The planning table (Transaction MF50) is the central control instrument for planners in Repetitive Manufacturing (REM). Its primary purpose is to manage and schedule production quantities on a period basis. A planner can directly create new production quantities (which generates planned orders of a specific type for REM) within the table for a material in a given period. Additionally, a core function is to distribute and balance the production load by assigning these quantities to the available production lines, which are represented by different production versions.

C. Dispatch operations to work centers.

This describes detailed scheduling and capacity leveling for discrete manufacturing (production orders), typically done using the capacity planning board (CM25), not the REM planning table.

D. Reschedule deallocate operations.

This is also a function of detailed capacity planning for discrete manufacturing, where individual operations are de-allocated from a work center's schedule. This is not applicable to REM's rate-based planning.

1. SAP S/4HANA Documentation - SAP Help Portal:

Source: Planning Table (Repetitive Manufacturing)

Reference: In the section "Features

" the documentation explicitly states the planner can

"Create and change planned orders" (supporting option B) and "assign the production quantities to the various production lines on which the material can be produced" (supporting option A). The document distinguishes this from the detailed scheduling of discrete manufacturing.

2. SAP S/4HANA Documentation - SAP Help Portal:

Source: Processing the Planning Table

Reference: This section details the procedures for using the planning table. It describes how to "Create planned orders manually" by entering a quantity in an input-ready row. It also explains how to "Change the assignment to a production line" by selecting a quantity and choosing a different production version (line). This directly confirms options A and B as primary functions.

3. SAP Press (2022). Production Planning with SAP S/4HANA.

Reference: Chapter 7

"Repetitive Manufacturing

" Section 7.4

"Planning and Control." This chapter describes the use of the planning table (MF50) for scheduling and leveling production quantities across different production lines. It contrasts this period-based approach with the order-based

detailed operation dispatching (options C and D) used in discrete manufacturing.