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SAP capacity planning overview

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SAP capacity planning overview

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- [Instructor] When thinking about production planning, materials aren't the only variable that can impact our manufacturing schedule. Capacity in our plants must be available so we can produce to meet the demands of our customers. Having work centers, either sitting idle or being overbooked can be extremely costly. Capacity planning, ensures we can have our production running at an optimum level. Let's look at the biggest aspects of capacity planning in SAP. Capacity planning allows us to analyze our production schedule and predict where any bottlenecks may occur. Capacity planning takes our capacity requirements, which are generated from material requirements, planning or MRP, Unless the advanced planning and optimizer tool is being used, MRP assumes we have infinite capacity at our work centers. Of course, in the real world, we don't have infinite capacity. So these requirements are evaluated. Capacity evaluation…

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