Creating and Changing the Planning Scenario 

Procedure

Creating the Planning Scenario

To create the planning scenario, proceed as follows:

  1. Starting from the Long-term Planning node, choose Planning scenario → Create.

The system branches to the initial screen of the planning scenario.

  1. Enter a numerical key and a short text for the planning scenario. Define the standard settings you want to use by selecting the appropriate field or specify that you want to copy the settings from an already existing planning scenario.
    Choose .

The system calls up the planning scenario.

  1. To allocate the planning scenario to the plants, choose the Plants pushbutton.

A dialog box appears entitled, Planning Scenario - Allocated Plants.

To add more plants, choose  New entry.

  1. To allocate the planning scenario to the planned independent requirements versions that are to be included in planning, select Plnnd indep.reqmts.

A dialog box appears entitled, Planning Scenario - Allocated Plants.

Choose  and enter the version number to be planned with this planning scenario and choose Copy. If necessary, repeat this step until you have allocated all the versions you want to plan.
If you have maintained several versions and if certain versions are to be replaced by other versions, enter the version to be replaced in the Version to be replaced field and, if necessary, enter the period in which this version is to be replaced in the fields From and To.

If, for example, you want to plan the majority of materials using a specific version from operative planning and if you have also created a separate simulative version to replace the operative version you must enter both version numbers. In so doing, in the simulative version number row, you must enter the operative version in the Replaced version field.

  1. Check the default control parameters and change them, if necessary.
  2. Choose .

 

Changing the planning scenario

To change the planning scenario, proceed as follows:

  1. Starting from the Long-term Planning node, choose Planning scenario → Change.

The system branches to the initial screen of the planning scenario.

  1. Enter the numerical key of the appropriate planning scenario and choose .

The system calls up the planning scenario. The control data maintained when creating the scenario is displayed and can be changed as required - as long as the scenario has not been released.