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Acknowledgments
25
1 Production Planning Core Concepts
27
1 Introduction
29
1.1 Goals of This Book
29
1.2 Target Audience
30
1.3 Structure and Content
31
2 Organizational Structures in SAP ERP
35
2.1 Breaking Down the Structure into Units
35
2.1.1 Client
37
2.1.2 Company Code
38
2.1.3 Plant
39
2.1.4 Storage Location
41
2.1.5 Material Requirements Planning Controllers
42
2.1.6 Capacity Planners
43
2.1.7 Production Schedulers
44
2.2 Production Planning in SAP ERP
44
2.2.1 Characteristics of Production Types
47
2.2.2 Processes in Production Planning and Control
58
2.3 Product Costing
59
2.4 SAP Calendar
61
2.4.1 Public Holidays
62
2.4.2 Holiday Calendar
62
2.4.3 Factory Calendar
63
2.5 Summary
66
2 Configuration Specifics for Manufacturing Types
67
3 Configuration Basics of Discrete Manufacturing
69
3.1 Material Master
70
3.2 Bill of Materials
72
3.2.1 Define Bill of Material Usages
72
3.2.2 Allowed Material Types in the Bill of Materials Header
73
3.2.3 Bill of Material Status
74
3.2.4 Bill of Material with History Requirement
75
3.2.5 Item Category in Bill of Material
75
3.2.6 Variable Size Item Formulas
76
3.2.7 Bill of Material Explosion Types
77
3.2.8 Bill of Material Selection (Order of Priority)
77
3.3 Work Center
78
3.3.1 Work Center Category
78
3.3.2 Field Selection in the Work Center
79
3.3.3 Standard Value Key
81
3.3.4 Formulas for the Work Center
84
3.3.5 Location Groups
85
3.3.6 Control Key for Operations
87
3.4 Routing
87
3.5 Production Order Creation
89
3.5.1 Maintain Order Types
90
3.5.2 Number Ranges
92
3.6 Order Type-Dependent Plant Parameters
94
3.6.1 Planning
95
3.6.2 Implementation
97
3.6.3 Cost Accounting
98
3.7 Production Scheduling Profile
99
3.8 Default Values for the Generation of Operations
101
3.9 Availability Check
102
3.9.1 Define Checking Group
104
3.9.2 Define Checking Rule
104
3.9.3 Define Scope of Check
104
3.9.4 Define the Checking Control
106
3.10 Stock and Batch Determination
108
3.11 Scheduling
108
3.11.1 Scheduling Types for Production Orders
110
3.11.2 Scheduling Parameters for Production Orders
110
3.11.3 Scheduling Margin Key
112
3.12 Reduction Strategy
114
3.13 Confirmation
115
3.13.1 Process Overview
116
3.13.2 Parameters for Order Confirmation
117
3.13.3 Single Entry Screen for Confirmation
121
3.13.4 Time of Confirmation
123
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 Configuration Basics of Process Manufacturing
129
4.1 Master Data in Process Industries
130
4.1.1 Master Recipe Profile
131
4.1.2 Task List Assignment to Material Types
132
4.1.3 Task List Status
133
4.2 Order Type-Dependent Parameters
134
4.2.1 Master Data
134
4.2.2 Planning
136
4.2.3 Implementation
136
4.2.4 Cost Accounting
136
4.3 Production Scheduling Profile
136
4.4 Process Management
138
4.4.1 Control Recipe Destination
139
4.4.2 Process Instruction Characteristic
139
4.4.3 Process Instruction Category
139
4.4.4 Process Message Characteristic
140
4.4.5 Process Message Category
140
4.4.6 Process Instruction Sheet
140
4.4.7 Standard Settings and Tools
141
4.5 Process Messages
143
4.5.1 Create a Process Message Characteristic
144
4.5.2 Process Message Destination
144
4.5.3 Process Message Categories
145
4.6 Process Instruction Category
150
4.6.1 Process Instruction Types
150
4.6.2 Using a Wizard or Process Instruction Assistant
159
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
169
4.8.1 Background Job for Sending Control Recipes
170
4.8.2 Background Job for Sending Process Messages
171
4.8.3 Background Job for Deleting Process Messages
171
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 Configuration Basics of Repetitive Manufacturing
179
5.1 Repetitive Manufacturing Profile
180
5.1.1 Repetitive Manufacturing Production Type
180
5.1.2 Reporting Points
182
5.1.3 Automatic Goods Movements
182
5.1.4 Reporting Points Confirmation and Kanban
184
5.1.5 Activities Posting
184
5.1.6 Separated Backflush
185
5.1.7 Process Control
185
5.1.8 Firming Planned Orders
186
5.1.9 Automatic Stock Determination
186
5.1.10 Batch Determination Procedure
186
5.1.11 Reduction in Planned Order Quantities
187
5.1.12 Reduction Period
187
5.1.13 Create New Planned Orders on Goods Receipts Reversals
188
5.1.14 Online Error Correction
188
5.1.15 Reprocessing Errors Log Maintenance
189
5.1.16 Movement Types for Stock Postings
189
5.1.17 Naming the Repetitive Manufacturing Profile
190
5.1.18 Summary of Repetitive Manufacturing Profile Settings
190
5.2 Scheduling Planned Orders
192
5.3 Display
193
5.3.1 Entry Parameters for a Planning Table
193
5.3.2 Maintain Rows Selection
194
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
6 Production Planning for Discrete Manufacturing
201
6.1 Process Overview
202
6.2 Master Data
203
6.2.1 Material Master
204
6.2.2 Bill of Materials
211
6.2.3 Work Center
217
6.2.4 Routing
226
6.2.5 Production Version
239
6.3 Production Order Management
243
6.3.1 Header Data
245
6.3.2 Operations Overview
247
6.3.3 Standard Trigger Points
249
6.3.4 Components Overview
252
6.3.5 Reread Master Data
253
6.3.6 Statuses
254
6.3.7 Scheduling
255
6.3.8 Availability Checks
260
6.4 Release Production Order
265
6.4.1 Automatic Release
266
6.4.2 Individual Release
266
6.4.3 Collective Release
266
6.5 Printing
268
6.6 Material Withdrawal
271
6.6.1 Goods Issuance against the Production Order
271
6.6.2 Picking List
274
6.6.3 Backflush
276
6.7 Confirmation
278
6.7.1 Confirmation at the Operations Level
280
6.7.2 Progress Confirmation
283
6.7.3 Confirmation for Order
283
6.7.4 Confirmation Cancellation
284
6.7.5 Display Confirmation
285
6.8 Goods Receipt
285
6.8.1 Goods Receipt: Manual Process
286
6.8.2 Goods Receipt: Automatic Process
288
6.9 Postprocessing
288
6.9.1 Reprocessing Goods Movements
289
6.9.2 Cost Calculation
291
6.10 Settlement and Completion
292
6.11 Production Order Batch Traceability Using Work in Process Batches
293
6.11.1 Configuration Settings
294
6.11.2 Master Data Setup
297
6.11.3 Business Processes for Work in Process Batches
299
6.11.4 Work in Process Batches Reporting
302
6.12 Additional Functions and Information Systems
304
6.12.1 From Planned Order: Individual Conversion
305
6.12.2 From Planned Orders: Collective Conversion
305
6.12.3 Production Order Creation without Material
306
6.12.4 Mass Processing
306
6.12.5 Information Systems
308
6.13 Summary
309
7 Production Planning for Process Industries
311
7.1 Process Manufacturing Overview
312
7.2 Master Data in Process Manufacturing
314
7.2.1 Material Master
315
7.2.2 Bill of Materials
316
7.2.3 Resource
316
7.2.4 Production Version
317
7.2.5 Master Recipe Creation
318
7.3 Process Management
327
7.3.1 Functions in Process Management
328
7.3.2 Elements in Process Management
328
7.3.3 Integrating Process Management with External Systems
329
7.3.4 Process Management and Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence
329
7.3.5 Process Instructions
330
7.3.6 Process Instruction Sheet
331
7.4 Process Order Execution
341
7.5 Process Management in Action
343
7.5.1 Creating and Releasing a Process Order
343
7.5.2 Generating a Control Recipe
344
7.5.3 Downloading and Sending a Control Recipe
345
7.5.4 Maintaining Process Instruction Sheets
347
7.5.5 Completing a Process Instruction Sheet
349
7.5.6 Sending Process Messages
350
7.5.7 Generating a New Control Recipe
353
7.6 Execution Steps (XSteps)
354
7.6.1 Repository for Standard XSteps
354
7.6.2 Switching from Process Instructions to XSteps
355
7.6.3 XSteps: General Information
355
7.6.4 Parameters in XSteps
356
7.6.5 Valuation in XSteps
357
7.6.6 Control Recipe Destination in XSteps
357
7.6.7 Process Instructions in XSteps
358
7.7 Process Manufacturing Cockpit
367
7.8 Process Messages Evaluation
368
7.9 Miscellaneous Cross-Manufacturing Topics
370
7.10 Summary
371
8 Production Planning for Repetitive Manufacturing
373
8.1 Overview
374
8.1.1 Roles of Repetitive Manufacturing in Planning and Production
374
8.1.2 Repetitive Manufacturing Process Flow
375
8.2 Repetitive Manufacturing Master Data
377
8.2.1 Material Master
379
8.2.2 Bill of Materials
381
8.2.3 Work Center (Production Line)
381
8.2.4 Routing
390
8.2.5 Production Version
396
8.3 Material Requirements Planning in Repetitive Manufacturing
400
8.3.1 Planned Independent Requirements
401
8.3.2 Run Material Requirements Planning
402
8.3.3 Planning Results
403
8.3.4 Evaluate Planning Results (Material Level)
403
8.4 Collective Availability Check
404
8.5 Operational Method Sheet
405
8.6 Planning Table in Repetitive Manufacturing
406
8.6.1 Parameters Selection for the Planning Table
406
8.6.2 Creating a Repetitive Manufacturing Planned Order in the Planning Table
409
8.6.3 Capacity Planning
412
8.6.4 Functions in the Planning Table
413
8.6.5 Range of Coverage
414
8.7 Material Staging
414
8.7.1 Material Staging: Current Situation
415
8.7.2 Material Staging: Trigger Replenishment
417
8.7.3 Material Document of Material Staging
419
8.8 Production List
419
8.9 Confirmation
421
8.9.1 Overview
422
8.9.2 Repetitive Manufacturing Assembly Confirmation
424
8.9.3 Repetitive Manufacturing Component Confirmation
425
8.9.4 Repetitive Manufacturing Activities Confirmation
425
8.9.5 Repetitive Manufacturing Actual Assembly Confirmation
426
8.9.6 Separated Backflush
429
8.9.7 Postprocessing of Components
429
8.10 Reversals and Scrap
430
8.10.1 Document-Specific Reversal
431
8.10.2 Document-Neutral Reversal
433
8.10.3 Repetitive Manufacturing Actual Assembly Scrap
433
8.10.4 Repetitive Manufacturing Actual Component Scrap
434
8.10.5 Repetitive Manufacturing Actual Activity Scrap
434
8.10.6 Reset Reporting Point Confirmation
434
8.11 Collective Confirmation
435
8.12 Costing Activities (Cost Object Controlling)
436
8.13 Reporting
437
8.13.1 Document Log Information
437
8.13.2 Reporting Point Statistics
437
8.14 Summary
438
4 Production Planning Workflow Tools
441
9 Sales and Operations Planning
443
9.1 Standard Sales and Operations Planning
444
9.1.1 Overview
444
9.1.2 Information Structures
450
9.1.3 Planning Methods
453
9.1.4 Planning Types in Standard Sales and Operations Planning
454
9.1.5 Distribute Key Figures
462
9.1.6 Working with Macros
466
9.2 Flexible Planning
467
9.2.1 Creating a Self-Defined Info Structure
468
9.2.2 Planning Hierarchy
474
9.2.3 Planning Type
476
9.2.4 Working with Self-Defined Macros in Flexible Planning
480
9.2.5 Row Attributes in a Planning Type
482
9.2.6 Planning in the Planning Table
483
9.2.7 Additional Features of Planning Tables
490
9.2.8 Info Structure Entries in SAP Database Tables
492
9.3 Maintaining Version Management
492
9.3.1 Copy a Version
493
9.3.2 Delete a Version
494
9.3.3 Scheduling a Copy Version or Scheduling a Delete Version
494
9.4 Forecasting
495
9.4.1 Forecasting View in Material Master
496
9.4.2 Forecast Profile
497
9.4.3 Forecast Strategy
499
9.4.4 Using the Forecast Profile
502
9.5 Rough-Cut Planning Profile
502
9.5.1 Create a Profile
503
9.5.2 Pegged Requirements
506
9.6 Events
507
9.6.1 Create Events
508
9.6.2 Assignment of Events
509
9.6.3 Events in Planning
510
9.7 Mass Processing in Sales and Operations Planning
513
9.7.1 Planning Activity
513
9.7.2 Setting Up a Mass Processing Job
514
9.7.3 Scheduling the Mass Processing Job
517
9.8 Standard Analysis in Flexible Planning
517
9.9 Summary
520
10 SAP Demand Management
521
10.1 Planning Strategy
522
10.1.1 Planning with Final Assembly
522
10.1.2 Make-to-Order/Stock Production
524
10.1.3 Requirements Class and Requirements Type
526
10.1.4 Strategy Groups
528
10.1.5 Maintain Requirements Class for Planned Independent Requirements
530
10.2 Planned Independent Requirements
531
10.3 Customer Independent Requirements
536
10.3.1 Creating Customer Independent Requirements
536
10.3.2 Planning for Independent Requirements
538
10.3.3 Stock/Requirements List for Independent Requirements
538
10.3.4 Total Independent Requirements: Evaluation
539
10.3.5 Total Independent Requirements: Reorganization
540
10.3.6 Planned Independent Requirements: Reduction
542
10.4 Summary
544
11 Material Requirements Planning
545
11.1 Process Overview
546
11.1.1 Prerequisites
549
11.1.2 Influencing Factors in Material Requirements Planning
551
11.1.3 Lot Sizes
551
11.1.4 Configuring Material Requirements Planning Lot Size
557
11.1.5 Rounding
559
11.1.6 Static Rounding Profile
560
11.2 Scrap
561
11.2.1 Assembly Scrap
562
11.2.2 Component Scrap
563
11.2.3 Operations and Component Scraps in Bill of Materials
563
11.2.4 Scrap in Routing
564
11.3 Safety Stock
564
11.3.1 Safety Stock Availability
565
11.3.2 Master Data Selection
566
11.4 Material Requirements Planning Procedures
567
11.4.1 Material Requirements Planning Types
567
11.4.2 Configuring Material Requirements Planning Types
571
11.5 Consumption-Based Planning
572
11.5.1 Type VB: Manual Reorder Point Planning
574
11.5.2 Type VM: Automatic Reorder Point Planning
576
11.5.3 Type V1/V2: Manual or Automatic Reorder Point Planning with External Requirements
576
11.6 Forecast-Based Consumption Planning
577
11.6.1 Basics of Forecasting
578
11.6.2 Type VV: Forecast-Based Planning
579
11.6.3 Type R1: Time-Phased Planning
581
11.7 Types of Planning Runs
581
11.7.1 Single-Item, Single-Level
582
11.7.2 Single-Item, Multi-Level
582
11.7.3 Total Planning Online
583
11.7.4 Total Planning Background
584
11.7.5 Single-Item Planning, Sales Order
584
11.7.6 Single-Item Planning, Project
584
11.8 Scheduling
585
11.8.1 Scheduling In-House Production
585
11.8.2 Basic Date Determination
586
11.8.3 Planned Order Dates
587
11.8.4 Scheduling External Procurement
588
11.8.5 Forward and Backward Scheduling
590
11.9 Procurement Proposals
591
11.9.1 Planned Orders
592
11.9.2 Planned Order Profile
596
11.9.3 Purchase Requisitions
597
11.10 Executing Material Requirements Planning
597
11.10.1 Planning File Entry and the Selection of Materials for Planning
597
11.10.2 Net Requirements Calculation Logic
600
11.10.3 Planning Control Parameters in Materials Requirements Planning
601
11.11 Configuration Settings for Material Requirements Planning
605
11.11.1 Material Requirements Planning Activation
605
11.11.2 Scope of Planning Configuration
605
11.11.3 Plant Parameters Configuration
606
11.11.4 Material Requirements Planning Group Configuration
607
11.12 Material Requirements Planning Run Analysis
610
11.12.1 Stock Overview
610
11.12.2 Stock/Requirements List
612
11.13 Planning Calendar
621
11.14 Material Requirements Planning Areas
623
11.14.1 Configuring Material Requirements Planning Areas
624
11.14.2 Set Up a Material Requirements Planning Area in the Material Master
626
11.14.3 Running Material Requirements Planning at the Material Requirements Planning Areas Level
630
11.14.4 Planning Results for Material Requirements Planning Areas
630
11.15 Summary
631
12 Long-Term Planning
633
12.1 Long-Term Planning Master Data and Planning Data
634
12.1.1 Master Data: Bill of Materials
635
12.1.2 Planning Data: Planning Quantity
637
12.1.3 Planning Data: Version Number of Planned Independent Requirements
638
12.1.4 Create a Planning Scenario
639
12.2 Long-Term Planning: Business Process
639
12.2.1 Create the Planning Scenario
640
12.2.2 Enter Planned Independent Requirements for the Simulative Version
641
12.2.3 Run Long-Term Planning (Simulative Material Requirements Planning)
642
12.2.4 Evaluate the Long-Term Planning Stock/Requirements List
644
12.3 Further Options in Long-Term Planning
647
12.3.1 Manually Create a Simulative Planned Order
647
12.3.2 Firm the Simulative Planned Order Using a Firming Date
649
12.3.3 Calculate Average Plant Stock
650
12.3.4 Copy Long-Term Planning Results to Operative Planning
651
12.4 Evaluate Information Systems for Long-Term Planning
654
12.4.1 Setting Up a Purchasing Information System for Long-Term Planning
655
12.4.2 Evaluating with the Purchasing Information System for Long-Term Planning
656
12.4.3 Setting Up an Inventory Controlling Information System for Long-Term Planning
657
12.4.4 Evaluating the Inventory Controlling Information System for Long-Term Planning
658
12.4.5 Capacity Planning
659
12.5 Summary
659
5 Optimizing Production Planning
661
13 Special Procurement Types
663
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 Capacity Requirements Planning
693
14.1 Process Overview
694
14.2 Capacity Requirements and Capacity Evaluation
696
14.2.1 Capacity Requirements
696
14.2.2 Standard Evaluation of Capacity Utilization
697
14.2.3 Variable Evaluation of Capacity Utilization
700
14.2.4 Cumulating the Capacity Requirements
705
14.2.5 Checking Capacity Availability
705
14.3 Finite Scheduling
711
14.4 Dispatching
713
14.4.1 Process Steps
714
14.4.2 Profiles for Dispatching
716
14.4.3 Dispatching Sequence
723
14.4.4 Sequence-Dependent Setup
725
14.4.5 Midpoint Scheduling
728
14.4.6 Mass Processing
729
14.5 Capacity Planning Table
730
14.5.1 Dispatch Operations
733
14.5.2 Deallocate
735
14.5.3 Options in the Graphical Planning Table
735
14.6 Summary
737
15 Classification
739
15.1 Classification System
740
15.1.1 Characteristics
741
15.1.2 Create a Class and Assign Characteristics
744
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 Co-Products and By-Products in Production Processes
755
16.1 Check in Material Master
757
16.1.1 Co-Product
757
16.1.2 By-Product
760
16.2 Bill of Materials
760
16.2.1 Co-Product
760
16.2.2 By-Product
761
16.3 Process Order
762
16.3.1 Co-Product
762
16.3.2 By-Product
763
16.4 Goods Issue
764
16.4.1 Co-Product
764
16.4.2 By-Product
765
16.5 Confirmation
766
16.5.1 Co-Product
766
16.5.2 By-Product
767
16.6 Goods Receipt
768
16.6.1 Co-Product
768
16.6.2 By-Product
769
16.7 Documented Goods Movement
770
16.7.1 Co-Product
771
16.7.2 By-Product
771
16.8 Cost Analysis
771
16.8.1 Co-Product
771
16.8.2 By-Product
773
16.9 Summary
773
17 Digital Signature
775
17.1 Configuration Steps to Set Up a Digital Signature
776
17.1.1 Define Authorization Groups
776
17.1.2 Define Individual Signatures
777
17.1.3 Define a Signature Strategy
778
17.1.4 Assign a Signature Strategy to a Document Management System Document Type
781
17.2 Digital Signature in Action
783
17.3 Digital Signature Logs
788
17.4 Application of Digital Signature in SAP ERP Components
789
17.4.1 Production Planning for Process Industries
789
17.4.2 Quality Management
790
17.4.3 Plant Maintenance
790
17.4.4 Document Management System
790
17.4.5 Engineering Change Management
790
17.5 Summary
791
6 Monitoring and Evaluation
793
18 Early Warning System
795
18.1 Overview
795
18.2 Exceptions
797
18.2.1 Set Up Exceptions
798
18.2.2 Define Requirements
799
18.2.3 Follow-Up Processing
802
18.2.4 Group Exceptions
803
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 Reporting in SAP
815
19.1 The Basics of Reporting
816
19.2 Order Information System
818
19.2.1 Selection Screen at the Header Level
819
19.2.2 Selection at the Operations and Components Levels with Options
821
19.2.3 Selection Screen for Dates
822
19.2.4 Multiple Selection
823
19.2.5 Maintain Selection
824
19.2.6 Maintain Variant
824
19.2.7 Order Header in the Process
825
19.2.8 Filter Settings
827
19.2.9 Graphs
828
19.2.10 Download
830
19.2.11 Copy Selective Data to Microsoft Excel
830
19.2.12 Print
830
19.2.13 Automatic Goods Movement
831
19.2.14 Capacities
832
19.2.15 Production Resource/Tool
832
19.2.16 Items
832
19.2.17 Document Links
832
19.2.18 Execution Steps
833
19.3 Missing Parts Information System
833
19.4 Standard Analysis Reports
834
19.4.1 Discrete Manufacturing/Production Order
834
19.4.2 Process Manufacturing/Process Order
835
19.4.3 Repetitive Manufacturing
835
19.4.4 Standard Analysis: Work Center
836
19.4.5 Standard Analysis: Operations
838
19.4.6 Standard Analysis: Material
838
19.4.7 Key Figures
839
19.4.8 Other Info Structures
839
19.4.9 Standard Analysis: Goods Receipt in Repetitive Manufacturing
840
19.4.10 Standard Analysis: Product Cost
842
19.5 Data Browser
843
19.6 QuickViewer
848
19.7 SAP Query
852
19.7.1 Maintain InfoSets
853
19.7.2 Create User Groups
853
19.7.3 Create Queries
854
19.8 Assign a Transaction Code to a Query
855
19.9 Summary
856
20 Integration of Production Planning with Logistics Functions
857
20.1 Integration Prerequisites
858
20.2 Integration Aspects of Production Planning with Quality Management
860
20.2.1 Configuration Steps
861
20.2.2 Quality Management Master Data
863
20.2.3 End-to-End Production Process Flow with Quality Management Integration
871
20.3 Integration of Production Planning with Materials Management
875
20.3.1 Managing Master Data
876
20.3.2 Production Planning Master Data
879
20.3.3 End-to-End Process Flow
880
20.3.4 Display Automatically Generated Vendor Delivery Schedule Lines in the Scheduling Agreement
881
20.4 Integration of Production Planning with Sales and Distribution (Make-to-Order Production)
882
20.4.1 Managing Master Data
882
20.4.2 Sales Order Creation
883
20.4.3 Material Requirements Planning Run on Sales Order Line Item
884
20.4.4 Conversion of a Planned Order to a Process Order
884
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
20.6.1 Managing Master Data
889
20.6.2 Assigning a Material to the Project
890
20.6.3 Material Requirements Planning Run on Material for Project-Based Production
891
20.6.4 Conversion of a Planned Order to a Production Order
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20.7 Integration of Production Planning with Plant Maintenance
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20.8 Integration of Production Planning with SAP Manufacturing Execution
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20.9 Integration of Production Planning with SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence
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20.10 Summary
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Appendices
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A Comparison Table of Production Types
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B Glossary
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C The Author
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Index
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