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Production resources

A production resource is the productive asset whose use can constrain a manufacturing operation: for example, a line, machine, cell, or labor pool. It identifies the asset; its capacity is registered separately in production resource availability.

Resources are needed only when a routing operation must convert production into capacity consumption. A productive alternative without operations needs neither a resource nor availability.

Path in the platform

Data > Data Operations > Master Data > Production Master Data > Production Resources > Production Resources

Grain and required fields

One row identifies one productive resource.

Field Meaning
Production Resource Id Stable identifier referenced by routing operations.
Description Name recognized by planners.
Location Id Location where the resource is available.
Efficiency (1.0 if empty) Factor applied to the registered capacity; 1 preserves it.
Active (true/false or 1/0) Whether the resource can be used by planning.

Relationships and validation

  • The resource belongs to an existing location.
  • A routing operation consumes one resource.
  • Capacity is recorded by resource and reference date in availability.
  • A resource ID is stable and globally unique when it comes from an integrated compound key; see Identifiers and periodicity.