Business Example
As a capacity planner in your company, one of your tasks is to compare the capacity requirements with the available capacity. For this reason, you must know how to use the standard overview for capacity evaluation and change the display settings.
Choose the standard overview for capacity evaluation and switch to Cumulate over periods, if required.
Task 1
Change the material master to be able to create planned independent requirements for the make-to-stock production.
1. Choose the menu path Logistics → Production → Master Data → Material
Master → Material → Change → Immediately. Use material R-F1## and plant 1000. Select the MRP 3 view. Enter strategy group 40 and save.
Task 2
For capacity planning, create planned independent requirements for material R-F1##.
1. Choose the menu path Logistics → Production → Production Planning → Demand
Management → Planned Independent Requirements → Create. Use material R-F1##, plant 1000, and planning period W for the week format. Adopt the proposed planning period.
Confirm the entries.
2. In the planning table, first delete all existing quantities. Then enter a quantity of 50 pieces in the third week, 100 pieces in the fourth week, and 200 pieces in the fifth week.
3. On the Sched. Lines tab page, enter D for the daily format in the Spl. column for each entry.
Save your planned quantities.
Task 3
Execute a single-level planning run for your material.
1. Choose the menu path Logistics → Production → MRP → Planning → Level Single-Item Planning. Enter the material number on the initial screen. Select indicator 2 (Lead Time Scheduling and Capacity Planning) in the Scheduling field. Choose Enter two times to confirm your entries. Exit the planning transaction.
2. Execute a collective conversion of the planned orders for material R-F1##. Choose the menu path Logistics → Production → Shop Floor Control → Order → Create → Collective Conversion of Planned Orders. Choose Select all and Convert.
Task 4
View the capacity loads for your work centers in the standard overview by using your capacity planner group, R##.
1. Choose the menu path Logistics → Production → Capacity Planning → Evaluation → Work Center View → Load. Choose Settings → General.
In which evaluation period were the capacity requirements read?
2. Change the settings in a way that only those periods with a load greater than 80% are displayed.
Choose Settings → Evaluations → Standard overview to perform this task.
Task 5
Call up the standard overview for work center R-E##.
1. Change the display of the standard overview by displaying for a period of 3 days. To do this, choose Settings → General, choose period Day, and enter duration 3.
2. Switch again to the period display for a week and set the indicator for Cumulate over periods. To do this, choose Settings → General again and select the Cumulate over periods checkbox. Analyze the new standard overview over the entire evaluation period.
View the pegged requirement in the first period with capacity requirements. To do this, select the first period and choose the Cap. details/period pushbutton.
Unit 5: Capacity Requirements Planning (ERP)
Unit 5 Solution 22
Use the Standard Overview
Business Example
As a capacity planner in your company, one of your tasks is to compare the capacity requirements with the available capacity. For this reason, you must know how to use the standard overview for capacity evaluation and change the display settings.
Choose the standard overview for capacity evaluation and switch to Cumulate over periods, if required.
Task 1
Change the material master to be able to create planned independent requirements for the make-to-stock production.
1. Choose the menu path Logistics → Production → Master Data → Material
Master → Material → Change → Immediately. Use material R-F1## and plant 1000. Select the MRP 3 view. Enter strategy group 40 and save.
a) On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Logistics → Production → Master Data → Material Master → Material → Change → Immediately (MM02).
b) Enter material R-F1## and choose the Select View(s) pushbutton.
c) Select the MRP 3 view and choose Continue.
d) Enter plant 1000 and choose Continue.
e) Change the strategy group to 40 and save your entry.
Task 2
For capacity planning, create planned independent requirements for material R-F1##.
1. Choose the menu path Logistics → Production → Production Planning → Demand
Management → Planned Independent Requirements → Create. Use material R-F1##, plant 1000, and planning period W for the week format. Adopt the proposed planning period.
Confirm the entries.
a) On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Logistics → Production → Production Planning → Demand Management → Planned Independent Requirements → Create (MD61).
b) On the initial screen, enter the material R-F1##, plant 1000, and planning period W for the week format.
c) Adopt the proposed planning period and choose Enter to confirm your entries.
2. In the planning table, first delete all existing quantities. Then enter a quantity of 50 pieces in the third week, 100 pieces in the fourth week, and 200 pieces in the fifth week.
a) On the Table tab page, delete all existing quantities, if necessary.
b) For the third week, enter a quantity of 50 pieces.
c) For the fourth week, enter a quantity of 100 pieces.
d) For the fifth week, enter a quantity of 200 pieces.
3. On the Sched. Lines tab page, enter D for the daily format in the Spl. column for each entry.
Save your planned quantities.
a) Choose the Sched. Lines tab page.
b) Enter D for the daily format in the Spl. column for each entry. Confirm your entries.
Note that the requirement is now shown according to the date.
c) Save your planned quantities.
Task 3
Execute a single-level planning run for your material.
1. Choose the menu path Logistics → Production → MRP → Planning → Level Single-Item Planning. Enter the material number on the initial screen. Select indicator 2 (Lead Time Scheduling and Capacity Planning) in the Scheduling field. Choose Enter two times to confirm your entries. Exit the planning transaction.
a) On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose
Logistics → Production → MRP → Planning → Single-Level Single-Item Planning (MD03).
b) Enter material R-F1## and plant 1000.
c) In the Scheduling field, select indicator 2.
d) Choose Enter two times to confirm your entries. MRP is performed for the specified material.
e) Exit the planning transaction.
2. Execute a collective conversion of the planned orders for material R-F1##. Choose the menu path Logistics → Production → Shop Floor Control → Order → Create → Collective Conversion of Planned Orders. Choose Select all and Convert.
a) On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Logistics → Production → Shop Floor Control → Order → Create → Collective Conversion of Planned Orders (CO41).
b) Enter material R-F1## and plant 1000. Execute the transaction.
c) Choose (Select all).
d) Choose the Convert pushbutton. All selected planned orders will get converted into production orders.
e) Exit the transaction.
Unit 5: Capacity Requirements Planning (ERP)