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.

Field Information

Project

project

Module

module

Customized Item

customized 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

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

inventory unit

Status

Indicates the current progress of the project.

Allowed values

Free

You can carry out project engineering. This means that you can:

  • Define the project master schedule (PMS) by using the Project Control module.
  • Maintain the project structure.
  • Maintain the customized product structure by using customized bills of material and routing sheets.
  • Carry out project estimating.
Simulated

You simulate the rough capacity requirements planning and the detailed material and resource requirements planning (RRP) based on the network planning. The capacity requirements for a simulated project are visualized separately. LN generates planned RRP purchase orders, planned production orders, and PRP warehouse orders for customized items. However, those orders cannot be released. Moreover, the RRP does not allocate standard items to the project.

Active

This status indicates the project's execution stage. You can release planned orders, so that the required purchase and production activities can be actually started and completed.

Canceled

The project has been canceled. You cannot release new orders for the project, but you can, however, finish pending logistical activities. You can close a canceled project, but a project can also remain canceled. If the project remains canceled, be aware that the final costs are not posted to Financials , and that WIP can still exist for completed orders. Costs are only posted if you close the project.

Finished

As far as manufacturing is concerned, the project is finished. Also all purchase and production activities have been completed or closed, and all sales orders have been delivered for the project.

Closed

Financially, the project has been closed. This means that the financial project results have been computed. Financial project transactions can no longer be posted to the project.

To be Closed

If you select the COS and Revenues Restricted to Financial Company of PCS Project check box in the Project Control Parameters (tipcs0100m000) session, financial transactions are posted on the financial companies of the sales office, service department, and/or warehouse instead of on the financial company of the PCS project. If internal invoices are sent from the PCS project to those departments, and the internal invoices are not completed yet, the Close Project (tipcs2250m000) session sets the project status to To be Closed instead of to Closed. You must first complete the internal invoices, and then run the Close Project (tipcs2250m000) session again to set the project status to Closed.

Archived

The project has been archived. This means that all project data has been stored in archive files and are removed from the original files.

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