Machine planning is the process of allocating the requirements for machine hours which can derive from transactions such as sales orders, internal use, and production orders to available capacity of machine hours. The requirements can also be based on an MRP scenario which is generated at the MRP engine via Manufacturing/Planning/MRP engine.
You can plan machine hours based on the availability and requirements for machines at Manufacturing/Planning/Machine planning. The machine hour capacity or availability is based on the generation of capacity in the machine item maintenance under the Planning tab of machine maintenance via Manufacturing/Setup/Machines.
At Manufacturing/Planning/Machine planning, you can filter the machine hours and requirements planning that you want to display. Define one or more of the filter criteria and click Refresh to display the machine hours and requirements. The machine hours and requirements that match the filter criteria you have specified are then displayed.
Click Show /Hide to hide or show the Tasks / Requirements section.
Click Advanced to define more criteria and display the machine hours planning for the selected project, machine, assortment, and/or activity. The following will be available:
Type or select an asset group to display the machine hours planning for machines belonging to the selected asset group.
Type or select a cost center to display the machine hours planning for machines belonging to the selected cost center.
Type or select a range of dates to display the machine hours planning within the selected range of dates.
Select the Weekend check box to display machine hours planning during weekends.
Select the Actual check box to display actual machines hours that are realized.
Click - or + to view the machine hours planning Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly.
The machine hours that match the criteria that you have specified are then displayed. Click + at the top left to display the capacity of machine hours for all displayed machine item. Click + at specific rows to display the capacity of the machine hours for the respective machine item by respective dates.
Click Show / Hide to hide or show the Machine hours section.
Click Advanced to define more criteria and display the tasks/requirements such as production orders for the selected warehouse, machine, assortment, activity, and project. The following will be available:
Type or select a cost center to display the requirements from the selected cost center.
Type or select a range of dates to display the requirements within the selected date range.
The requirements such as sales orders, production orders or internal use that match the criteria you have specified are then displayed. Click to display the capacity of machine hours for all machine items by items, projects, or requests. Select Items to display the machine hour capacity by machine item. Select Projects to display the machine hour capacity by projects. Select Request to display the machine hour capacity by requests.
Click + on specific rows to display the requirements orders for the respective machine hours by the respective dates.
At the bottom of the Machine: Planning screen, there is a legend which indicates the status of the machine hour planning for each date column.
A column with this color indicates that the machine hour is not planned.
A column with this color indicates that the machine hour is partly planned. The machine hour which is partly planned is split in 2 cells; one which is planned machine hour shown in green cell and the other not planned machine hour shown in yellow cell.
A column with this color indicates that the machine hour is planned.
Below the legend is the indication of the planning date that has been selected for allocation.
This displays the date range of planning allocation selected at the Tasks / Requirements section.
This displays the required quantity of hours selected at the Tasks / Requirements section. This quantity is as per the selected machine hour requirement cell under the Tasks / Requirements section.
This displays the machine hour item selected at the Machine hours section. This machine hour item is as per the selected cell of the machine hour under the Machine hours section.
Click Refresh to display the machine hours and requirements planning based on the specified criteria.
Click Details to display the detailed information of the machine hour requirements. In Details, click Full level to display the source breakdown of the machine hour requirements.
Click Plan to allocate the available machine hours to the selected requirement.
Note: To enable the Plan button, select the available capacity of machine hour and the machine hour requirement.
Click Delete to delete the already planned (allocated) machine hour.
Note: The Delete button is enabled if you select an already planned (allocated) machine hour.
Click Close to exit.