Every operation can be assigned several labor engagements. For each engagement the user must select a labor type (or a specific staff member) and a labor rate (how many labor hour / operation hour needed). The labor specifications for each operation are done in the Operations Dialog: Labor etc. Tab. Sections can also assume one or more labor overhead assignments (specified in the Operating Cost Adjustments Dialog: Labor Tab). Each labor type (or staff member) is characterized by several parameters (basic rate, benefits factor, etc.); for more details, see Labor Type Properties.
To access the labor databank, select the Databanks } Labor Types... menu item from the main menu (or hit Shift+F3 as a shortcut). In the Labor Types Databank Dialog that will appear, you may see a list of all the available labor types that exist in the ‘SuperPro (User)’ database.
Select a labor type and then clicking on the 
button will present the same Labor Type Properties Dialog. You can view as well as edit (and save) the properties of the selected labor type. Finally you may also add a new definitions as well as delete any existing definitions of labor types that you no longer need (see Adding or Deleting a Labor Type).
Before a new labor type can be used in a process simulation, it must be introduced in the labor databank. Keeping the newly created labor type in the labor databank will make it readily available for use in any future process simulations. To add a new labor type, bring up the Labor Types Databank Dialog by selecting Databanks } Labor Types... from the main menu of the application. On this dialog click on the 
button and in the edit dialog that appears type in the name of the new labor type. After you type in an acceptable name (must be unique amongst all labor types in the labor type databank,) a new line will be added in the table to represent the new labor type. Notice that all of the labor type properties have been assigned default values but of course they can be edited to their proper values (click on 
to present the Labor Type Properties Dialog and do the editing). In order to delete a labor type from the databank, select the line in the table that represents the labor that you wish to delete and then click on the 
button.
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Deleting a labor type from your databank does not affect any existing process files that may have utilized this labor. All previous projects utilizing this labor already contain a complete definition of every labor type engaged in that simulation inside their document (file) and do not depend on the continued presence of such labor types in the databank in order to continue to produce simulation results. |
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Users have the ability to define specific staff members (“John Q.”, “Jane M.”, etc.) and assign them in places where labor is required. In other words, instead of simply selecting a labor type (e.g. ‘QC Operator’), you may want to assign specifically “John Q.” (who has been introduced in the database as a ‘QC Operator’). Staff members are not introduced from the labor databank interface. Instead, they are introduced from the Sites & Resources Databank Dialog so that specific staff members are introduced as instances of a given labor type available only within a given site. In order to employ the services of a specific staff member, you must first allocate your sections to database sites (see Section Allocation).
The list of labor types present in the ‘SuperPro (User)’ database, are considered as belonging to three categories:
a) Basic Labor Types
b) Essential Labor Types
c) User-Defined Labor Types
All labor types that are present in the ‘SuperPro (User)’ database upon installation of the program are considered as ‘Basic’. You are free to edit and/or even delete them if you think you will never have a need for some of them. If you have modified the properties of a basic labor type, saved it in your ‘SuperPro (User)’ database and later you change your mind and decide to revert to the property values as they came (‘out-of-the-box’) you can accomplish this by clicking on the 
button. Also, if you have deleted one or more labor types and later you wish to recover (restore) their definitions in your ‘SuperPro (User)’ database, you can click on the 
button There are just a couple of labor types (“Operator” and “Supervisor”) that are considered “Essential” and cannot be deleted. The proper functioning of some operations in the software require their presence and they are automatically registered as soon as the operation that requires them is created and for that reason, their definition must exist in the ‘SuperPro (User)’ database. Finally, “User-Defined” labor types are all labor types that the user has introduced beyond the set of basic labor types that came with the software. Of course, user-defined labor types can be edited and deleted at any time but once deleted they cannot later be recovered.
