Work Center / Resource Create

What is Work center / Resource?

A work center is an organizational or physical unit that performs

manufacturing activities. A work center can be a machine or group
of machines and equipment.

Work centers may be grouped into a work center hierarchy where

every work center (except the top one) in the hierarchy is
subordinate to another work center.

Each work center contains its working hours information, which is

used to determine the available capacity is entered. The available
capacity for a work center is calculated using the number of
available hours. work center contains Scheduling and costing
information.

Resource is same as work center but it is used in PP-PI. There is

no difference between work center and Resource other than calling
it in a different name. Work center will be used in Routing and
Rate routing where as Resources will be used in Master Recipe.

Objective of this Document

This document will explain how to create work center.

List of prerequisites:-

Cost center details

What is the Menu path to log on to this Transaction code?

To create Work center:-

LogisticsProduction  Master Data  Work Centers  Work Center

 CR01 - Create

To create Resource:-

LogisticsProduction-process  Production planning Master Data

 Resources  Resource  CRC1 - Create

Note:- Creation of work center is explained here, except the menu

path and transaction, by following below steps, resource can also
be created.
1. Press Twice CR01 – Create.
2. Maintain the following data:
Field Name Values
Plant Enter the plant.
Example: 1200
Work center Enter work center
name.

Work center Enter category.

cat. Example: 0007
(Production line).
Plant Enter reference
(Copy from) work center plant.

Ref. Work Enter the reference

center work center.
(Copy from)
Note: If a reference work center is used to create the new work
center a pop-up box is displayed to select the data to be copied.
Click in the appropriate check boxes, then click on the Copy
button.
3. Click on the Enter button.
4. Maintain the following data:
Field Name Values
Work center Enter work center
description.
Example: Total
palletizing unit 7
Person Enter the person
responsible responsible.
Example: 001 (PE
Planner)
Usage Enter usage code
007 if the work
center is used in
repetitive
processes.
Enter usage code
008 if the work
center group is
used in discrete
processes.
Standard Enter standard
value key value key.
Example: SAP1
(Normal production)
Note: Long text may be entered for the work center by clicking on
the Create text button, entering information, then click on the
Back button .
5. Click on the Enter button.
6. Select must be entered in dropdown
.
7. Click Default values .

8. Maintain the following data:

Field Name Values
Control key Enter control key.
Example: PP01
(Repetitive
manufacturing)
Setup Enter control key.
Example: H (Hours)
Machine Enter control key.
Example: H (Hours)
Labour Enter control key.
Example: H (Hours)

9. Click on the Capacities .

10. Maintain the following data:
Field Name Values
Setup Enter formula.
formula Example: SAP005
(Production setup
requirements).
Processing Enter capacity
formula category.
Example: SAP006
(Production machine
requirements).

Note:- When creating Resource, Formula has to be entered in the

other formula field.

11. Click on the Enter button.

12. Click Capacity header button

13. Maintain the following data:

Field Name Values
 Capacity Enter a
category description.
Example:
Operational unit
capacity, cat 009
Capacity Enter capacity
planner grp planner group.
Example: C01
Factory Enter the factory
calendar ID calendar. Optional.
Active Enter version
version number.
Example: 01 (Normal
available capacity)
Base unit of Enter unit of
meas. measure.
Example: H (Hours)
Finish Enter finish time.
Example: 24:00:00
Capacity Enter the capacity
utilization utilization.
Example: 100
No. of Enter the number of
indiv. cap. individual
capacities.
Example: 1
Relevant to Click in the check
finite box to set.
scheduling Example: Set
Long term Click in the check
planning box to set.
Example: Set
Note: The number of individual capacities is the number of machines
or equipment.
14. Click on the Enter button.

Do the following steps to define periods when the capacity

availability is not 100%. For example, during plant shutdown
capacity availability would be 0%.

15. Click Interval avail. cap. button .

Create Work Center Capacity: Intervals of Available Capacity

16. Click New line Shift+F1 Button .

Add Interval of Available Capacity

17. Maintain the following data:

Field Name Values
Valid from Enter start date.
Example: 010802
 Valid to Enter end date.
Example: 310802
Capacity Enter percentage.
utilization Example: 0 (if a
shutdown or other
period of
inactivity)

18. Click Copy Enter Button .

19. Click Back F3 .

20. Click Choose button .

21. Click Back F3 twice.

22. Click Scheduling .

23. Maintain the following data:
Field Name Values
Capacity Enter Capacity
category category..
Example: 008
(Processing unit)
Setup Enter Setup
formula formula.
Example: SAP005
(Production setup
requirements)
Processing Enter Processing
formula formula.
Example: SAP006
(Production machine
requirements)

Note:- When creating Resource, Formula has to be entered in the

other formula field.

24. Click Costing .

Note: Here you enter the costing information provided by a CO
controller.

25. Maintain the following data:

Field Name Values
Cost center Enter value for the
cost center.
Example: 1201024
Activity Enter value in
type Column Activity
type.
Example: 1PDH01
(Production hours)
Activity Enter value in
unit Column Activity
unit.
Example: HR
Formula Enter value in
Column Formula.
Example: SAP001
(Production setup
time
Activity Enter value in
type Column Activity
type.
Example: 1PDH01
(Production hours)
Activity Enter value in
unit Column Activity
unit.
Example: HR
 Formula Enter value in
Column Formula.
Example: SAP002
(Production machine
time

Note: correct formula should be entered for each Activity.

26. Click Save .

27. The message bar displays “Work center xxxx in plant xxxx was
created”