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)

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... Acknowledgments ... 251 ... Production Planning Core Concepts ... 271 ... 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 ... 693.1 ... Material Master ... 703.2 ... Bill of Materials ... 723.3 ... Work Center ... 783.4 ... Routing ... 873.5 ... Production Order Creation ... 893.6 ... Order Type-Dependent Plant Parameters ... 943.7 ... Production Scheduling Profile ... 993.8 ... Default Values for the Generation of Operations ... 1013.9 ... Availability Check ... 1023.10 ... Stock and Batch Determination ... 1083.11 ... Scheduling ... 1083.12 ... Reduction Strategy ... 1143.13 ... Confirmation ... 1153.14 ... Reason for Variances ... 1243.15 ... Trigger Points ... 1253.16 ... Define Print Control ... 1263.17 ... Background Jobs ... 1273.18 ... Process Integration ... 1283.19 ... Summary ... 128... Configuration Basics of Process Manufacturing ... 1294.1 ... Master Data in Process Industries ... 1304.2 ... Order Type-Dependent Parameters ... 1344.3 ... Production Scheduling Profile ... 1364.4 ... Process Management ... 1384.5 ... Process Messages ... 1434.6 ... Process Instruction Category ... 1504.7 ... Control Recipe/Process Instruction Sheets ... 1644.8 ... Background Jobs ... 1694.9 ... Process Management Configuration: At a Glance ... 1714.10 ... Process Management: Configuration and Implementation Roadmap ... 1724.11 ... Process Manufacturing Cockpit ... 1744.12 ... Summary ... 177... Configuration Basics of Repetitive Manufacturing ... 1795.1 ... Repetitive Manufacturing Profile ... 1805.2 ... Scheduling Planned Orders ... 1925.3 ... Display ... 1935.4 ... Material Staging ... 1955.5 ... Global Settings for Confirmation and the Logistics Information System ... 1965.6 ... Operational Methods Sheet ... 1975.7 ... Summary ... 1983 ... Production Planning Workflow by Production Type ... 199... Production Planning for Discrete Manufacturing ... 2016.1 ... Process Overview ... 2026.2 ... Master Data ... 2036.3 ... Production Order Management ... 2436.4 ... Release Production Order ... 2656.5 ... Printing ... 2686.6 ... Material Withdrawal ... 2716.7 ... Confirmation ... 2786.8 ... Goods Receipt ... 2856.9 ... Postprocessing ... 2886.10 ... Settlement and Completion ... 2926.11 ... Production Order Batch Traceability Using Work in Process Batches ... 2936.12 ... Additional Functions and Information Systems ... 3046.13 ... Summary ... 309... Production Planning for Process Industries ... 3117.1 ... Process Manufacturing Overview ... 3127.2 ... Master Data in Process Manufacturing ... 3147.3 ... Process Management ... 3277.4 ... Process Order Execution ... 3417.5 ... Process Management in Action ... 3437.6 ... Execution Steps (XSteps) ... 3547.7 ... Process Manufacturing Cockpit ... 3677.8 ... Process Messages Evaluation ... 3687.9 ... Miscellaneous Cross-Manufacturing Topics ... 3707.10 ... Summary ... 371... Production Planning for Repetitive Manufacturing ... 3738.1 ... Overview ... 3748.2 ... Repetitive Manufacturing Master Data ... 3778.3 ... Material Requirements Planning in Repetitive Manufacturing ... 4008.4 ... Collective Availability Check ... 4048.5 ... Operational Method Sheet ... 4058.6 ... Planning Table in Repetitive Manufacturing ... 4068.7 ... Material Staging ... 4148.8 ... Production List ... 4198.9 ... Confirmation ... 4218.10 ... Reversals and Scrap ... 4308.11 ... Collective Confirmation ... 4358.12 ... Costing Activities (Cost Object Controlling) ... 4368.13 ... Reporting ... 4378.14 ... Summary ... 4384 ... Production Planning Workflow Tools ... 441... Sales and Operations Planning ... 4439.1 ... Standard Sales and Operations Planning ... 4449.2 ... Flexible Planning ... 4679.3 ... Maintaining Version Management ... 4929.4 ... Forecasting ... 4959.5 ... Rough-Cut Planning Profile ... 5029.6 ... Events ... 5079.7 ... Mass Processing in Sales and Operations Planning ... 5139.8 ... Standard Analysis in Flexible Planning ... 5179.9 ... Summary ... 520... SAP Demand Management ... 52110.1 ... Planning Strategy ... 52210.2 ... Planned Independent Requirements ... 53110.3 ... Customer Independent Requirements ... 53610.4 ... Summary ... 544... Material Requirements Planning ... 54511.1 ... Process Overview ... 54611.2 ... Scrap ... 56111.3 ... Safety Stock ... 56411.4 ... Material Requirements Planning Procedures ... 56711.5 ... Consumption-Based Planning ... 57211.6 ... Forecast-Based Consumption Planning ... 57711.7 ... Types of Planning Runs ... 58111.8 ... Scheduling ... 58511.9 ... Procurement Proposals ... 59111.10 ... Executing Material Requirements Planning ... 59711.11 ... Configuration Settings for Material Requirements Planning ... 60511.12 ... Material Requirements Planning Run Analysis ... 61011.13 ... Planning Calendar ... 62111.14 ... Material Requirements Planning Areas ... 62311.15 ... Summary ... 631... Long-Term Planning ... 63312.1 ... Long-Term Planning Master Data and Planning Data ... 63412.2 ... Long-Term Planning: Business Process ... 63912.3 ... Further Options in Long-Term Planning ... 64712.4 ... Evaluate Information Systems for Long-Term Planning ... 65412.5 ... Summary ... 6595 ... Optimizing Production Planning ... 661... Special Procurement Types ... 66313.1 ... Overview ... 66413.2 ... Phantom Assembly ... 66613.3 ... Direct Production ... 66713.4 ... Direct Procurement ... 67213.5 ... Stock Transfer (Interplant Transfer) ... 67613.6 ... Withdrawal from Alternate Plant ... 67913.7 ... Production in Alternate Plant ... 68113.8 ... Subcontracting ... 68313.9 ... Consignment ... 68813.10 ... Pipeline Material ... 69113.11 ... Summary ... 691... Capacity Requirements Planning ... 69314.1 ... Process Overview ... 69414.2 ... Capacity Requirements and Capacity Evaluation ... 69614.3 ... Finite Scheduling ... 71114.4 ... Dispatching ... 71314.5 ... Capacity Planning Table ... 73014.6 ... Summary ... 737... Classification ... 73915.1 ... Classification System ... 74015.2 ... Assigning the Material Class to the Material Master ... 74615.3 ... Finding Objects in Classes ... 74915.4 ... Assigning an Equipment Class to Equipment ... 75115.5 ... Summary ... 754... Co-Products and By-Products in Production Processes ... 75516.1 ... Check in Material Master ... 75716.2 ... Bill of Materials ... 76016.3 ... Process Order ... 76216.4 ... Goods Issue ... 76416.5 ... Confirmation ... 76616.6 ... Goods Receipt ... 76816.7 ... Documented Goods Movement ... 77016.8 ... Cost Analysis ... 77116.9 ... Summary ... 773... Digital Signature ... 77517.1 ... Configuration Steps to Set Up a Digital Signature ... 77617.2 ... Digital Signature in Action ... 78317.3 ... Digital Signature Logs ... 78817.4 ... Application of Digital Signature in SAP ERP Components ... 78917.5 ... Summary ... 7916 ... Monitoring and Evaluation ... 793... Early Warning System ... 79518.1 ... Overview ... 79518.2 ... Exceptions ... 79718.3 ... Set Up Periodic Analysis ... 80418.4 ... Schedule an Early Warning System ... 80618.5 ... Early Warning System in Action ... 80818.6 ... Exception Analysis ... 81118.7 ... Summary ... 814... Reporting in SAP ... 81519.1 ... The Basics of Reporting ... 81619.2 ... Order Information System ... 81819.3 ... Missing Parts Information System ... 83319.4 ... Standard Analysis Reports ... 83419.5 ... Data Browser ... 84319.6 ... QuickViewer ... 84819.7 ... SAP Query ... 85219.8 ... Assign a Transaction Code to a Query ... 85519.9 ... Summary ... 856... Integration of Production Planning with Logistics Functions ... 85720.1 ... Integration Prerequisites ... 85820.2 ... Integration Aspects of Production Planning with Quality Management ... 86020.3 ... Integration of Production Planning with Materials Management ... 87520.4 ... Integration of Production Planning with Sales and Distribution (Make-to-Order Production) ... 88220.5 ... Integration of Production Planning with Sales and Distribution (Assembly Processing) ... 88620.6 ... Integration of Production Planning with Project System (Engineer-to-Order Production) ... 88820.7 ... Integration of Production Planning with Plant Maintenance ... 89420.8 ... Integration of Production Planning with SAP Manufacturing Execution ... 89420.9 ... Integration of Production Planning with SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence ... 89520.10 ... Summary ... 896... Appendices ... 897A ... Comparison Table of Production Types ... 899B ... Glossary ... 905C ... The Author ... 925... Index ... 927