SAP Capacity Planning in Shop Floor Control

Capacity Planning in Shop Floor Control is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP Production Planning article explains you about capacity planning in shop floor control. You will learn how shop floor control converts the planning data in material requirements planning to actual production orders and how to coordinates the production process. Moreover with the help of this SAP PP document you will learn the production orders and its specification.
Following are topics covered in this SAP PP capacity planning guide.
  • Capacity Planning in Shop Floor Control
  • Scheduling and Capacity Requirements Calculation
  • Splitting Capacity Requirements in Production Orders
  • Reducing Split Capacity Requirements
  • Deleting Capacity Requirements
  • Executing Capacity Leveling (SFC)
  • Capacity Leveling on the Capacity Planning Table (tabular form)
  • Capacity Leveling on the Capacity Planning Table
  • Settings in Customizing (SFC)
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SAP Capacity Planning in Repetitive Manufacturing

Capacity Planning in Repetitive Manufacturing is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP Production Planning (PP) document explains you about capacity planning in repetitive manufacturing and its purpose of using planning table to Carry out capacity planning and capacity leveling. With the help of this SAP PP article you will learn two options for executing capacity leveling such as with the planning table and with parallel processing using the planning table. Moreover you will learn the integration and three scheduling levels in capacity planning such as detailed planning, rate based planning and rough cut planning.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP PP capacity planning document.
  • Capacity Planning in Repetitive Manufacturing
  • Accessing the Planning Table
  • Scheduling in the Planning Table
  • Capacity Planning in the Planning Table
  • Displaying Capacity Data for the Production Line in the Planning Table
  • Example of Capacity Planning in the Planning Table
  • Defining Capacity Segments
  • Capacity Planning Using Personnel in the Planning Table
  • Dispatching Planned Orders in the Planning Table
  • Integration of the Capacity Planning Table
  • Switching between the Capacity Planning Table and the Planning Table
  • Carrying out Capacity Leveling (REM)
  • Cap. Reduction with Reporting Point Backflushing
  • Capacity Reduction in Repetitive Manufacturing with Production Orders
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SAP Capacity Planning in the Process Industry

Capacity Planning in the Process Industry is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP Production planning (PP) article explains you about the capacity planning in the process industry. With the help of this SAP PP article you will learn the purpose of production planning in process industries, and capacity leveling functions for acheiving optimal utilization of resources. Moreover you will learn capacity leveling of process orders and planned orders, customizing PP-PI, etc.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP PP capacity planning document.
  • Capacity Planning in the Process Industry
  • Settings in Customizing (PP-PI)
  • Executing Capacity Leveling (PP-PI)
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SAP Capacity Planning in MPS and MRP

Capacity Planning in MPS and MRP is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP Production Planning (PP) document explains you about Capacity planning in MPS and MRP, Capacity leveling in MPS and MRP, executing capacity planning (MPS/MRP) and more. With the help of this SAP PP article you will learn to plan carefully using MPS, scheduling in MRP and MPS, and planned order processing, etc.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP PP capacity planning guide.
  • Capacity Leveling in MPS and MRP
  • Determining Basic Dates
  • Lead Time Scheduling
  • Carrying out Capacity Planning (MPS/MRP)
  • Capacity Leveling or Capacity Situation
  • Executing Single-Item Planning
  • Executing Interactive Single-item Planning
  • Planned Order Processing
  • Current Stock/Requirements List
  • Calling up Capacity Leveling
  • Executing Capacity Leveling from the Material View
  • Executing Capacity Leveling from the Order View
  • Functions in Capacity Leveling
  • Selecting Capacities
  • Executing the Overload Check
  • Displaying the Maximum Load and Selection of the Overload Periods
  • Displaying the Scheduling Data
  • Displaying Pegged Requirements in Detail
  • Displaying all the Planned Orders for a Material
  • Displaying Capacity Planning in the Material View
  • Capacity Planning in the Order View
  • Calling up the Capacity Situation
  • Functions in the Capacity Situation
  • The Capacity Check
  • Executing the Capacity Check
  • Capacity Planning Table
  • Branching to the Capacity Planning Table
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SAP Capacity Leveling in PP-SOP and LO-LIS-PLN

Capacity Leveling in PP-SOP and LO-LIS-PLN is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP Production planning (PP) guide explains you about Capacity leveling in Sales and Operations Planning and its purpose in universal planning and forecasting in SAP SD, SAP PP and SAP purchasing. You will learn to create realistic plans within capacity constraints based on information structures such as time unit, characteristics and key figures. Moreover with the help of this SAP guide you will learn to plan several types of master data such as planning hierarchies, product groups and materials.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP PP SOP capacity leveling guide.
  • Capacity Leveling in PP-SOP and LO-LIS-PLN
  • Rough-Cut Planning Profiles
  • Maintaining Rough-Cut Planning Profiles
  • Resource Leveling
  • Carrying Out Capacity Leveling in PP-SOP and LO-LIS-PLN
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SAP Capacity Leveling (PP-CRP-LVL)

Capacity Leveling (PP-CRP-LVL) is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP Production Planning (PP) article explains you about the component Capacity Leveling and its purpose in different planning level areas of the company. You will learn the objectives of capacity leveling such as leveling overloads and under loads at work centers, achieving optimum commitment of machines and production lines and selection of appropriate resources. Moreover you will learn capacity leveling in SAP SD, SAP PM and SAP PS.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP PP capacity leveling guide.
  • Capacity Leveling (PP-CRP-LVL)
  • Functions in Capacity Leveling
  • Planning Tables
  • Capacity Availability Check
  • Mass Processing
  • User Exits
  • Settings and Profiles for Capacity Leveling
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SAP Capacity Evaluation (PP-CRP-ALY)

Capacity Evaluation (PP-CRP-ALY) is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP Production Planning (PP) article explains about Capacity Evaluation (PP-CRP-ALY) and its purpose such as to analyze capacity loads and can adjust analyses according to planning level, planning horizon and area of responsibility. With the help of this SAP PP article you will learn capacity evaluation and its features and constraints.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP PP Capacity evaluation (PP-CRP-ALY) guide.
  • Capacity Evaluation (PP-CRP-ALY)
  • Standard Overview
  • Detailed Capacity List
  • Variable Overview
  • Specify and Change Settings
  • Overall Profile (Capacity Evaluation)
  • Selection Profile
  • Options Profile
  • List Profile
  • List Version of the Detailed Capacity List
  • List Version of the Variable Overview
  • Saving a List Version of the Detailed Capacity List
  • Graphics Profile
  • Calling Up the Capacity Evaluation
  • Selection of Data
  • Executing Detailed and Hierarchy Selection
  • Selection Screen
  • Calling Up the Selection Screen
  • Calling Up the Selection List
  • Set
  • Combination
  • Layout of the Data
  • Distribution of Capacity Requirements
  • Continuous and Discrete Distribution
  • Distribution of Remaining Capacity Requirements
  • Cumulation of Available Capacities and Capacity Requirements
  • Static Cumulation
  • Period Pattern Key
  • Dynamic Cumulation
  • Cumulation of Available Capacities
  • Display and Edit Objects
  • Calling up Capacity Leveling
  • Graphical Display
  • Printing
  • Exporting an Evaluation List as an EXCEL File
  • Shop Floor Information System
  • Calling Up the Shop Floor Information System
  • Input / Output Diagram
  • Calling Up the Input/Output Diagrams
  • Extended Evaluation
  • Specify and Change Settings (Extended Evaluation)
  • Overall Profile (Extended Evaluation)
  • Select fields (Extended Evaluation)
  • Calling up the Extended Evaluation
  • Display Actual Capacity Requirements
  • Displaying Objects (Extended Evaluation)
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SAP Product Structure Browser

Product Safety (EHS-SAF) is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP Production Planning (PP) article explains you about the product structure browser and its purpose of displaying information about product data maintained by Product data management (PDM). With the help of this SAP PP document you will learn the functions of product structure browser to find out assignments of documents such as 2d drawing, 3d models, reports and assembly instructions. Moreover with this guide you will learn the integration with Local system, RFC destinations, ALE Destinations, and value assignment areas such SAP MM, SAP DMS, SAP ECH and SAP Production Master data.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP PP product structure guide.
  • Product Structure Browser
  • Product Structure Filters
  • Defining General Filters
  • Defining Private Filters
  • Activating/Deactivating Filters
  • Checking Filters
  • Using Additional Filters
  • Settings for the Product Structure
  • Displaying the Product Structure
  • Selecting Initial Object using Stack
  • Entering Values for Parameter Effectively
  • Processing the Displayed Product Structure
  • Displaying Dependencies using Context Menus
  • Processing Objects of a Product Structure
  • Copy Objects using Drag and Drop
  • Copying Documents using Drag and Drop
  • Copying Change Objects using Drag and Drop
  • Maintaining Objects in the Engineering Workbench
  • Maintaining Structures from Plant Maintenance
  • Function Overview for Functional Locations
  • Function Overview for Equipment
  • Display Original Application File with the Viewer
  • Using the Product Structure for Object Folders
  • Creating Object Folders
  • Checking Objects from the Product Structure into a Folder
  • Object Transfer in Folder Processing
  • Displaying the Product Structure with the Simple List Display
  • Processing Objects in List Display
  • Copying Documents from the List Display
  • Copying a Change Object from the List Display
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SAP Product Safety (EHS-SAF)

Product Safety (EHS-SAF) is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP Production Planning (PP) article explains you about product safety (EHS-SAF) component and its functions in the areas such as Substance Management, Phrase Management, Report Generation, Report Management, Report Shipping, Substance / Report Information System and interfaces. With the help of this SAP PP article you will learn product safety integration with SAP R/3 components such as engineering change management, document management system, classification system, material master, SAP SD and dangerous goods management.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP PP Product safety guide.
  • Product Safety (EHS-SAF)
  • Substance Management
  • Phrase Management
  • Report Generation
  • Report Management
  • Report Shipping
  • Substance / Report Information System
  • Interfaces
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SAP Production Resources/Tools (PRT)

Production Resources/Tools (PRT) is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP Production planning and control (PP) article explains the production resources/tools (PRT) component such as documents, engineering drawings, jigs, fixtures, and measurement instruments which are movable operating resources used to perform repeated activities. Moreover with the help of this SAP PP article you will learn about Material PRT, miscellaneous PRT,document PRT, What Data Can You Maintain for PRTs and allocating PRTs to activities, etc.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP PP production resources/tools guide.
  • Production Resources/Tools (PRT)
  • Data for Production Resources/Tools
  • Creating Material PRTs
  • Creating PRT Master Records
  • Creating Document PRTs
  • Creating Equipment PRTs
  • Creating PRTs by Copying
  • Deleting PRTs
  • Formulas in Production Resources/Tools
  • Replacing PRTs in Standard Networks
  • Classification of Production Resources/Tools
  • Displaying Where-Used Lists for PRTs
  • Assigning PRTs to Activities
  • Production Resource/Tool (PRT) Availability Check
  • Checking PRT Availability
  • Evaluating the Availability Log for PRTs
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SAP Production Planning & Control Workflow Scenarios

Production Planning & Control Workflow Scenarios is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP production planning and controlling (PP) document explains about the workflow scenarios in SAP r/3 systems. You will learn trigger points and technical implementations, purchase order changes and phases, confirmation variance and more. With the help of this SAP PP guide you will learn the purpose, process flow and technical implementation of this component.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP PP workflow scenarios guide.
  • Production Planning & Control Workflow Scenarios
  • Trigger Points (PP-SFC)
  • Technical Implementation
  • Preparation and Customizing
  • Purchase Order Changes (PP-SFC)
  • Technical Implementation
  • Preparation and Customizing
  • Operation
  • Production Order Phases (PP-SFC)
  • Technical Implementation
  • Preparation and Customizing
  • Production Order Changes (PP-SFC)
  • Technical Implementation
  • Preparation and Customizing
  • Confirmation Variances (PP-SFC)
  • Technical Implementation
  • Preparation and Customizing
  • Operation
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SAP Production lot planning / individual project plan

Production lot planning / individual project plan is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP Production Planning and Controlling (PP) document explains you about the purpose of production lot planning such as to create production lots to plan finished products and semi finished parts to determine costs for a product in relation to preliminary planning. Moreover with the help of this SAP PP document you will learn the integration with WBS elements for production lot from SAP PS and will know about engineering change management, etc.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP PP production lot planning guide.
  • Production lot planning / individual project planning
  • Production Lot Planning
  • Production Lot
  • Planning Process Flow of Production Lots
  • Example I of the Process Flow for Machinery
  • Example II of the Process Flow for Machinery
  • Example of Process Flow for Home Appliances
  • Maintaining Master Data
  • Defining the Customizing Settings
  • Maintaining MRP Data in the Material Master
  • Creating the Production Lot Number
  • Creating Single-Level Work Breakdown Structure BOMs
  • Creating Multi-Level Work Breakdown Structure BOMs
  • Representation of Multi-level BOMs
  • Assigning Routings to Production Lots
  • Creating a New Routing
  • Assigning Existing Routings
  • Assigning Material Components
  • Assigning Material Components
  • Creating the Cost Estimate for a Production Lot
  • Creating Planned Independent Requirements for each Production Lot
  • Transferring the Flexible Planning Results
  • Carrying out the MRP Run
  • Evaluation of MRP Results
  • Converting Planned Orders
  • Carrying Out Production and Backflushing
  • Final Backflush for Production Lots
  • Posting the Goods Receipt for the Production Lot
  • Reducing Planned Independent Requirements and Individual Project Stock
  • Transferring Material from Individual Project Stock to Plant Stock
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SAP Product Cost Planning (CO-PC-PCP)

Product Cost Planning (CO-PC-PCP) is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP Production Planning and Controlling (PP) article explains the component Product cost planning (CO-PC-PCP) and its use to break down the costs such as manufactured materials, services and other intangible goods for analysis. You will learn Cost Estimate with Quantity Structure, Cost Estimate without Quantity Structure, Price Update, Reference and Simulation Costing, and Easy Cost Planning and Execution Services, etc. Moreover with the help of this SAP PP document you will learn purpose of product cost planning, cost sequence and its implementation considerations.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP PP product cost planning guide.
  • Product Cost Planning (CO-PC-PCP)
  • Product Cost Planning
  • Purpose of Product Cost Planning
  • Costing Sequence
  • Preparing for Costing: Customizing
  • Business Framework Architecture: ALE and BAPIs
  • Material Cost Estimate with Quantity Structure
  • Costing Results
  • Working with the Cost Estimate with Quantity Structure
  • Costing Sheets
  • Overhead Keys
  • Templates
  • Process Cost Planning
  • Other Functions
  • Connection of Non-SAP Production Planning Systems
  • Price Update
  • Updating the Standard Prices
  • Tax-Based Prices and Commercial Prices
  • Update of Other Planned Prices
  • Reference and Simulation Costing
  • Results of Reference and Simulation Costing
  • Working with Reference and Simulation Costing
  • Other Functions
  • Easy Cost Planning and Execution Services
  • Editing Costing Models and Assigning Attributes
  • Using Easy Cost Planning
  • Triggering the Execution Services
  • Information System for Product Cost Planning
  • Summarized Analysis: Costing Run
  • Object List for Material
  • Object Lists for Base Planning Objects
  • Detailed Reports for Materials
  • Detailed Reports for Base Planning Objects
  • Detailed Reports on Sales Order Cost Estimates
  • Object Comparisons for Materials
  • Object Comparisons for Unit Cost Estimates
  • Background Printing of Costing Reports
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SAP Product Cost Controlling Information System (CO-PC-IS)

Product Cost Controlling Information System (CO-PC-IS) is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP PP article explain you about the component Product cost controlling information system which provides reports for product cost planning, cost object controlling with sub components and actual costing/Material ledger. With the help of this SAP Production Planning and controlling (PP) CO-PC-IS component integration and its features. Moreover you will learn structure of the CO-PC information system.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP PP Product cost controlling information system document.
  • Product Cost Controlling Information System (CO-PC-IS)
  • Structure of the CO-PC Information System
  • Information System for Product Cost Planning
  • Summarized Analysis: Costing Run
  • Object List for Material
  • Object Lists for Base Planning Objects
  • Detailed Reports for Materials
  • Detailed Reports for Base Planning Objects
  • Detailed Reports on Sales Order Cost Estimates
  • Object Comparisons for Materials
  • Object Comparisons for Unit Cost Estimates
  • Background Printing of Costing Reports
  • Cost Object Controlling: Information System
  • Key Figures in Cost Object Controlling
  • Cost Analysis
  • Information System for Product Cost by Period
  • Key Figures in Product Cost by Period
  • Summarized Analysis
  • Background Information on Summarized Analysis
  • Differences in the Summarization Methods
  • Product Drilldowns
  • Product Groups in Product Drilldowns
  • Data Collection for Product Drilldown
  • Variance Analysis
  • Work in Process
  • Actual Costs
  • Summarization Hierarchies
  • Maintain Summarization Hierarchies
  • Maintaining Texts for Summarization Objects
  • Data Collection for Summarization Hierarchy
  • Executing Data Collection for Summarization Hierarchy
  • Cost Object Hierarchies
  • Object Lists
  • Order Selection
  • Overview of Summarization Hierarchies
  • Overview of Cost Object Hierarchies
  • Displaying/Finding Cost Object Hierarchies
  • Detailed Reports
  • Object Comparisons
  • Information System for Product Cost by Order
  • Background Information on Summarized Analysis
  • Differences in the Summarization Methods
  • Summarization Hierarchies
  • Product Drilldowns
  • Object Lists
  • Actual Costing / Material Ledger Information System
  • Special Processes and Their Effects in the Information System
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SAP PP - Work Centers

PP - Work Centers is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP PP article explains you about Production planning and control (PP) work center component in SAP R/3 system and its use. You will learn about Work centers and operations carried out in work centers such as machines, machine groups, production lines, assembly work centers, employees and groups of employees, etc. Moreover with the help of this SAP PP documentation you will learn the use of Work center such as master data in r/3 production planning and control system, role in task list operations and work orders, and data in work centers for scheduling, costing, capacity planning and simplifying operation maintenance, etc.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP PP Work center guide.
  • PP - Work Centers
  • Work Center
  • Authorization
  • Display Administrative Data
  • Creating, Changing and Displaying Work Centers
  • Creating and Changing Work Centers by Copying
  • Checking Work Centers
  • Renaming Work Centers
  • Locking and Unlocking Work Centers
  • Deleting Work Centers, Setting Deletion Flags
  • Classifying Work Centers
  • Creating Classes
  • Assigning Work Centers to Subsystems
  • Archiving Work Centers
  • Basic Data
  • Performance Efficiency Rate Key
  • Standard value
  • Creating a Short Text Description of the Work Center in Different Languages
  • Default values
  • Reference Indicator
  • Control Keys
  • Standard Text Keys
  • Editing Standard Text
  • Capacities
  • Capacity Categories
  • Available Capacities
  • Maintaining Capacities
  • Planning Details for Capacity Planning
  • Cumulation of Available Capacities and Capacity Requirements
  • Scheduling Data in Work Centers
  • Maintaining Scheduling Data
  • Interoperation Time
  • Costing
  • Costing with Cost Centers
  • Costing with Business Processes
  • Assignments to Objects in the Human Resource Management System (HR)
  • Assigning HR Objects to Work Centers
  • Assigning HR Objects to Capacities
  • Qualifications and Requirements Profiles
  • Validity Periods
  • Technical Data for Calculating Standard Values with CAPP
  • Assigning Processes
  • Work center hierarchy
  • Hierarchy Creation
  • Displaying Hierarchy Structure as a List
  • Explosion Stop
  • Reporting
  • Displaying Standard Reports
  • Displaying Change Documents
  • Displaying Where-used Lists for Work Centers
  • Selecting Overview Variants
  • Displaying Where-used Lists for Capacities
  • Replacing Work Centers in Task Lists
  • Initial Phase of Mass Replacement of Work Centers
  • Configuration of Work Centers
  • Field Selection in Work Centers
  • Default Work Center
  • Default Capacity
  • Formulas
  • Formula Parameter
  • Rules for Maintaining Formulas
  • Example: Standard Formula
  • Example: Formula for Periodic Setup
  • Example: Formula for Annealing Furnace
  • Using Formulas in Work Centers
  • Displaying formulas
  • Testing formulas
  • Assigning Values to Formula Constants
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SAP Production Orders (PP-SFC)

Production Orders (PP-SFC) is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP Production Planning and Control (PP) document explains you about the component Production Orders (PP-SFC) and its integration in SAP R/3 system with SAP SD, SAP MM and SAP controlling (CO). With the help of this SAP PP article you will learn production order and its purpose of defining material to process, location, time and working hours required, etc. Moreover you will learn its features such as what to produced, when production take place, which capacity is to process order, and how much production costs, etc.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP PP Production Orders document.
  • Production Orders (PP-SFC)
  • Production Order maintenance
  • Creating a production order
  • Changing a production order
  • Production Order creation
  • Maintenance of Header data in the production order
  • Maintenance of operation data
  • Planned order conversion
  • Order Comparison
  • Simulation order
  • Copying master data
  • Routing selection
  • Selecting bills of material
  • Reading master data
  • Document integration in the production order
  • Settings for document integration
  • Automatic generation of document links
  • Manual generation of document links
  • Document link maintenance
  • Integrated viewer for displaying original application files
  • Scheduling
  • Settings for scheduling
  • Scheduling individual orders
  • Scheduling collective orders
  • Scheduling of requirement dates
  • Capacity requirements
  • Dispatching and reallocating without the planning board
  • Components
  • Data from bills of material
  • Data from the routing
  • Data from the material master record
  • Manually creating or changing components
  • Changing component data
  • Assignment of components
  • Back flushing with stock shortage
  • Alternative items
  • Discontinuation Data
  • Batch determination
  • Batch key
  • Production Resources and tools (PRTs)
  • Creating production resources/tools as material
  • Creating production resources/tools as Equipment
  • Creating production resources/tools as Document
  • Creating Production resources/Tolls with a PRT master record (misc.)
  • Classifying production resources/tools
  • Linking a document to a production resource/tools
  • Releasing/locking production resources/tools
  • Maintenance planning for production resources/tools
  • Deletion of production resources/tools
  • Assignment of production resources/tools to operations
  • Assignment of test equipment to inspection characteristics
  • Trigger points
  • Standard trigger points
  • Trigger point groups
  • Example: Triggering a function when status changes
  • Example: Manually triggering functions during confirmation
  • Example: Linking a user status to a reason for variance
  • Creating trigger points
  • Trigger Points: Usages
  • Example: Using the release stop indicator
  • Availability check
  • Checking the availability of material
  • How is the availability determined
  • At what level is the availability checked
  • When is the availability checked
  • Carrying availability check
  • Checking availability of PRTs
  • Checking the availability of capacities
  • Preliminary costing
  • Cost elements
  • Material costs
  • Production costs
  • Production Costs
  • Setting up a quantity structure
  • Planned costs for external processing
  • Overhead costs
  • Overhead groups
  • Displaying costs
  • Order release
  • Release at Order header level
  • Release of Operation
  • Material serial numbers in production orders
  • As-built configuration
  • Inspection lots
  • Creating Inspection lots
  • Deleting Inspection lots
  • Creating Inspection characteristics
  • Deleting operations with inspection characteristics
  • Inspection Lots: Restrictions
  • Missing parts
  • Calling up a missing parts list
  • Backorder processing
  • Printing
  • List types
  • Printing parameters in customizing
  • Printing prerequisites
  • Printing types
  • Printing from a production order
  • Printing production orders
  • Automatic printing on order release
  • Printing a component/operation list
  • External procurement/Processing
  • External processing of operations
  • External procurement of components
  • Goods receipt
  • Changes in the order
  • Provision of components
  • Scheduling an external operation
  • Costs of external processing/procurement
  • Goods movements
  • Withdrawing material components
  • Goods movement overview
  • Picking
  • Stock determination
  • Material staging
  • Executing unplanned withdrawal of Components for an order
  • Automatic creation of Batches
  • Delivering to the Warehouse
  • Automatic goods receipt
  • What checks are carried out during a goods receipt
  • Effects of a delivery to stock
  • Performing a goods receipt
  • Confirmations
  • Confirmation: Fixed parameters
  • Confirmation: Variable Parameters
  • Entering Confirmation
  • Goods Movements for confirmation
  • Determining quantities for batch splits/parts to be discontinued
  • Displaying requested confirmations
  • Displaying confirmations
  • Canceling confirmations
  • Reprocessing
  • Decoupling processes carried out during confirmation
  • PDC data transfer via communication Channel 2 (CC2)
  • PP-PDC Interface
  • Rework
  • Rework operations and rework quantities
  • Rework and confirmation
  • Order settlement
  • Requirements for settlement
  • Calling up a settlement rule
  • Changing a settlement rule
  • Deleting a settlement rule
  • Creating distribution rules
  • Percent validation
  • Delivery to stock
  • Setting an order
  • Result of settlement
  • Connections between delivery and settlement
  • Settlement in the case of stock shortage
  • Settling scrap
  • Technical completion of a production order
  • Closing a production order
  • Archiving production orders
  • Order change management (OCM)
  • Change process
  • Creation of initiating object records
  • Changing production orders
  • Assembly orders in order change management
  • Mass processing of production orders
  • Mass processing functions
  • Displaying the application toolbar with Mass proc. functions
  • Logs
  • Definition of variants
  • Setting up parallel processing
  • What is Business transaction
  • What is Status profile
  • Creating user statuses
  • Status change documents
  • Co-Products
  • Collective orders
  • Order information system
  • Individual object lists
  • Object overview
  • Order progress report
  • Progress value determination and display of exception messages
  • Assembly orders
  • Order split
  • Serial number assignment during order split
  • Executing order split
  • Examples of order split
  • Operations/Components not relevant to MRP
  • Product cost collector
  • Activate purchase requisition/reservation
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PP - PI-PCS Interface: Linking of Process Control is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP Production Planning and Control (PP) article explains you about SAP R/3's PI PCS interface to link PP-PI with fully automated, partially automated and manually operated lines. With the help of this SAP PP article you will learn PI-PCS interface used to transfer information relevant to production, download of control recipes to lower level control system, upload of process related data and download general data on characteristics, etc. Moreover you will learn control recipes, process messages, process message categories and more.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP PP PI-PCS Interface guide.
  • PP - PI-PCS Interface: Linking of Process Control Systems
  • Process Messages and Process Message Categories
  • Predefined Process Message Categories
  • Explanation of the Process Message Characteristics
  • Control Recipes
  • Process Instructions and Process Instruction Categories
  • Technical Communication
  • Download of Control Recipes from R/3 PP-PI to Control System
  • Download of Specific Control Recipes Using BAPIs
  • Download of Control Recipes Using RFC Function Modules
  • Download of General Characteristic Data
  • Download of Characteristic Data Using BAPIs
  • Download of Characteristic Data Using RFC Function Modules
  • Upload of Process Messages from the Control System to R/3 PP-PI
  • Upload of Process Messages Using BAPIs
  • Upload of Process Messages Using RFC Function Modules
  • Download of Process Messages from R/3 PP-PI to the Control System
  • Appendix: PI-PCS Sample Recipe
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SAP PP KANBAN

PP KANBAN is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP Production planning and Control (PP) document explains you about KANBAN method for controlling production and material flow based on stock quantity and thus production process controls itself and manual posting is reduced and effects in reduction in lead time and in stock. Moreover with the help of this SAP PP article you will learn KANBAN technique and its implementation consideration with the help of graphical illustration of KANBAN process.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP PP KANBAN document.
  • PP - KANBAN
  • KANBAN Versus MRP Material Requirements Planning
  • KANBAN Procedure
  • Master Data for KANBAN
  • Automatic Kanban Calculation
  • KANBAN Control
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SAP PP PDC Interface

PP PDC Interface is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP Production Planning and control (PP) article explains about the PP PDC interface for communicating R/3 modules with the subsystem through communication channel. With the help of this article you will learn the communication subsystem linked to SAP R/3 using remote function call (RFC) and based on TCP/IP. Moreover you will learn communication module release 3.0 which interfaces between communication part and PDC using interchange data of IDOCs.
Following are few topics covered in this SAP PP PDC interface document.
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  • Overview
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  • Data Flow from a Subsystem to SAP R/3
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  • Data Flow from the Transceiver to the Application
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  • Record Types
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  • Operation Time Events
  • Operation Time Tickets
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  • Record Types
  • Operation Time Tickets
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  • Record Types
  • Operation Time Tickets
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This SAP Production Planning and Control (PP) article explains you about Capacity Planning component in SAP R/3 System for long term rough cut planning, medium term planning and short term detailed planning for economic use of resources to meet company's objectives. With the help of this article you will learn Capacity planning integration with SAP SD, SAP PP SOP, SAP PP MRP, SAP PP LTP, SAP PP SFC, SAP PP REM, SAP PP PI, SAP PM, SAP SM and SAP PS along with various features of this component such as capacity evaluation, capacity leveling, and capacity planning.
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  • Calling up the Area Menu for Capacity Planning
  • Capacity Planning (PP-CRP)
  • Available Capacity
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  • Distribution of Remaining Capacity Requirements
  • Cumulation of Available Capacities and Capacity Requirements
  • Static Cumulation
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  • Dynamic Cumulation
  • Cumulation of Available Capacities
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  • Scheduling
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  • Scheduling Elements for Networks, Plant Maintenance Orders and Process Orders
  • Elements of Scheduling for Planned Orders and Production Orders
  • Duration of Operations
  • Operating Time
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SAP PP: BOMs (PP-BD-BOM)

BOMs (PP-BD-BOM) is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP Production Planning (PP) document explains you about PP BOMs (Bill of materials) which contains list of ingredients of components parts or materials such as MRP, product costing, plant maintenance, materials for production, etc. With the help of this SAP PP BOM's guide you will learn to create BOMs in SAP system such as material BOMs, Equipment BOMs, Functional Location BOMs, Document structures, Order BOM and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) BOM.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP PP BOMs document.
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  • Defining an Application
  • Selecting a BOM for the Explosion
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  • Defining a View for BOM Explosion
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  • Displaying a Multi-Level BOM Explosion
  • Displaying a Summarized BOM
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  • Displaying Item Data from a BOM Explosion
  • Displaying Master Record Detail Data
  • Displaying a Where-Used List from a BOM Explosion
  • Displaying a Multi-Level BOM in Graphical Form
  • When is a Material BOM Not Exploded?
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  • Defining a Where-Used List on the Initial Screen
  • Selection Criteria for the Where-Used List
  • Defining a View for a Where-Used List
  • Restricting the View for a Where-Used List
  • Extending the View for a Where-Used List
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  • Where-Used List for a Document
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  • Displaying Item Data from a Where-Used List
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  • Displaying a Where-Used List from a Where-Used List
  • BOM Comparison
  • BOMs for a BOM Comparison
  • Settings for a BOM Comparison
  • Executing a BOM Comparison
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  • Displaying Change Documents from the Main Menu
  • Displaying Change Documents from the BOM
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  • Before You Display a BOM Group
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SAP Production Planning and Control (PP) archiving object guide is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP PP guide explains you various archiving objects such as Bills of material, work centers and capacities, routings, production orders, process orders and back flushing documents, etc. This SAP article helps you to learn archiving objects functions, features, storage requirements, and program run time criteria, etc.
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Production Planning and Control (PP): Roles guide is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
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Documentary Batches – A New Feature to Ensure Batch Traceability

Documentary Batches – A New Feature to Ensure Batch Traceability is an article provided by SAP AG. This SAP PP article is intended for SAP System Administrators, Production Planning (PP) developer and SAP technology Consultants.
This SAP Production Planning & Process article is written by Dr. Uwe Dittes, SAP AG.He got a good experience in SAP PP. This article explains you about documentary batches and how it improves traceability of materials in production process. This article explains documentary batches and its importance in tracing partial stocks of material. This is a really good article for SAP PP developers or PP Consultants.
Following are the few topics covered in this SAP Production Planning & Process article.
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This SAP PP article is written by Dr. Uwe Dittes, SAP AG. He got a strong knowledge in SAP PP-PI. This article explains production orders (PP-SFC*) of SAP ERP. Moreover this article explains you the improvements and new features for the Production order Environment (SAP Component PP-SFC*). This article really helps you to optimize your business processes.
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