Planning Run

This activity allows you to run the planning process and plan for the items. Tell me more

Select the “Planning Run” link under the “Supply Chain Planning“ business component.

The “Planning Run” page appears.

Enter the following:

Run Name	The unique name of the planning run. If the last run name is not available, then default value is not set for the run name. In Case of no last submit job, no planning Run will be defaulted. Run name must also be unique for the Business Unit.
	Press <Enter> key.
	Run Name should not be left blank and should have been already defined. The system retrieves the corresponding planning run details.
	Help facility available.

Click the “Get” pushbutton to retrieve the planning run details.

The system displays the following:

Run Date	The date on which the specified run name has already been generated or is currently generated. If run name is used in planning then it retrieves the last run date. Otherwise, It retrieves the current date as the run date.
Status	The status of the run name.

Enter the following in the “Plan Options” group box:

Run Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the type of planning run. You can select from "MPS", "MRP","DRP" or "All". The system displays “MRP” by default on launch of the page. The options available are:
	MPS – indicates that the planning is done for all the MPS items.
	MRP – indicates that the planning is done for all the MRP items.
	DRP – indicates that the planning is done for the items with source set as “Stock Transferred”.
	All – indicates that the planning is done for all the items.
Run Option	Use the drop-down list box to select the options of planning run. You can select from "Net Change", "Regenerative", "Generate Action Message" or "Process Batch Transactions". The system displays "Net Change" by default on launch of the page.
	Net Change – indicates that the supply is adjusted to meet the demand instead of the deleting the demand. Vice versa.
	Regenerative – indicates that the demands are deleted and fresh customer requested demands along with the supplies are considered.
	Generate Action Message – indicates that the system action messages are generated instead of planning the item.
	Process Batch Transaction – indicates that the items identified as pending batch transactions are processed.
Recalculate LLC	Select the checkbox to indicate whether to recalculate LLC (Low Level Code) or retain the existing code before planning for the items.
Repegging	Select the checkbox to indicate whether to de-reserve and re-reserve all the demands against receipts or retain the existing demands to optimize the reservations. The system leaves the box “Unchecked” by default on launch of the page.
Use Time Fence	Select the checkbox to indicate whether the time fence rules can be used or cannot be used for the planning run. The system leaves the box “Checked” by default on launch of the page.
Generate Action Message	Select the checkbox to indicate whether to generate the system action messages or not for the planning run. The system leaves the box “Checked” by default on launch of the page.

Enter the following in the “Plan Selection” group box:

Business Unit	Use the drop-down list box to select the valid business units. The system retrieves the business unit for all the organization units for which the login user has permission for the planning run page.
Plant	Use the drop-down list box to select the valid organization units. For the login user and organization unit combination, the system identifies the business unit and retrieves all the organization units for that business unit along with a blank value.
	Press <Enter> key.
	The system ensures that the plant should be available in the Business Unit.
Planning Horizon	The planning horizon of the planning run from component parameters. If planning horizon is entered, the system will set the planning horizon as the maximum of planning horizon entered and default MPS planning horizon from “Component Parameters”.
Matl. Planner	Use the drop-down list box to select the material planner defined in the control unit for which the login user has permission to the logged on Business Unit. The system retrieves the Business Unit from the login Organization Unit along with a blank value. The system displays “Blank” by default on launch of the page.

Enter the following in the “Item Selection” multiline:

Plg, Group	The code identifying the planning group. The system checks whether the planning group is available in the Organization Unit. Both the planning group and item cannot be specified. Either one can be specified.
	Press <Enter> key.
	The planning group should be available in the Business Unit and should be in “Active” status on the run date. The system retrieves the corresponding description.
	Help facility available.
Item Code	The code identifying the item. The system checks whether the item code is available in the Organization Unit.
	Press <Enter> key.
	The item code should be available in the Organization Unit and should be in “Active” status on the run date.
	Help facility available.
Variant Code	The code or number identifying the variant of the item.
	Press <Enter> key.
	The item variant should be available in the Organization Unit and should be in “Active” status on the run date.

The system displays the following:

Desc.

The description for the combination of item/item variant or planning group.

Enter the following:

Plant	The valid plants where the item/planning group is identified.
Warehouse Code	The code identifying the warehouse where the item/planning group is identified.
	Press <Enter> key.
	The warehouse should be available in the Organization Unit and should be in “Active” status.
	Help facility available.

Click the “Cancel Planning Run” pushbutton to cancel planning run details.

For the selected run name, the system deletes the job from MRP run if the planning run has not yet been started.

Click the “Planning Run” pushbutton to create the planning run details.

The system creates and saves the run name details. If the run name already exists for the run date, then the system overwrites the details.

Note: Run name and Run date combination must be unique.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “View Error Log” link at the bottom of the page to view the error log details.