Calling up the Capacity Situation (SAP Library - Capacity Planning in MPS and MRP)

Calling up the Capacity Situation

The capacity situation is a display function in the current stock/requirements list. It provides an overview of the available capacity and the load of individual work centers. You cannot dispatch planned orders in any other way.

The capacity situation is called up as the material view.

In the current stock/requirements list: Choose Goto ® Capacity planning ® Capacity situation.

You reach the dialog box Settings for capacity planning, if you have not previously specified parameters for capacity planning.

Select the desired planning type and the period type for capacity planning. Choose a view period, if necessary. Press the function key Continue .

The system reads the work centers and capacity categories affected.

You branch to the capacity situation.

The capacity situation relates to one work center and one capacity category as well as the unit of capacity from the work center. Note the following: If you have entered a planning work center (task list header) in the task list, then this work center is displayed first with the corresponding capacity category, otherwise the selection occurs at random. The system also displays the following data:

material number, short text and plant of the material to be processed
the available capacity
the overall capacity requirements at the work center selected
the capacity requirements of the material

the system highlights periods with overload.

You can find more details in:

Functions in the capacity situation