# Just Plan It and SAP Business ByDesign: finite-capacity scheduling for production orders > Source: https://netray.co/stack/just-plan-it-finite-scheduling-sap-business-bydesign > Publisher: Netray (netray.co), AI and integration engineering for ERP and manufacturing systems. > Section: ERP Stack ## Short answer SAP Business ByDesign only offers infinite capacity planning. Just Plan It from Navigator Business Solutions adds finite-capacity scheduling, with two-way sync of production orders and proposals across multiple plants. The SAP Store listing describes the connection as an SAP BTP Integration Suite connector. ## Erp SAP Business ByDesign ## Erp Key sap-bydesign ## On Prem false ## Product Just Plan It integration for SAP Business ByDesign ## Vendor Navigator Business Solutions ## Category APS / finite scheduling ## Integration **Method:** SAP BTP Integration Suite connector (SAP Store listing) **Detail:** The listing describes a connector running on SAP Business Technology Platform Integration Suite. It moves production orders and planning proposals between ByDesign and the scheduler in both directions. **Method:** ByDesign web services **Detail:** ByDesign exposes SOAP web services and OData-style APIs through its communication arrangements and scenarios. A scheduling integration reads and writes through these, so a communication system and user are needed. Confirm the exact services with the vendor. ## Data Flows **From:** ByDesign **To:** Just Plan It **Data:** Production orders, routings, work centers and capacities **Trigger:** Order released or changed **From:** ByDesign **To:** Just Plan It **Data:** Planned order and production proposals **Trigger:** Planning run completed **From:** Just Plan It **To:** ByDesign **Data:** Scheduled start and end dates by operation **Trigger:** Planner commits the finite schedule **From:** Just Plan It **To:** ByDesign **Data:** Updated production proposals across plants **Trigger:** Rescheduling after a disruption ## Setup ### Confirm scope and plants **Detail:** List the plants, work centers and product families to be scheduled, and confirm they are supported in the listing. ### Subscribe to BTP Integration Suite **Detail:** Provision the BTP subaccount and Integration Suite, and deploy the Navigator connector package from the SAP Store. ### Create the ByDesign communication arrangement **Detail:** Create a communication system, user and arrangements for the scenarios the connector needs. ### Clean up routings and capacities **Detail:** Check that work centers have realistic capacity, operations have times and routings are complete. Finite scheduling exposes bad data quickly. ### Run a parallel schedule **Detail:** Compare the finite schedule with current practice for a few weeks before letting it write dates back. ### Define schedule ownership **Detail:** Decide who commits schedules, how often, and which dates in ByDesign are controlled by the scheduler. ## Pitfalls - Incomplete routings or missing operation times produce schedules that look precise but are wrong. - Two-way sync can overwrite dates that planners edited in ByDesign unless ownership rules are explicit. - Work center calendars and shift patterns that differ between the scheduler and ByDesign produce date differences. - Multi-plant setups need consistent plant and work center identifiers on both sides. - BTP subscription, credentials and communication arrangements expire or get changed, silently stopping sync. - ByDesign quarterly releases may change services; retest after each release. ## Ai Layer ### Schedule change explanation **Description:** After a reschedule, an assistant lists which production orders moved, by how much and why, such as a capacity overload or a late material, for planners to review. ### Data quality checks **Description:** Scan routings and work centers for missing times or capacities that distort the finite schedule, and draft corrections for approval. ### Plain-language plant questions **Description:** Let planners ask which orders are at risk of missing due dates and which work centers are overloaded, with read-only queries and visible logic. ## Alternatives - For a small shop, a spreadsheet or the ByDesign Gantt views may be enough if infinite planning with manual leveling works. - A full ERP with built-in finite scheduling avoids the add-on but means a larger change. - A standalone APS tool that reads exports from ByDesign could work for one-way scheduling without write-back. ## Faq ### Why does ByDesign need a scheduling add-on? **Answer:** ByDesign offers infinite capacity planning, which assumes resources are always available. Manufacturers with real bottlenecks need finite-capacity scheduling that respects work center capacity. Just Plan It adds that, according to the SAP Store listing. ### How does it connect? **Answer:** The listing describes an SAP BTP Integration Suite connector with two-way synchronization of production orders and proposals across multiple plants. Ask Navigator for the exact services used and the BTP licensing implications before planning the project. ### Can this run on-premises? **Answer:** ByDesign is a cloud ERP, and the connector runs on SAP BTP, so this is not an on-prem pairing. If you want AI over schedules and orders in your own network, a private layer can read the data through APIs while keeping inference local. ## Source https://www.sap.com/greece/products/scm/partners/navigator-business-solutions-inc-just-plan-it-integration.html ## Search terms just plan it sap bydesign scheduling, sap business bydesign finite capacity scheduling, bydesign production scheduling, navigator business solutions just plan it, bydesign aps, sap bydesign capacity planning --- Talk to an engineer: https://netray.co/contact?intent=erp_ai | Machine catalog: https://netray.co/agent/catalog.json