SAP ABAP Data Element PINTVM (Pull Interval in Hours and Minutes)
Hierarchy
BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   CRM (Application Component) Customer Relationship Management
     CRM_APPLICATION (Package) All CRM Components Without Special Structure Packages
       MD05 (Package) Development class KANBAN
Basic Data
Data Element PINTVM
Short Description Pull Interval in Hours and Minutes  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type TSTRDURAN    
Data Type DEC   Counter or amount field with comma and sign 
Length 11    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 10    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 PI [h:min] 
Medium 18 Pull Int. [h:min] 
Long 22 Pull Interval [h:min] 
Heading 22 Pull Interval [h:min] 
Documentation

Definition

Time interval between the transfer of requirements from the consumer (demand source) to the supply source or the interval between the times of delivery by the supply source to the consumer. You can enter hours and minutes in the form of hhhhhhh : mm.

Use

The pull interval is used as a buffer in the control cycle calculation. It increases the number of kanban containers in the control cycle.

Dependencies

  • The pull interval in hours/minutes takes priority over the pull interval in days, i.e. the system uses the pull interval in hours/minutes as soon as you specify this value, irrespective of what you have specified for the pull interval in days.
  • To enable the pull interval in hours/minutes to be used in the kanban calculation, it is necessary to define a factory calendar and shift sequences for the control cycle calculation.
  • You can specify the pull interval in the calculation profile, in the PSA, and in control cycle maintenance. If you have specified the pull interval more than once, at different points, the system takes this interval into account with the following priorities:
    • 1: Control cycle maintenance
    • 2: PSA
    • 3: Calculation profile

Example

Your production works on a single-shift basis from 8.00 hrs to 16.00 hrs. This information in stored in the shift sequence.

The person who replenishes the PSA arrives at 8 hrs and 12 hrs every day to pick up empty kanbans (kanban cards) and leave behind full ones. In this case, the pull interval amounts to 4 hours.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20110901 
SAP Release Created in 605