Long-Term Planning 

Purpose

After the product group analysis, the sales and operations plan is created or changed for the product group. A second, inactive sales and operations plan is created. The inactive requirements are planned and analyzed using the planning scenario and compared to the active requirements.

Process Flow

You can find the data for this process under .

  1. Analyzing the Product Group Hierarchy
  2. Creating or Changing Sales and Operations Planning (SOP)
  3. Creating Inactive Sales and Operations Planning (SOP)
  4. Transferring Planning Data to Demand Management
  5. Carrying out MRP for the Active Requirements Version
  6. Creating Inactive Planning Scenarios
  7. Requirements Run for Long-Term Planning
  8. Comparing Results from Long-Term Planning
  9. Displaying the Capacity Situation of the Scenario
  10. Transferring Requirements of the Scenario into the Purchasing Information System
  11. Activating the Inactive Requirements Version
  12. Analyzing the Current Requirements Version