MF50 Q&A

Q: Can anyone please explain the purpose of the planning table MF50 and how to use it for capacity levelling?
A:
1)

In Repetitive Manufacturing, the master plan is represented by the planning table. The planning table is a
tool for operative planning and is used to plan the production quantities:

2)

In a repetitive manufacturing environment, planning and control is usually carried out in a period and
quantity basis. The layout of the planning table has been designed to support this requirement and is also
based on periods to provide a very clear, easy-to-interpret overview of materials and production lines.

3)

The planning table is the planneru2019s/MRP controlleru2019s most important tool for planning the
production quantities. At a glance the planner can check production quantities, monitor the available
capacity of the production lines and check up on the availability situation of the products produced on each
line.

4)

You can directly enter and change production quantities in the planning table. You can assign u2018nonassignedu2019 production quantities to the production lines or you can reassign production quantities to
alternative production lines.

5)

You create the production quantities or assign them to the production line in the planning table.

6)

You can also use the planning table with capacity planning. Here, planning is based on lead time scheduling.
The basis for lead time scheduling is the routing. You can access the capacity planning table directly from
the REM planning table.

Q: How to do scheduling of planned order at the time of creation in MF50?

A: Check the setting of OS80 for scheduling.
In REM to use planning table (MF50) please check the below given Steps,

1. Define Scheduling Parameters for Planned Orders - OPU5

Please check "scheduling " and "Generate capacity req" check box has been activated under one scheduling level for
order type PE/ plant combination at OPU5.
2. You must have created work center for the production line,
3. You must enter the work center in the production version in MRP view.
4. You must have created any routing with work center.
5. You must enter the routing, to the scheduling level (defined at OPU5) in the production version.
5. Maintain scheduling data in front screen of the planning table (MF50)
Now enter Production line in MF50, check capacity data.

Here planned order should have valid production version to get the capacity details.
F5 is nothing but re-access reload the planning book again.

Q: Can anyone throw light on Sequencing in Planning Table (MF50)?

A: This is not used in normal production scenarios, this is useful in the Flow manufacturing process only.

Q: Where do we use this?

A: used in flow manufacturing if you need to sequence the planned order

Q: What are pre requisites?

A: you need to have production line/ production line hierarchy
-You must define a line hierarchy in line design and create a valid line balancing for the current period.
- IN Opu5 we need to maintain the Adjust scheduling to do with 2-sequencing

Q: How is useful?
A: this will help us to schedule the planned order in sequence

Q: What if I found something wrong with MF50 and/OPU5?

A: In case of there is something goes wrong, Please check OPJN setting to ensure that you wont miss anything.
After that Check with other plants in OPU5 whether backward scheduling is displaying or not. If so, delete the existing
line item which is not displaying the backward scheduling and create once again from existing plant.
Also maintain value in Start in the past field in OPU5 to allow backward scheduling even in past date.