Calendar
The Calendar is used to specify the capacity of the factory. While planning, this capacity is taken into consideration. The calendar is set at two levels:
- Location Calendar : Anything specified here is applicable to all the Resources
- Resource Calendar : This is applicable only to the individual Resource
Location Calendar
Location Calendar defines the total working time of a factory. This time is applicable for all the Resources within the factory. Parameters specified here are Working Shift,Non Working Shift and Over Time. Based on these parameters, the available capacity of a factory for each day is calculated.
Available Capacity = Working Shift – Non Working Shift + Over Time
Working Shift
A typical day can be divided into three shifts of 8 hours each. The timing of the shifts could vary though. There could be a scenario that the factories work for all three shifts on weekdays and only two shifts on weekends. In that case, the available capacity for the resource is 24 hours on weekdays and 16 hours at weekends. It is not necessary to specify for each and every weekend that only two shifts are working. With the repeatable condition Weekday or Weekend, the working shifts can be specified.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Shift Number | Shift number whether it is 1st shift or 2nd shift. The lowest shift start time should be the first shift number. |
| ShiftStartTime | The time this shift starts. This is expressed in 24 hours cycle. (Format : hh24:mm:ss) |
| ShiftEndTime | The name of the pattern like EveryDay, WeekEnd, WeekDay, DayOfWeek, DayOfMonth, SpecificDate |
| PatternValue | For each pattern, there could be a value associated with it. |
| WorkingShiftType | Whether the shift time specified is working or is a break |
Possible values for each of the patterns are
- EveryDay, WeekEnd, WeekDay – No need to specify any pattern value. Weekend means both Saturday and Sunday
- DayOfWeek – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and so on
- DayOfMonth – 1 to 31
- SpecificDate – One particular date
- Whenever there is an overlap of days, then the following order is used - SpecificDate, DayOfMonth, DayOfWeek, WeekEnd, WeekDay, EveryDay
Whenever there is an overlap of days, then the following order is used - SpecificDate, DayOfMonth, DayOfWeek, WeekEnd, WeekDay, EveryDay.
Validation
- Working shifts should be continuous in time. If there is a break between two shifts, then specify those times and select 'Break' for WorkingShiftType.
- No overlap of time.
Non Working Shift
This is used to define holidays. Here, the date, shift start time and shift end time should be specified. Patterns cannot be used to define NonWorkingShifts.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| ShiftStartTime | The time this shift starts. This is expressed in 24 hours cycle. (Format : hh24:mm:ss) |
| ShiftEndTime | The time this shift ends. This is expressed in 24 hours cycle. (Format : hh24:mm:ss) |
| StartDate | The effective start date of this calendar entry. This is used to enter overtime. |
Validation
- ShiftStartTime, ShiftEndTime and StartDate combinations should be unique
- ShiftStartTime and ShiftEndTime should have been specified in Working Shift
Over Time
This is used to define the extra time on top of the Working Shift. Here, data, start time and end time should be specified.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| ShiftStartTime | The time this shift starts. This is expressed in 24 hours cycle. (Format : hh24:mm:ss) |
| ShiftEndTime | The time this shift ends. This is expressed in 24 hours cycle. (Format : hh24:mm:ss) |
| StartDate | The effective start date of this calendar entry. This is used to enter overtime. |
Validation
- ShiftStartTime, ShiftEndTime and StartDate combinations should be unique
- ShiftStartTime should have been specified as ShiftEndTime in Working Shift
Viewing Location Calendar
The calendar screen is accessible by right click on Resource Id on any screen and selecting the option “Calendar”. The first tab is Location Calendar. Here information on Working Shift, Non Working Shift and Over Time is added/edited/deleted. To see how this translates into the capacity for each day, select the Resource Calendar tab. Here information can be viewed for each resource, capacity type and month.
