Module Planning (tipcs4120m000)

Use this session to plan modules. You can specify a fixed plan quantity to allow proper planning of critical items.

In this overview session you can list the modules by project and define fixed planned quantities in case critical materials need to be planned before a customized BOM or sales order demand is entered.

In the details session you can:

  • Maintain the module planning by project.
  • Record rough material requirements for the project.
  • Record (final) assembly scheduling for the project.
  • Link modules to activities for activity-controlled material planning per project.

Module planning is the relation between activities of the network planning and the modules. Modules can be materials that can jeopardize the finish date of the project because of their long delivery times. These materials are also referred to as critical materials. A module can also be an assembled part.

Note

During generate order planning in the Generate Order Planning (cprrp1210m000) session, Enterprise Planning creates planned supply for the critical materials.

Module planning is created by manual input or by running the Copy Project (tipcs2210m000) session.

 

Project

A collection of manufacturing and purchasing actions that are performed for a particular customer order. A project is initiated to plan and coordinate the production of the to be manufactured items.

For a standard-to-order production, the project is only used to link the item with the customer order. A project can also include these:

  • Customized item data (BOMs and routings)
  • Project planning (activity planning)
Module

A planning unit for a customized, manufactured, or purchased part, for which the logistical planning is related directly to the project network planning. A module may be a more or less complex compound part or a single part, such as a long delivery time part.

Customized Item

An item produced on a customer specification for a specific project. A customized item can have a customized BOM and/or a customized routing and is normally not available as a standard item. A customized item can, however, be derived from a standard item or a generic item.

Effectivity Unit

The effectivity unit on which the generation of the requirements planning is based. The requirements planning is based on item/effectivity unit combination. The unit which is connected to the item is always the unit of the top-item.

Planning Cluster

An object used to group warehouses for which the inbound and outbound flow of goods and materials is planned collectively. For this purpose, the demand and supply of the warehouses of the planning cluster is aggregated. Within a planning cluster one supply source is used, such as production, purchasing or distribution.

If multisite is implemented, a planning cluster must include one or more sites. The site or sites include the warehouses for which the planning processes are performed. A site is linked to one planning cluster.

Enterprise Planning uses the this field to determine the location of the material demand for this module.

Enterprise Planning retrieves the cluster segment of the code of the plan item from this field.

Activity

The activity related to the module.

Note

The requirement date for the item that is linked to this module planning, is defined by the earliest finish date of this Activity.

Safety Time (Perc)

Define the safety time that indicates when the relevant module should be completed. It is calculated from the planned finish date for the activity.

Fixed Plan Quantity

If this check box is selected, the Order Planning will create firm planned supply for the specified Plan Quantity

If this check box is cleared, Order Planning uses the sum of the dependent material demand and independent demand for the customized item as a module quantity. This results in one firm planned supply order for the item, on the date that is defined on the related Activity.

Plan Quantity

This is the manually entered plan quantity that must be planned during the rough resource planning calculation.

Note

When transferring planned resource planning purchase orders or resource planning production orders, the fixed plan quantity is automatically reduced by the order quantity, so that the remaining plan quantity can be replanned during a following rough resource planning calculation.

A quantity can only be entered if fixed plan quantity is selected.

Inventory Unit

The unit of measure in which the inventory of an item is recorded, such as piece, kilogram, box of 12, or meter.

The inventory unit is also used as the base unit in measure conversions, especially for conversions that concern the order unit and the price unit on a purchase order or a sales order. These conversions always use the inventory unit as the base unit. An inventory unit therefore applies to all item types, also to item types that cannot be kept in stock.

Status

Indicates the current progress of the project.

Allowed values

Possible values