OBP Optimizer – One planned order consuming more than one day capacity

[carlos_perez8]

Hi all,

We are working with SAP IBP Order-based, and we have noticed that one single order never takes more than one day.

If required quantity takes more than 24 hours it creates two orders: one with 24 hours one day and the rest in another order, the following day.

Is there any way to create one single order consuming capacity of two or more different days?

If we run an item one week (5 days in a row), we cannot manage 5 planned orders and the 5 process orders....

Thanks

[former_member367912]

Hi Carlos,

Not sure if anything changed in last two upgrades but when we implemented OBP in around August 2019 we faced the same issue and the OBP optimizer was planning only for daily periods.

Better raise OSS and confirm for this standard functionality.

Regards,

Akhilesh

[former_member654033 · Accepted solution]

Hi Carlos

OBP Optimizer only plans at daily level. This is mentioned in OBP release restriction note.

Thanks

Girish

[Gaurab]

Hi Carlos,

Could you please check the Settings for order-based planning, the periodicity for the key figure "Resource Capacity / Period Type". I believe you might have set it for Day hence the system is considering the daily capacity of resources and creating planned orders. Could you make it Week and re-test.

Thank you,

Gaurab

[carlos_perez8]

Hi Gaurab, thanks for your repply. We have performed this change, we are running Constrained Forecast using Optimizer, and the result has been the same. Nevertheless, we have tried to run Constrained Forecast Run (with demand prioritization) and in fact only one order has been created.

We have read that only daily periods are supported with OBP Optimizer, do you know if is there any other setting we could use to avoid this behaviour with OBP Optimizer?