Once the production schedule has been published back to the planning server, it can be used to constrain subsequent runs of ASCP plans. This is performed by specifying the name of the production schedule as input in the ASCP plan options.
Several Production Scheduling schedules, one per organization, can be specified in an ASCP plan. A firm horizon can be specified for each Production Scheduling schedule. The firm horizon defines the window in which planned orders are considered firm by ASCP. Production Scheduling releases selected work orders and planned orders to EBS and publishes the remaining in the scheduling horizon to the Planning Data Store. Only planned orders that are unreleased from Production Scheduling are read into ASCP. The planned orders from Production Scheduling that fall in the firm horizon for that Production Scheduling schedule are imported and considered as firm in ASCP. Planned orders that fall outside of the firm horizon are not imported into ASCP.
ASCP reads all of the planned orders that are published by Production Scheduling from the PDS that correspond to the Production Scheduling plan specified in the ASCP Plan Options page. ASCP reads the Production Scheduling published planned orders that fall within the firm horizon and marks them as firm with the new schedule start date. Any orders that fall outside of the firm horizon are not read by ASCP.
For each organization in the plan, you can specify the following on the Plan Options page, Organization tab:
| Field/Flag | Description |
|---|---|
| Firm Planned Orders From Production Schedule | Select this check box to indicate that the organization can receive data from Production Scheduling to the schedule specified in the Schedule Name field.
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| Schedule Name | Enter the schedule name. The schedule name that is entered should reference the ASCP plan on the Schedule Options page, Scope tab. |
| Firm Horizon (days) | The number of days for which the planned orders from the feeding production schedule are considered by the ASCP plan |
For additional information on the Organization tab, see Defining Supply Chain Plans, Setting Plan Options, The Organization Tabbed Region