PPDS Heuristics- Selection

Hi Gurus
I need your help.
My client has  the following PPDS requirements to be met in Planning run.
1. SNP runs and the SNP orders have to be converted to PPDS orders in 2 week PPDS horizon.
2. The PPDS orders have to scheduled according to Product priority.
3. In the third step component check is to be made for these PPDS orders and if components are not  avilable, the orders with shortsages have to be pushed out in scheduling.
4. The gaps occuring due to this pushing of orders has to be filled up by rescheduling the remaining orders without disturbing the priorities.
I have so far tried the following in production planning run:
First step: SNP - PPDS order conversion
Second Step: Low level code determination
Third step: Reschedule heuristics with scheduling sequence - product priority
Fourth step: Bottom up heuristics
But I am not getting desired results still especially when there are shortages in the components, I  see them in the bottom  up heuristics log, but the orders are not getting pushed out due to these shortages.
Am I missing anything? Please suggest steps to achieve these objectives in Planing run.
Thanks
Elisabet

Hi,
Please check your PP planning procedure in your manufacturing plant. If it is automatic planning (3), then it will do the planning automatically, when it plans for DC. If so, change it to 4- Planning at planning run.
Please check and revert.
Regards,
Manimaran M.

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