Run Capability Check
Explanation
Use this activity to run a capability check for
customer orders or sales quotations. A capability check is an advanced order
promising engine which will calculate possible delivery dates. It considers
available capacity as well as available material for multi-level, multi-site
product structures as well as for single-level product structures. Optionally
interim orders can be saved to hold material as well as capacity, to increase
the chances of fulfilling the delivery date as planned. When running a
capability check, certain criteria apply. For further information on the
specific criteria, refer to About Capability Check.
Prerequisites
- The customer order should not have been released and
the sales quotation should not have been won/lost.
- If available capacity needs to be considered as
well, the Constraint Based Scheduler (CBS) must be installed. Otherwise only
the available material is considered.
- Inventory parts must have a planning method other
than N or P.
- Manufactured parts are required to have buildable
structures and routings.
- It is recommended to have the Availability Check
disabled and the DOP Netting field set to No Netting for the inventory
parts.
System Effects
- A message will appear stating the effects of running the capability
check.
- The planned delivery date will appear or be changed.
- If the entire sales stock is available a capability check will not take
place and a message asking you to change the supply code to Inventory Order,
will appear.
- The system always sets a latest release date on
the line.
- If an interim order is connected to the line, the
interim order number is automatically displayed on the line. If an interim
order is connected, the Capability Check check box is automatically
selected by the system.
- The capability check is a rather complex
calculation and it can be a time consuming activity to run. When the
capability check is running you cannot work with the application; you will
have to wait until you receive a message from the capability check.
Window
Customer Order
Sales Quotation
Source Order Lines
Manually
Related Window Descriptions
Customer Order
Sales Quotation
Source Order Lines Manually
Procedure
Using the
Customer Order and
Sales
Quotation windows:
- Open one of the two above mentioned windows and
query for the desired customer order/sales quotation.
- Select the order/quotation line that you want to
run the capability check for, right-click, point to Capability Check
and then
click Run Capability Check.
- On the dialog box that opens up, select the reserve and allocation
options from the list
and click OK.
- Repeat step 2 and 3 for each line that you wish to
calculate.
Using the
Source Order Lines Manually
window:
- Open the
Source Order Lines Manually
window and query for the desired order.
- Select the desired line, right-click and click Run Capability Check.
- Repeat for each line that you wish to calculate.