Project Resource Plan (tipcs0520s100)

Use this session to view the work centers that are involved in a specific PCS project, and to determine the impact of the PCS project on the capacity of the involved work centers.

A PCS project requires capacity for a specific stretch of time, often from multiple work centers. In this session, you can define a start date, and the number of periods that expresses the term of the PCS project. After that, for every work center, the following numbers are displayed:

  • Number of PeriodsAbove CapacityExcluding Project
    The number of periods that the requirements for the work center's capacity exceed the available capacity. The capacity that is required for the PCS project is not taken into account.
  • Number of PeriodsAbove CapacityIncluding Project
    The number of periods that the requirements for the work center's capacity exceed the work center's available capacity. The capacity that is required for the PCS project is taken into account.
  • First PeriodAbove Capacity
    The first period that the total capacity requirements for the work center exceed the work center's basic capacity.
  • Number of PeriodsInvolved for Project
    The total number of periods that the PCS project requires capacity from the work center.

These numbers are indicators of the work centers' available capacity. On the basis of these numbers you can adjust your planning activities for the PCS project.

LN derives the list of work centers that are involved in the PCS project from the following information :

  • The planned capacity use by order in Enterprise Planning.
  • The production order planning and operations in Shop Floor Control.
  • The activities by PCS project in Project Control.
Resource utilization chart

If you select a work center, you can click Show Chart to display the work center's resource utilization chart.

Note

You can start this session by clicking Project Resource Plan in the Project 360 (tipcs0320m000) session.

 

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.

Start Date

A PCS project requires capacity for a specific stretch of time. In this field, you can define the start date of the stretch of time for which you want to view the impact of the PCS project on the work centers' capacity.

Period Length

The number of days to which the capacity requirement applies.

Number of Periods

The number of periods that the PCS project requires capacity of the work centers.

The value of this field multiplied by the number of days that you define in the Period Length field determines the term for which you want to view the PCS project's impact on the work center capacity.

Work Center

The work center that is part of the PCS project, and for which a capacity requirement can exist.

Basic Capacity

If the Period Length field is 1 day, this field displays the daily capacity of each resource unit in the work center. If the Period Length field is 7 days, the weekly capacity is displayed. If the Period Length is 14 days or 28 days, the weekly capacity is multiplied by respectively 2 or 4.

The work center's daily and weekly capacity are defined in the Work Centers (tirou0101m000) session.

Number of PeriodsAbove CapacityExcluding Project

The number of periods that the requirements for the work center's capacity exceed the available capacity. The capacity that is required for the PCS project is not taken into account.

Number of PeriodsAbove CapacityIncluding Project

The number of periods that the requirements for the work center's capacity exceed the work center's available capacity. The capacity that is required for the PCS project is taken into account.

The number of periods in this field is always equal or higher than the number of periods in the Number of PeriodsAbove CapacityExcluding Project field.

First PeriodAbove Capacity

The first period that the total capacity requirements for the work center exceed the work center's basic capacity.

Number of PeriodsInvolved for Project

The total number of periods that the PCS project requires capacity from the work center.

 

Show Chart

Click to display the work center's resource utilization chart.