SOP with an External System  

 

Features

  1. Two functions are possible with the SOP interface:

    2. – external planning with planning tables

    – mass processing with EXTERNPLAN

     

  2. The following planning options are available:

    3. – full routings

    – rough routings with capacity groups

    – full BOMs

    – rough BOMs

    – rough-cut planning profiles

     

  3. The following data from standard SOP can be transferred to an external planning system:

    4. – sales figures

    – production figures

    – target stock levels

    – target day’s supply

     

  4. Planning can be carried out using multiple versions of a plan. Several planners can have simultaneous access to a particular version of a plan, whereby individual decisions will affect the results of all the others working on that particular version. Plans are kept in separate work spaces until they are saved.

 

If the external system is not capable of processing the target stock levels and target day’s supply, the stock policies must be calculated in standard SOP. The same applies to aggregation and disaggregation of product groups. Should that be the case, only single level planning can be carried out in the external system.

For detailed information on standard SOP activities, see PP Sales & Operations Planning.