The economic use of resources is an objective for many areas of a company. The component “Capacity Planning” is available in the R/3 System for this purpose. Capacity planning supports planning in all its phases: long-term rough-cut planning medium-term planning short-term detailed planning Contents of this Capacity Planning in SAP PP – Reference guide Capacity [...]
Use this Capacity Planning in the Project System to compare the capacity requirements of a project with the available capacity of the work centers assigned to the project. As a result, you can schedule the capacity requirements optimally. Contents of this Capacity Planning in the Project System ( SAP PS ) Guide Capacity Planning in [...]
Shop floor control converts the planning data in material requirements planning into actual production orders and coordinates the production process with all the resources involved. The main tool for carrying out production is the production order. The production order generates capacity requirements at the detailed planning level and these are dispatched during capacity leveling. Contents [...]
Repetitive manufacturing uses capacity leveling to carry out capacity planning for production lines. You use the planning table in repetitive manufacturing to carry out capacity planning and capacity leveling. The planning table is laid out in periods and gives you an overview of dates and quantities for materials and production lines. Contents of this Capacity [...]
The task of material requirements planning is to guarantee material availability. The system calculates which materials must be procured or produced at what time and in what amounts so as to provide the quantities required.Using MPS you can carefully plan important parts or bottleneck parts in a separate planning run at the highest BOM level [...]
Capacity leveling is used in various areas of a company and at different planning levels with the following objectives: High capacity load Adherence to dates Short lead times Low stocks The objectives of capacity leveling include: Leveling overloads and underloads at work centers Achieving optimum commitment of machines and production lines Selection of appropriate resources [...]
You can use capacity evaluations to analyze capacity loads in your company. You can adjust the analyses for each user according to the planning level, planning horizon and the area of responsibility. Available capacities and capacity requirements can be selected according to various criteria and cumulated using any period split you choose. Contents of this [...]
