Technical name: SAP_BW_0ROLE_0005

The production planner is responsible for converting planning data from the superior supply chain. Their area of responsibility extends across a plant or several subordinate production areas and their task is to ensure clear planning. The production planner coordinates the use of the plant's resources, such as machines/production lines, material and personnel, with the aim of covering requirements as fully as possible and on schedule. To do so, they break down the plan based on the actual situation in the plant and check the plan with regard to availability and costs. Any deviations to the plan are coordinated with the supply chain, if relevant.

Using various forms of analysis, the production planner checks whether the following goals are being attained in his/her area:

• Optimal use of resources (production lines/machines, materials and personnel)

• Provision of the required product quantities on schedule

• Maintenance of the required product quality

If necessary, they initiate or coordinate any required improvements, such as a change to an order.

A production planner analyzes orders, materials, operations and work centers, as well as carrying out quality analyses. To accomplish these tasks, BW provides business content information in the form of workbooks. Each task corresponds to a cluster of one or more workbooks. The workbooks contain one or more queries that yield the relevant information. The tasks (clusters) are logically grouped together into task areas (subchannels). The following workbooks are available for production planners: