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Hi,
In the master planning form, there is a field "Backward capacity time fence". Can someone tell me what the purpose of this time fence, and give me some example to help me how to use this time fence please?
Thank you,
Fabio.
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The time period in days, starting from the requirement date for an order and going backward, during which time the master scheduling process searches to identify available capacity. When no capacity is available, the scheduling proceeds forward from the requirement date for the order.
In other words if you want to plan an order in the future then how early before it is due can mrp schedule it to use available capacity. There may be space or shelf life constraints for example, that mean you cannot schedule to make it too early, I..e before the time fence, even if you do have capacity now and are short of capacity near the required date.
If you think it will be sueful to you then also be aware, that there is a field "SchedDirection' on the table ProdParametersDim , but it's not visible normally on the Production control parameters form. So add it to the AutomaticScheduling field group. You can then set the user defaults for operations scheduling to Backwards from delivery date, so that the scheduling is planned to start as late as possible but still completes the order on time, so as to keep capacity available for more urgent orders, rather than to schedule form today in order to maxmise utilisation and early delivery - the time fence will work with that policy setting.
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