| | Activity Relationships (tipcs4110m000)Use this session to maintain the
relationships between a project's activities, thus enabling a network planning
for the project to be carried out. This session enables
you to determine the sequence of activities and the start and finish time of an
activity compared with the preceding or next activity. Note - Relations between
activities are recorded by manual input or by running the Copy Project (tipcs2210m000) session.
- Relations between
activities are used in the time planning and the rough capacity planning in
Network planning.
Project A collection of manufacturing and purchasing actions that are
performed especially for a particular customer order. A project is initiated by
a customer order for items having a To Order order policy. The purpose of a project is to plan and coordinate the production
of these items. For a standard-to-order production, the project is only
used to link the item with the customer order. Otherwise, a project can
include: - Customized item data (BOMs and routings)
- Project planning (activity planning)
A budget is a special type of project. A budget is used to
plan and estimate, not to carry out production. Status The status of the project. Sequence The number that identifies a data record or a step in a
sequence of activities. Sequence numbers are used in many contexts. Usually LN generates the
sequence number for the next item or step. Depending on the context, you can
overwrite this number. You can sometimes influence the numbering by setting the
corresponding parameters. By default, LN shows numbers in the
sequence of 10, 20, 30, and so on. Numbering is free. However, you are
recommended to adopt these default values, because the intervening numbers are
necessary to insert any activity relationships. Preceding Activity The code of the activity for which you want to create a
relationship with another activity. Next Activity Enter the code of the activity which has a relationship with a
preceding activity. Relation Type The relation type indicates the relationship between the
preceding and the next activity. Float Time (Day) Enter the absolute relationship float-time in days. Note A positive
float-time always means a positive shift of the next activity with respect to
the preceding activity. Example: Two
activities have an end-start relationship. If these activities directly link up
with each other, the absolute float-time is zero. If the next activity is to
start four days before the end of the preceding one, you can enter an absolute
float-time of minus four. If the next activity is to start five days after the
end of the preceding activity, the absolute float-time is five. Float Time (in Perc) Enter the relative relationship float-time as a percentage of
the duration of the preceding activity. Note A positive
float-time always means a positive shift of the next activity with respect to
the preceding activity. | |