Re: 24 Hour Schedule

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You're most welcome Johnny. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

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"Johhny" <Johhny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Julie,

I'll try this next week and see how it works. Thanks for the help.
--
Johnny



"JulieS" wrote:

Hello Johnny,

If the 10 daytime pipefitters and 5 night time pipefitters all have
equivalent abilities and costs, you could create two named resources:

"Pipefitters - day shift" with a maximum units of 1000% -
representing
10 "fulltime" pipefitters
"Pipefitters - night shift" with a maximum units of 500% -
representing
5 "fulltime" pipefitters

Modify each resource's calendar to create the shifts, minding the
issue
that working hours cannot span over midnight. Again, take a look at
the
"Night Shift" calendar that comes with project.

When you assign resources you can assign up to the maximum units of
resources without overallocating and needing to level the resource.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information
about Microsoft Project


"Johhny" <Johhny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks.

My problem is that we have a different number of resources on days
and
nights. For example: 10 pipefitters on days and 5 pipefitters on
nights.
Typically, each job is planned for 2 pipefitters. How do you set
up
10
pipefitters on days and 5 pipefitters on nights so that a job that
requires 2
pipefitters and works around the clock for 2 days will level?

--
Johnny



"JulieS" wrote:

Hello Johnny,

Take a look at the three calendars which come with all project
files --
you'll see examples of a 24-hours, a night shift, and the standard
calendar which is 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. See Tools > Change Working
time
to view all three calendars.

Generally during the 24 hour time period, you most likely would
want
to
use the resource's calendars to drive the schedules. If you have
some
staff covering the three shifts, modify the resource's calendars
to
reflect their shift information. When you assign resources from
different shifts, the task times (start, finish) will
automatically
adjust to conform with the resource's working time.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information
about Microsoft Project


"Johhny" <Johhny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I use MS Project to schedule maintenance in a chemical plant. My
typical
tasks are 1 to 6 hours in length and we just work days. Several
times
a
year, we have a shutdown and go on a 24 hour schedule. Does
anyone
know how
to set up multiple shifts in MS Project? Some of the tasks will
work
around
the clock for several days but most will be on days. The night
shift
has
less resources than the day shift.

--
Johnny









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