PP - Capacity planning: Key developments in Release 4.0A

Description

The most important 4.0A developments for capacity planning are given in the following overview.

You can find more detailed information in the release notes referred to.

New planning functions in capacity leveling

• Automatic adjustment of setup time Dispatching in a sequence with minimum setup time

• Planning of planned orders taking into account alternative production lines

• Fixing time periods

• Planning to period splits

• Planning in non-work periods

• Material availability check (ATP) for work orders

• Displaying information for capacity commitment
  

Enhancements to handling and using the capacity planning table

• Selecting and marking operations that belong together

• Displaying material stock data

• Displaying plant maintenance times

• Capacity planning table in temporary saving mode with restricted planning functions

• Working in parallel in planning tableau for repetitive manufacturing and in the capacity planning table
  

Supporting Customizing for capacity leveling

• Checking the overall profile

• Copying overall profiles

• Specifying marking color of graphical objects
  

User exits for capacity leveling

• Fixing planning areas on the planning tables

• User-specific data in the planning tables
  

Enhancements to capacity evaluation (standard overview, detailed capacity list)

• Display of requirements from Sales and Operations Planning

• Calling up the individual capacity view