Assign operations to a process resource in a different station

You can assign the operations to a process resource in another station without moving them to the other station. This shares the process resource between the two stations. You may do this if a worker in a nearby station is under utilized and operations in a station that exceeds the takt time cannot be moved to his station.

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You can also drag and drop operations to assign them to a process resource in a different station.

1. Open or navigate to a process area or process line that contains process stations.

2. Click the Balancing tab.

3. Select operations and click Assign to Process Resource .

   At least one process resource must exist to see the Assign to Process Resource command.

4. Click Assign to Another Process Resource.

   The Assign to Process Resource panel is displayed. The number of operations and total time shown in the Assign to Process Resource panel increases.

5. Select a process resource in another station.

6. In the Assign to Process Resource panel, click Assign to Process Resource.

   The process resource is added to the source station as a shared resource. Operations assigned to the process resource remain in the original station, and the total time of the process resource in both stations is updated with a new total time that includes its previously assigned operations and newly assigned operations. After the operation is assigned to a shared process resource, an icon is shown next to it in the target station.

   If you unassign all operations a shared process resource is performing in one station, it is removed from the station into which it was shared.