Displaying Capacity Data for the Production Line in the Planning Table 

  1. To access the initial screen of the planning table, start from the main menu of Repetitive Manufacturing and choose Planning ® Planning table ® Change mode.
  2. Enter the following data:

    3. – Plant

    – Period of examination

    – Bucket, such as shift or day

  3. Select the Production line and enter the number of the production line.

    4. If you want to limit the selection further, choose Detailed view (Constraints).

  4. In the Scheduling tab page, select Capacity planning.
  5. Select Detailed or Rate-based planning (depending on your settings for the order types of the planning orders in Customizing).
  6. Define that the system is to calculate and display Production dates by setting the appropriate indicator. Define also which scheduling strategy is to be used.
  7. Choose the MRP segments tab page and select the planning segments from which data is to be copied to the planning table.
  8. Choose Enter.

    9. The system displays a message stating that you can narrow down your selection further.
    You can change the parameters again.

  9. By choosing Planning table, the system determines the planning data.

    10. You branch to the planning table. In the upper section of the screen, you can see the capacity data for the selected production line for the capacity category set in Customizing (the capacity category, machine, is usually set).

    – Capacity load

    – Capacity requirements

    – Available capacity

    In the lower section of the screen, you can see all the materials that are produced on the selected production line (perhaps with production quantities that have already been planned).

  10. If you want to see all the capacity categories, such as labor, for a production line choose Capacity planning ® Capacity categories ® All cap. categories ® For one line.
  11. If you enter a production quantity for your production line, the system carries out capacity planning depending on the scheduling strategy you have selected.

For more information, see:

Example of Capacity Planning in the Planning Table