# JobBOSS2 Work Centers, Work Resources and Scheduling Setup > Source: https://netray.co/erp-help/jobboss2-work-centers-resources-scheduling-and-favorites > Publisher: Netray (netray.co), AI and integration engineering for ERP and manufacturing systems. > Section: ERP Help ## Short answer Scheduling in JobBOSS2 only works as well as your work center and resource setup: each work center needs a realistic capacity, a calendar of working hours, and rates, and each routing operation must point at the right center and carry honest setup and run times. Set those up first, then schedule from the job and board views. Favorites are a navigation convenience for the screens you open daily. ## Kind how-to ## System job-shop-erp ## Erp JobBOSS2 (ECI) ## Module Work Centers / Scheduling ## Query jobboss work resources ## Alternate Queries - jobboss 2 scheduling video - how to add to favorites in jobboss - jobboss2 work center setup - jobboss2 scheduling capacity ## Applies To JobBOSS2; the same concepts apply to JobBOSS and E2. Menu labels vary by build, so use the names as a guide. ## Steps ### How to set up work centers and scheduling **Items:** - List your real constraints: machines, cells or departments where work queues. Group identical machines into one work center unless operators need to schedule them individually. - Create each work center with a clear code and description, the department, and cost rates for setup and run so job costing reflects reality. - Define available hours using a shop calendar: shifts, days worked and holidays, plus how many machines or people each center has. - Add resources such as individual machines or people where you need finer scheduling than the whole work center. - Update the routings so every operation points to the correct work center, with setup time and run time per unit, and any queue or move time you want to plan around. - Release a few real jobs, then use the scheduling view to see load per work center and move operations to resolve overloads. - Compare scheduled against actual after a week and adjust the standard times, because stale standards break every schedule. ## Sections ### Work centers versus resources **Body:** A work center is a place work queues and costs accumulate. A resource is a specific machine or person inside it. Fewer, larger work centers make a simpler schedule and are fine when machines are interchangeable. Separate resources make sense when machines differ in capability, such as a small and large press brake or a 3-axis and 5-axis mill. Over-detail is the common failure. If you schedule at a level your team will not keep up to date, the schedule is wrong from day one. Start coarse, and split only where the schedule repeatedly fails. ### Making the schedule believable **Body:** Three inputs drive believable scheduling: capacity from the calendar, times from the routing, and progress from shop floor reporting. If operators do not report progress, the system cannot know what is finished, and the schedule drifts. This is why scheduling and data collection are one project, not two. Use due dates and priorities deliberately. Decide whether the system schedules forward from today, backward from the due date, or both, and teach the planner what each view means so they do not mix them. **Code:** Sanity check for a routing operation Setup hours + (run time per unit x quantity) = operation hours Operation hours / (work center hours per day x units available) = days of load ### Favorites and daily navigation **Body:** If your JobBOSS2 build supports favorites, they are normally added from the navigation menu or the screen header by marking the screen with a star or pin icon, and they then appear in a favorites list for quick access. Because the interface changes between releases, check the menu or the application help for the exact control. Pick five screens per role. A planner might favor the schedule view, open jobs, late jobs, work center list and purchase orders due. Short favorites lists get used, long ones do not. ## Pitfalls - Creating a work center per machine when nobody will maintain a schedule at that level. - Leaving routing times at placeholder values, so every job looks like it fits. - Ignoring shop calendar changes such as holidays and overtime. - Scheduling without shop floor reporting, so finished operations still occupy capacity. - Scheduling outside purchasing: a job cannot start if the material arrives later. ## Ai Angle Schedulers constantly ask which jobs will be late and why. An assistant grounded in your JobBOSS data can list jobs whose next operation is queued behind an overloaded work center, show the query behind the answer, and remain read-only. Netray can run it on-prem so your capacity and customer data stay in the shop's network. ## Faq ### Should every machine be its own work center? **Answer:** Only if you schedule and cost each machine separately. Interchangeable machines are usually one work center with a capacity of several machines. Separate them when capabilities or hourly rates differ enough to change quotes and schedules. ### Why is my schedule always wrong? **Answer:** Usually because routing times are guesses, the calendar is incomplete, or progress is not reported on the floor. Fix these three before changing scheduling settings, because no setting corrects bad inputs. ### Can I see capacity load by work center? **Answer:** Yes, scheduling views and load reports show hours scheduled against hours available per work center. Check the schedule and reporting menus in your build, or ask your reseller for the load report that matches your version. ### How do I add a screen to favorites? **Answer:** Look for a star or pin on the menu item or screen header and select it. If your version has no favorites, create desktop shortcuts or saved layouts. Application help for your build confirms the exact method. ## Search terms jobboss work resources, jobboss2 work center, jobboss 2 scheduling, jobboss scheduling setup, jobboss capacity planning, how to add to favorites in jobboss, jobboss routing times, jobboss2 resources --- Talk to an engineer: https://netray.co/contact?intent=erp_ai | Machine catalog: https://netray.co/agent/catalog.json