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From Resource & Capacity Planning (G33), choose Periodic Resource Planning
From Periodic Resource/Capacity Planning (G3321), choose Resource Requirements Plan
After you have entered resource units and resource profiles, you run the program that generates the resource requirements plan to obtain long-range estimates of the capacity needs at your work centers, such as:
The number of production staff that you need to hire now to meet future production needs
The number of additional machines you will need for a new product line
What real estate you will need to buy for additional facilities
Because you use the forecast in place of work orders for long-range planning, the data that this program creates is an estimate of capacity needs based on the forecast. The resource profile offsets required dates for capacity.
The types of data you can create include:
Over- or under-capacity messages
New load profile information based on the type of work center load:
Rated profile is the available units from the Resource Units table (F3007).
Loaded profile is the forecasted load derived from the master planned items' forecasts and their resource profiles.
Percent resource used is the loaded profile divided by the rated profile.
Resource available is the rated profile minus the loaded profile
Accumulated resources available is a running total of the resources available
Period summaries about work centers
Verify that resource units exist for all work centers in your facility. See Section 9.1, "Determining Available Capacity."
Verify that resource profiles exist for all master schedule items. See Section 10.1, "Determining Long-Range Load."
Verify that the resource profile is set up for the appropriate units of measure. You can use a maximum of five units of measure. See Section 10.1, "Determining Long-Range Load."
Create a detail forecast for the master scheduled items using Enter/Change Forecasts. See Setting Up Detail Forecasts in the JD Edwards World Forecasting Guide.
Determine which forecast types you want to use in the generation. You can use a maximum of five. See Set Up Summary Forecasts in the JD Edwards World Forecasting Guide.
Set up the shop calendar for all summary time periods for which you want to generate RRP. See Setting Up the Shop Floor Calendar in the JD Edwards World Shop Floor Control - Discrete Guide.
The options you have for data selection determine whether to process only critical work centers or to process all work centers. The choices in the Critical Work Center data selection option are:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| N | Process only non-critical work centers |
| 1 | Process critical work centers in calculating Resource Requirements Planning only |
| 2 | Process critical work centers in calculating Resource Requirements Planning and Capacity Requirements Planning |
| 4 | Not a Capacity Work Center (will not be generated in the Capacity Planning System) |
The system also displays Type 3 work centers whenever you select Type 1 or Type 2.