Define of planning horizon

[Former Member]

Dear All,

We would like to limit our planning horizon in APO for a plant.

(Example: APO should create planned orders only for requirements of the next 6 month...)

How can we do that?

Thank you for your help.

Regards,

Thomas

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

maintain ppds horizon in the location product master data.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

But on the Product Master Data we have to maintain the horizon for every product.

Is it also possible to configure the horizon in the heuristic?

Thanks,

Thomas

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

alternatively , you can give it in model and version management which applies for for all locations under this model and version..TC : /sapapo/mvm

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Dear all,

Thank you for your help and your inputs.

Unfortunetly it doesn't works. I maintained the PP/DS Horizon in material master but it is not taken in consideration for the planning run.

Could there be an other parameter which affects this horizon?

Thank you,

Thomas

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi

Are you talking about planning in SNP rather than PP/DS here?

To limit the planning results of SNP then you create a Planning book and Data View with a horizon of just 6 months. Then you run your planning function within this data view (example Heuristic/Optimiser/Deployment etc) which will only create orders for the time horizon defined in your view.

Regards

Ian

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Ian,

I'm speaking about PP/DS planning.

If I create a Customer-order for 2010 an starts the planning run (SAPAPO/CDPSB0), a planned order is created for a production in 2010. But the PP/DS Horizon for this materiel is on 30 days (in Material Master APO).

What's wrong?

We have also a Horizon on the Planningversion but it's only on 150 days and should not be taken for this planning (as I have a horizon on the material.

Thanks,

Thomas

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi

Have you created a Time Profile to use in that transaction that is a relative +6 months as the end date. The system should only propose to start orders and reschedule orders that start within this time profile's limits.

Regards

Ian

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

It appears you are in MTO environment. In MTO, the pp/ds horizon has no impact. All requirements are planned.

Thanks

Sanjeev

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Dear Sanjeev,

Yes we are in MTO.

Now we try to developpe a new heuristic which can limit the planning horizon.

Thank you,

Thomas

[Former Member]

Solution: Developping a heuristic with limited horizon.

[Former Member]

Dear Thomas,

Heuristics refers to Product Master for planning horizon. It's generally better to maintain this in Product rather than at globa level, because, if not now, you may face a situation in future where different materials have different planning time fences.

Use MASSD for mass maintenance of planning horizon in product master.