Function

Use

 Create Campaign

When you choose this function, the system creates an empty campaign.

When you choose  Save, the campaign is automatically assigned a campaign number.

You can also use this function by choosing Production Campaign → Create.

 Create New Orders and Add to Campaign

When you choose this function, the system creates new orders for the products you specified and adds them to the selected campaign.

A dialog box appears in which you specify the following:

●      Products

●      Location

●      Planned Quantity

●      Start Date

●      End Date

The system uses the PP strategy instead of the DS strategy for this function.

If the campaign condition must be considered, the system may not be able to add orders to a campaign without violating the condition. In this case, the system terminates the function.

 Add Existing Orders to Campaign

When you choose this function, the system displays a list of existing orders for the product, and you can select orders to add them to the campaign.

A dialog box appears in which you specify a product.

You can move an order from one campaign to another. If you do this, the order may be rescheduled. If not done in alignment with the scheduling profile, the movement may be disallowed.

·         If the campaign requirements must be considered, the system may not be able to create a campaign without violating the requirements. In this case, the system terminates the function.

·         You can use the /SAPAPO/PCM05_ADDPOS Business Add-In (BAdI) to execute user-specific checks to decide whether an in-house production order can be added to a campaign.
To implement this BAdI, go to Customizing for Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) and choose Business Add-In → Control Addition of Orders to Production Campaigns.

 Remove Orders from Campaign

When you choose this function, the system removes the selected orders from the campaign.

Even though the orders are not associated with the campaign, they still exist in the system.

 Split Campaign

When you choose this function, orders that appear after the selected order are assigned to the new campaign.

 Merge Campaigns

To merge two or more campaigns, select the target campaign into which you wish to merge the other campaign, and choose  Merge Campaigns. A list of existing campaigns, excluding the target campaign, appears. The selected source campaigns are merged into the target campaign.

Campaigns across resources can be merged.

 Eliminate Campaign Alerts

If campaigns with errors are created during planning, the system issues alerts. Once campaign alerts exist, the Campaign Alerts tab and the  Eliminate Campaign Alerts button are displayed in the campaign transaction. You can display the alert messages on the tab.

To eliminate the alerts, choose  Eliminate Campaign Alerts. The system uses a correction heuristic to deallocate the orders and cause alerts and tries to reschedule the orders according to the settings in the strategy profile. If rescheduling is not possible, the orders remain deallocated.
For more information, see Campaign Alerts.

 Position Order at the Beginning of Campaign

To position an order at the beginning of the campaign, select the order and choose  Position Order at Beginning. The system reschedules the order so it occurs before the other orders in the campaign.
When you use this function, you must specify the order as a setup order.

You can only position one order at the beginning.

 Undo Positioning

To undo the positioning of an order, select the order and choose  Undo Positioning.

 Position Order at the End of Campaign

To position an order at the end of the campaign, select the order and choose  Position Order at End. The system reschedules the order so that it occurs after the other orders in the campaign. When you use this function, you must specify the order as a clean-out order.

You can only position one order at the end.

Convert Campaign
(Planned Orders to Process Orders)

To convert the planned orders of a campaign to process orders, select a campaign and choose Edit → Convert Production Campaign.
The system sets the conversion indicator for these orders. After integration into the SAP ERP system, the planned orders are converted into process orders.

Dissolve Campaign

To remove all orders in a campaign and delete the campaign’s header data, select a campaign and choose Edit → Dissolve. Even though the orders were removed from the campaign, they still exist in the system.