If you work with a line hierarchy without line balancing and only produce one material at a time, then you can produce materials with various rates. In takt-based scheduling, Sequencing overrides the planned rate for the materials for which you have entered material-dependent rates. Sequencing schedules all materials, for which you have not entered a material-dependent rate, with the general planned rate for the production line.

Sequencing includes the material-dependent rates in takt-based scheduling.

You have selected the indicator No line balancing for the line hierarchy. You can select this indicator on creating the line hierarchy or in the tab page Administration data.

• You can enter any material-dependent rate for a material that is less than the maximum rate.
• You can display the material-dependent rates which the system has calculated for the periods, for which you have already entered planned or operative rates.
• If you change the maximum rate of a line hierarchy, the system automatically adjusts the material-dependent rates in comparison. The system multiples the altered maximum rate with the material-dependent factor.
• If you enter a material-dependent rate, the system shows whether the material concerned is assigned to a production line, using a status display. The system determines this assignment via the production version.