SAP PP-CRP-LVL - Capacity Leveling Profile Setup

Capacity leveling is used in various areas of a company and at different planning levels with the following objectives:

- High capacity load
- Adherence to dates
- Short lead times
- Low stocks

The objectives of capacity leveling include:

- Leveling overloads and under loads at work centers

- Achieving optimum commitment of machines and production lines

- Selection of appropriate resources

Show here is an example on how to customize the Capacity Leveling Profile.

Define time profile in OPD2.

Assuming you want to create a time profile for 2 months.

Database Read Period	Entry Type	Start Date	End Date
	J	-3	3

The database read period specifies the period in which capacity requirements are read
from the database. All requirements are accessed which are partially or completely
within the database read period.

Evaluation Period

G

1

60

The evaluation period specifies the period over which data is formatted and displayed.
The evaluation period must lie within the database read period.

Planning Period

G

1

60

The planning period defines the period in which the SAP system can carry out planning.
The planning period is smaller than or equal to the evaluation period. You cannot move
operations outside the planning period. Equally, when automatic finite scheduling is
carried out for an operation the system only searches for a new date within the planning
period.

Dispatch of backlog

G

Backlog dispatch Date = 0

The date for dispatching the backlog is of importance in period-related planning.
You use the date for dispatching the backlog to determine the date backlogs are to be
allocated.

The following types of entry are available:

Actual date specifications

These date specifications (for example, calendar day, calendar year) are only useful in the profiles in exceptional cases.

Relative date specifications

These date specifications (for example, number of calendar days, number of calendar years) are always calculated from the current day.

For every period, you can specify in what form you want to enter the date by using the respective field "Type of entry".

Define the strategy profile in OPDB.

In this menu option you define strategy profiles to control capacity leveling with theplanning tables.

You can copy the standard strategy profile like SAPSFCVER1 or SAP_T001.

Assuming you copy the strategy profile to ZAPSFCVER1 ticking the followings:-

1. Dispatch at earliest point in time.

2. Change production version on error.

3. Cancel dispatching due to error.

4. Use operations floats.

5. Use float before production.

6. Use float after production.

and copy the strategy to ZAP_T001 ticking the Change Planning direction.

Define the Overall profiles in OPD0.

The overall profiles are used as follows to control capacity planning:

If you select the menu options:

Capacity planning -> Leveling -> Work center view -> Planning table, then the profile
SAPSFCG001 is processed in the standard version.

You can change the profile, but the SAP sub-profiles should remain unchanged as far as
possible.

You can define your own profiles and allocate them to particular users by means of user
parameters. (See user parameters CYA -> CYX)

For example, when you access the planning table enter using the application menu
"Capacity planning" -> Leveling -> Work center view -> Planning table
the user parameter "CYA" is operative.

You can select any overall profile you like by entering via the application menu
"Capacity planning" -> Leveling -> Variable.

Your details of the profile can be as follows:-

Profile	ZONLINE	ZBACKGRD
Selection profile	SAPSFCS005	SAPSFCS001
Control profile	SAP__C001	SAP__C002
Time profile	ZTIME	SAP__Z002
Evaluation profile	SAP__A001	SAP__A001
Strategy profile	SAP__T001	ZSTRATEGY
Period profile	SAP__P002
Planning table profile		SAPSFCL010
Prof. Plan tab (tab)	SAPSFCR011
List profile	SAPSFCI001	SAPSFCI001