Storage capacity as hard constraint in SNP optimiser

Hi,
We are working with 1 production plant and 5 DCs.We are using SNP optimisation as storage capacity is a constraint to us in the business.SNP optimiser is not respecting the storage capacity as hard constraint. In the results log,we are getting a clear warning message that Storage capacity is not available but this a warning message and creating planned orders. As per the help documentation,it is written that it is a soft consraint.Expectation is that optimiser should check the capacity and stop creating the order for the balance quantity. i maintaines high storage capacity costs in the storage resource like 999999...but still we are getting excess orders with the warning messages.
Could anybody explain whether any settings are to be done or it is only a soft constraint?? i tried with both linear and discrete...but getting same results.
Thanks in Advance
Aktar

Hi Aktar,
In addition to that what Suresh has mentioned already, I would like to say, that please check the storage cost again, and compare it with other cost. The cost you maintain as storage cost, it is per product. And in your storage resource, 1 unit of resource consumption may contain 1000 or 2000.. or more no. of products (please check you have maintained 'Storage Cons.per BUn' at GR/GI tab of product master. So, per unit resource consumption incure mich bigger amount of cost. So, optimizer will not plan for any product if you not maintain much higher (as compre to strg cost) non delivery penalty cost. Because the main aim of the optimizer is to minimize the cost only.
So, putting high storage cost does not make sense when you have to put higher non delivery penalty cost.
Thanks,
Satyajit
Edited by: Satyajit Patra on Jun 26,

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