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Process documentation Working with Requirements Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Purpose

Requirements are comprised of the number and type of employees required to fulfill a certain operational task. This data can be used as a reference when planning the working times of employees.

During the planning process, the requirements reflect the optimal planning goal by comparing the current requirements coverage with the desired requirements coverage in Requirements Matchup.

The definition of a requirement allows you to refer to all available human resources in your enterprise when planning shifts, and to implement them to optimal effect.

Prerequisites

The following data must first be assigned to a requirement. From the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Human Resources ® Organizational Management ® Organizational Plan or Human Resources ® Time Management ® Shift Planning:

Process Flow

  1. Determine the entry object type.
  2. The employees assigned to entry objects can be used in the shift plan.
  3. By selecting an additional object type, you specify the organizational unit for which you want to create a requirement.

Note

By selecting a profile, you determine the possible entry object types and the requirements source for shift planning. The employees linked to the profile are then available for your shift planning process.
  1. Specify a requirements type.
  2. Specify a shift.

Example

Early and late shifts are worked on all workdays. Enter the following assignments for the XY division:
  1. Specify the target number, and the minimum and maximum number of employees required, if necessary.
  2. Assign a task profile to the employees by using jobs, if necessary.
  3. Specify whether you can assign the requirements record as an additional shift to employees already scheduled, if necessary. Activate the indicator in the ID column.
  4. Determine whether you want to cover a requirement with an employee who has certain qualifications.

You can repeat this process until all of the desired requirements types, as well as requirements records, are created.

Note

To define a requirements record, you must first have assigned the following data:

Assigning additional data produces a more detailed requirements definition.

You have now defined a requirement. In this requirement, you have determined on what days, and at what time, a certain number of employees are scheduled in the shift plan.

You can then assign the available employees in the shift plan to the requirements specified, until the scheduled requirements are covered.

 

 

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