Aligning Activity Duration with Material Lead Time 

Use

You can adjust the duration of a network activity to match with the lead times of all the material components assigned to it.

Prerequisites

You are on the component overview for the activity.

When calculating the overall lead time, the system only considers those material components for which you have set the indicator Align.Fin.date on the component detail screen.

Procedure

  1. On the component overview for the activity, select those components whose lead times should determine the activity duration.
  2. By double-clicking on the component in the component overview call up the detail screen and set the Align. Fin.date indicator. Return to the component overview.
  3. Choose Component ® Duration deliv. time
  4. Save the network.

Result

The system determines the whole procurement lead time and the maximum duration of the activity from the following factors.