
Job scheduling includes information about capacity. Job scheduling is a more detailed scheduling method, where each operation is divided into its individual tasks or jobs.

For more information about operations scheduling, see Operations scheduling. Operations scheduling doesn't explode the operations for the production route into jobs. You can use operations scheduling to provide a general estimate of the production process over time. You can schedule production at the operation level and the job level.

Types of scheduling methodsįor each plan, on the General FastTab of the Master plans page ( Master planning > Setup > Plans > Master plans), you must select the scheduling method that is used for production orders. If you use capable to promise (CTP) for Planning Optimization, it will run the plan specified as the Current dynamic master plan fields on the Master planning parameters page ( Master planning > Setup > Master planning parameters). For example, it's possible to run a plan twice a day to always keep with the latest demand and supply and to have other plans for different forecasts or simulations. Using master plansĭue to the speed at which the system is able to process master planning, you can set up as many plans as you like and run them as often as needed to fit your business requirements.

You can configure master plans on the Master plans page. It also describes the main parameters that affect a plan and explains how those parameters influence the planned orders that are suggested. This article describes various important strategies and parameters that are used to set up master planning. Use various master plans to support your company's daily working operations, simulate different planning strategies that you want to monitor, and implement a company policy, such as a policy about internal performance or customer satisfaction.
