Resource Variety
SCM has a great variety of resources which can be used to constrain the supply chain and result in a feasible plan. However, the constraint options change depending upon the resource type. In this screen shot below we have a Production Line resource which is used for PP/DS.
This type of resource can be declared a bottleneck, which means that is on the critical path and restricts the capacity of the entire operation. Products produced on bottleneck resources are called critical. There are two critical resource types generally
- Those produced on a bottleneck resource
- Those with long lead times
The bottleneck setting for a resource is on the tab within the resource transaction. It is a simple dialog box.
To read more about resources see this post.
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