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`Capacity Leveling in the SAP System
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`This section offers you an overview of how the capacity leveling function is integrated with the SAP
`System.
`Capacity leveling is an essential function within capacity planning, which is a part of the R/3
`System. The R/3 System is integrated application software covering all the business functions in
`your company. The efficiency of the overall system is achieved through the integrated modules,
`each representing an area of related functions.
`All modules are real-time applications, that is, values and quantities are saved directly. As a
`result, the same current data is available to all users of this system.
`The capacity leveling function is used in the following modules:
`¯ Materials Management (MM)
`¯ Production Planning and Control (PP)
`¯ Plant Maintenance (PM)
`¯ Project System (PS)
`¯ Human Resources (HR)
`The following elements in capacity planning form the basis of capacity leveling:
`¯ available capacities
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`capacity requirements
`¯ operation dates in orders
`For easier reading in this guide, the term "operation" also includes the "activities" in networks
`except where the networks are explicitly described.
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`Introduction to Capacity Leveling
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`This section gives you an overview of
`¯ the basics of capacity planning and capacity leveling,
`¯ the aims of capacity leveling
`¯ the applications, in which capacity leveling can be carried out and
`¯ how the system displays the capacity leveling function.
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`KBasics
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`The capacity planning function gives the planner an overview of capacity utilization on different
`planning levels. Capacity planning has the following objectives:
`¯ to determine available capacity
`¯ to determine capacity requirements
`¯ to compare available capacity and capacity requirements
`¯ to adjust capacity underloads and overloads at work centers
`The last point is only available through the capacity leveling function.
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`Objectives of Capacity Leveling
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`The following figure shows the objectives of capacity leveling.
`is that these aims are frequently contradictory:
`A high capacity utilization, that is 100% capacity, risks missing deadlines in the case of
`malfunctions.
`Short lead times are easier to achieve with capacity underloads and small lots. However, this
`conflicts with the objective of high capacity utilization.
`Low stock levels keep inventory costs low but make it difficult to make delivery dates.
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`Available Capacity
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`Available capacity is defined as the amount that can be produced in a certain period. It is
`generally maintained in the work center. You define the standard available capacity, which is not
`limited to a particular period of time, using the following data:
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`start and finish of work
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`capacity utilization
`¯ number of individual capacities, machines or people making up the capacity
`You can save those available capacities, which are defined for finite periods of time and which
`deviate from standard available capacity, in intervals of available capacity using shift definitions and
`shift sequences.
`You can maintain any number of capacities with different capacity categories for every work center.
`Depending on the work center category this could include any of the following typical capacity
`categories:
`¯ a machine on the shop floor
`¯ a group of people on a production line
`¯ a maintenance group in Plant Maintenance
`¯ a group of engineers in the Project System
`Please refer to the guides PP - Work Centers or PP - Capacity Requirements Planning for more
`detailed information on available capacity.
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`Capacity Requirements
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`Capacity requirements arise either from the output required by an order at a particular work center
`at a certain time or from a requirements entry line. A requirements entry line is the display of
`production quantities or planned figures which generate capacity requirements.
`Capacity requirements are generated in the following application areas through the corresponding
`orders/requirements lists:
`Sales and Operations Planning, SOP:
`the requirements entry line in rough-cut planning
`Master Production Scheduling, MPS:
`planned orders in master production scheduling
`Material Requirements Planning, MRP:
`planned orders in material requirements planning
`Repetitive manufacturing:
`the bar with production quantities in repetitive manufacturing
`Production Activity Control:
`production orders for production activity control
`Plant Maintenance, PM:
`maintenance orders for maintenance measures
`¯ Project System, PS:
`networks in projects
`Please refer to the guides PP - Sales and Operations Planning, PP - Master Planning/MRP Guide,
`PP - Repetitive Manufacturing, PP - Production Orders, PM - Maintenance Orders, PS - Project
`System for more information on the individual order categories and requirements lists.
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`Application Areas using Capacity Leveling
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`You can carry out capacity leveling in the SAP System in the following application areas:
`Production Planning (PP), Plant Maintenance (PM), Project System (PS) and, as of Release 3.0, in
`the Human Resources System (HR).
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`Production Planning
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`How capacity leveling is performed in production planning (PP) depends on the planning level at
`which it is to be carried out.
`It is important to distinguish between the following planning levels:
`¯ Sales and Operations Planning (SOP)
`¯ Master Production Scheduling (MPS)
`¯ Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
`¯ Repetitive Manufacturing
`¯ Production Activity Control
`Whether rough-cut production rate or detailed planning can be used depends on the planning level.
`You can smoothly move between the planning levels.
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`Planning Level: SOP
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`In Sales and Operations Planning (SOP), you specify sales volumes in the long-term and
`medium-term and then the system uses rough-cut planning to estimate the production levels
`necessary to support these figures. In capacity leveling, the quantities to be produced should be
`roughly compared with productive capacity. A characteristic of capacity leveling in SOP is that
`planning takes place on product group level or product level.
`Please refer to "V!.e~,..ot S.a.!e§..a.D.d...0._~p. erations Planning" for a detailed description of
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`Planning Level: MPS
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`The objective of Master Production Scheduling (MPS) is to plan those parts which have
`considerable influence on the final product with special care. For example, these are the products
`which represent a high proportion of total sales or which dominate the entire production process
`because of how they are manufactured.
`Capacity leveling in MPS is used to reconcile the capacity situation before the planning results
`affect all BOM levels. After the creation of the master plan for a master schedule item, material
`requirements planning is started.
`Please refer to ".,V,.j,e.w.,£,f.,,_M,.,,P,.,S.,,,a,.p.,d.=M,.,,R.,P.," for a detailed description of capacity leveling within MPS.
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`Planning Level: MRP
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`The objective of Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is to ensure that material is available, that
`is, to plan the quantities required both by production and by sales and distribution. It calculates the
`materials needed and the requirements dates and creates the necessary order proposals. For
`products or materials made in-house, material requirements planning always generates an order
`proposal in the form of a planned order.
`The planned order contains specifications as to the lot to be produced and the required resources.
`The system calculates capacity requirements using these specifications. These capacity
`requirements are the basis of capacity leveling.
`Please refer to ".,V,.j,e.w.,£,f.,,_M,.,,P,.,S.,,,a,.n.,d.=M,.,,R.,P.," for a detailed description of capacity leveling within MRP.
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`Planning Level: Repetitive Manufacturing
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`The repetitive manufacturing function of the PP System is used for the repeated production of the
`same product over a long period of time. It is used to create and process master plans for a
`defined period and a specified quantity.
`Repetitive manufacturing uses production versions. You create a run schedule covering a certain
`period for a production version of a material. For a production version you specify in the material
`master record alternative routings and BOM alternatives as well as a production line. Generally
`rate routings are used for capacity leveling based on the production line.
`Please refer to "~..f.,..R.#.p..e..t.i.tj..v...e....M...a...n..u.f..a...c..t..u..r.Ln.,q" for a detailed description of capacity leveling
`within repetitive manufacturing.
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`Planning Level: PAC
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`Production activity control converts MRP planning data into concrete production orders. A
`production order specifies what material is to be produced or what activity is to be carried out where
`and at what time. It also explicitly determines the work centers to be used, among other things.
`When you create a production order, the system automatically carries out lead time scheduling and
`creates capacity requirements records. Capacity leveling at the production order level is used for
`detailed planning. Capacity leveling is called up separately from order maintenance in production
`activity control (also see "Application-Specific Menus" in "...W....o..r..k..Ln.,q...W...i.t.h.....C...a.p.~.a..,n.,0,!,0_,g").
`Please refer to "~..e.,,(,.P.,.M..)." for a detailed description of capacity leveling
`within production activity control.
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`Plant Maintenance
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`Plant Maintenance aims to maintain the operating efficiency of technical systems such as machines
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`or production plants. You use a maintenance order to carry out a maintenance measure. The
`system can carry out capacity leveling and fine tuning in Plant Maintenance based on the capacity
`requirements for maintenance orders. Capacity leveling is called up separately from order
`maintenance in Plant Maintenance (see "Application-Specific Menus" in "~#ci_.ty;,
`Planninq").
`Please refer to "_._.V._.i#w..~.=P._.!an.t.~nance.~(_._.P.,_.M._._)" for a detailed description of capacity leveling
`within Plant Maintenance.
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`Project System
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`Networks are used to plan step-by-step processes in a project in the Project System. Capacity
`requirements are calculated during network scheduling when there is work center assigned to the
`activity in the network. Capacity leveling at network level is used in project planning. You call up
`capacity leveling separately from network maintenance in the Project System (also see
`"Application-Specific Menus" in "...W...o.r.k..Ln..q...W...it..h...O..a.p.~.a.,.n.,o,!,O_g").
`Please refer to "~~_.m._._=(_.P._.~_S_._)_" for a detailed description of capacity leveling within
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`KScheduling and Capacity Requirements Calculation
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`Scheduling is an important prerequisite for capacity requirements calculations. During scheduling,
`the system determines the start and finish dates for orders with different order categories and
`writes capacity requirements records. To calculate capacity requirements, you have to define the
`relevant formulas in work center or capacity maintenance.
`Scheduling and the capacity requirements calculation can be carried out on different levels
`depending on the application area:
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`rough scheduling
`¯ production rate scheduling
`¯ detailed scheduling
`For example, for rough-cut planning, it may be sufficient to take the entire execution time of an
`operation into account and to carry out scheduling and capacity requirements calculations at a
`rough scheduling level. On the other hand, for rough-cut planning it can be useful to calculate
`capacity requirements in detail using existing data at the detailed scheduling level.
`For detailed planning, scheduling and capacity requirements calculations are always carried out at
`the detailed scheduling level. Here, execution time is divided into the operation segments setup,
`processing and tear down.
`In scheduling, different tools can be used to calculate capacity requirements. These include
`routings, rate routings and networks. You can carry out scheduling can be carried out in different
`degrees of detail depending on the required planning accuracy and your company’s needs by using
`different scheduling instruments. The following table shows the possible scheduling levels for the
`application areas using capacity leveling in:
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`SOP, MRP, MPS,
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`PAC, PM, PS
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`In production activity control, Plant Maintenance and the Project System, scheduling and
`capacity requirements calculations are always carried out at the detailed scheduling level.
`While scheduling in production activity control and Plant Maintenance is generally carried out
`using the task lists in the Project System a network is used.
`Scheduling and capacity requirements calculations in MRP, MPS and SOP are possible at each
`of the scheduling level. For example, the system can carry out scheduling and capacity
`requirements calculations at the detailed scheduling level in SOP. You can choose any
`scheduling instrument for any individual level.
`While scheduling and capacity requirements calculations can be carried out using routings in
`detailed scheduling, in production rate planning they are generally carried out using a rate
`routing.
`You allocate a scheduling instrument to a scheduling level and specify in customizing for
`capacity planning whether capacity requirements are to be scheduled and whether records
`should be written. Please refer to "~ettjngs and,~rof![es" for more detailed information.
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`Please refer to the guide PP - Capacity Requirements Planning for more detailed information on
`scheduling and capacity requirements calculations.
`Please refer to the guides PP - Master Planning/MRP Guide, PP - Repetitive Manufacturing, PP -
`Production Orders, PM - Maintenance Orders, PS - Project System for more detailed information on
`scheduling and capacity requirements calculations in the relevant application area.
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`View of Capacity Requirements
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`You can create capacity requirements for the different scheduling levels at the various planning
`levels. Capacity requirements which result from detailed planning, production rate planning and
`rough-cut planning of a product at a certain time are all available in the system at the same time.
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`Therefore it is important that you can view capacity requirements separately for each planning level
`when planning your capacities.
`When you convert a planned order to a production order, the production order is rescheduled and
`the planned order is deleted. Since you cannot carry out rough scheduling and production rate
`scheduling for production orders, the capacity requirements calculated for the planned order would
`no longer be available after the conversion. Capacity requirements determined in rough
`scheduling or production rate scheduling are therefore transferred to the production order and
`remain in the system.
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`Working With Capacity Planning
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`You can select every function, process, business transaction etc in the R/3 System via the menu.
`You can also choose certain functions via pushbuttons.
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`Central Menu Capacity Planning
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`To get to the initial menu for capacity planning you start from the R/3 System menu and choose
`Logistics --~ Production --~ Capacity planning.
`The initial screen for capacity planning contains the following menu options:
`¯ Evaluations: You can use this menu option to call up capacity evaluations and the Shop Floor
`Information System.
`¯ Leveling: You can use this menu option to specify that the system is to carry out capacity
`leveling centrally. You have a choice of two views here:
`¯ material view
`¯ work center view
`You can use the material view to choose the capacity leveling function for production planning
`and for interactive single-item planning.
`You can use the work center view to choose the capacity leveling function for Plant
`Maintenance, the Project System and for production planning within repetitive manufacturing
`and production activity control.
`¯ Available capacity: You can use this menu option to maintain the capacity, shift sequence, shift
`definition and factory calendar.
`¯ Requirements: You can use this menu option to maintain the following pegged requirements:
`production orders, maintenance orders, networks and planned orders.
`¯ Environment: You use this menu option to maintain work centers, capacities and hierarchies,
`and the current stock/requirements list for MRP and MPS.
`In addition, you will find the cross-application menu entries which are displayed on every screen:
`¯ System: You can use this menu option to create or delete sessions, maintain users and user
`profiles, process print jobs and much more.
`¯ Help: You can use this menu option to get documentation on certain terms or display glossary
`entries for different applications, among other things.
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`Application-Specific Menus
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`You can call up the capacity leveling function directly from the application menu or from the
`application as well as by using the central capacity planning menu described above. The menu
`options with which you can branch to the different applications are listed below. Please refer to the
`section relevant to the application for the procedure up to the execution of capacity leveling.
`¯ Sales and Operations Planning (SOP):
`Logistics --~ Production -~ SOP, and then Planning--~ For material--~ Create or Change or
`Planning --~ For product group --~ Create or Change.
`¯ Master Production Scheduling (MPS):
`Logistics --~ Production --~ Master planning --~ MPS, and then MPS --~ Sng-item, multi-lvl or
`sng-item, sng-level or Interac. single-item.
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`Material Requirements Planning (MRP):
`Logistics --> Production --> MRP, and then MRP --> Sng-item, multi-lvl or Sng-item, sng-level.
`¯ Repetitive Manufacturing:
`Logistics --> Production --> Master planning --> Repet. manufacturing, and then Scheduling -->
`Create + change.
`¯ Production Activity Control (PAC):
`Logistics --> Production -~ Production orders, and then Control --> Capacity planning.
`Plant Maintenance (PM):
`Logistics --> Plant maintenance -~ Capacity planning.
`Project System (PS):
`Logistics --> Project management, and then Planning --> Capacity planning.
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`Functions
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`This section gives you an overview of
`¯ dispatching operations in the planning table (tabular form) in capacity leveling for the areas
`PAC, PM and PS,
`¯ midpoint scheduling during dispatch and
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`KDispatching Operations
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`Dispatching operations is the main function of capacity leveling. Operations are dispatched to the
`time when there is sufficient capacity for them to be executed. Dispatching sub-operations with
`operation segments is not yet available in Release 2.2. The dispatch of operations from
`production orders, maintenance orders and networks in the planning table (tabular form) is
`described in more detail below.
`The operations are currently dispatched against an infinite capacity. Operations that have been
`dispatched receive the status "dispatched". If an operation has the status "dispatched", then the
`capacity requirements for this operation are shown as having been dispatched. The operation
`cannot easily be moved during scheduling once an order has been changed.
`The basic procedure for dispatching operations in capacity leveling is the same for the areas
`production control, Plant Maintenance and the Project System:
`1. The system determines the dispatch date for the operation.
`2. The system carries out checks.
`3. The status "dispatched" is set for the operation.
`4. Midpoint scheduling is carried out for production orders and maintenance orders.
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`Date Specification when Dispatching and Rescheduling
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`Operations from production orders, maintenance orders and networks are dispatched and
`rescheduled on the planning table (tabular form). Please refer to "Planning Table (tabular form)" in
`"~ts~.lays" and in ’’.V~i~e~w~f~P~r~d~u~c~ti~n~A~c~ti~[t~y~C~n~[Q~(~)’’ for more information on the planning
`table (tabular form).
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`Dispatching
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`There are three ways to determine the dispatch date. The first distinguishes between the internally
`processed operations of Plant Maintenance (PM) and the Project System (PS) and the operations
`in the production order. The last two both apply to the operations in orders in PAC, PM and PS.
`¯ Select the operation on the planning table (tabular form) that is to be dispatched and select the
`pushbutton Dispatch:
`Operations in the production order: The dispatch date is the earliest start date for the
`operation.
`Internally processed operations: How internally processed operations are dispatched
`depends on the setting in the strategy profile in Customizing for capacity leveling. Please refer
`to "Strategy Profile" in "~.and Profi!es" for more information on the strategy profile. You
`can dispatch operations:
`¯ at the earliest start date for the operation
`¯ at the latest start date for the operation
`¯ depending on the distribution key valid for the scheduling capacity. This setting causes
`operations to be dispatched the way they are currently displayed.
`When dispatching an internally processed operation, the system checks the time constraints you
`have set for the start and the finish of an operation. The start constraint for the operation is
`overwritten with the new start date when dispatching and reallocating operations.
`In addition to the operation to be dispatched select the period into which the system is to
`dispatch the operation, and select the pushbutton Dispatch:
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`the dispatch date is the first day of the period.
`Select the operation which is to be dispatched and select the pushbutton Dispatch manually:
`In the dialog box Period requirements per resource, you can specify the date and time of day
`when the operation should start and the work center to be used. The system automatically
`dispatches the operation accordingly.
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`Rescheduling
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`You can reschedule operations in a production order, that is, change the date or work center for
`operations which have already been dispatched by carrying out the last two points.
`When rescheduling an internally processed operation, the system also checks the time constraints
`you have set for the start and the finish of an operation.
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`If you want to dispatch an operation to a different work center from the one to which it has already
`been dispatched, then the new work center must belong to the selection set of the work centers for
`the planning table (tabular form).
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`Deallocating
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`If you want to deallocate an operation which has already been dispatched, select this operation and
`select the pushbutton Deallocate.
`The system cancels the existing dispatch date, resets the status of the operation and schedules the
`order again.
`If further operations exist for an order which has already been dispatched, the system automatically
`starts up midpoint scheduling. If no further dispatched operations exist, the system starts up lead
`time scheduling.
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`Checks
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`When dispatching and rescheduling operations from production orders, maintenance orders and
`networks, you should consider the following points:
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`If the operation already has the status "dispatched", to reschedule it you must specify a new
`date for when the operation is to be dispatched.
`If the new start date for the operation is in the past, the system sends you a warning message.
`If the operation is partially confirmed and if the new start date is before actual finish date, the
`system does not dispatch or reschedule the operation and you receive an error message.
`When dispatching internally processed activities in networks, you have to consider the following:
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`If the operation has a start constraint "must start on", the new start date must be the same as
`the constraint date.
`If the operation has a start constraint "cannot start before", the new start date must be later than
`or the same as the constraint date.
`If operation has a start constraint "cannot start later", the new start date must be earlier than or
`the same as the constraint date.
`For the following checks for networks, the system first has to schedule the activity which calculates
`the finish using the new start dates. You should consider the following points:
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`If the activity has a finish constraint "must finish on", the new finish date must be the same as
`the constraint date.
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`If the activity has a finish constraint "cannot finish before", the new finish date must be later than
`or the same as the constraint date.
`If the activity has a finish constraint "finish not later", the new finish date must be earlier than or
`the same as the constraint date.
`Note
`You cannot dispatch an operation to a work center which is locked or which has been marked for
`deletion.
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`Midpoint Scheduling
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`Midpoint scheduling is used for orders without relationships (such as production orders and
`maintenance orders) which are rescheduled during dispatching. Midpoint scheduling is a special
`form of lead time scheduling.
`Midpoint scheduling is always required, if an operation is to be moved from its original scheduled
`date during capacity leveling, for example, because of an overload situation at the work center. As
`a result, the dates for the operations that precede or follow this operation have to be adjusted to the
`new date.
`In midpoint scheduling, unlike lead time scheduling, an order is not scheduled using the order start
`date or order finish date.
`Operations which already have the status "dispatched" are fixed for midpoint scheduling.
`Scheduling selects any dispatched operation for the order and starts this operation to carry out
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`If the system discovers scheduling conflicts during midpoint scheduling, it writes appropriate system
`messages into the log.
`Please refer to the guides PP - Capacity Requirements Planning, PP - Master Planning/MRP Guide
`or PP - Production Orders for more information on lead time scheduling.
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`Activities in networks which have the status "dispatched" have a predefined date from dispatching.
`The system treats this date like the constraint "must start on".
`If the network is scheduled again, the time constraints in the network are taken into account.
`Midpoint scheduling is not used for networks.
`Please refer to the guide PS - Project System for more information on scheduling of networks.
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`Temporary Simulation
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`At every planning stage the planner can first check different options for capacity leveling using a
`simulation. Here the system retains the original capacity data. Only when you save is the original
`data overwritten with the simulation results.
`In the simulation, you can change the production quantity, for example and in capacity leveling you
`can change the available capacity and the order data in the planning table (tabular form).
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`Available Capacity
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`If you are not able to change, for example, the quantity or finish date for the order when capacity is
`exceeded (for example, in the case of scheduling bottlenecks) then you can improve the situation
`by changing (in this case increasing) the available capacity. You can increase available capacity
`by means of overtime, additional shift or temporary labor.
`You can change capacity data in the simulation directly from the planning table (tabular form) by
`selecting the menu options Details -~ Capacity functions --> Change capacity on the screen Period
`requirements per resource. You branch to capacity maintenance which was displayed in the
`planning table (tabular form).
`You can restore the initial capacity data after one or more changes. However you must not have
`saved the changes yet.
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`To reverse the changes, choose the menu options Details --> Capacity functions -~ Reset capacity
`on the screen Period requirements per resource.
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`Order Data
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`You can change orders directly during the simulation so as to adjust the capacity requirements.
`The order data that can be changed includes:
`¯ order quantity
`¯ work center where the operation is to be carried out
`¯ order dates
`You can simulate changing order data directly from the planning table (tabular form). Proceed as
`follows:
`1. Select the requirements which you want to manipulate. You can change the order data in order
`to alter the requirements. The order is determined on the basis of this selection.
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`2. On the screen Period requirements per resource, choose the menu options Details --> Order
`functions --~ Change order.
`Note
`Please note that if you enter another work center for the operation in the order then the work center
`is only displayed in the planning table (tabular form), if it belongs to the group of work centers that
`were selected when you first called up the planning table.
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`Displays
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`This section gives you an overview of
`¯ the displays you can use within capacity leveling
`¯ the functionality in the individual types of display and
`¯ using displays in the application areas
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`Types of Display
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`The SAP System uses types of display which allow you to view capacity leveling as it relates to
`materials or as it relates to work centers:
`¯ Material view:
`¯ Planning table (SOP)
`¯ Planning table (Repetitive Manufacturing)
`¯ Capacity situation (MPS/MRP)
`¯ Work center view:
`¯ Planning table
`¯ Planning table (tabular form)
`¯ Planning table (repetitive manufacturing)
`¯ Capacity overview
`The following figure gives an overview of the types of display you can currently use in the individual
`application areas and the display types which are planned for a later release.
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`Planning table
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`Planning Table (SOP)
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`In Sales and Operations Planning (SOP), use can use the split planning table for capacity leveling.
`You can enter the following data for a material or a product group for a specific period in the upper
`section:
`¯ planned sales
`¯ planned production quantity
`¯ warehouse stock
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`¯ target stock level
`The planning data which you entered in the line for production (the so-called "requirements entry
`line") generates capacity requirements. In addition to the capacity requirements the lower section
`of the planning table displays the available capacities of work centers where the material or the
`product group are to be produced and the capacity utilization.
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`Material
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`Plant
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`Sales
`Production
`Stock level
`Target stock level
`Days" supply
`Targ, days" supply
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`Assembly1 001
`Available capacity
`Capacity rqmts.
`Capacity load
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`Assembly1 002
`Available capacity
`Capacity rqrnts,
`Capacity load
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