Prerequisites for Capacity leveling

what r the Prerequisites for Capacity leveling ?
What setting we can do to run the capacity leveling?

Hi,
Assign the correct capacity formula at workcenter .
Actiavte the Finite scheduling tick at Capacity header view & maintain the all relvant capacity data at capcity header.
Activate the "Generate cap req' check box at
OPU5,OPU3
Lead time scheduling should be carried out ie For planned order leveling , lead time scheduling should be carried out during MRP
Regards
Pradeep

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BAPI's for capacity Leveling (CM21)

Hello Friends,
Can anybody let me know the list of BAPI's available for the CM21 Transaction(CAPACITY LEVELING in PP Module).
Thanks
Naresh

Thanks Siddharth.
i got it

WORK FLOW & PROCEDURE FOR FOR SNP CAPACITY LEVELLING HEURISTICS RUN

Dear Sir / Madam,
Currently, we are taking only SNP Heuristics Run and the output viz. planned stock transfer requisitions are being passed to PPDS as such. But now we feel, SNP capacity leveling can play a vital role in getting more fine tuned results from PPDS. So, We wants to start using the SNP Capacity leveling run. We shall like to know the work flow / procedure for taking the SNP capacity level run i.e. what inputs should be properly reviewed before taking the SNP capacity level run and what shall be its output..? Kindly let us know the procedure / work flow for taking the SNP Capacity Levelling Run.
Your early reply in this regard shall be really appreciable.
Thanks & Best Regards,
Sanjeev Chugh
25-Mar-10

Hi Sanjeev,
as in any other module, correct master will play a key role in getting effective results in capacity levelling. you will need to check the following master data while setting the system for capacity levelling :
Consistency in BOM in R/3 and PPM/PDS
Consistency in Routing in R/3 and PPM/PDS - the actual through put on the shop floor should be the same as that in the routing and in the PPM/PDS. unless this is in sync, no amount of levelling can return good results.
Maintenance of shift - again as present in the shop floor.
you can provide the dump of the above master data and ask the shop floor engineers to validate the data as it exists in the ssytem. you can do the consistency check between R/3 and APO yourself using queries. Once they have validated this master data and the the actual master data reflects in your system, i think, the job is more than 50 % complete.
also you need to check the lot sizes, rounding profiles, and period factor, becasue all three combined play a major role in giving good or better results after levelling.
you may also check at what level you want to run the levelling. whther the bottleneck is at the finished component level, or 2nd level, etc. you may check whther you have discrete manufacuring or REM and if you really want to levelling on REM order.
then you need to analyse, what is the lengh of horizon you want to run the capacity leveling on. sometimes it makes no sense to run on the entire horizon because if capcities are already overlaoded, you will not achieve the desired results.
hence depending upon the level of your understanding and comfort of the planner (who will be using this result), the horizon can be increased grdually.
if you are starting to implemement capcity levelling, you can sumulate runs and show the results to the planner and check if the standard capacity heursitics satisfies their requirement. else you can go for custom requirement.
you will also have to decide on the stratagies, priorities,etc based on the business requirement.
i think the above should give some starting direction to implement capcaity levelling in your system.
award points if you find this useful.
Rgds, Sandeep
Edited by: Sandeep Budhiraja on Mar 25, 2010 11:49 AM

Capacity Levelling

Hi
Can anybody send me a end user manual or step by step process on how to do Capacity Leveling .
Thanks for all your efforts in advance .
Regards
Kurna

Kuma,
SAP Online help
[Calling up Capacity Levelling|http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_04/helpdata/EN/8a/a5910f4adc11d189740000e8322d00/frameset.htm]
Also try searching this forum for Capacity Levelling.
Regards,
DB49

Capacity leveling problems

I have some troubles with implementing capacity leveling. I cannot level with planned orders (cable solution), so it is only possible to plan production orders.
The setup matrix is used (because setup times can be greatly reduced, depending on the succesor).
For some operations, simular machines can be used. CM21 (work center view) is used. Version: R/3 release 4.6C.
Now a couple of problems rise.
Problem 1:
Since there are simular machines, normally production versions are used for capacity leveling. However, we have to level with production orders, so production versions are not applicable.
Making one workcenter with different individual capacities is also no solution, since SAP messes up with setup times then (i.e. two operations of different production orders have to leveled onto the work center. Normally, the setup is 20h, but if it is a right succesor, it has to be 0h. This is mentionned in the setup matrix. If we dispatch now with a specific strategy for setup time optimization, only one operation will have setup time and the other operation will be schedule from the start on of the other operation's setup... In reality, two setups has to be done, since there are two machines!).
Alternative sequences is also no solution. While leveling, the alternative sequence will never be used by SAP, in my view.
Problem 2:
The strange logic of SAP: setup of the next work center can only be done if the production on the previous work center has finished. In reality, the setup of the next work center can overlap with the production of the previous workcenter.
Besides these two problems, there are some more troubles with capacity planning in SAP. SAP messes up sometimes by putting the setup time before the wrong operation (sometimes, the first operation has no setup time and the second does. However, this should be the other way around.).
If you plan an operation manually, SAP doesn't take into account the setup matrix.
Does anyone has a solution?

Hi Walravens,
What i have understood is, u have the avilability of multiple resouces to produce same material, if any capacity bottle neck, u level the different production order of same material from "one work center" to "another workcenter".
At cm21, select the mutiple workcenters (selection criteria) and dispatch the operation as need.
For setup time overlap, how to system know ur producing two operations (from two different orders) with same setup.
Even the operations from same production order, system consider the set up time of the second operations unless u define overlap function. . Am I understood your problem in correct way.
So remove the set up time for second operation and dispatch.
Regards
Pradeep

Issue with Capacity Levelling-CM25

Hi Everyone,
We use CM25 for capacity levelling.
Issue:
Total Capacity req. = 186.8 Hr
Available Capacity on 01.01.2012 on the resource = 380.2 Hr
Now when I try to dispatch the capacity req. for a planned order manually on 01.01.2012, system distributes the capacity-
Distributed   Period
        5.0    31.12.2011
      23.8    01.01.2012
      23.8    02.01.2012
      23.8    03.01.2012
      23.8    04.01.2012
      23.8    05.01.2012
      23.8    06.01.2012
      23.8    07.01.2012
      15.6    08.01.2012
    186.8
But we want to dispatch capacity say on one particular day or split it onto two different days i.e. 90 Hrs on 01.01.2012 & 90 Hrs on 02.01.2012. Is it possible? If yes, how?
Additional Information-
Capacity Defination in resource-
No. of indiv. cap.   16
Operating time       23.76
Capacity             380.16
Relevant to finite scheduling
Thanks,
Parashar.

Hi Amol,
Thanks for your input.
As I have said I already have Capacity more than what is required.
Capacity Available per day: 380.2 Hr
Total Capacity Requirement: 186.8 Hr
I am trying to know that whether what issue has been raised is possible to solve in Capacity Levelling & How.
We are not maintaining shifts in SAP at present.
Thanks,
Parashar.

CM01/CM21 - Capacity Leveling Customization

Those who are still using R/3 for capacity leveling...
1. Have you had complaints from your users that these R/3 transaction aren't user-friendly at all?
2. Have they requested these to be customized?
3. Have you customized these transactions? To what extent?
The feel, look and config of these capacity transactions is very prehistoric (even before 4.0b)... nothing much has changed... then APO came in... the more leftout these transactions has become... users have resorted back to spreadsheets.. not good!
So folks who've been stuck in R/3 land and cannot stand these standard transactions, what have you done??? I'm interested to know what you did, what technologies (i.e. web dynpro) you've used and how your users embraced it.

Bryan,
I agree with you Cap. Levlling is not frinedly in R/3 or ECC.
However we use Capacity levelling for our collective order scheduling as it helps schedule parent & child orders as needed by planner.
For this I use cutomised profile ZSAPPSG001 copy of SAP standard SAPSFCG001 - SFC: View work center/capacity (2 graf.).The agreed capacity overall profile is then called in your prod. schduling profile tcode : OPKP.
You can customize user required Capacity levelling Overall profile in tcode : OPD0
From there you can select any subprofile that meets user needs or further customize subprofiles as needed.
Selection profile     SAPSFCS009 SFC: View Center -> Capacity (2 graf.) ( tcode : OPD1)
Control profile       SAP___C002 Gen: Planning table ( tcode : OPDE)
Time profile          SAPSFCZ002 SFC: graph. medium-term (3 months) ( tcode : OPD2)
Evaluation profile    SAP___A001 Gen: Standard evaluation profile ( tcode : OPD3)
Strategy prof.        SAP___T001 Finite scheduling forw./all functs.activ ( tcode : OPDB)
Period profile        SAP___P002 Gen: Daily period split ( tcode : OPD4)
Planning tab.profile ZSAPPSL001 SFC: only main caps. (2 graf.) ( tcode : OPG0)
List profile          SAPSFCI001 SFC: Production planning ( tcode : OPDH)
As you can see I just customised a few changes in my Planning tab.profile based on user requirement.
I am sure this gives you good insight to research this further & give your users some customised screen.
thanks,
Ram

Capacity Planning vs. Capacity Leveling

My production facility is looking to divide up our shop floor by work centers. There are about 20 individual work centers that are composed of 10 people each. Each material we make is divided up into 3 operations which go through 3 separate work centers. Each operation has a corresponding work center that it goes through.
Right now we are unsure which program suits our needs better, Capacity Planning or Capacity Leveling.
Our goal is to measure each individual work center (not the workers that make up the work center). Each work center has a specific goal involving the number of materials they can produce, whether or not they reached that goal and by how many.
In a nutshell, we want to be able to measure how long it took each work center to reach their individual goals by the materials they produce.
This is all about measuring the individual work centers and how efficient they are. Our goal is to be able to utilize this data within SAP.
What is the difference between Capacity Planning and Capacity Leveling, and which would better suit our goals?
Our production facility is not very complicated and we're looking for something simple and basic within SAP to accomplish these goals.
All help is appreciated. What would be your recommendations for this type of situation?

HI
Capacity evaluation
In the capacity evaluation, available capacity and capacity requirements are determined and compared with each other in lists or graphics.
Capacity leveling
The objectives of capacity leveling are:
Optimal capacity commitment
Selection of appropriate resources
In most applications, you can use two types of planning table (graphical and tabular versions) to display the capacity situation and to carry out capacity leveling.
In some applications such as Repetitive Manufacturing (PP-REM) or Sales and Operations Planning (PP-SOP), there are application-specific planning tables for capacity leveling.
T codes for Capacity Planning
Work Center view - Capacity Evaluation
CM01 - Load
CM02 - Orders
CM03 - Pool
CM04 - Backlog
CM05 - Overload
Capacity Leveling
CM21,CM22, CM27,CM28.
Hope it will help u
Regards
Anupam Sharma

Infinite scheduling with capacity leveling.......

Hi there ,
If we go for infinite scheduling & then after MRP run go for capacity leveling ..........
then will we get the same effect as finite scheduling .....
Please suggest me
Regards
Kaushik

Hi Kaushik,
If my understanding is correct, you are asking for the difference between manual and automatick despatching of orders in capacity levelling?
when we set finite scheduling in capacity header view of work center, and run MRP with scheduling parameter 2 set.
In capacity planning the availabile capacity will be compared with the required capacity and the load will be depicted as a graph or in table format. This only gives the load situation against the period.
For this the despatching of order will be done manually based upon the load per day by a scheduler in capacity levelling.
And to add more,
In R/3 finite scheduling is not there and this is drawback and APO was put in front for this purpose.
Can you confirm me whether the system automatically levels the order or despatchs the order in finite scheduling.
Best Regards,
Sendil

Workcentre change in capacity levelling

Hi Guys,
In capacity levelling of planned orders i want to move planned orders from one workcentre to another workcentre , could any one explain me how to do this.
Thanks and regards
Thamizhchelvan G

Dear,
Yes you can dispatch planned orders in CM21, CM22, CM25, CM27, CM28
Usually the following std profiles are used.
SAPSFCG021 SFC: Standard overview in order view
SAPSFCG022 SFC: Standard overview in indiv.cap.view
Just need to select the order then click on Dispatch(press F5)
Or,
1. CM 25
2. Select multiple operations ( Edit> Select> objects that belong together
3. Press Shift button and simultaneously press mouse left/right button then drag and drop .
Please refer this link for capacity levelling,
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/PPCRPLVL/PPCRP_LVL.pdf
Regards,
R.Brahmankar

Capacity leveling log showing duplicate information for Resource

Friends,
Need one help.
When I am looking into the Capacity leveling logs, I see duplicate information for every Resource. There is no difference in the information regarding resource utilization (before/after). For every resource we are getting this duplicate records in the logs. Sometime there is one difference on timing, (when the resource was processed by the background job.)
Text . Details . Current Date . Time
Resource W10_U0JA_001
Parameters
Resource utilization
Resource W10_U0JA_001
Parameters
Resource utilization
There is no difference in details resource utilization, yet resource are shown two times, for every resource.
We are on SCM 7.0 . Is this standard? if so, then why?
Can you please share your opinion/thoughts. Thanks a ton.
Satyajit

Hi Satyajit,
This can happen because of resource setting in APO.
You need to check the following:
Bucket definition
Resource utilization
Time Zone
You should check also the "Time-Cont Capacity" tab details where start, end and break time is maintained,
You should also verify the "External Capacity" Tab data
There is no other reason apart from that.
You can also check the PPMs which are using this resource and some setting in PPM modes and other operation data.
If it is okay then possibility you need to check the model and version assignments.
You can remove the version assignment and delete the resource and again CIF it to APO.
Possibly it will help.
Regards,
Vishal

Reg. Capacity levelling for the maintenance order

Hi all,
I am using SAP R3 ECC6.0.
I have created a maintenance order with order type PM01(Internal).In this order i have assigned Work Center 1 with the Work center category as Labour.And i have assigned 2 operations for this Work center in the maintenance order with the total hours of 60 HRS. and i saved this order & made the status to release.
Then i went to Tcode CM33 and there i inputed the Work center name and executed it.It opens a Graphical View.But in that view my order no is not displayed .Previous order no. which is there already for that Work center is shown there.
What could be the Reason.
As an alternate checking i went to T code CM31 order view.There i Inputed my order no. and executed it but it throws a message
"No Capacity requirements were found in the evaluation period"
"No work centers or orders were found"
What could be the reason.
Tell me how to overcome this issue.
More over i want to make dispatch in the capacity levelling.
Thanks in advance,
M.Badrinarain.

hi badri,
are you checking in the same period ? and next check ur overall profile and time profile assigned to ur overall profile .... u will find order no , operation no .... and once u dispatch operation status gets DSPT .
regards
pushpa

Use of BADI for SNP capacity levelling

I am using APO V5.1.
I'm interested in using the Business Add in (BADI) for SNP capacity levelling.
Can anyone tell me which BADI this is, and the possible functionality it can provide?
Thanks for any information on this...

To give you a couple of examples of what we use the BADi for:
1) Based on a product characteristic, the levelling will only level certain products. E.g. you could set a characteristic to mark products for internal use versus export use and then level the internal requirements first.
2) The levelling will only level planned production for highlighted orders in the data view.
Hope that helps for ideas
Regards
Ian

Is capacity leveling is in ltp

Is capacity leveling possible in the Long term planning i.e after simulative mrp run.
Regards,
Sunil Patil

Hi Mr.Sunil Patil,
Please check the help given by SAP.
SAP allows this.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_470/helpdata/en/92/bf055544bd11d182b40000e829fbfe/frameset.htm
Leveling Capacity in the Planned Order
Prerequisites
The planned order must be scheduled.
Procedure
Starting from the Long-term Planning node, choose Long-term planning ® Simulative planned order ® Change.
The system displays the details screen for the planned order. From this screen, you can call up the capacity check, if necessary, by choosing Edit ® Capacity check. The system then checks available capacities. If no overload exists on the work centers in question, the system displays a message stating that no overload exists. If an overload does exist, the system branches to the capacity situation where you can make any necessary changes.
To level capacities, choose Goto Capacity leveling.
The system displays the dialog box entitled, Settings for Capacity Planning if you have not yet defined any parameters for capacity planning.
Select the appropriate planning type and the period type for capacity planning. If necessary, select a period of examination. Choose Continue.
The system carries out scheduling using the parameters set in Customizing.
If scheduling could not be carried out free of error, the system displays an overview of the scheduling errors based on the planned orders in question. From here, you can access the scheduling log to check the details on the scheduling errors. To do this, choose Log.
5. Choose Continue. The system displays the evaluation of the capacity situation.
Capacity leveling is also displayed with reference to a work center and a capacity category (for example, machine or person) and the unit of measure is displayed from the work center. Here, the following is valid: If a planning work center (routing header) is entered in the routing the system first displays this work center with the corresponding capacity category. Otherwise, the selection is random. The system also displays the following data:
Order number, order quantity and order finish date
Available capacity
Total capacity requirements for the selected work center
Capacity requirements for the material
Capacity requirements of the selected planned order
Capacity loads resulting from the selected planned order are specially indicated.
Regards
Mangal

Rough cut planning in SOP for resource levelling

Hello,
I am trying rough cut planning in SOP.
I have created rough cut planning profile for a product group by using MC35.
The task list exits for the product group.
In task list , work centre is maintained and the same is given while creating the rough cut profile.
This product group contains some part number.
When I try Views--->capacity situation -> rough cut planning--->show.
System gives error that -
> No resource load found.
<u><b>Diagnosis given by system is as follows,</b></u>
This situation may be caused by one or more of the following:
     No PP task list (rough-cut planning profile, rate routing, or routing) corresponding to the Customizing selection criteria has been defined for this material/product group at this scheduling level.
     Resources planning has not been configured appropriately in Customizing.
     The information structure which you are planning has not been configured appropriately in Customizing.
System Response
No capacity load could be determined.
Procedure
1. Check that a PP task list exists for this material/product group.
2. Check that a lot size range has been maintained in the PP task list.
3. Have your systems administrator check and, if necessary, change the resources planning settings in Customizing for Sales & Operations Planning (the steps "Scheduling levels" and "Routing selection").
4. Have your systems administrator check that capacity planning has been defined for this information structure in Customizing.
Please let me know how to maintain the resource planning settings for scheduling level and routing selection.
Waiting for your reply.
Regards,
Ravindra Deokule

Hi Ravindra,
You can use t.code mc84 to create a product group.
Pl follow the following steps to do SOP with product group.
1. Create a Product group in tcode MC84.
Enter a percentage for material say X & Y to be produced. X 40% & Y 60%. Total qty will be split in the ratio as per the %.
2. Create Production Plan in tcode MC81.
Enter the sales plan qty.
Then goto menu,edit & choose create Prodn Plan synchronus to sales.
3. Create Rough cut Planning Profile in tcode MC35.
4. Enter the Status ,Usage & lot size.
5. Choose resources tab & then choose work center & enter work center name which you consider as a bottle neck & then enter the unit of measure as 'min'.
6. Use MC82,
Choose inactive version and select your version.
then goto menu->views> capacity situation>show
7.Check for over loads & adjust your qty acordingly.once the load becomes 100 % save.
8. Change the inactive version to Active version in tcode MC78.
ie in the version enter the inactive version & in the target version enter'A00'
9.In mc82 choose active version, you can see that the plan is activated now.
10.In the menu choose extras & transfer to demand mgmnt.
11.You can see the requirement in the md62 transaction.
12.Then run mrp.
Also regarding the unit of measure in t.code mc35,
If you select your resource as 'workcenter' & choose min or hour & then you enter 1(eg) in the first field against the work center. This means it takes 1 min or hour to produce 1pc(base quantity) in that particular workcenter(bottleneck workcenter)
Reg: Capacity calculation in mc87,follow the eg as above.Enter 1 min as time & base qty as 1 in mc35. Then check in mc87, you will get the load in %. ie if your work center is permitted to work for 8 hours/day & you pass a production plan of 480, then your load will match for 100%.
Regards,
Senthilkumar

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