Setup group and setup matrix

[former_member691361]

Hi Gurus,

Please brief me on the significance of setup group and setup matrix in APO and the effect of the same in planning?

Thanks,

Prasanth

[Former Member]

Hi Prashanth,

Based on your query, components of different products can be clubbed

together based on their characteristics say like colour, weight, properties

For example, if you are having 3 different item categories with low weight

SKUs, medium weight SKUs and high weight SKUs but the resource used

for making is same, then you can categories these by creating set up

matrix which will tell you the switch over time between low to medium,

medium to high etc., and accordingly based on the demand, the plan will

be generated by system. Hope this concept is clear now.

PP heuristics is used to create procurement proposals for uncovered product

requirements and also to carry out planning tasks for products or orders or

resources. One of the typical example for planning task is scheduling

Planning procedures are delivered by SAP to meet various types of business

and planning scenarios. Say for eg, if you need to plan manually, there is

a procedure that you need to select and maintain, for automatic, there is a

separate procedure.

Hope all your queries are addressed.

Regards

R. Senthil Mareeswaran.

[former_member691361]

Hi Senthil,

Thanks for the valuable information.

Prasanth

[Former Member]

Hi Prasanth,

U can refer to the link below

help.sap.com/saphelp_scm70/helpdata/en/b7/.../content.htm. It will help u to understand.

Regards

Sunshine

[Former Member]

Hi Prashanth,

Setup group tries to group products with similar characteristics.

Setup matrix provides the sequence in which the set up groups

can be executed.

Setup sceanrio is used in cases where in the time taken for switching

over from one product or group of products or category of products or

charactersitics of products which is called as predecessor to another

product or group of products or category of products or characteritiss of

products which is called as successor.

Say for eg, if you are having a scenario wherein

you need to manufacture products with low weight,

medium weight and heavy weight products.

You can define in the set up matrix that for switch

over from low weight to medium weight products for

manufacturing, the set up time involved in 2 hours and

the setup cost involved is Rs.100,

Similarly, for switching over from heavy weight products

to medium weight products, the set up time involved

is 3 hours and the set up cost involved is Rs.50.

Based on this information, system will frame a matrix

of information and use during planning.

Hope this information is clear to you.

Please confirm whether your issue is resolved.

Regards

R. Senthil Mareeswaran.

[former_member691361]

Hi Senthil,

Thanks for the immediate reply.

Could you please enlignten on one more, as setup group is the grouping of materails, how we will group components of different finished product together as we will be planning all the materials based on the demand. As you told that its grouping of materials having similar characteristics, considering our planning,how we will group it. Kindly elaborate.

Moreover appreaciate if you can give me a brief about heuristics and PP planning procedure in PP DS and how both these get into effect. Please provide me with some documents on heuristics.

Thanks,

Prasanth