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Production Planning

Production Planning – A summary of the activity

The production planning is used for the stock consumption of production and also used for summing up all the demands and based upon the requirements the demands are met. You can specify the only item and variant in the search criteria. The planning details are displayed based on the demands, forecasts, receipts details and the type of interval the production takes place.

Ø Select the “Production Planning” activity under the “Supply Chain Planning” business component.

The “Production Planning” page appears.

- Clicking this icon available near certain fields takes you to the help page of the respective field.

Ø Enter the following details in the “Search Item” group box:

Item	The code identifying the item.
Variant	The variant of the item.

Ø Click “Get” to retrieve the item and variant details in the multiline.

Ø Retrieves the items having Dispositionable attribute and Forecast Ref. number.

Item	The code identifying the item.
Variant	The code identifying the variant of the item.
Description	The description of the item.
Plant	The plant where the planning is executed. The OU in which the item was created and e 'OU Description' is displayed in the "Plant" column.

Ø Click on any “Item” data hyperlink to display the item details in the right side of the page.

Ø Enter the following header details in the right hand side of the page:

Item	The unique code identifying the item.
Variant	The unique code or number identifying the variant of the item.
Description	The description of the item.
Item Type	The system displays the options “Raw Material”, “Component”, “Intermediate”, “Consumable”. The system displays the default item type defined in the “Set Function Defaults” activity for the item type by default.
Plant	The plant where the planning is executed. The OU in which the item was created and e 'OU Description' is displayed in the "Plant" column.
Warehouse	The code identifying the warehouse where the item is specified. For the selected item, the associated standard warehouse description.
Source	The source of the item. · Manufactured - "M" · Purchased - "P", · Subcontracted - "S" · Stock Transfer - "ST"
Primary Vendor	The primary vendor of the item.
Material	The description of the material planner associated with the item.
Stock UOM	The unit of measurement of the stock.
Purchase UOM	The unit measurement of the purchase.
Mfg UOM	The manufacture unit of measure of the item.
Safety Stock	Safety stock quantity defined for the item.
Quantity on Hand	The unrestricted quantity available for the selected item - login OU.
Allocated	The total allocated quantity available for the selected item.
Planning Policy	The planning policy defined for the item.
Mfg. Lead Time	The manufacturing lead time of the item.
Lead Unit	The lead unit of the item.
STD Order	The standard order quantity defined for the selected item.
Fixed Order Quantity	The fixed order quantity for the item.
Minimum Quantity	The minimum quantity of the item is specified.
Step Quantity	The step quantity of the item.
Maximum Quantity	The maximum quantity of the item is specified.
UOM	The code identifying the unit of measurement. The combo loads with active UOMs associated with the selected item and defaults with blank. If the UOM selected is other than the manufacturing UOM, conversion factor is applied to display the values.

This page consists of the following tabs:

v List

v Graph

Tab – List

ØThe following details are displayed in the left side of the “List” tab:

Period	The time period in which the production takes place.
Forecasts	The forecasts details is provided for the weekly basis. Based on 'Forecast Ref' associated with the selected item, quantity under each period is displayed based on Anchor Date - No. of Buckets - Bucket Qty - Total Qty combination.
Sales Order	The sales order is provided for the weekly basis. Sale orders created against the selected item. For such authorized sale orders, the total quantity is displayed under each period.
Other Demands	The other demands is provided for the weekly basis. The total number of quantities obtained through Maintenance Order, Material Request, MRP Order, Planning Order (Manual, MRP, Repetitive), Repetitive Schedule, Rework Order, Stock Transfer Order, STR (Manual & MRP), Sub-contract Order, Sub-contract Request & Unplanned Order and display it under each period.
Scheduled Receipts	The scheduled receipts is provided for the weekly basis.
Planned Receipts	The planned receipt is provided for the weekly basis.
Planned Releases	The planned releases is provided for the weekly basis
Projection Stock On-Hand	The projection stock on hand is provided for the weekly basis. Sum of Forecasts, Other Demands, sale orders for each period subtracted from initial 'Projected Stock on Hand' quantity.

ØThe system displays the following details:

Past	The planning activities performed in the previous week.
Week 1	The activities that are performed in first week.
Week 2	The activities that are performed in second week.
Week 3	The activities that are performed in third week.
Week 4	The activities that are performed in fourth week.
Week 5	The activities that are performed in fifth week.
Week 6	The activities that are performed in sixth week.
Week 7	The activities that are performed in seventh week.
Week 8	The activities that are performed in eighth week.
Week 9	The activities that are performed in ninth week.
Week 10	The activities that are performed in tenth week.
Week 11	The activities that are performed in eleventh week.
Week 12	The activities that are performed in twelfth week.

Tab – Graph

Ø The graph is plotted by overall quantity with the total number of the weeks for the planning activities.