Actually I am working with infinite capacity in Baan V. So, if three orders have to be done on june 20, and the orders need exactly 72 hours (24 hours per order) to be produced on one machine, the orders are scheduled to start on june 20 on that machine.

what we want to do is to work with planning against finite capacity where the system would see that the machine is saturated and reschedule on of the three orders.

what is neccesary to do in order to change parameters, sesions ?

We will aprecciate your help.

Not possible to plan finite in ERP itself, finite is possible with the SCS Planner addon, also a SSA/Baan product. The SCS-Planner works on the level of planned EP-orders.
When only finite scheduling of SFC orders is needed (execution level) SCS-Scheduler is a posibility.
It is specially mentioned for that task.

Finite planning can be done in Baan V via the work load control option. This can be done using the Master Plan but only in the Master Based planning area (See order horizon and Planning horizon). Link items to a master plan unit. Indicate on the resource that it is a constraint and I think it should be critical as well. Set work load control parameters against the plan unit.
That should do it.

As mentioned by Janneman if scheduling on the shopfloor is needed on actual orders you need scheduler. Work load control only works on planned orders.

Flip is exactly correct. WLC in Baan V EP actually works fairly well. The best use of it is to limit the amount of constraints you define.

Hi Everybody,

We are working at present with Infinite capacity planning, Can anybody help me with some documentation / help material on how to get started with WLC - for finite planning.

Thanks in Advance.

WLC will provide finite capacity planning only on MPS (or "master based planning" as BaanERP calls it) and not on MRP ("order based planning"). But if that's just what you're looking for, then it can work for you

Rgds,
Paul

It has been a while, but I believe Baan 4 doesn't have finite logic, load leveling, WLC...whatever you want to call it, in the planning logic.

WLC (Work Load Control) does also work in B40_c. Keep in mind that WLC will not work for customized items as these are not Master Based planned (MPS) ;)

Hi

Thanks Paul P for the reply. But unfortunately in our case we have to use MPS as well as MRP and most of the capacity problems occur for the MRP items (Order based planning).

Thanks.

Dear RHSAI,

For finite planning on MRP, you'd have to go for BaanSCS Planner, for example, as Janneman said. It has a built in connection to BaanERP. I don't know if it has similar thing on BaanIV. I've never worked on such integration yet, so I'm afraid I can't help you much in this matter

Rgds,
Paul

:D

Thanks lots for your answers. It´s exactly what i wanted. I entered three orders to be completed by june 22nd, using one machine and the orders were scheduled at different days according the finite cappacity.

I used the work load control option linked with the Master Plan. It´s important to set the work load control parameters against the plan unit before running simulation orders.

Regards