Alternative Resource in CTP

Hi SAP Experts,
My current customer wants to use CTP to give a feasible date for Sales Order Schedule Items when entering the sales order. Is it possible to consider alternative resources (by using alternative sequences or resource classification) when entering the sales order? So the system would propose a shorter availability date in case preferred resource is fully loaded but alternative have some unused capacity.
Thanks and Regards
André Val

Hi Andre
You can obtain  good planning results  with finite scheduling on a time-continuous basis when it is used with  block planning  . This is always the case when the capacity requirements of the setup activities make up a large part of the total capacity requirements. 
The following prerequisites must be met:
  You are using a  strategy profile with settings for time-continuous CTP  . 
  The plan (PPM or PDS) contains only one resource to be finitely planned.
  The blocks are defined on the resource. The planned orders created by CTP are scheduled in a suitable block with free capacity. The capacity requirements can be taken into account for sequence-dependent setup activities. The CTP check finds the correct dates in predefined setup cycles.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_apo700_ehp03_on_erp/helpdata/en/07/28c95360267614e10000000a174cb4/content.htm
Regards
Rami

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