Scheduling (SAP Library - Customer Service (CS))

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.

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

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.