Burden Hours Hybrid Solution

Kinetic ERP
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In our shop, we have our Resources set to Split Burden because we can have one person running three different jobs on three machines at the same time. In that setup, the labor gets split three ways, but the burden is calculated for the full shift on each machine—since each machine is actually running for the entire shift.

Now, we’re running into a hybrid situation where one machine is running three different jobs throughout the day. The operator stays clocked into all three jobs at once, so the system is tripling the burden for that single machine.

However, switching the setting to Burden = Labor doesn’t solve the problem either. In some cases, that same operator might be clocked into three jobs for one machine and another job on a different machine. That causes the burden to be divided four ways, which still doesn’t reflect reality.

Does anyone have ideas or recommendations on how to handle this scenario more accurately?

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If you have Advanced Production and Scheduling, you can batch the operations together so only one operation is being used.

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Thank you John! But I am not sure if this would solve my issue. They are 3 separate part numbers running through out the day on one machine but it is to much to have the operator keep clocking in and out of each job. Can you maybe provide an example on how Advanced Production and scheduling would work?

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Can you go into a bit more detail here?

The operator is clocked into jobs they aren’t actively working on?

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Batching takes all of the operations you select and creates a single operation. It would give the operator one job/operation to log into. You can only use it if you have APS though