Schedule Margin Key in Production
Scheduling
I want to know impact of schedule
margine key in production scheduling in following changes in mateial master
While "Basic Scheduling" in MRP... Scheduling margin key is not considered. It takes the "In house production" days for fixing up the start date. This is only exact to "days". Lead Time scheduling is carried out on request from the scope of MRP. Target dates are calculated from routing and Capacity requirement calculations are also done. The calculations are exact to the seconds (time). SCHEDULING MARGIN KEY takes effect
only for Lead Time Scheduling. For this you have to configure for "scheduling
horizon" to limit the period for which lead time scheduling and capacity
planning should be carried out. scheduling horizon is the period in working
days. If a planned order has its basic start date within this period in
future, lead time scheduling is carried out using the selected routing.
The production times are calculated from the float times of the scheduling
margin key in the material master record and the time from the individual
operations. If the planned order has its basic start date further in the
future than this scheduling horizon, the basic dates are calculated from
the in-house production times in the material master and are transferred
to the production times.
Could you explain what's function of opening period in Sched Margin key. Opening period is like a "release window". The length of the opening period is the window of opportunity a planner has to convert the planned order to a purchase req. For example - Component A has a lead time of 14 days and opening period of 5 days. Requirement on 12-22-03 Opening Date - 12-01-03
Now the planner can convert the
order starting Dec. 1st, instead of Dec. 8. It basically is a buffer in
the lead time to get things on order a little sooner than needed.
What's the function for Plan order convert to production order? As your example,
Opening Date - 12-01-03
But I can convert plan order
to production before 12-01-03 at random, so I wonder what is the opening
period real function? it looks useless to restrict when to convert plan
order to production order.
CO41 and MD15 are used for the conversion process. Here you enter the opening dates you wish to convert. Of course the opening period will not stop you from converting planned orders - hopefully your planner is not randomly converting orders or you have much bigger issues!!!! The opening period is basically
just to get the planned order to show up on the CO41 or MD15 lists in case
you wish to convert it sooner than the lead time suggests.
Your answer make me clear to
understand the opening period.
For example - Component A has
a lead time of 14 days and opening period of 5 days. Requirement on 12-22-03
I know that when we run MRP system
will check if the opening date is out of open period system will generate
Plan order instead of PR .
The times in the sch. margin key are in workdays. That's how it gets the dates. The component I was describing originally would have been a purchased part, where lead time is in calendar days. The order start date and the order finish date form the framework within which a production order is to be executed. Since malfunctions and disturbances in the production process can never be fully prevented, the system uses particular floats in a production order. The system takes into account so-called "before and after production floats" when scheduling an order. The float before production is a start float. It has two functions: It can compensate for delays in
the staging of the material components.
The floats before and after production are defined for each material using a scheduling margin key. This scheduling margin key is automatically transferred from the material master when an order is created. However, you can change the times in the order. The system calculates the scheduled start of the order by adding the float before production to the order start date. It calculates the scheduled finish of the order by subtracting the float after production from the order finish date. The system deducts the number of days defined in the release period from the scheduled start of the order and thus determines the scheduled release date of the order. This date can be used for collective release.
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