Production Resources and Tools in Orders

Use

This function enables you to:

display the production resources and tools (PRTs) that a given production order will use by entering that production order
display the orders that will use a given PRT by entering that PRT
display all the orders in a pool PRT that use that pool or its members
Display the planned capacity load of the pool or the PRT resulting from the orders
Replace a pool PRT with a physical PRT
Display the characteristics of classified PRTs
Display the components of the operation that uses the PRTs

Prerequisites

You have created production resources and tools of the Equipment category and assigned a virtual work center to them. If you are using a PRT pool, you are required to assign the virtual work center only to the PRT pool.
For each PRT/PRT pool in an operation, you have created a suboperation with the work center that is assigned to the PRT/PRT pool.
You must maintain the characteristic values for the PRTs in order to display their characteristics.

Features

Displaying PRTs

You can select PRTs and the orders assigned to them by entering:

order number
HR data
Material
work center
PRT

The system does not distinguish between pool PRTs and physical PRTs when making a selection.

You can limit selection by defining restrictions:

A search is to be made only for specific order categories
A search is to be made only for orders whose start date is within a specific time period.
A search is to be made only for orders whose start date is a certain number of days in the future starting from the present date.

You can also limit selection by entering a specific order status.

After the function has started, the system displays the orders that match your selection criteria and the PRTs assigned to these orders. You can then expand display of the PRTs. By so doing, you not only display the PRTs found and their orders but also all the PRTs assigned to the PRT pool and their respective orders. The system also displays those PRTs that have not yet been assigned to an order.

The characteristics of PRTs are displayed if you have classified the PRTs in the equipment master data. If you have selected several PRTs and not every characteristic is available for every PRT, the corresponding cell in the display remains empty.

PRTs to which you have assigned a measuring point in the equipment master data are displayed in the overview together with their current measuring point counter reading.

Replacing PRTs in Orders

In orders you can choose to replace a PRT pool with a physical PRT either manually or automatically.

If you opt for manual replacement, the system displays the PRTs that have already been planned, the usage dates and the remaining runtime in each case. You select the PRT that you require. If you choose automatic replacement, the system selects the PRT with the lowest item number from the list of available PRTs. You define the item number of a PRT in the PRT pool in the equipment master data. If you select automatic replacement for several operations in one or more orders, the system replaces the PRTs in the sequence in which they appear in the display.

If a measuring point for entering the PRT capacity load has been assigned to the PRT (for example, the usage duration), the system increments the capacity load of the PRT used in accordance with the formulas defined in the PRT master data when it confirms the operation.

Activities

To display the PRT for an order and to replace a PRT pool with a physical PRT:

In the SAP Easy Access menu, select Logistics Production Production Control Order Replace PRT in Order
Enter the required data and select Execute.
To display all PRTs, select All/Only Selected Values .
Replace the PRT pool automatically or manually.