Analyzing Workload and Performance

The processor, warehouse manager, or team lead can call Labor-Management-relevant information in the warehouse management monitor. For example, you can evaluate the efficiency of your employees, or the weight that was moved in a particular activity area in one day.

The following nodes are defined in the warehouse management monitor:

• Processors:

  This is a subnode of Resource Management.

• Planned workload:

  The planned workload reflects the work expected in the warehouse. Each data record references an open object that is still to be processed, such as an open warehouse order. You can use the planned workload to perform planning in your warehouse.

• Executed workload:

  The executed workload shows the completed work in your warehouse.

• Labor utilization:

  Labor utilization is the aggregated view of the executed workload. You can use the data in the Efficiency column to evaluate the performance of your employees. Under Utilization, you can use the actual data comparison, direct and indirect labor, and attendance of the processor to evaluate the performance of the processor.

• Indirect labor task

• Shift Management:

  You can use shifts to organize the work in the warehouse.

• Time and Attendance:

  You can record time events to document the warehouse workers' attendance in the warehouse.

You can carry out the following activities directly from the warehouse management monitor:

• Planned Workload:

  Navigate to reference document

• Executed Workload:

  • Create and delete manual executed workloads

  • Change individual executed workloads and perform mass changes of executed workloads

  • Update processor or shift data in executed workloads

  • Create indirect labor tasks

  • Display history

  • Navigate to reference documents

• Labor Utilization:

  Drill-down data by the following attributes:

  • No aggregation

  • Date and processor

  • Date and activity area

  • Date, processor, and activity area

  • External process step

  • Date, party entitled to dispose, and external process step

  • Date and reference

  • Individual records (executed workload)

• Indirect Labor Task:

  Navigate to indirect labor task

• Shifts:

  • Assign or change shift leads

  • Assign processors

  • Navigate to shift sequences

  • Navigate to work schedules

• Time and Attendance:

  Create, change, or delete time events

With measurement services, you build warehouse key figures, which you can use to check the effectiveness of your warehouse.

In general, most basic measurement services that are delivered are important with regard to resource and labor planning. The Number of Warehouse Orders that are open or due is, for example, already an important indicator. However, some basic measurement services are specifically for Labor Management key figures:

• Number of EWL Documents

• Total Work Duration of EWL

• Average Work Duration of EWL

• Minimum Work Duration of EWL

• Maximum Work Duration of EWL

• Volume of EWL

• Weight of EWL

• Number of Employees Expected to Work

The basic measurement service Deviation % of Planned/Actual Time in WO is independent of the activation of labor management.

The executed workload analysis uses aggregated information to give you a detailed insight into the data of executed workloads. If you are using BRFplus for your engineered labor standards (ELS), you can retrace how the data was determined and calculated per executed workload.

You can use the executed workload analysis to do the following:

• Retrace the data per executed workload.

  You can select an executed workload to view detailed traces for each of the following:

  • Labor activity determination

  • Travel time and travel distance calculation

  • Normal time calculation (using ELS)

  • Standard time calculation (using PFD)

  You can use this detailed information to retrace the results for each determination and calculation of an executed workload, and therefore verify that your modeled business rules are correct.

• View aggregated information.

  You can use the aggregated information to gain a quick insight into the data for all selected executed workloads.

• View the calculated fields per executed workload.

  These give you an overview of all the data for a single workload.

For the executed workload analysis you have to use BRFplus for your engineered labor standards (ELS) and you have to activate BRFplus traces on the SAP Easy Access screen under Extended Warehouse Management→Settings→Application Log→Activate Trace in BRFplus.

You can simulate the determination of standard time for existing executed workloads to verify tentative changes in business rules on workload level and aggregated information level. You compare the actual values with the results of the changed settings in the simulation. When you are satisfied with your changes, you activate the new settings in BRFplus.

You can use the standard time simulation transaction to do the following:

• View aggregated information.

  You can use the aggregated information to compare actual and simulated results for all selected executed workloads.

• View the calculated fields per executed workload.

  These give you an overview of all the actual and simulated data for a single workload.

For the standard time simulation, you have to use BRFplus for your engineered labor standards (ELS) and SAP Decision Service Management (DSM) to maintain and deploy your business rules.