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# Define processes

> Create processes and assign primary or auxiliary workstations to execute each type of work.

**Processes** are reusable categories of productive work, such as cutting, assembly, welding, painting, or inspection.

They connect a recipe operation with resources capable of performing it. An operation specifies the process it needs; Bold can propose or limit workstations compatible with that process.

## Steps to follow

**Path:** **Production > Processes > Add new type**

**Name:** use a short technical name identifying the action, such as `Pressing`, `Packaging`, `Drilling`, or `Quality control`.

**Description:** detail the tasks included in the process. For example, for `Joining pieces` in textiles, you could write `Construction and sewing (overlocking and flat stitching) of front and back panels`.

## Assign workstations to the process

After creating the process, specify the workstations where it can run. Assign one or more as appropriate.

**Path:** **Production > Processes > Created process**

**+ Assign workstation**

**Workstation:** select the machine, line, or table where the process can run. For example, for `Welding`, select **TIG welding workstation 02**.

<Tip>
  If the workstation you need does not appear, make sure you have already created it in **Prepare work centers and machines**.
</Tip>

**Efficiency (%):** enter this workstation's rate for the process. `100 %` represents standard speed.

* **If the workstation runs at the standard rate:** leave it at `100 %`.
* **If it runs more slowly:** reduce the percentage, for example to `80 %`. The system calculates longer production times when using this workstation.
* If you do not need this level of detail, leave the default: `100 %`.

**Workstation type (Primary or Auxiliary):** defines this machine's role in the process.

* **Primary:** usual workstation for the process. Each process has one primary workstation. Assign equivalent lines as auxiliary workstations; selecting another primary changes the previous one to auxiliary.
* **Auxiliary:** backup workstation used when the primary workstation is unavailable or unsuitable for a particular job.

<Note>
  **Example:** for a `Bottling` process, mark `Automatic line 01` as **Primary** and `Manual packaging table` as **Auxiliary** for emergencies or small lots.
</Note>


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