planning, you therefore need to specify capacity groups with a particular capacity. You enter this capacity on the capacity lines. After you have calculated the capacity for the different capacity groups, this capacity can be used for planning purposes.

Specifying settings

In the capacity group settings, you specify the capacity, as well as other options. Most values are just default values used in production files once the capacity group is added to an operation line in those production files. Other values cannot be changed anymore.

Setting	Explanation	Changeable in Production calculation for operations?
Schedule to %	This percentage indicates the extent to which the capacity group can be scheduled for the operation. For example, you may want to keep some of the hours of a capacity group available to be able to execute a rush order or to remedy any failures. The percentage is calculated on the value in the Hours per day field on the capacity lines.	No
To plan per day	Fill in a daily capacity to restrict the available capacity specified for the capacity group (see Calculated capacity). When scheduling a capacity group with multiple employees or machines, you can use the To plan per day field to specify that not all capacity can or may be used for one operation. For example, if there are three machines with a capacity of 8 hours, enter "8 hours" in the To plan per day field. Instead of 24 hours (3*8 hours), only 8 hours per day will now be planned for the operation. If you fill in '0', the To plan per day field will not be restricted.	Yes
Based on labor hours/machine hours	The planning process mainly consists of scheduling lead times of operations. Setup, adjustment, and operation times, which are used to calculate the lead time, can be specified for employees and for machines. Use the Based on field to specify whether you want the scheduling to take place based on labor times or machine times.	Yes
Finite versus infinite	See Scheduling based on finite capacity and Scheduling based on infinite capacity	Yes
If infinite: minimum and fixed lead time	See Scheduling based on infinite capacity	Yes
If finite: contiguous or not	See Scheduling based on finite capacity	Yes
Standard capacity	See Standard capacity in capacity groups	Sometimes