| # Using planning and requirements scheduling There are two parts of the Requirements Planning module dedicated to project scheduling: Project planning Enables you to maintain the activity structures, financial analysis, general planning data and links with external scheduling packages. Project requirements Enables you to generate planned orders for material, equipment, and subcontracting, by using data supplied from the Planning module and project planning. External scheduling packages (ESP) Project can also use an external scheduling package (for example, Microsoft Project) to determine scheduling information for activities, budget milestones, OBS elements, and baselines. The External Scheduling Package (ESP) link in the Schedule Link field must be set to Create Link for activities in the Activities (tppss2500m000) session. For standard cost object the Used in Schedule check box must be selected. The ESP currency that is defined in the PSS Parameters (tppss0100s000) session will be used in ESP. The external scheduling packages do not support multicurrency. If the cost rate of a cost object defined in LN is in a currency other than the ESP currency, the rate for the currency is calculated with the Exchange Rate Type of the project definition. In the CCP Parameters (tcccp0100m000) session you can enter a maximum calendar code length for ESP of 59. The default start time is the time the ESP calendar day starts. The ESP time unit that is defined in the PSS Parameters (tppss0100s000) session will be the unit for budget lines, such as labor, equipment and subcontracting in the integration. The PSS Parameters (tppss0100s000) session enables you to set parameters that relate to both parts of the Requirements Planning module. These parameters cover the default project plan and details that relate to the external scheduling package (including currency, time unit, and details of code lengths). Project planning provides the functionality for time-driven budgets, revenues, and costs in a project. It covers maintenance of planning data, setting up the activity structure, and performing a financial analysis. The Requirements Planning module incorporates scheduling sessions that use derived financial planning data to present analytical information on liquidity and performance measurement: Use the Display Financial Analysis (Graph) (tppss0701m000) session to compare budgeted costs, actual costs, and revenues from the activity budget. Use the Performance-Measurement using EVM (Graph) (tppss0702m000) session to display a performance measurement graph that uses information generated in the Performance-Measurement Activity (tpppc5540m000) session and the time phased budget. Note You can maintain more than one plan for an individual project: for example, to simulate different project scenarios. The PSS Parameters (tppss0100s000) session includes the default number groups and series used by warehouse orders and purchase orders. You can also decide here whether or not you require inventory checks to be made for warehouse deliveries by default. Requirement scheduling enables you to generate and maintain planned orders for material, equipment, and subcontracting during a project. These recommendations are based on the activity or element control data in the Planning module (depending on the budget type project control) and the planning data stored in the activity-budget line of the Requirements Planning planning module part. Create the planned purchase orders or planned warehouse orders in the Generate Planned PRP Orders (tppss6200m000) session. After you confirm these orders you can transfer: Planned purchase orders to Purchase Control (as either a purchase order, a request for quotation, or a purchase schedule). Planned warehouse orders to Warehousing (as a transfer order). LN also records the planned transactions in the Order Line Balance (Material) (tppss6500m000) session and the delivery transactions in the Delivered Order Lines (Material) (tppss6550m000) session. Project requirements planning also includes the generation of rescheduling messages. These messages appear when you change either the budget or the timing and quantity of an order. Generate orders using a project requirement planning run from the control data. This data is based on the actual budget. You define the control data in the Planning module. If you select multiple projects, a control budget is created for each project. Note Generating orders is called project requirements planning (PRP). Purchase orders and warehouse orders are referred to collectively as PRP orders. Related topics To use an external scheduling package Using rescheduling messages |