Purpose

A resource record is required to hold the details of each of the gauges, tools, people and machines you use in your production methods. You must define your resources before you can reference them in your production methods.

Steps

1.Press New on the resources list.

2.Enter its Full Name. This is the full descriptive name.

3.Enter its Resource ID. This is the short name as you want it to appear in the selection lists within Match-IT. It will initially be filled with whatever you typed into the full name field.

4.Enter the Cycle Cost/Hour. The amount you enter here is used to calculate costs in methods that use this resource.

5.Enter other details as required.

6.Press »Save«.

Notes

The capacity available for the resource is defined by its weekly profiles. Initially the capacity will be your normal working week. You can see that by pressing the Weeks button on the Actions tab.