I
was looking for some advice on a good way to set up these 3 items. We
still have a similar setup as when we went live on Vantage 6 when everything
was labeled as machines. Since the change (in 8, I believe) to resource
groups and resources, we have not gone back to update accordingly.
We
currently consider our employees the resources and schedule that way.
However, our employees are not associated with a resource group or anything
like that. We have generic resources under our groups (ex. Product
Assembler 01) But, that being said, I am wondering if the following is a
good idea and welcome any feedback or expieriences that you may have.
Resources
- As stated above, would be our employees. Most likely not a direct link
but continuing down our generic path
Resource
Groups - Since the employees are our resources, this would be what we term as
departments. (ex. Saw, Product Assembly, Systems assembly, etc.)
Department
- This would just be a grouping mechanism that has some financial impact with
the GL numbers linked to them. I was thinking it should be groups of
departments. An example would be using Fabrication as a department and it
would contain the resource groups: Saw, Machine, Weld, etc.
We
have been reviewing all of our setups as we head down the path to re implement
Epicor instead of just doing an upgrade. Any advice or examples of what
your company is doing or any things to look out for would be much appreciated.
Thank
you in advance!