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In this chapter you should be able to: Name the three key questions in capacity planning, explain the importance of capacity planning, describe ways of defining and measuring capacity,. | 2 PART IV ARCHITECTURE OF SELECTED APS 3 SUMMARY of Last Lecture The purpose of this chapter is to document the implementation of an integrated order allocation/production planning design using OMP Plus. After a description of the case and the challenges, we will describe the architecture of the planning system, putting emphasis on the interaction between OMP Plus and SAP ERP. Finally, we will describe the order confirmation and production planning workflow and highlight the benefits of the project. The company purchases bulk chemical commodities globally using long-term contracts. These provide price stability in exchange of a minimum order volume. Nevertheless, due to the volatility of the oil and gas markets, prices can be indexbased. Most of the other raw materials are purchased locally by the plants The company’s production chain consists of three stages: intermediates manufacturing, film extrusion and finishing operations The rolls are dispatched to a global network of distribution centers, located in the vicinity of key customers. Each distribution center has its own product offering, depending on what the customers frequently order. The roll out of the OMP Plus suite has brought drastic improvements for scheduling and re-promising. As of now, planners and customer service representatives have a full visibility on order pegging and capacity loading. Every change in the production schedule can be assessed real time on its impact on customers, despite thousands of active order lines at a given moment of time. 4 CHAP 27 Event-Based Planning for Standard Polymer Products 5 LAYOUT Introduction Case Description Solution Concept Planning Process Results and Lessons Learned 6 INTRODUCTION In a highly dynamic market environment, naturally the planning situation may change very rapidly by variation of demand and available supply quantities or by sales and procurement price fluctuations. Furthermore, the dynamics of changes may fluctuate over time with intervals of . | 2 PART IV ARCHITECTURE OF SELECTED APS 3 SUMMARY of Last Lecture The purpose of this chapter is to document the implementation of an integrated order allocation/production planning design using OMP Plus. After a description of the case and the challenges, we will describe the architecture of the planning system, putting emphasis on the interaction between OMP Plus and SAP ERP. Finally, we will describe the order confirmation and production planning workflow and highlight the benefits of the project. The company purchases bulk chemical commodities globally using long-term contracts. These provide price stability in exchange of a minimum order volume. Nevertheless, due to the volatility of the oil and gas markets, prices can be indexbased. Most of the other raw materials are purchased locally by the plants The company’s production chain consists of three stages: intermediates manufacturing, film extrusion and finishing operations The rolls are dispatched to a global network of .