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The capacity leveling function is an extension of heuristic-based planningin Supply Network Planning (SNP) The
SNP heuristic run is an infinite form of planning that does not take into account capacities and can thus cause
resource overloads. You can use SNP capacity leveling to clear resource overloads by moving orders or partial order
quantities into previous or subsequent periods using forward or backward scheduling. In addition, you can transfer
orders to alternative resources in the same period.
SNP capacity leveling is used to level specific bottleneck resources. It is run locally on a resource in a specified
horizon, which means that dependencies with other resources are ignored. Leveling capacity for the entire supply
chain would, in effect, be the same as performing a new planning run and is not within the scope of this function.
You can run capacity leveling in both interactive Supply Network Planning and in the background. Interactive
planning has the advantage that you can display the resource load directly before and after leveling. If you run
capacity leveling in the background, you can select several resources for leveling (which can then be processed in
sequence). You can also use a selection profile. Running capacity leveling in the background is especially suited to
large data volumes and complex models. A detailed log is displayed whether you run capacity leveling in interactive
planning or in the background.
Prerequisites
You have run the SNP heuristic before capacity leveling. Although it is possible to run capacity leveling after an
SNP optimization run or Capable-to-Match (CTM) run, in most cases it is not advisable to do so.
In addition, the same prerequisites apply for running capacity leveling as for heuristic-based planning in general. For
more information, see Running the Heuristic in the Background
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