FLOW OF PRODUCTION PLANNING

PP flow starts with the receipt of sales order from the customer

Customer
Order
Management
n

Order quantity is transferred

Checks the stock availability / requirement Demand

Stock if available, goes to Prodn Plan Management
or else generates a Purchase Requisition Code MD04

Bill of Material Inputs MRP (Material

Code CS11 Requirement Planning)

Purchase Plan Order

Requisition

Here material required along with the quantity

is defined

Define the machine capacity, setup time, labour Define Work

time and manufacturing cost of the product Center
Code CR02
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 Routing
defined. Code CA02
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.
A

Get more SAP Production and Planning Tips:

http://www.sap-img.com/sap-pp.htm
In routing we can also select through a A
Control key whether it is in-house production
or outside production.

Actual production order will be

released. Release
Order

WIP Stage. Actual processing takes Goods

place. Issue

This is created after completion of actual Confirmation

Production. We can fully or partially complete
of Order
the order.
Code : CO15

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

transferred to FG or Semi FG. After the completion Settlement
of order costs will be automatically calculated. Code : CO88

SAP PP Tips by : Jason

Get more SAP Production and Planning Tips:

http://www.sap-img.com/sap-pp.htm
Resource Guide
Recommended Reading
mySAP Certification - Criteria For Application
The guidelines: Criteria to applying for a SAP Certification:
http://www.sap-img.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.sap-img.com/production/sap-production-planning-table.htm

SAP PP Self Test Certification Questions

Samples PP questions to test your knowledge:
http://www.sap-img.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.sap-img.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.sap-img.com/production/guide-to-mass-replace-work-center.htm

Get more SAP Production and Planning Tips:

http://www.sap-img.com/sap-pp.htm