FLOW OF PRODUCTION PLANNING

PP flow starts with the receipt of sales order from the customer
Customer
Order
Management
n
Order quantity is transferred

Demand
Management
Code MD04

Checks the stock availability / requirement

Stock if available, goes to Prodn Plan
or else generates a Purchase Requisition

Bill of Material
Code CS11

Inputs

MRP (Material
Requirement Planning)

Purchase
Requisition

Plan Order

Here material required along with the quantity

is defined

Define the machine capacity, setup time, labour

time and manufacturing cost of the product
Assign a cost center. One work center can have
Only one cost center and 3 activities if SAP1 key
Is selected or 6 activities if SAP2 key is selected.
Here the sequence of operations and the work center
On which the manufacturing is to be carried out is
defined.
Planning is done using KP06 and KP26.
Cost center is not maintained but the setup time,
machine time and labour time is calculated automatically
on the basis of activity and planning. In routing, work
center is called for which in turn is linked to an activity.

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Define Work
Center
Code CR02

Routing
Code CA02

In routing we can also select through a

Control key whether it is in-house production
or outside production.

Actual production order will be

released.

WIP Stage. Actual processing takes

place.

This is created after completion of actual

Production. We can fully or partially complete
the order.

It is the final step in PP. Here the goods are

transferred to FG or Semi FG. After the completion
of order costs will be automatically calculated.

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Release
Order

Goods
Issue

Confirmation
of Order
Code : CO15

Order
Settlement
Code : CO88

Resource Guide
Recommended Reading
mySAP Certification - Criteria For Application
The guidelines: Criteria to applying for a SAP Certification:

http://www.erpgreat.com/general/mysap-certification.htm

SAP Production Planning Table

All the available Production and Planning tables such as MRP, Demand Management and
Discrete Production etc.
http://www.erpgreat.com/production/sap-production-planning-table.htm

SAP PP Self Test Certification Questions

Samples PP questions to test your knowledge:

http://www.erpgreat.com/production/sap-pp-self-test-certification-questions.htm

Commonly Used Tcodes in PP Module

List of frequently used PP transaction codes in the SAP R3 System.

http://www.erpgreat.com/production/commonly-used-tcodes-in-pp-module-part-1.htm

Guide To Mass Replace Work Center

A step-by-step guide on how to mass replace the work center with screen shot.
http://www.erpgreat.com/production/guide-to-mass-replace-work-center.htm

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