Graphical Planning Board in SAP

Post-processing of planning result

The graphical planning board in SAP, which is integrated into the Production Planning Cockpit (PPC), provides a quick overview of the resource utilisation situation. It can be combined with tabular views for more detailed information. For efficient detailed planning in SAP, it is important to quickly obtain a user-friendly overview of the overall situation of the dispatched orders and operations, especially with regard to resource utilisation.

Overview

The most important features of the graphical planning board:


  • Quick visual identification of bottlenecks due to resource utilisation based on overloads & gaps (e.g. free time intervals on resources)
  • Detect exceptional situations in the supply chain, e.g. orders without availability of components, delayed orders, orders without pegged requirements
  • Identify relationships, e.g. which orders or operations belong to a production structure
  • Be aware of the surroundings of the material requirements planning situation, e.g. inventory history, coverage range
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Advantages of the Graphical Planning Board

The flexibility in the structure of the graphical planning board of the Production Planning Cockpit (PPC) in SAP, provides crucial advantages: Different graphical views of the resource and order situation can be set up. These can be combined with each other and above all with tabular views.

The following view set-up logics are possible in the graphical planning board of the PPC in SAP:

  • one line per resource (resource view)
  • one line per operation (operation view)
  • one line per order

Useful combinations of graphic views with tabular views

For example, the graphical planning board as resource view for the dispatched operations and a tabular view for the list of orders to be dispatched.

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