Work center

CRP: Basic Work Center Settings for

Capacity Planning
For a basic CRP scenario, it is necessary to have a work center and a routing referring this work center.

The work center represents a machine, a production line, an employee or a group of employees that will execute the work.
On the work center, the basic settings for capacity and scheduling are defined.

This document provides a step-by-step to the creation of a work center focusing on the capacity planning and scheduling
settings.

See document CRP Basic Settings Part 2 – Routing for a detailed step-by-step of a routing creation and document CRP
Basic Settings Part 3 – Production Order for the creation of a production order relevant for capacity planning.

Work Center
In order to create a work center, the basic transaction is t-code CR01.

Each work center is linked to one specific plant, therefore, here, we define the work center name and the plant.

It is also important to define the work center category. On this example we will use category 0001, which represents a
machine.

Basic Data
On the tab Basic Data, it is important to define a usage that allows the work center to be used in production orders. In this
example we will define usage 009, so that the work center can be used by all the task lists type.

The most important setting from the Basic Data tab is the Standard Value Key. The parameters defined on the standard
value key are used by the scheduling and capacity requirements formulas. We will use the standard value key SAP1,
delivered by SAP, since we will also use the standard formulas later. However, you can create your own standard value key
and formulas on customizing.

Capacities
On the tab Capacities we will define the formulas that will be used to calculate the capacity requirements. The formulas
defined here will use the parameters from the standard value key defined previously. We will use the standard formulas
SAP005 for setup and SAP006 for processing.

Here, it is also possible to define how the capacity reduction will occur. We are using the default option Formula-Related,
however, if you want to explore different options, note 1789680 will be useful.
It is also important to click the button Capacity, in order to define the capacity header details.

Very important here is to set the flag Relevant to Finite Scheduling and the start and finish of our available capacity on the
standard available capacity. It is also possible to define different intervals of available capacity or shifts for each day of the
week by clicking the button Intervals and Shifts, however, this is not relevant in our example, as it is a basic setup.

Scheduling
On tab Scheduling similarly to what has been done on tab capacities, we will define the relevant formulas for scheduling.

Note that it is possible to check and test the formulas, by clicking the buttons at the end of the screen.

Costing
On the Costing tab, you can define the assignment to a cost center, activities and formulas to the cost calculation. This
information is generally not relevant to capacity planning and scheduling.

Here, the most relevant setting for capacity planning is the Record Type Group, where you define if the standard value key
parameter refers to setup or processing, for example. The already referred note 1789680 provides more information about
this setting. If there is no record typ group assigned, the capacity reduction is executed with the first confirmation.

CRP Basic Settings Part 2 – Routing

CRP: Basic Routing Settings for Capacity Planning
After the creation of the work center, the next step in the capacity requirements master data setup is
the creation of a routing.

A routing represents a sequence of steps (operations) that is carried out for the production of a
material. Generally, each operation refers to a specific work center.

Routing
There are several options for the creation of a routing (rate-routing, reference operation set, etc…)
and in this example we will focus on the standard routing with reference to a material.
On the main screen, we will basically inform the material, plant and the key date, used for the validity
check.
Header Details
On the tab header details, it is important to define that the routing is relevant to production, by setting
the proper usage, and to define that the routing is released.
After that, select the button Routings and you will be directed to the Overview screen.
Double click the routing to go to the operation overview screen.

Operation overview
On the operation overview screen, we will inform the work center and the control key.
Here, it is very important to define a control key relevant for scheduling and with the determination of
capacity requirements, so that we can use this operation in capacity planning. In this example we will
use the standard control key PP01.

Operation details
On the operation details screen we will see the parameters from the work center standard value key.
The values defined here will be used to calculate the operation duration and the capacity
requirements.

Here we can also find other scheduling relevant settings, such as interoperation times splitting and
overlapping. These settings can be explored later, however, we will not use them here, as this is a
simple example.
It is possible to create different operations, for different work centers depending on your business
requirements.

Scheduling Test
After that, you can check the scheduling results on the menu Extras – Scheduling – Schedule.

Here, we can see that the operation was scheduled according to the formula from the work center
and the values defined on the operation standard values.
CRP Basic Settings Part 3 –
Production Order
CRP: Creation of a Production Order

After the creation of the work center discussed on document CRP Basic Settings Part 1 - Work Center and the creation of the

routing discussed on document CRP Basic Settings Part 2 – Routing we can create a production order, which will be used on
capacity planning.

Customizing
Before the creation of the order, we need to check if the relevant customizing settings are in place. The main customizing for
production order capacity planning and scheduling is OPU3, where, we enter with the plant, order type and production supervisor.

Since we want to use this order for capacity planning, it is important to check the flag “Generate Capacity Requirements”.
Another very important setting is the scheduling type. The default option is “backwards”, where we enter the basic finish date and,
based on the routing, system calculates the basic start date.

Production Order

On transaction CO01 we will create a new production order. Since we chose the scheduling type backwards, we will input the order
basic finish date and system will calculate the order basic start date automatically during scheduling, according to the routing data.

Operations

On the operation overview, it would be already possible to dispatch the operation, in order to allocate the capacity, although, this is
not necessary at this moment. A dispatched operation receives the status DSPT.
On the operation details we can find the standard values.

On the tab dates we will find the operation dates, that were calculated according to the formulas defined on the work center.

After saving the order, the capacity requirements are saved on table KBED.
At this moment, is already possible to check the work center capacity requirements on transaction CM01 or to dispatch this order on
transaction CM21.
We will check these options in more detail on a future document