13 APS
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Requirements for this Tutorial
You will need a good grasp of:
 The basics of SAP
 Advanced be.as skills
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Learning Targets
After working through the lesson, you will be able to:
 Generate and edit calculation types
 Generate and edit calculation scenarios
 Carry out planning in the graphical/detail view
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Agenda
APS
1: General
2: Working with APS
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General
(Online Connection)
Database
be.as
be.as
APS
 Production planning is always implemented directly from the production data. A copy of
the data is never created for planning.
 in the graphical view too, the calculation is always performed from the original data.
Each change therefore always directly affects production.
 If an incorrect action was unintentionally implemented in the graphical view, effective
undo functions are available.
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General
(Important Parameters)
APS
Factory calendar
Basis for resource scheduling
Production order
Define work orders and delivery
dates
Calculation types
Resources
Forward, backward, etc
Enter capacities in master data
Backward scheduling:
optimized for material, scheduling to the latest possible date with consideration of time and material reservations
Forward scheduling:
resource optimized, time reservations are considered. Standard method for rough and detailed planning.
Re-allocate forward: resource optimized from start date. If delivery date cannot be met, resources are overloaded stepwise, until the
delivery date can be met
Catch up:
For planned orders, which have not startet yet. Operations are moved and compressed.
Backward simulation:
determines the latest possible start date without consideration of time reservations and material availability
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General
(Activating the APS License)
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General
Scheduling: Backward
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Backward- calculation is optimized for
material requirement
backwards from date of delivery, start date
as late as possible.
2 order related sub-assemblies.
Subassemblies are finished, when
„Assembly 1“ starts.
General
Scheduling: forward
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„Assembly 1“ can be produced
only, after all sub-assemblies
have been finished.
last operations of the subassemblies are linked to the first
operation of „Assembly 1“.
Agenda
APS
1: General
2: Working with APS
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Work with APS
Standard: planning based on work orders
Resource: planning based on resources
Examples:
- Planning for resource-critical machines (eg. laser machine)
- Planning view only for the next 5 days and only for one resource
group „laser machine“
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Work with APS
(planning view)
 Filter production orders by resource usage and other
criteria
 Sort production orders (Planning with priority)
 Plan and dispatch production orders
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Work with APS
(planning view)
 Set flags for manufacturing control
- MRP
- Scheduling ID
- Posting
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Work with APS
(planning view)
 Block work orders
 Direct access on work order structure
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Work with APS
(planning view)
 Shortage per work order
 Material requirement per work order
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Work with APS
(Sorting in the planning view)
 Pre-sort via right click on column header – sort by column xyz.
 Left click on document number and keep mouse button pressed. Move
the selected entry (drag and drop).
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Working with APS
(Graphical View – PO – Description)
Header
Gantt
Display
1. Menu header: Depends on selected area
2. PO list / resource list: all WOs/resources that were selected in the planning view are displayed, individually
expanded.
3. Time scale: Day, hour
4. Gantt display: each individual assembly in turn has its own bar
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Working with APS
(Structuring a Routing Position)
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Working with APS
(Menu Area)
Depending on the field just selected in APS, the menu
automatically adjusts. Only those fields that are currently
necessary are displayed.
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Working with APS
(Moving Operations)
 Routing positions can
be freely moved
 You can configure
what happens after the
move.
 select the Settings tab
and then select the
desired setting in the
After moving field.
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Working with APS
(New Calculation)
to carry out a new calculation in the
graphical view, at least one
operation must be selected. After
you have done this, you can use the
button to begin calculations.
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Working with APS
(Undo)
• it is possible to undo the
last action carried out in
the graphical view.
• be.as stores the 10 most
recent actions.
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Working with APS
(Resource Utilization)
1. Utilization
Shows the overall utilization
of the resource.
2. Resources
Shows
the
individual
operations
which
are
currently dispatched to the
resource.
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Working with APS
(Resource Utilization)
• resource group allocated to an
operation
• Alternative operation allocated
to an operation
• this can be done directly in
APS.
• In the lower area operation can
be planned and dispatched
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Working with APS
(Grouping Function)
1. Hold down the Ctrl+ key and
click on the routing positions
2. Click on the empty Gantt
area, hold and drag a rectangle
over all routing positions to be
selected
3. Hold down the Ctrl+ key and
click on the scale (upper
timeline): All routing positions
from that day are selected.
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Summary
You can now:
 Generate and edit calculation types
 Generate and edit calculation scenarios
 Carry out planning in the graphical/detail view
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Thank you for your participation!