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Acknowledgments
29
Preface
31
Goals of This Book
32
Target Audience
32
Structure and Content
33
PART I Core Production Planning Concepts
37
1 Introduction to Production Planning with SAP S/4HANA
39
1.1 Production Planning and Control
40
1.1.1 Production Planning Overview
40
1.1.2 Characteristics of Production Types
42
1.1.3 Processes in Production Planning and Control
48
1.1.4 Product Cost Controlling
51
1.2 Comparison Table of Production Types
52
1.3 Production Planning Features in SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA: A Comparison
56
1.4 SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain
58
1.5 Summary
60
2 Organizational Structure in SAP
61
2.1 Breaking Down the Structure into Units
61
2.1.1 Client
63
2.1.2 Company Code
64
2.1.3 Plant
65
2.1.4 Storage Location
67
2.1.5 Material Requirements Planning Controllers
68
2.1.6 Capacity Planners
68
2.1.7 Production Schedulers
69
2.2 SAP Calendar
69
2.2.1 Public Holidays
70
2.2.2 Holiday Calendar
71
2.2.3 Factory Calendar
72
2.3 Summary
73
PART II Production Planning Configuration
75
3 Discrete Manufacturing Configuration
77
3.1 Material Master
78
3.2 Bill of Materials
79
3.2.1 Define Bill of Material Usages
80
3.2.2 Allowed Material Types in the Bill of Materials Header
81
3.2.3 Bill of Material Status
81
3.2.4 Bill of Material with History Requirement
82
3.2.5 Item Category in Bill of Material
82
3.2.6 Variable-Size Item Formulas
83
3.2.7 Bill of Material Explosion Types
84
3.2.8 Bill of Material Selection (Order of Priority)
84
3.3 Work Center
84
3.3.1 Work Center Category
85
3.3.2 Field Selection in the Work Center
86
3.3.3 Formulas for the Work Center
87
3.3.4 Standard Value Key
89
3.3.5 Location Groups
92
3.3.6 Control Key for Operations
93
3.4 Routing
94
3.5 Production Order Configuration
96
3.5.1 Maintain Order Types
96
3.5.2 Number Ranges
99
3.6 Order Type-Dependent Plant Parameters
100
3.6.1 Planning
100
3.6.2 Implementation
102
3.6.3 Cost Accounting
103
3.7 Production Scheduling Profile
104
3.8 Default Values for the Generation of Operations
107
3.9 Availability Check
108
3.9.1 Define the Checking Group
109
3.9.2 Define the Checking Rule
109
3.9.3 Define the Scope of the Check
110
3.9.4 Define the Checking Control
111
3.10 Scheduling
113
3.10.1 Scheduling Types for Production Orders
114
3.10.2 Scheduling Parameters for Production Orders
114
3.10.3 Scheduling Margin Key
116
3.11 Reduction Strategy
117
3.12 Confirmation
118
3.12.1 Process Overview
119
3.12.2 Parameters for Order Confirmation
120
3.12.3 Single Entry Screen for Confirmation
123
3.12.4 Time of Confirmation
125
3.13 Reason for Variances
126
3.14 Trigger Points
127
3.15 Define Print Control
127
3.16 Background Jobs
128
3.17 Summary
129
4 Process Manufacturing Configuration
131
4.1 Master Data in Process Industries
132
4.1.1 Master Recipe Profile
132
4.1.2 Task List Assignment to Material Types
134
4.1.3 Task List Status
134
4.2 Order Type-Dependent Parameters
135
4.2.1 Master Data
135
4.2.2 Planning
136
4.2.3 Implementation
137
4.2.4 Cost Accounting
138
4.3 Production Scheduling Profile
138
4.4 Process Management
140
4.4.1 Key Terminology
140
4.4.2 Standard Settings and Tools
142
4.5 Process Messages
144
4.5.1 Create a Process Message Characteristic
144
4.5.2 Process Message Destination
145
4.5.3 Process Message Categories
145
4.6 Process Instruction Category
149
4.6.1 Process Instruction Types
149
4.6.2 Using a Wizard or Process Instruction Assistant
157
4.6.3 Creating a Self-Defined Process Instruction Category
160
4.6.4 Creating a Self-Defined Process Instruction Characteristic
161
4.7 Control Recipe/Process Instruction Sheets
164
4.7.1 Create a Control Recipe Destination
166
4.7.2 Scope of Generation
167
4.8 Background Jobs
168
4.8.1 Background Job for Sending Control Recipes
168
4.8.2 Background Job for Sending Process Messages
169
4.8.3 Background Job for Deleting Process Messages
169
4.9 Process Manufacturing Cockpit
169
4.10 Summary
172
5 Repetitive Manufacturing Configuration
173
5.1 Repetitive Manufacturing Profile
174
5.1.1 Repetitive Manufacturing Production Type
174
5.1.2 Reporting Points
175
5.1.3 Automatic Goods Movements
176
5.1.4 Reporting Points Confirmation and Kanban
177
5.1.5 Activity Posting
177
5.1.6 Separated Backflush
178
5.1.7 Process Control
179
5.1.8 Firming Planned Orders
179
5.1.9 Automatic Stock Determination
180
5.1.10 Batch Determination Procedure
180
5.1.11 Reduction in Planned Order Quantities
181
5.1.12 Reduction Period
181
5.1.13 Create New Planned Orders on Goods Receipts Reversals
182
5.1.14 Online Error Correction
182
5.1.15 Reprocessing Errors Log Maintenance
182
5.1.16 Movement Types for Stock Postings
183
5.1.17 Naming the Repetitive Manufacturing Profile
184
5.1.18 Summary of Repetitive Manufacturing Profile Settings
184
5.2 Scheduling Planned Orders
185
5.3 Display
186
5.3.1 Entry Parameters for a Planning Table
187
5.3.2 Maintain Rows Selection
187
5.4 Material Staging
188
5.5 Global Settings for Confirmation and the Logistics Information System
189
5.6 Operational Methods Sheet
190
5.7 Summary
191
PART III Production Planning Workflows
193
6 Production Planning for Discrete Manufacturing
195
6.1 Process Overview
196
6.2 Master Data
197
6.2.1 Material Master
198
6.2.2 Bill of Materials
204
6.2.3 Work Center
208
6.2.4 Routing
217
6.2.5 Production Version
228
6.3 Production Order Management
232
6.3.1 Header Data
233
6.3.2 Operation Overview
235
6.3.3 Standard Trigger Points
237
6.3.4 Components Overview
239
6.3.5 Reread Master Data
240
6.3.6 Statuses
240
6.3.7 Scheduling
241
6.3.8 Availability Checks
245
6.4 Release Production Order
250
6.4.1 Automatic Release
250
6.4.2 Individual Release
250
6.4.3 Collective Release
251
6.5 Printing
252
6.6 Material Withdrawal
255
6.6.1 Goods Issuance against the Production Order
255
6.6.2 Picking List
257
6.6.3 Backflush
259
6.7 Confirmation
261
6.7.1 Confirmation at the Operations Level
263
6.7.2 Progress Confirmation
266
6.7.3 Confirmation for Order
266
6.7.4 Confirmation Cancellation
267
6.7.5 Display Confirmation
267
6.8 Goods Receipt
267
6.8.1 Goods Receipt: Manual Process
268
6.8.2 Goods Receipt: Automatic Process
269
6.9 Postprocessing
270
6.9.1 Reprocessing Goods Movements
270
6.9.2 Cost Calculation
271
6.10 Settlement and Completion
272
6.11 Additional Functions and Information Systems
274
6.11.1 From Planned Order: Individual Conversion
274
6.11.2 From Planned Orders: Collective Conversion
274
6.11.3 Production Order Creation without a Material
275
6.11.4 Mass Processing
275
6.11.5 Information Systems
277
6.12 Summary
278
7 Production Planning for Process Manufacturing
279
7.1 Process Manufacturing Overview
280
7.2 Master Data in Process Manufacturing
281
7.2.1 Material Master
282
7.2.2 Bill of Materials
283
7.2.3 Resource
283
7.2.4 Production Version
284
7.2.5 Master Recipe Creation
284
7.3 Characteristics
290
7.4 Process Management
294
7.4.1 Elements in Process Management
295
7.4.2 Integrating Process Management
296
7.4.3 Process Instructions
297
7.4.4 Process Instruction Sheet
299
7.5 Process Order Execution
307
7.6 Process Management in Action
308
7.6.1 Creating and Releasing a Process Order
308
7.6.2 Generating a Control Recipe
309
7.6.3 Downloading and Sending a Control Recipe
311
7.6.4 Maintaining Process Instruction Sheets
313
7.6.5 Completing Process Instruction Sheets
314
7.6.6 Sending Process Messages
315
7.7 Execution Steps
318
7.7.1 Repository for Standard XSteps
318
7.7.2 Importing the Standard XSteps Library
319
7.7.3 Switching from Process Instructions to Execution Steps
319
7.7.4 General Information
320
7.7.5 Parameters
321
7.7.6 Valuation
322
7.7.7 Control Recipe Destination
322
7.7.8 Process Instructions
323
7.8 Process Messages Evaluation
329
7.9 Process Manufacturing Cockpit
330
7.10 Resources Network
331
7.11 Summary
336
8 Production Planning for Repetitive Manufacturing
337
8.1 Overview
338
8.1.1 Roles of Repetitive Manufacturing in Planning and Production
338
8.1.2 Repetitive Manufacturing Process Flow
339
8.2 Master Data
341
8.2.1 Material Master
342
8.2.2 Bill of Materials
343
8.2.3 Work Center (Production Line)
343
8.2.4 Rate Routing
351
8.2.5 Production Version
355
8.3 Material Requirements Planning in Repetitive Manufacturing
359
8.4 Planning Table
362
8.4.1 Parameters Selection
362
8.4.2 Creating a Repetitive Manufacturing Planned Order
366
8.4.3 Capacity Planning
369
8.4.4 Changes and Evaluations
370
8.4.5 Range of Coverage
371
8.5 Material Staging
372
8.5.1 Current Situation
373
8.5.2 Trigger Replenishment
374
8.5.3 Collective Availability Check
375
8.6 Production List
375
8.7 Confirmation
377
8.7.1 Overview
377
8.7.2 Assembly Confirmation
379
8.7.3 Component Confirmation
380
8.7.4 Activities Confirmation
381
8.7.5 Actual Assembly Confirmation
381
8.7.6 Separated Backflush
384
8.7.7 Postprocessing of Components
385
8.7.8 Collective Confirmation
385
8.8 Reversals and Scrap
386
8.8.1 Document-Specific Reversal
386
8.8.2 Document-Neutral Reversal
389
8.8.3 Repetitive Manufacturing Actual Assembly Scrap
389
8.8.4 Repetitive Manufacturing Actual Component Scrap
390
8.8.5 Repetitive Manufacturing Actual Activity Scrap
390
8.8.6 Reset Reporting Point Confirmation
391
8.9 Costing Activities (Cost Object Controlling)
391
8.10 Heijunka
392
8.11 Reporting
393
8.11.1 Document Log Information
393
8.11.2 Reporting Point Statistics
394
8.12 Summary
395
PART IV Production Planning Tools
397
9 Kanban
399
9.1 Kanban Overview
400
9.2 Push-Pull Principle
402
9.3 Kanban Replenishment Strategies
404
9.4 Configuring Kanban
406
9.4.1 Number Range for the Control Cycle
407
9.4.2 Number Range for the Kanban ID Number
407
9.4.3 MRP Controllers
407
9.4.4 Kanban Storage Location
407
9.4.5 Kanban Board
407
9.4.6 Production Supply Area
408
9.4.7 Configuring Kanban Strategies
409
9.4.8 Kanban Statuses
416
9.4.9 Kanban Alerts
418
9.5 Setting Up Kanban Master Data
419
9.5.1 Kanban Control Cycle
419
9.5.2 Material Master/Production Version
422
9.5.3 Bill of Materials
423
9.6 Replenishment with Kanban
423
9.6.1 Kanban Replenishment via Production
423
9.6.2 Kanban Replenishment via Procurement
430
9.6.3 Kanban Replenishment via Stock Transfer
440
9.6.4 Printing Kanban Card
442
9.6.5 Kanban Error Processing
444
9.6.6 Separated Post Goods Receipt
447
9.6.7 Kanban Signal: Two-Kanban Process
447
9.6.8 Logical Stock and Physical Stock
450
9.7 Evaluating and Reporting Kanban
450
9.7.1 Control Cycle and Kanban Evaluation
450
9.7.2 Kanban Analysis
452
9.7.3 Delayed Replenishment Elements
453
9.7.4 Kanban Plant Overview
454
9.8 Summary
455
10 Batch Management
457
10.1 Batch Management Overview
457
10.2 Batch Level and Batch Status Management
459
10.2.1 Define the Batch Level
459
10.2.2 Batch Number Assignment
460
10.2.3 Creation of New Batches in the Production Process
461
10.2.4 Batch Creation for Goods Movement
462
10.3 Master Data in Batch Management
463
10.3.1 Activate Batch Management in the Material Master
463
10.3.2 Batch Classification
464
10.3.3 Assigning Classification in the Material Master
466
10.4 Business Processes of Batch Management
467
10.4.1 Create a Batch Master Manually
467
10.4.2 Changing a Batch
471
10.4.3 Deleting a Batch
471
10.4.4 Automatic Creation of a Batch in Goods Movement
471
10.4.5 Stock Overview
473
10.5 Batch Determination
474
10.5.1 Define Condition Tables
475
10.5.2 Define the Access Sequence
477
10.5.3 Define Strategy Types
478
10.5.4 Batch Search Procedure Definition
479
10.5.5 Batch Search Procedure Allocation and Check Activation
480
10.5.6 Batch Search Procedure for Process Orders
481
10.5.7 Creating Sort Rules
482
10.5.8 Maintaining Condition Records
482
10.5.9 Business Process
484
10.6 Recurring Inspection and Expiration Dates
486
10.6.1 Quality Management Master Data Checklist
487
10.6.2 Business Processes
490
10.7 Batch Derivation
493
10.7.1 Configuration Basics
493
10.7.2 Classification in Material Master
493
10.7.3 Business Processes
499
10.7.4 Reporting
502
10.8 Batch Traceability of Work in Process Batches
503
10.8.1 Configuration Settings
503
10.8.2 Master Data Setup
505
10.8.3 Business Processes
507
10.8.4 Work in Process Batches Reporting
511
10.9 Batch Information Cockpit
512
10.10 Electronic Batch Record
515
10.11 Summary
517
11 Sales and Operations Planning
519
11.1 Standard Sales and Operations Planning
520
11.1.1 Overview
520
11.1.2 Information Structures
525
11.1.3 Planning Methods
528
11.1.4 Planning Types in Standard Sales and Operations Planning
529
11.1.5 Distribute Key Figures
535
11.1.6 Working with Macros
538
11.2 Flexible Planning
538
11.2.1 Creating a Self-Defined Info Structure
539
11.2.2 Planning Hierarchy
545
11.2.3 Planning Type
547
11.2.4 Working with Self-Defined Macros in Flexible Planning
550
11.2.5 Row Attributes in a Planning Type
553
11.2.6 Planning in the Planning Table
553
11.2.7 Additional Features of Planning Tables
558
11.3 Version Management
559
11.3.1 Copy a Version
559
11.3.2 Delete a Version
560
11.3.3 Scheduling a Copy Version or Scheduling a Delete Version
561
11.4 Forecasting
561
11.4.1 Forecasting View in the Material Master
562
11.4.2 Forecast Models
566
11.4.3 Forecast Profile
567
11.4.4 Forecast Strategy
569
11.4.5 Using the Forecast Profile
571
11.4.6 Weighting Group
572
11.4.7 Splitting Indicator
573
11.5 Rough-Cut Planning Profile
574
11.5.1 Create a Profile
574
11.5.2 Pegged Requirements
578
11.6 Events
578
11.6.1 Create Events
579
11.6.2 Assignment of Events
580
11.6.3 Events in Planning
582
11.7 Mass Processing in Sales and Operations Planning
584
11.7.1 Planning Activity
585
11.7.2 Setting Up a Mass Processing Job
585
11.7.3 Scheduling the Mass Processing Job
586
11.8 Standard Analysis in Flexible Planning
586
11.9 Summary
589
12 Demand Management
591
12.1 Elements of Demand Management
592
12.1.1 Consumption Modes and Logic
592
12.1.2 Determining the Requirements Type
594
12.1.3 Availability Check and Total Replenishment Lead Time
597
12.2 Strategies for Make-to-Stock Production
598
12.2.1 Strategy 40: Planning with Final Assembly
599
12.2.2 Strategy 30: Production by Lot Size
601
12.2.3 Strategy 10: Net Requirements Planning
603
12.2.4 Strategy 11: Gross Requirements Planning
605
12.2.5 Strategy 52: Planning with Final Assembly and without MTO
606
12.2.6 Strategy 63: Planning with a Planning Material and without MTO
608
12.3 Strategies for Make-to-Order Production
609
12.3.1 Strategy 20: Make-to-Order Production
610
12.3.2 Strategy 60: Planning with a Planning Material
612
12.3.3 Strategy 50: Planning Without Final Assembly
613
12.4 Strategies for Assemble-to-Order
615
12.4.1 Strategy 81: Assembly Processing with Planned Orders
616
12.4.2 Strategy 82: Assembly Processing with Production Orders
618
12.5 Strategies for Planning Components
620
12.5.1 Strategy 70: Planning at Assembly Level
621
12.5.2 Strategy 59: Planning at Phantom Assembly Level
622
12.6 Production with Variant Configuration
623
12.7 Create a Custom Requirement Class
626
12.7.1 Copy Standard Requirements Class
627
12.7.2 Create a Requirements Type and Add the Requirements Class
628
12.7.3 Create a Planning Strategy
628
12.7.4 Create a Strategy Group and Include the Newly Created Planning Strategy
629
12.7.5 Assign Strategy Group to a Material Requirements Planning Group
629
12.8 Business Processes in Demand Management
630
12.8.1 Planned Independent Requirements
630
12.8.2 Customer Independent Requirements
635
12.8.3 Planning and Stock/Requirements List for Independent Requirements
636
12.8.4 Total Independent Requirements: Evaluation
637
12.8.5 Total Independent Requirements: Reorganization
638
12.8.6 Planned Independent Requirements: Reduction
640
12.9 Summary
642
13 Foundations of Material Requirements Planning
643
13.1 Process Overview
644
13.2 Deterministic Replenishment Procedures
651
13.2.1 MRP Type PD
652
13.2.2 MRP Type VB
656
13.2.3 MRP Type VM
659
13.2.4 MRP Type V1
661
13.2.5 MRP Type V2
662
13.2.6 MRP Type D1
662
13.3 Stochastic Replenishment Procedures
663
13.3.1 MRP Type VV
664
13.3.2 MRP Types R1 and R2
667
13.4 Configuring Material Requirements Planning Types
668
13.5 Lot Sizing Procedures
671
13.5.1 Static Lot Sizing Procedures
672
13.5.2 Periodic Lot Sizing Procedures
674
13.5.3 Optimum Lot Sizing Procedures
675
13.5.4 Configuring Lot Size
676
13.6 Rounding
679
13.7 Scrap
681
13.7.1 Assembly Scrap
681
13.7.2 Component Scrap
682
13.7.3 Operations and Component Scraps in Bill of Materials
682
13.7.4 Scrap in Routing
683
13.8 Safety Stock
684
13.8.1 Static Safety Stock
684
13.8.2 Safety Stock Availability
685
13.8.3 Dynamic Safety Stock with Range of Coverage Profile
686
13.8.4 Safety Stock and Safety Time
690
13.9 Scheduling
690
13.9.1 Scheduling In-House Production
691
13.9.2 Basic Date Determination
691
13.9.3 Planned Order Dates
693
13.9.4 Scheduling External Procurement
693
13.9.5 Forward and Backward Scheduling
695
13.10 Procurement Proposals
695
13.10.1 Planned Orders
696
13.10.2 Collective Availability Check of Planned Orders
701
13.10.3 Planned Order Profile
701
13.11 Configuration Settings for Material Requirements Planning
702
13.11.1 Material Requirements Planning Activation
702
13.11.2 Scope of Planning Configuration
702
13.11.3 Plant Parameters Configuration
702
13.11.4 Material Requirements Planning Group Configuration
703
13.12 Summary
705
14 Running Material Requirements Planning
707
14.1 MRP Live
709
14.2 Stock/Requirements List
713
14.2.1 Overview
714
14.2.2 Traffic Lights for Days’ Supply and Receipt Days’ Supply
716
14.2.3 Exception Messages
718
14.2.4 Order Report
724
14.2.5 Pegged Requirements
725
14.2.6 Material Requirements Planning Elements
725
14.2.7 Header Details of Stock/Requirements List
726
14.2.8 Interactive Conversion of Procurement Elements
726
14.2.9 Summation View
727
14.2.10 Stock Statistics
727
14.2.11 User Settings
728
14.3 Planning Calendar
728
14.4 Planning Areas
730
14.4.1 Configuration
731
14.4.2 Set Up the Material Master
732
14.4.3 Running Material Requirements at the Planning Area Level
734
14.4.4 Planning Results
734
14.5 Classic Material Requirements Planning
735
14.6 Types of Planning Runs
737
14.6.1 Total Planning Online
738
14.6.2 Total Planning Background
738
14.6.3 Single-Item Planning, Sales Order
738
14.6.4 Single-Item Planning, Project
739
14.7 Summary
739
15 Demand-Driven Replenishment
741
15.1 Limitations of Current Materials Planning and Replenishment Tools
742
15.2 Material and Information Flows
744
15.3 DDMRP Basics and Components
746
15.3.1 Where to Implement Demand-Driven Replenishment
749
15.3.2 DDMRP Components
749
15.4 DDMRP Setup
757
15.4.1 Configuration Settings
758
15.4.2 Master Data Settings
762
15.4.3 Transactions
764
15.5 Running Demand-Driven Replenishment
768
15.5.1 Protecting Throughput
768
15.5.2 Classification
769
15.5.3 Buffer Positioning
776
15.5.4 Lead Time Classification
779
15.5.5 Buffer Level Determination
782
15.5.6 Planning and Execution
792
15.5.7 Metrics and Analytics
802
15.6 Summary
805
16 Long-Term Planning
807
16.1 Long-Term Planning Master Data and Planning Data
808
16.1.1 Master Data
809
16.1.2 Planning Data: Planning Quantity
811
16.1.3 Planning Data: Planned Independent Requirements
811
16.1.4 Create a Planning Scenario
813
16.2 Long-Term Planning: Business Process
815
16.2.1 Run Long-Term Planning (Simulative MRP)
815
16.2.2 Evaluate the Long-Term Planning Stock/Requirements List
818
16.3 Additional Features in Long-Term Planning
820
16.3.1 Manually Create a Simulative Planned Order
820
16.3.2 Firm the Simulative Planned Order Using a Firming Date
822
16.3.3 Calculate Average Plant Stock
822
16.3.4 Copy Long-Term Planning Results to Operative Planning
822
16.3.5 Cleaning Up Long-Term Planning Data
825
16.4 Evaluate Information Systems
826
16.4.1 Setting Up a Purchasing Information System for LTP
827
16.4.2 Evaluating with the Purchasing Information System for LTP
827
16.4.3 Setting Up an Inventory Controlling Information System for LTP
829
16.4.4 Evaluating the Inventory Controlling Information System for LTP
830
16.4.5 Capacity Planning
830
16.4.6 Long-Term Planning Evaluation for Range of Coverage
831
16.4.7 Activity Report
832
16.5 Summary
832
17 Predictive Material and Resource Planning
833
17.1 pMRP Basics
834
17.2 pMRP Setup
835
17.3 Managing pMRP
839
17.4 Releasing pMRP Results to Operative MRP
847
17.5 Summary
848
18 Capacity Requirements Planning
851
18.1 Process Overview
852
18.2 Capacity Requirements and Capacity Evaluation
854
18.2.1 Capacity Requirements
855
18.2.2 Standard Evaluation of Capacity Utilization
856
18.2.3 Variable Evaluation of Capacity Utilization
859
18.2.4 Cumulating the Capacity Requirements
863
18.2.5 Checking Capacity Availability
863
18.3 Finite Scheduling
869
18.4 Dispatching
870
18.4.1 Process Steps
871
18.4.2 Profiles for Dispatching
873
18.4.3 Dispatching Sequence
879
18.4.4 Sequence-Dependent Setup
880
18.4.5 Midpoint Scheduling
884
18.4.6 Mass Processing
884
18.5 Capacity Planning Table
885
18.5.1 Changing Orders, Operations, or Capacity
885
18.5.2 Dispatch Operations
887
18.5.3 Deallocate
889
18.5.4 Options in the Graphical Planning Table
889
18.5.5 Material Availability before Dispatching
890
18.6 Summary
891
19 Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling
893
19.1 Configuration
895
19.2 Master Data in PP-DS
900
19.2.1 Location
901
19.2.2 Material Master
902
19.2.3 Work Center/Resource
908
19.2.4 Sources of Supply
912
19.2.5 Stock and Batches
916
19.3 Business Processes
917
19.4 Heuristics
924
19.5 Production Planning Run
926
19.5.1 Executing Planning in SAP S/4HANA
928
19.5.2 Conversion of PP-DS Planned Orders
930
19.5.3 Production Planning-Detailed Scheduling Optimizer
935
19.6 Reporting and Monitoring Apps
939
19.6.1 Production Scheduling Board
941
19.6.2 Monitor Capacity Utilization
942
19.6.3 Create Optimal Orders for Shipment
944
19.7 Alert Monitor
945
19.8 Plan Monitor
946
19.9 Summary
951
20 Production Engineering and Operations
953
20.1 Key Terminologies
955
20.2 Configuration Settings and Production Engineering and Operations Setup
956
20.2.1 Activating Extended Manufacturing Features
957
20.2.2 Roles and Authorizations Assignment
957
20.2.3 Number Ranges
958
20.2.4 Create Business Partners and Manufacturing Users
958
20.2.5 Profiles
960
20.2.6 Bill of Materials
960
20.2.7 Routing
961
20.2.8 Control Key
962
20.2.9 Order Type-Dependent Plant Parameters
962
20.2.10 Planning Scenarios
963
20.3 Production Engineering Master Data Setup
964
20.3.1 BOM Management
965
20.3.2 Maintain Work Center
967
20.3.3 Manage Shop Floor Routing
968
20.3.4 Manage Production Versions
978
20.4 Planning in Production Engineering
979
20.5 Production Operations
983
20.5.1 Production Order
985
20.5.2 Assign Work
985
20.5.3 Perform Operation Activity
987
20.5.4 Work Instructions
988
20.5.5 Change Impact Analysis
994
20.6 Reporting
997
20.7 Summary
999
PART V Monitoring and Evaluating Production Planning
1001
21 Early Warning System
1003
21.1 Overview
1003
21.2 Exceptions
1005
21.2.1 Set Up Exceptions
1006
21.2.2 Define Requirements
1007
21.2.3 Follow-Up Processing
1010
21.2.4 Group Exceptions
1011
21.3 Set Up Periodic Analysis
1011
21.4 Schedule an Early Warning System
1014
21.5 Triggering an Early Warning System
1015
21.6 Exception Analysis
1017
21.7 Summary
1020
22 Production Planning Reporting
1021
22.1 The Basics of Reporting
1021
22.2 Report Parameters
1022
22.2.1 Selection Screen at the Header Level
1022
22.2.2 Selection at the Operations and Components Levels with Options
1025
22.2.3 Selection Screen for Dates
1025
22.2.4 Multiple Selection
1026
22.2.5 Maintain Selection
1027
22.2.6 Maintain Variant
1028
22.2.7 Order Header in the Process Orders
1028
22.2.8 Filter Settings
1031
22.2.9 Download
1032
22.2.10 Copy Selective Data to Microsoft Excel
1032
22.2.11 Print
1032
22.3 Order Information System Reports
1032
22.3.1 Automatic Goods Movement
1033
22.3.2 Capacities
1033
22.3.3 Production Resources/Tools
1034
22.3.4 Items
1034
22.3.5 Document Links
1034
22.3.6 Execution Steps
1034
22.4 Missing Parts Information System
1035
22.5 Summary
1036
23 Standard Planning Analysis
1037
23.1 Discrete Manufacturing/Production Order
1037
23.1.1 Work Center
1038
23.1.2 Operations
1040
23.1.3 Material
1040
23.1.4 Production Order
1041
23.1.5 Product Costs
1042
23.2 Process Manufacturing/Process Order
1043
23.3 Repetitive Manufacturing
1043
23.4 Additional Analysis Functions
1043
23.4.1 Key Figures
1044
23.4.2 Icons
1044
23.4.3 Other Info Structures
1045
23.5 Summary
1047
24 SAP Fiori Apps for Production Planning
1049
24.1 SAP Fiori Launchpad and Apps Library
1049
24.2 SAP Fiori Applications
1050
24.2.1 Monitor Material Coverage
1050
24.2.2 Monitor External Requirements
1051
24.2.3 Monitor Internal Requirements
1053
24.2.4 Manage Production or Process Orders
1055
24.2.5 MRP Master Data Issues
1057
24.2.6 Scrap Reason
1058
24.2.7 Operation Scrap
1059
24.2.8 Reprocess Failed Material Movements
1059
24.2.9 Manage Work Center Capacity
1060
24.2.10 Material Documents Overview
1061
24.2.11 Manage Production Version
1062
24.2.12 Monitor Work Center Schedules
1063
24.2.13 Kanban Board
1064
24.2.14 Stock—Single and Multiple Materials
1064
24.2.15 Manage Production Operations
1066
24.2.16 Release Production Order
1067
24.2.17 Analyze PIR Quality
1069
24.2.18 Excess Component Consumption
1070
24.2.19 Analyze Costs by Work Center/Operation
1071
24.2.20 Production Cost Analysis
1071
24.3 Summary
1072
The Author
1073
Index
1075