ERP Baan IV Documentation Constraint Planning Module: A conglomeration of notes and information on the Constraint Planning Module to help you with your system.

Mr. Sagmiller's documents and notes he has used as a Baan and LN consultant for over 15 years. He is an Infor and BAAN ERP system information expert. This is the Constraint Planning module. This documentation will help you use and understand the constraint planning module. Constraint Planning BAAN Constraint Planning RPD - Resource Planning Data RPU - Resource Plan Units RMP - Resource Master Planning CLP - Cyclic Planning The Constraint Planning package provides planning functionality that takes into account capacity and material constraints. A planning method in which the production capacity of work centers is considered as a constraint is called "finite". A planning method is called "infinite", if the production capacity is assumed to be unlimited. The Constraint Planning package currently provides Master Production Scheduling (MPS) functionality with both finite and infinite planning methods, which can be used in an integrated manner. Master Production Scheduling plays a key role in the MRP II concept for the logistic planning and control of internal and external flows of goods in an industrial company. Constraint Planning makes it possible to choose different planning strategies for different parts of your production system. Master Production Scheduling with constraint planning has the following main objectives: • optimization of constraint resources from a costs and cash flows, customer service and inventory point of view, • coordination between sales and production, • coordination of availability of material and capacity, • "driver" of the flow of goods, or "input" to the material requirements planning (MRP I) In addition, Constraint Planning is relevant to a multi-site planning concept, in which the goods flow coordination for several local sites takes place at a central planning level.