Schedule Margin Key

[Former Member]

What is meant by Schedule Margin Key? Explain.

[Former Member]

Scheduling Margin Key

Key that the system uses to determine the floats required for scheduling an order. You define the following floats with the scheduling margin key:

- opening period

- float after production (only in the case of in-house production)

- float before production (only in the case of in-house production)

- release period (only in the case of production order management)

Floats are maintained in workdays.

Opening Period

Number of working days between the date that the order is created and the planned start date.

This time is available for the MRP controller to convert a planned order into a purchase requisition or a production order.

float after production

Number of working days between the scheduled finish date and the order finish date; used as a float in production scheduling.

float before production

Number of working days between the order start date and the scheduled start date; used as a float in production scheduling.

release period

Number of workdays between the planned start date and the date for releasing the order.

If the order release indicator is set, the production order is released by a background program that takes all dates into account.

The float before production is a start float. It has two functions:

It can compensate for delays in the staging of the material components.

If there is a capacity bottleneck at the work centers involved, the production dates can be moved forward in the future. In this way it serves as a float for capacity leveling.

The float after production is a finish float. It is used to compensate for unexpected disturbances in the production process, so that they do not delay the scheduled finish date.

The floats before and after production are defined for each material using a scheduling margin key. This scheduling margin key is automatically transferred from the material master when an order is created. However, you can change the times in the order.

[Former Member]

Hi

You define the order float in the scheduling margin key. This scheduling margin key is copied from material master.

Thanks