Capacity Planning in Long-Term Planning

Long-term planning gives you an overview of future plans for production and procurement. You can plan several versions of the demand program using a simulated planning run and check the result using special evaluations. The planning run as well as the evaluations in long-term planning are separated from the tools in Materials Requirements Planning because long-term planning involves planning in simulation. Entries are made in a special planning file for long-term planning as well as simulated capacity requirements for long-term planning. The handling and functionality of long-term planning differ from that of capacity planning but not from that of material requirements planning. Therefore the description of the capacity planning functions in MRP is also valid for long-term planning.

For further information, see Capacity Planning in Master Production Scheduling and Material Requirements Planning .