Worker

Description

A worker describes the entire physical or intellectual performance of a person required in the production process.

FACTON offers you an integrated labor cost rate calculation.

Further Information ► Labor Cost Calculation

Examples

  • Assembler
  • Process engineer

Insertion Positions

Unit

Workers have the unit »cycle«.

Calculated values of the Chipping cost model:

You can find the basic properties of the worker in the Details view.

Toggle View Schema

  1. Click in the view schema combobox to the top right of a view.

    2. All view schemes for the selected view are shown.

  2. Click on the desired view schema.

    3. This switches the view schema.

    Alternative: Click on one of the icons right next to the combobox to activate the respective view schema.

Note

The »Overview« view schema summarizes all available view schemes for the selected calculation or calculation element in groups. This schema is only available via the combobox.

»Calculation« group

Valuation

Via the valuation you can define the calculation mode for the cycle time. You can choose between the following valuations:

Further Information ► Valuation

Number of Workers

Display and enter the number of workers at the process.

This value is required.

Direct input is possible.

Number of Parallel Operated Work Stations

Display and enter the number of parallelly operated work stations of the worker.

Direct input is possible.

Tie Up Rate at Process

Display and enter the percentage worker tie up rate of the worker at the process.

Direct input is possible.

Personal Allowance Rate

Displays the determined value from the value rule tables.

Indirect input is possible using F12.

Note

The labor group »EG04« (trained employee/experienced) is defined by default when you insert a worker.

When you hover the mouse cursor over the labor group in the Details view, a tooltip appears with the name of the qualification level.

Further Information ► FACTON Benchmark Content

In FACTON, the labor cost of the worker is compiled of the following items:

The labor cost of the worker are calculated using the labor rate calculation. The labor rate is compiled of the following items:

  • Basic wage
  • Fringe cost
  • Shift premium
  • Weekend premium
  • Performance bonus rate

 

»General Properties« group

The specific properties of the worker are listed below.

Labor Group

Display and enter the pay scale provided by the FACTON Benchmark data.

Further Information ► Pay scale

Further Information

Click here for further information on each group.

FACTON CMD Compatibility

Workers can be allocated under the following supported resources:

 

UI Name Internal Name Type Object Type
Number of Workers NumberOfWorkersAtPosition Number Resource
Number of Parallel Operated Work Stations WorkerNumberOfSimultaneouslyOperated
WorkstationsAtPosition 		Number Resource
Tie Up Rate at Process WorkerTieUpRateAtProcessAtPosition Prozent (engl. percent) Resource
Labor Group LaborGroupAtPosition TLaborGroup Resource

Table: Interface Properties - Worker

Note

If the »Number of Parallel Operated Work Stations« is set by a CMD cost model, the »Tie Up Rate at Process« has also be provided, which is usually “1 / WorkerNumberOfSimultaneouslyOperatedWorkstationsAtPosition” and vice-versa.