Simultaneous Capacity and Materials planning

Hi all,
We are at present using PP/DS ( we use PDS in MTS environment) for capacity planning. System generates planned orders
based on the available capacity for the resources. We plan only FG in APO ie., raw materials are getting planned subsequently
in R/3 MRP.
Now we want the system to check the availability of raw materials for the FG before generating planned orders.
Kindly tell broadly which components have to be used in APO / steps to followed.
Thanks in advance.
Durai

Hi Durai,
SAP does differentiate REM with MTO based on planning strategy. Also, planning procedure is important for PPDS.
There are some standard heuristics available for different planning strategies.But the choices are large. Plus, if nothing is applicable, you can develop your own heuristic through ABP algorithm and add to planning.
As regards to heuristics, you need to check whether standard heursitic can serve your purpose. e.g. there are standard MRP heuristic. It will explode PDS for materials planning. At the same time, based on your strategy, it may or may not plan finitely.
Basic difference between MTS and MTO will be that in first case, there will ne netting of demand and receipts while in latter case, each demand is individual segment and cross exchange of receipts between two sales orders is unlikely.
Once you fix your planning heuristic, you need to determine the detailed scheduling heuristic for fine tuning the receipts scheduling. You can go for PPDS otpimizer as well, if very optimized solution is required.
Regards,
Bipin

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