Rough-Cut Capacity Planning (RCCP) Features and Functions

• Planning overviews include product lines, shipments, production, inventory, and backlogs


• Inventory projections include production, backlog, and projected shipments


• Loads key resources based on production plans


• Reports variances between order forecasts with sales, and between production forecasts with manufacturing, respectively


• Compares inventory levels and backlogs, and actual to planned margins, respectively


• Uses rough cut capacity to analyze key resources listed in BOMs and routings (includes engineering activities)


• Uses rough cut planning to calculate load projections


• Rough cut planning can done using the MPS and by using free-form resource definitions


• Plan for resource requirements on project or contract basis


• Capacity planning reports include sales order pegging


• Capacity planning summary and detail (drill-down) reports


• Analyze constraints for materials and capacity


• Online graphics are used to display MPS or capacity


• Alternative routing prioritizations and schedules


• Rough cut planning calculates for intermediate dependencies


• Finite capacity scheduling


• Provides recommendations throughout the sales, design, and shipping processes


• Modifiable planning horizons