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Work center mechanism in
work order in Odoo MRP

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INTRODUCTION
 Work Center is the Physical place in a manufacturing firm where different manufacturing processes are done.
The user can configure the work center details in Odoo and perform rout based production. The work center
performance indices like efficiency factor, production capacity etc. can also be configured to a work center so
that later this data can be used to analyze the performance of each work center.

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 To configure work center you have to enable Routing & Planning from MRP
settings, which will give a dashboard for managing all the work centers. See fig
 The user can perform actions and take reports directly from this dashboard.

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 Click More to view more settings

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We can
● Generate reports like CEE , Performance and Waiting Availability from here.
● Create new plan order.
● Change the color of the tile, for identifying each work centers easily.
( Use the color boxes In footer to change the color)

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• The “setting” menu in the footer will redirect you to the workcenters form.
• Plan order button redirects us to manufacturing orders that use this particular work centers
• If a work center is not processing currently, we can block the work center.

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• There is red dot in the bottom of each work centers. If it is in red in color the particular WorkCentre
is in blocked state.
● To change the Block/Unblock state click the dot.
 Give the reason and description for blocking a work center here.

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• We can also create new loss reason (if needed) from the Loss Reason dropdown.

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• Work Centers
 The work center is the major part of a work order. A corresponding work center detail is adde
in each work order. So while processing manufacturing order the entire manufacturing proce
will go through this specified work centers.

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• We can create new work centers very easily from
 Manufacturing->Master Data->Work Centers->Create
Provide ‘Work Center Name’, ‘Code’, Working time of the resources etc in the form.

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 ( Working time of the resources)
• As mentioned earlier you can add performance indices like efficiency factor, capacity etc. from
General Information Tab.

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● Efficiency Factor
This field depicts the efficiency of the resource to complete a task.
● Capacity
A number of pieces that can be produced in parallel.
● OEE Target
Overall Equipment Effectiveness(OEE) Target in percentage.
● The time before prod.
Time in minutes for the basic setup before start a production.
● Time after prod.
Time in minutes for the cleaning after the production.
● Description
Give the detailed description of the Work centers.

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 Workorder Messages
 You can create a custom message and display it in a particular work center window. The message
will be displayed in the corresponding work center window while processing a work order
Manufacturing-> Operations->Work Center -> Create
 We can set the message here.

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 And when we open a work order, the message will be displayed in the work order.

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 Work Order Performance Analysis
 We can get detailed Work Orders Performance in the bar diagram, pie chart and line chart etc from
the report menu.
 Manufacturing -> Reporting-> Work Orders
• Here we can view with different measured like Real Duration, Expected Durations, Capacity,
Duration per Unit, Quantity, etc.

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Refer this link for more:
https://www.cybrosys.com/blog/work-center-mechanism-in-work-order-in-odoo-mrp

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