Display Work Centers

Use the Work Center Inquiry (WCQ) program to display work centers. See Road Map for work flow.

If you displayed this screen from another program, go to step 1.

The program displays these fields:

Field Name	Displays
Work ctr	The work center number; VENDOR for an outside service
Mach no	The machine number at this work center; vendor number for an outside service
Dept no	The department number responsible for this work center
Description	The description of the operation that takes place at this work center; the vendor's name for an outside service
Mach cap	The number of hours per day this machine is available for productive use at this work center
Shfs	The number of shifts per day
Wkrs	The number of people who operate this work center per shift
Queue	The number of shop days a job generally spends in a queue before being processed

Select a work center and click Select.

The program displays these fields:

Field Name	Displays
Work center no	The number of the work center you selected; VENDOR for an outside service
Machine number	The machine number for this work center; the vendor number for an outside service
Description	The description of the operation that takes place at this work center; the vendor's name for an outside service
Dept number	The department responsible for this work center
Mfg branch	The manufacturing branch for this work center
Critical?	Selected: This work center is critical Blank: This work center is not critical Typically, a "critical" work center is one that requires careful workload planning; for example, an overloaded center or a bottleneck.
Picking warehouse	If you selected the Backflush components by operation seq? and Use only inventory in work center loc? options for your manufacturing branch in the System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Manufacturing Options), the warehouse from which the system picks components
Picking bin	If you selected the Backflush components by operation seq? and Use only inventory in work center loc? options for your manufacturing branch in the System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Manufacturing Options), the bin location from which the system picks components; if blank, backflush components from any available bin
Machine lbr cd	The labor rate code and rate for an unattended operation; if blank, the system uses the Setup labor cd in the unattended operation's record in the Routing Maintenance (RTM) program
Overhead code 1 - 4	Four overhead rate codes and rates that apply to this work center but not to an outside service
Mach capacity	The number of hours per shop day this machine is available for productive use at this work center
Mach util %	The percent of time that the machine is use
Labor capacity	The number of hours per shop day that workers are at this work center
Labor util %	The percent of time workers at this work center are actually performing setup or direct labor; maintenance and cleaning are usually excluded from the utilization percent
Labor eff %	The labor efficiency percent: (Hours per piece x Pieces produced) / Hours spent on production) x 100 This is a reference only field and not used in processing.
Workers	The number of employees who operate this work center per shift; this number does not affect labor capacity
Shifts	The number of shifts per shop day for this work center
Queue time	The number of shop days a job generally spends in a queue before being processed
Hours shift 1 - 3 avl	For future use
Downtime allowed?	For future use
Stocking warehouse	Enter the warehouse where items controlled by location are stocked if you are using the "stock at last operation" feature (selected by item in Branch Item Maintenance) and the item is warehouse/bin controlled.
Stocking bin	Enter the bin where items controlled by location are stocked if you are using the "stock at last operation" feature (selected by item in Branch Item Maintenance) and the item is warehouse/bin controlled.

Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Exit this work center	Click OK.
Display notes for this work center	Click Notes. See Display Notes.
Display data in custom fields your company uses	Click User. Note This button displays only if you have set up user fields for Work Center Maintenance (WCM) program in the User Fields Maintenance (XMO) program.
Display utilization exceptions	Click Utilization. See Enter Utilization Exceptions. When utilization exceptions exist, a green check mark appears on the Utilitzation button.
Display tool availability	Click Tools. See Display Tools Associated with a Parent Item.
Exit and return to the menu	Click Quit.

Choose the appropriate options when you click OK:

To	Do This
Display the selected work center	Click Select.
Print the work center listing	Click Print. See Print.
Sort the listing by department, description, or machine number	Click Sort Options. Click a sort order or click Cancel to end this action.
Exit the program	Click Exit or Quit.