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 ConfigurationXStepsSales and operations planning (S&OP)Material requirements planning (MRP)SAP Demand ManagementLong-term planning (LTP)Special procurement typesCapacity requirements planning (CRP)Digital signaturesEarly Warning System (EWS)

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.

... Goals of This Book ... 29 ... Target Audience ... 30 ... Structure and Content ... 31 ... 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 10.1 ... Planning Strategy ... 522 10.2 ... Planned Independent Requirements ... 531 10.3 ... Customer Independent Requirements ... 536 10.4 ... Summary ... 544 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 ... 572 11.6 ... Forecast-Based Consumption Planning ... 577 11.7 ... Types of Planning Runs ... 581 11.8 ... Scheduling ... 585 11.9 ... Procurement Proposals ... 591 11.10 ... Executing Material Requirements Planning ... 597 11.11 ... Configuration Settings for Material Requirements Planning ... 605 11.12 ... Material Requirements Planning Run Analysis ... 610 11.13 ... Planning Calendar ... 621 11.14 ... Material Requirements Planning Areas ... 623 11.15 ... Summary ... 631 12.1 ... Long-Term Planning Master Data and Planning Data ... 634 12.2 ... Long-Term Planning: Business Process ... 639 12.3 ... Further Options in Long-Term Planning ... 647 12.4 ... Evaluate Information Systems for Long-Term Planning ... 654 12.5 ... Summary ... 659 13.1 ... Overview ... 664 13.2 ... Phantom Assembly ... 666 13.3 ... Direct Production ... 667 13.4 ... Direct Procurement ... 672 13.5 ... Stock Transfer (Interplant Transfer) ... 676 13.6 ... Withdrawal from Alternate Plant ... 679 13.7 ... Production in Alternate Plant ... 681 13.8 ... Subcontracting ... 683 13.9 ... Consignment ... 688 13.10 ... Pipeline Material ... 691 13.11 ... Summary ... 691 14.1 ... Process Overview ... 694 14.2 ... Capacity Requirements and Capacity Evaluation ... 696 14.3 ... Finite Scheduling ... 711 14.4 ... Dispatching ... 713 14.5 ... Capacity Planning Table ... 730 14.6 ... Summary ... 737 15.1 ... Classification System ... 740 15.2 ... Assigning the Material Class to the Material Master ... 746 15.3 ... Finding Objects in Classes ... 749 15.4 ... Assigning an Equipment Class to Equipment ... 751 15.5 ... Summary ... 754 16.1 ... Check in Material Master ... 757 16.2 ... Bill of Materials ... 760 16.3 ... Process Order ... 762 16.4 ... Goods Issue ... 764 16.5 ... Confirmation ... 766 16.6 ... Goods Receipt ... 768 16.7 ... Documented Goods Movement ... 770 16.8 ... Cost Analysis ... 771 16.9 ... Summary ... 773 17.1 ... Configuration Steps to Set Up a Digital Signature ... 776 17.2 ... Digital Signature in Action ... 783 17.3 ... Digital Signature Logs ... 788 17.4 ... Application of Digital Signature in SAP ERP Components ... 789 17.5 ... Summary ... 791 18.1 ... Overview ... 795 18.2 ... Exceptions ... 797 18.3 ... Set Up Periodic Analysis ... 804 18.4 ... Schedule an Early Warning System ... 806 18.5 ... Early Warning System in Action ... 808 18.6 ... Exception Analysis ... 811 18.7 ... Summary ... 814 19.1 ... The Basics of Reporting ... 816 19.2 ... Order Information System ... 818 19.3 ... Missing Parts Information System ... 833 19.4 ... Standard Analysis Reports ... 834 19.5 ... Data Browser ... 843 19.6 ... QuickViewer ... 848 19.7 ... SAP Query ... 852 19.8 ... Assign a Transaction Code to a Query ... 855 19.9 ... Summary ... 856 20.1 ... Integration Prerequisites ... 858 20.2 ... Integration Aspects of Production Planning with Quality Management ... 860 20.3 ... Integration of Production Planning with Materials Management ... 875 20.4 ... Integration of Production Planning with Sales and Distribution (Make-to-Order Production) ... 882 20.5 ... Integration of Production Planning with Sales and Distribution (Assembly Processing) ... 886 20.6 ... Integration of Production Planning with Project System (Engineer-to-Order Production) ... 888 20.7 ... Integration of Production Planning with Plant Maintenance ... 894 20.8 ... Integration of Production Planning with SAP Manufacturing Execution ... 894 20.9 ... Integration of Production Planning with SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence ... 895 20.10 ... Summary ... 896