- High capacity load
- Adherence to dates
- Short lead times
- Low stocks
The objectives of capacity leveling include:
- Leveling overloads and under loads at work centers
- Achieving optimum commitment of machines and production
lines
- Selection of appropriate resources
Show here is an example on how to customize the Capacity Leveling Profile.
Define time profile in OPD2.
Assuming you want to create a time profile for 2 months.
Entry Type Start Date End Date
Database Read Period
J
-3
3
The database read period specifies the period in which
capacity requirements are read
from the database. All requirements are accessed which
are partially or completely
within the database read period.
Evaluation Period G -1 60
The evaluation period specifies the period over which
data is formatted and displayed.
The evaluation period must lie within the database read
period.
Planning Period G -1 60
The planning period defines the period in which the SAP
system can carry out planning.
The planning period is smaller than or equal to the evaluation
period. You cannot move
operations outside the planning period. Equally, when
automatic finite scheduling is
carried out for an operation the system only searches
for a new date within the planning
period.
Dispatch of backlog G Backlog dispatch Date = 0
The date for dispatching the backlog is of importance
in period-related planning.
You use the date for dispatching the backlog to determine
the date backlogs are to be
allocated.
The following types of entry are available:
Actual date specifications
These date specifications (for example, calendar day,
calendar year) are only useful in
the profiles in exceptional cases.
Relative date specifications
These date specifications (for example, number of calendar
days, number of calendar years)
are always calculated from the current day.
For every period, you can specify in what form you want
to enter the date by using the
respective field "Type of entry".
Define the strategy profile in OPDB.
In this menu option you define strategy profiles to control
capacity leveling with the
planning tables.
You can copy the standard strategy profile like SAPSFCVER1 or SAP_T001.
Assuming you copy the strategy profile to ZAPSFCVER1 ticking the followings:-
1. Dispatch at earliest point in time.
2. Change production version on error.
3. Cancel dispatching due to error.
4. Use operations floats.
5. Use float before production.
6. Use float after production.
and copy the strategy to ZAP_T001 ticking the Change Planning direction.
Define the Overall profiles in OPD0.
The overall profiles are used as follows to control capacity planning:
If you select the menu options:
Capacity planning -> Leveling -> Work center view ->
Planning table, then the profile
SAPSFCG001 is processed in the standard version.
You can change the profile, but the SAP sub-profiles should
remain unchanged as far as
possible.
You can define your own profiles and allocate them to
particular users by means of user
parameters. (See user parameters CYA -> CYX)
For example, when you access the planning table enter
using the application menu
"Capacity planning" -> Leveling -> Work center view ->
Planning table
the user parameter "CYA" is operative.
You can select any overall profile you like by entering
via the application menu
"Capacity planning" -> Leveling -> Variable.
Your details of the profile can be as follows:-
Profile
ZONLINE ZBACKGRD
Selection profile
SAPSFCS005 SAPSFCS001
Control profile
SAP__C001 SAP__C002
Time profile
ZTIME
SAP__Z002
Evaluation profile SAP__A001
SAP__A001
Strategy profile
SAP__T001 ZSTRATEGY
Period profile
SAP__P002
Planning table profile
SAPSFCL010
Prof. Plan tab (tab) SAPSFCR011
List profile
SAPSFCI001 SAPSFCI001
