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Resource Utilization Question

Former Member
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Hi, Please let me know if the following scenario is a possibility.

We currently maintain our capacity utilization at 90% for any resource and the same number is carried over to APO (SCM 5.0) with CIF. The requrement we have is to set this utilization to 100% for the rolling current date+3 months and 90% outside the 3 month horizon. I know that the dates can be specified explicity in R/3 but I don't know if the rolling 3 month is possible. Please let me know if this can be achieved via config or master data setting in APO.

Thanks in advance.

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Former Member
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Phaneendra,

To maintain the capacity utilization (Variable) time based. You can use the interval planning in ECC and then you can CIF this intervals to APO. Before you setup the intervals you need to perform one CIF customization activity in CFC9. Using the external capacit. Check(X) this field in ECC.

Step 1: In CR01when you are creating the work center under the capacity tab and you maintain the capacity category (Machine/Labor). Then Click on Capacity header.

Step 2: In capacity header you maintain the interval. Before this you select the Active version (1) under Available capacity.

Step 3: Click on intervals, there you can maintain the from date and to date. Define the number of intervals you requrie.

Step 4. Click on intervals+Shift there you can call the defined intervals and maintain the capacity utilization what you require for business. Also you can add intervals in this screen by clicking on insert intervals.

Step 5: After you are done you need to click on APO resource (this step is very important),which you can see top right corner under capacity header. Here under header data for APO resource you select the type of resource multimixed/single mixed (SNP) or mulitactivity/single activity (PPDS). In the same screen you need to maintian the factory calendar and active version under the available capacity.

After you are done with all the steps now you can CIF the resource as external resource to SNP. The intervals you maintained in ECC is visible in capacity profile in SNP resource transaction. This how you maintain the time based capacity utilization. It is bit tricky while maintaining all the fields. Do let me know if you have any questions.

Regards

KRN

frank_horlacher
Employee
Employee
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good explanation! When you maintain the capacity utilization in ERP you do not have any problems with integration later.

Former Member
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Phaneendra,

Were you able to solve this issue? If not do let me know where you got stuck up?

Regards

KRN

Edited by: KRN on Jun 24, 2010 11:35 PM

frank_horlacher
Employee
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You can use the capacity profile of the resource. There you can define capacity utilization up to the day. in the resource master press button capacity profile. select time capacity or available bucket capacity. enter the resource ultization per day or per buckets.

Edited by: Frank Horlacher on Jun 22, 2010 5:49 PM

Former Member
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Thanks Digambar, Sandeep, Senthil and Frank for your responses. I've looked at the APO resource view but there is no option to provide multiple resource utilizations. Also, we just have PP/DS module.

Frank, I checked the Avaialble capacity profile, but I am thinking that in the table control we define explicit dates like from Jan'10 - May'10 - 100% and Jun'10-Dec'10 - 90%. Is there a way to define a rolling time period using this table? (eg: from current date60 @100% and 60 days is 90%). Please let me know.

Regards.

Former Member
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Hi Phaneendra phani,

Just check whether the planning paramters fields under the general

tab of APO resource master will help you to serve your requirement.

(Days + and -)

Regards

R. Senthil Mareeswaran.

Former Member
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Hi Phaneendra

I dont see a standard customisation by which you can control this. However as a work around you can manage this by capacity varaints, that is, using shift factors you can control the %age of available resource capacity.

You can define the varaint having 100% utilization for the 1st 3 motnhs and 90% for the remaining period of your SNP horizon.

the only difficulty here is that you will have to change your capacity variants as and when you move into the next bucket in the SNP horizon.

Else you can go in for a smal development where you associate the date of the varaint with a dynamic variable such it rolls into future horizon along with your SNP horizon.

let me know if this helps.

Rgds, Sandeep

digambar_narkhede
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Hi Phaneendra,

Variable capacity for resource can be set in fixed buckets of total horizon (100% for Jun' 2010 ~ Aug'2010 ;then 90% for Sept'2010~ May'2011 and so on ) but in standard APO configuration or master data setting it is not possible to set variable capacity in rolling months .

However if this is a stringent business requirement then I think you can look for some customization.

Regards,

Digambar