Determining the Priority for Percentage Smoothing
Use
For the percentage smoothing procedure, you can define in a profile (in Customizing for Model Mix Planning) which option is to be given higher priority when dispatching orders to a line – either the
customer desired date
or the
even mixing of the products
on the line.
Features
Desired date
Here, the system tries to respect the customer’s desired date (requirements date). Here, the orders for the product which could not be dispatched are dispatched to the next day. This ensures that the availability date of the order lies as close as possible to the customer’s desired date.
Mixing
Here, the system equally distributes the products over the line per day. The system calculates the proportion of each product as a percentage of the total quantity calculated and dispatches this proportion per day. In so doing, the system can mix the products evenly. However, this usually means that the customer desired date cannot be kept for many orders.
Example
The capacity of a line to be used as the planning segment is 100 pieces per day. The products A, B, and C are to be produced on this production line. The following requirements exist for these products:
Product |
Carried forward from previous day (Day 1) |
Day 2 |
Day 3 |
A |
-- |
50 |
-- |
B |
-- |
50 |
-- |
C |
50 |
-- |
-- |
The setting Desired delivery date produces the following results:
Product |
Day 1 |
Day 2 |
Day 3 |
A |
-- |
25 |
25 |
B |
-- |
25 |
25 |
C |
-- |
50 |
-- |
The setting Mixing produces the following results:
Product |
Day 1 |
Day 2 |
Day 3 |
A |
-- |
33 |
17 |
B |
-- |
33 |
17 |
C |
-- |
34 |
16 |