Modeling Handling and Storage Resources

In this lesson, we will focus on Handling and Storage resources.

Resources are first assigned to Locations. Note that a resource can belong to only one location.

Populate the Resource Type (RESOURCETYPE) master data attribute as follows:

• For storage resources, set the attribute to 1.

• For handling resources, set the attribute to 2.

• Also for transportation resources, set the attribute to 3, and for production resources, the attribute can be NULL or 0.

A location product resource models the following types of resource:

• Handling resource that is used during the handling (for example, goods receipt) of a particular product at a location. Each resource can be used to handle multiple products at a location.

• Storage resource that is used to store a particular product at a location. Each storage resource can be used to store multiple products at a location, but each location-product combination can consume only one storage resource.

A Location Product Resource models the capacity consumption of the resource for a particular location product using the following attributes:

• CAPACONSUMPTION

  This is the capacity consumption of the specified resource at the location per unit of measure of the product, where the capacity consumption is identical in all periods.

• CONSUMPTIONTS

  This specifies whether the capacity consumption is derived from the input key figure Capacity Consumption Rate (CAPACONSUMPTION) instead of the master data attribute CAPACONSUMPTION. This attribute must be modeled as a checkbox. If the checkbox is selected in the master data object, the algorithm derives the capacity consumption from the corresponding input key figure. Therefore the capacity consumption can be different in each period.

Note the following:

• The resource consumption of a handling resource applies to all types of receipts for the specified location product. For example, if a location product can be sourced using both stock transfer and production, capacity consumption would apply equally to both sources. Resource consumption also applies to external sources of supply.

• Reminder from the previous lesson: To model resource capacity consumption for production only, you have to use the master data type for Production Source Resource

• When storage resources are consumed by many location products, this parallel consumption makes it harder for the time-series-based supply planning optimizer to find a solution, which may cause longer runtimes.

• Storage resources can be consumed only by projected stock. No additional consumption (for example, by production) is possible. If you assign a storage resource to a production source resource, the system issues an error message during planning.

• The time-series-based supply planning finite heuristic doesn't support handling resources or storage resources.

A resource location product models handling and storage resources as following:

• The resource consumption of a handling resource applies to all types of receipts for the specified location product. For example, if a location product can be sourced using both stock transfer and production, capacity consumption would apply equally to both sources. Resource consumption also applies to external sources of supply.

• Storage resources can be consumed only by projected stock. No additional consumption (for example, by production) is possible. If you assign a storage resource to a production source resource, the system issues an error message during planning.