Combined several planned orders into 1 for the same shift

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have a material (Z) that consumed by a few materials (A, B, C and D). Lets say I use heuristic to plan A, B, C and D in 1 same shift, which will auto create planned orders for Z.

The problem now is, there will be 4 planned orders created for Z at the same shift, which we do not want, we only want 1 planned orders per 1 shift per 1 material as this will be more convenient for our shopfloor users. Is there a way to combine all those 4 planned orders into 1 planned orders only (total planned qty for the 4 planned orders) during the heuristic runs?

Kindly please advise. Thank you.

[Former Member]

Do you have to create the planned orders for Z at the same time you create planned orders for A?

Instead of running heuristics for Z at the same time as you run A,B,C and D you can try to run ABC and D first. This should create dependant demand on Z

If you run heuristics again on Z only you should be able to generate orders for Z based on the aggregated dependant demand and if you have the right lot size settings you will get only one order (or in the right lot size) for Z.

[Former Member]

Hi Harish,

I try the method, meaning running heuristic for Z after I run for A, B, C and D, it is still the same, if my demand are from 2 orders, it will still auto create 2 planned orders at the same shift. Is it because of the Heuristic that I used? What heuristic that I should use?

Kindly please advise. Thank you.

[Former Member]

Hi Sim

I believe you need to do a low level code determination to ensure the planning sequence is established

pl check the helo files here which tell you what to do

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_scm50/helpdata/en/5b/4789bbf49e1340b7723acbf5d6a08a/content.htm

this is done before running your heuristic

[Former Member]

Hi,

you could run a second heuristic after the current one you run.

There is a standard heuristic which does merge orders (/SAPAPO/HEUR_MERGE_ORDERS). We had a similar problem but this standar heurisctic did not match out requirements, so we had to copy it and modify it.

I hope this help you. Good luck !

Regards.

[Former Member]

Hai Jose,

Just for my knowledge, how do you run this heuristic, /SAPAPO/HEUR_MERGE_ORDERS? I know we can execute the location, Network and Multilevel by just clicking on the icons in SNP94. Also is this a function module or program that I can run in test mode?

Thanks.