How do crews, material assemblies and quantity rules work?

Select resources in the same activity and choose Group selected resources. Create a labour/equipment Crew or a Material assembly. Group totals summarize their members; they add no extra cost. Ungrouping keeps the lines.

Use Quantity basis on a resource:

  • Entered quantity: hourly count or direct total.
  • Activity duration × count × utilization: hourly usage.
  • Per output unit: consumption factor × activity quantity, with optional waste.
  • Fixed total: direct quantity stays unchanged.
  • Lump sum: quantity stays 1.

Per-output rules do not convert units automatically. Do not add waste again if the factor already includes it. Grouping resources does not improve productivity automatically.

Related: Set activity productivity.

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