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 Scheduling

Use

After you have planned an order with all its operations and components, you can use the scheduling function to determine the following data:

  • The actual execution dates based on the dates specified in the order and the time specifications in the operations

  • The capacity requirement needed to execute the order, based on the data in the operations

  • The date at which a particular material should be available

This date is entered based on the start date for the operation, in which the material is required.

For more information, see Scheduling Data .

Note Note

You cannot schedule sub-operations independently, since scheduling is performed at operation level.

End of the note.

For more information, see Changing of Time Zones .

Integration

If you have maintained specific relationships for an order, you should note the following:

  • As soon as you have created the first relationship for an order, the system automatically converts the scheduling from scheduling for orders without relationships to scheduling for orders with relationships.

  • The reverse is also true: As soon as you have deleted all the relationships for an order, the system automatically converts the scheduling from scheduling for orders with relationships to scheduling for orders without relationships.

  • As long as scheduling for orders with relationships is valid, the system assumes that operations, for which you have not created a relationship, start at the same time, independently of one another.

If you do not want this, you can execute the function Generate relationships automatically . As a result, a relationship of FS-relationship type is generated between all the operations, between which no relationship has been created manually.

For more information, see Use of Relationships .

Prerequisites

Before the system can schedule an order, you must maintain the scheduling data .

Activities

The system can be configured by your system administration using Customizing in such a way that it schedules the order each time you save it. However, you can schedule the order on a trial basis during planning to see whether the data calculated is suitable. Refer to Scheduling an Order .