Run your SAP PP system like a finely tuned machine! Learn how to configure SAP ERP Production Planning for discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing and master BOM status definitions, process message characteristics, and master data. Dive into SAP PP workflows and use Process Management, release production orders, and create planning tables. Covering everything from S&OP and MRP to SAP Demand Management and the Early Warning System, this book will help you get your production process to maximum efficiency!Highlights include:-Discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing -Configuration-XSteps-Sales and operations planning (S&OP)-Material requirements planning (MRP)-SAP Demand Management-Long-term planning (LTP)-Special procurement types-Capacity requirements planning (CRP)-Digital signatures-Early Warning System (EWS) Highlights: Discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing Configuration XSteps Sales and operations planning (S&OP) Material requirements planning (MRP) SAP Demand Management Long-term planning (LTP) Special procurement types Capacity requirements planning (CRP) Digital signatures Early Warning System (EWS)

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Autorentext
Jawad Akhtar works as the SAP Leader for Business Sales and Delivery at IBM Pakistan. He earned a chemical engineering degree from Missouri University of Science and Technology (USA) in 1996. He has more than 18 years of professional experience and has completed several large-scale SAP implementations and rollout lifecycles. He has led large teams in his roles as an SAP integration manager and SAP project manager, and has also been proactively involved in business development and solution architect roles. He is the technical advisor to SAPexperts and is a prolific contributor to SearchSAP, where he shares his views on logistics, supply chain management (SCM), product lifecycle management (PLM), and project management. You can view his profile on LinkedIn at http://pk.linkedin.com/in/jawadakhtar. You can also contact Jawad via email at jawad.akhtar@live.com or Twitter @jawadahl.

Inhalt
... Acknowledgments ... 25

1 ... Production Planning Core Concepts ... 27

1 ... Introduction ... 29

... Goals of This Book ... 29

... Target Audience ... 30

... Structure and Content ... 31

... Organizational Structures in SAP ERP ... 35

... Breaking Down the Structure into Units ... 35

... Production Planning in SAP ERP ... 44

... Product Costing ... 59

... SAP Calendar ... 61

... Summary ... 66

... Configuration Specifics for Manufacturing Types ... 67

... Configuration Basics of Discrete Manufacturing ... 69

3.1 ... Material Master ... 70

3.2 ... Bill of Materials ... 72

3.3 ... Work Center ... 78

3.4 ... Routing ... 87

3.5 ... Production Order Creation ... 89

3.6 ... Order Type-Dependent Plant Parameters ... 94

3.7 ... Production Scheduling Profile ... 99

3.8 ... Default Values for the Generation of Operations ... 101

3.9 ... Availability Check ... 102

3.10 ... Stock and Batch Determination ... 108

3.11 ... Scheduling ... 108

3.12 ... Reduction Strategy ... 114

3.13 ... Confirmation ... 115

3.14 ... Reason for Variances ... 124

3.15 ... Trigger Points ... 125

3.16 ... Define Print Control ... 126

3.17 ... Background Jobs ... 127

3.18 ... Process Integration ... 128

3.19 ... Summary ... 128

... Configuration Basics of Process Manufacturing ... 129

4.1 ... Master Data in Process Industries ... 130

4.2 ... Order Type-Dependent Parameters ... 134

4.3 ... Production Scheduling Profile ... 136

4.4 ... Process Management ... 138

4.5 ... Process Messages ... 143

4.6 ... Process Instruction Category ... 150

4.7 ... Control Recipe/Process Instruction Sheets ... 164

4.8 ... Background Jobs ... 169

4.9 ... Process Management Configuration: At a Glance ... 171

4.10 ... Process Management: Configuration and Implementation Roadmap ... 172

4.11 ... Process Manufacturing Cockpit ... 174

4.12 ... Summary ... 177

... Configuration Basics of Repetitive Manufacturing ... 179

5.1 ... Repetitive Manufacturing Profile ... 180

5.2 ... Scheduling Planned Orders ... 192

5.3 ... Display ... 193

5.4 ... Material Staging ... 195

5.5 ... Global Settings for Confirmation and the Logistics Information System ... 196

5.6 ... Operational Methods Sheet ... 197

5.7 ... Summary ... 198

3 ... Production Planning Workflow by Production Type ... 199

... Production Planning for Discrete Manufacturing ... 201

6.1 ... Process Overview ... 202

6.2 ... Master Data ... 203

6.3 ... Production Order Management ... 243

6.4 ... Release Production Order ... 265

6.5 ... Printing ... 268

6.6 ... Material Withdrawal ... 271

6.7 ... Confirmation ... 278

6.8 ... Goods Receipt ... 285

6.9 ... Postprocessing ... 288

6.10 ... Settlement and Completion ... 292

6.11 ... Production Order Batch Traceability Using Work in Process Batches ... 293

6.12 ... Additional Functions and Information Systems ... 304

6.13 ... Summary ... 309

... Production Planning for Process Industries ... 311

7.1 ... Process Manufacturing Overview ... 312

7.2 ... Master Data in Process Manufacturing ... 314

7.3 ... Process Management ... 327

7.4 ... Process Order Execution ... 341

7.5 ... Process Management in Action ... 343

7.6 ... Execution Steps (XSteps) ... 354

7.7 ... Process Manufacturing Cockpit ... 367

7.8 ... Process Messages Evaluation ... 368

7.9 ... Miscellaneous Cross-Manufacturing Topics ... 370

7.10 ... Summary ... 371

... Production Planning for Repetitive Manufacturing ... 373

8.1 ... Overview ... 374

8.2 ... Repetitive Manufacturing Master Data ... 377

8.3 ... Material Requirements Planning in Repetitive Manufacturing ... 400

8.4 ... Collective Availability Check ... 404

8.5 ... Operational Method Sheet ... 405

8.6 ... Planning Table in Repetitive Manufacturing ... 406

8.7 ... Material Staging ... 414

8.8 ... Production List ... 419

8.9 ... Confirmation ... 421

8.10 ... Reversals and Scrap ... 430

8.11 ... Collective Confirmation ... 435

8.12 ... Costing Activities (Cost Object Controlling) ... 436

8.13 ... Reporting ... 437

8.14 ... Summary ... 438

4 ... Production Planning Workflow Tools ... 441

... Sales and Operations Planning ... 443

9.1 ... Standard Sales and Operations Planning ... 444

9.2 ... Flexible Planning ... 467

9.3 ... Maintaining Version Management ... 492

9.4 ... Forecasting ... 495

9.5 ... Rough-Cut Planning Profile ... 502

9.6 ... Events ... 507

9.7 ... Mass Processing in Sales and Operations Planning ... 513

9.8 ... Standard Analysis in Flexible Planning ... 517

9.9 ... Summary ... 520

... SAP Demand Management ... 521

10.1 ... Planning Strategy ... 522

10.2 ... Planned Independent Requirements ... 531

10.3 ... Customer Independent Requirements ... 536

10.4 ... Summary ... 544

... Material Requirements Planning ... 545

11.1 ... Process Overview ... 546

11.2 ... Scrap ... 561

11.3 ... Safety Stock ... 564

11.4 ... Material Requirements Planning Procedures ... 567

11.5 ... Consumption-Based Planning ... …