Hi,

In Odoo, a work center generally represents a machine, workstation, or a functional production unit, not an individual worker. For your Welding department, you should model it as a single Welding work center rather than creating separate work centers for each welder. This keeps your routing and bill of materials simpler and avoids duplicating configuration.

When it comes to capacity planning, Odoo allows you to define the work center’s capacity in terms of the number of resources that can operate simultaneously. In your case, the Welding work center can be configured with a capacity of 10 to reflect that up to 10 welders can work in parallel. This way, scheduling in Odoo will take into account the availability of those 10 resources when planning operations.

For team-based activities like Assembly, where multiple people work together on the same work order, the same principle applies. You can model the Assembly department as one work center and define its capacity based on the number of workers or teams available. Odoo will then manage workload distribution according to that total capacity, ensuring that planning reflects the actual resources you can allocate.

This approach is more efficient than creating a separate work center per worker, since it keeps reporting, costing, and scheduling aligned at the department level while still accounting for the number of people who can work at once.

References:-

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8_G5mKrcxc

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_efmeF3Gp9Y

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uieYaraELOQ

Hope it helps

Managing multiple workers within a single work center in Odoo requires a thoughtful setup to ensure efficient planning and capacity utilization. Here's how you can approach this:

  Create a single work center for each type of activity (e.g., Welding, Assembly) to keep your operations organized.

  For capacity planning, use the 'Capacity' and 'Time Efficiency' fields in the work center setup. Specify the number of available workers as the capacity. This approach allows Odoo to calculate the total available hours by multiplying the capacity by the working hours.

  Utilize the 'Work Orders' feature to manage the distribution of tasks among the workers. Although Odoo doesn't directly assign tasks to individual workers, you can manage workload by creating separate work orders for the same operation if needed.

  Consider using custom modules or third-party apps that enhance Odoo's scheduling and planning capabilities if your requirements are complex. These can offer more granular control over worker assignments and capacity planning.

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