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Production planning background job - Detailed scheduling

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SAP recommmends that production planning run should run with "Infinite scheduling". Idea is detailed scheduling which fois llows production planning does finite schedluing for the resources  for which finite scheduling is needed.

This means, we need to schedule production planning background job with a heuristic that has strategy profile setting "Infinite scheduling".

Now, my question is, should we have a separate background job for detailed scheduling  that will follow production planning background job or should detailed scheduling be a step in production planning background job?

What is the recommended practice?

Thanks,

Srini

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Hi Srini,

As such there is no difference detail scheduling as next step post production planning or seperate job for detailed scheduling.

I have worked on projects with both approches.

Regards,

Santosh

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If we want to have a separate background job for detailed scheduling , which program should be used for detailed scheduling?

Thanks,

Srini

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Srini,
Same program as with Planning job; transaction /SAPAPO/CDPSB1.  You enter your scheduling heuristic as a step in this job.  The name of the program in the job step will end up being "/SAPAPO/BACKGROUND_SCHEDULING"

Best Regards,

DB49

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Which scheduling heuristic is recommended for detailed scheduling backgrpund job (just like SAP_PP_020 and SAP_MRP_001 in two steps for production planning run)?

Thanks,

Srini

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Srini,

SAP001 (Schedule Sequence) is the most commonly used but you should try and see first whether it meets your requirements.

This Heuristic is mainly used for planning a Bottleneck resource, so you should specify the Bottleneck resource as Planning Object.

Depending upon your needs -- you might have to use PPDS optimiser after this step.