Procedures
Use
In Model Mix Planning you can use procedures of varying complexity, depending on the planning result and horizon desired.
The following table lists the procedures provided by SAP as standard. The table also specifies whether the procedure can achieve 100 % capacity load utilization when scheduling and whether it can take restrictions and customer desired dates into account.
Procedures |
Capa. Load |
Restrictions |
Desired date |
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Simple procedure used to create planned orders for uncovered requirements |
X |
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This procedure divides the orders equally across the planning periods to achieve a hundred percent load per period. |
X |
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Prioritized Equal Distribution A procedure that distributes the variants equally within a planning period (day, shift) and distributes according to priority. |
X |
X |
|
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Procedure used in the medium to long-term horizon for multiline planning. Using the LP procedure, you can achieve an optimum assignment of period packagesto the processing paths of the products produced on a line network. |
X |
X |
X |
|
Procedure that achieves an optimized sequence of orders in the short-term horizon. This procedure is highly recommended when dealing with complex situations with a large number of soft restrictions. |
X |
X |
X |
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Heuristic used in the short-term horizon for make-to-order production to create an optimum order sequence for multi-variant products. This heuristic is particularly suitable for dealing with problems mainly concerned with hard restrictions. |
X |
X |
X |
Activities
In Customizing for Model Mix Planning, you can define a
procedure profile
for all the procedures with the exception of the materials planning procedure. You use this profile to define the parameters for the optimization.
You can use the procedure package to combine the procedures and include them in a model mix planning run or you can also use them in interactive sequencing .