I am working at a Printed Circuit Board manufacturing industry, with over 25 processes.
I am currently implementing SAP in my company. I have created two SFG and one FG and maintained a lead time for each in its master data. I am also making use of scheduling lines. SFG 1 – Lead time=5 Days, SFG 2 Lead time = 15 Days and FG lead Time = 10 days, Total Lead 30 days. So, when I choose a scheduling agreement for an Order of Nov 25, it will automatically give me a start date of October 25th which is good.
Similarly, it schedules a date for my SFG and FG. However, after my first SFG, there are 15 processes. The scheduling dates are only given at 3 stages. So at a production planning level, SAP is only helping me with my launch dates.I
feel like there should be some solution to define a routing sequence wise lead time, so my planning is streamlined and I know if there is a delay in any one process by it reflecting on the delivery date as well. (For example, lead time of Process A is 3 days and I take 5 days, so my delivery date should automatically be delayed by 2 days. Due to this, my sales team can then plan or communicate with customers accordingly. Moreover, these dates should be automatically generated in my output forms.
Furthermore, there is no capacity wise planning mechanism either. So, I do not know if there is a specific launch date for more products than I can load on any given day. Due to all these factors, my planning in SAP seems to be sub-par and not up to expectation for such a world renowned software. So I believe, there should be some way for my concerns to be met and planning to be streamlined according to above. If you can give any suggestions, I will communicate the same to my SAP partners.
PS: I have taken BTP as well.
Any help is appreciated. #ProductionPlanning #Manufacturing