What Are They?

Resources are the mechanism for both constraining the plan and determining if a plan is feasible. A resource represents anything work producing object with a capacity. The resources available change per area of SCM in order to better match the capacities being modeled.

How Resources Vary by Module

The resources below ship with SCM. Each type is a an alternative of the characteristic APO Resource Type.

SNP Resources

• Bucket resources
• Single-mixed Resources
• Multi-mixed Resources
• Transportation Resources

CTM Resources

• Multi activity resources
• Single activity resources

PPDS Resources

• Multi activity resources
• Single activity resources
• Line resources
• Line mixed resources

TPVS Resources

• Vehicle resources
• Handling resource
• Calendar

EWM Resources

Used to represent users or equipment in the warehouse. They are assigned to warehouses in EWM.

What is interesting is that TPVS and EWM do not use PPMs to organize their resources. DP uses PPMs, but does not use resources. See more about PPMs on our PPM post.

For details on what these different resources mean and what they do, see this post.

http://www.scmfocus.com/sapplanning/2009/05/02/scm-resource-types/

For more details on resources, see this post.

http://www.scmfocus.com/sapplanning/2008/09/14/resources/

References

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_scm70/helpdata/EN/1d/101d3bf1f7cb1de10000000a11402f/frameset.htm