The system schedules the planned orders using the number of takts and the takt times/rates of the line hierarchy. You define the line hierarchy in Line Design. In this type of scheduling, the system does not create any capacity requirements and only schedules the main lines. The system does not schedule the feeder lines.

In lead time scheduling, the system creates capacity requirements and also schedules the feeder lines. The system uses the operations from the rate routing or the standard routing for lead time scheduling.

First, you create the master plan in the planning table and then display it graphically in Sequencing (in the sequence schedule). You define the master data for planning in Line Design.

If you work with lead time scheduling and you want to plan capacities, you use the planning table with the capacity planning table. To do this, you must create a production line and a rate routing or a standard routing or, if you work with the component PP-PI, a recipe.

You can also create a line hierarchy in Line Design where you can define line segments as capacity segments. In the planning table, you can then display the capacity data of these segments.

If you only create the planned orders in the planning run, you can determine the sequence and the scheduling of the planned orders in Sequencing. You define the master data for Sequencing in Line Design. You create a rate routing and a line hierarchy and then determine the model-mix and the takt times in line balancing. The system uses these takt times for scheduling in Sequencing and displays the results in graphic form in the sequence schedule.