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SAP PP Concepts / Processes
GI (to Order) CNF GR
Prelim Cost
Simul Cost
PP Reports
TECODLVPREL
Final Sett
Period Sett
Plan
Cost
Actual
Cost
Discrete
•Assemble to new Thing
•Easier to reverse
•Electronics, Aero/Auto
•BOM/Operation/WC
•Parts-number
•Tcode: CO01
Process
•Mix to new Stuff, Co-Prdt
•Difficultto reverse
•Chemical, F&B
•Recipe/Phase/Resource
•Batch number
•Tcode: COR1
Industry
Repetitive (REM)
•Discrete Ind. (typical)
•Period/QtyBase
•Simple routing
•Periodic backflush
•Periodic cost control
MF Order
Pln Order
PR/SA
MRP Run
MRP Prof
MRP Type
CO01 MIGO CO11N MIGO COOIS
CO88
Cost Settings
•DefRule Sett (PP1/2)
•RA Key (WIP)
•Def CostVar (Plan)
•Def CostVar (Act)
•Cost Collector Flag
RA Key WIP
OKV6
VAR Key
TCV VAR
OrdTyp
Flex Plan
IBP SO&P Manual
[MD61]
Forecasting
Sales
Order
Settle
Profile
Ord/Plnt
Default
Period
Cost
Direct
Cost
Dir. Material Dir. Labour
MMR
Work
Center
BOM
Routing
OrdTyp Selection
1.ProdSchd Prof [OPKP]
2.ProdScheduler‘s ->
ProdSchdProf [OPJ9]
3.MRPGrp/Plnt [OPPE]
4.MRPGrp Para [OPPR]
5.Plant Para [OPPQ]
MM03
MD01N
Cost
Center
ATPMF Order
OPL8
Operations
CO Reports
Product Cost
Collector
KKF6N
ProductionVersion
Mat Staging
CR03
KS03
CS03
CA03
For Lean Manufacturing
Ctrl Key
•MRP
•Kanban
REM Prof
Assign at FG level
Assign at OrdTyp level
•Backflush
•MovTyp
OPP3
OH Sett
KGI2
KKS2 VAR
CO88
KKAX WIP
KB21N
KSZ2
CostSht OH
KKAX
Zero the WIP
Back
Flush
Backflushing
•Order Level
•MMR Level
•WC Level
•OrdTyp Cnf [OPK4]
OPJ8
+ Auto GR at Ctrl Key
•Batch Determ
•InspTyp
QM Chk
QM
QE51N
InspTyp 03
InspTyp 04
CIRPIR
OPU3
OrdSchd
Para Capacity Mgmt
CM21
•Oper
•Ctrl Key
•WC
•StdVal
•Capacity
•Schedule
•Cost
(Formula)
ActTyp
KL03
Scrap
OKO7
OPJH
[10] Make-to-Stock(MTS)
[11] MTS - Gross Reqt
[40] MTS net of PIR/CIR
[70] Assembly-to-Stock
[20] Make-to-Order(MTO) AAC=E
[21] MTO with PS (ETO) AAC=D
[25] MTO with VC AAC=M
[50] Assembly-to-OrderAAC=M
(selective list only)
Other settings
1. Mxed MRP Ind.
2. Consupt. Mode
3. Indiv/Coll Ind
Settings in OVZG will
supersede DefRule Sett if MTO
•MRP (PD)
•DDMRP (D1)
•Reorder Point (VB)
•Forecast (VV)
•Time-phased(R1)
CBP
“Scenario”
E: MTO, SD Cost, SD-Stk
M: MTO, PP Cost,SD-Stk
B: MTS, SD Cost, Coll-Stk
Q: ETO, PS Cost, PS-Stk
D: ETO, PS Cost, SD-Stk
G: MTS, PS Cost, Coll-Stk
OME9
KSB1 (CC)
KOB1 (IO)
KVBI (SOitm)
CJI3 (WBS)
Adv Planning
(PP/DS)
MRP (Classic)
Demand Mgmt
MRP Live CO41
COR1 (PI) COOISPI (PI)
•Fixed PO Receipt
•Firmed PlnOrd
•Firmed PR
•Lot Size
Strategy
Planned Indep Reqt (PIR)
Customer Indep Reqt (CIR)
OPPS
ReqClass
•A/C Assign Cat
(Consupt Post,
Spec.Stock)
•Order Type
(either PP / PS)
•Settle Profile
•RA Key
OVZG
Internal ProcurementStrategy
MD04
MD15
Order Type
PP/PP-PI/PM
(OrdCat: 10,40,30)
PS Network
(OrdCat: 20)
KOT2
MTO – base on S/O (ie CIR)MTS – base on forecast (ie PIR)
CJ20N
VA01
Sales Order
Project/WBS
MF Order
CN08
‘MTO’: SOitm->COPA [KKA3+VA88]
‘ETO’: WBS->COPA [KKA2+CJ88]
•MAT (if MTS)
•CO Objects
(SOitm, WBS)
•COPA
Shopfloor
Costing
MTO
MD51
MD50
OVZI – can override ReqClass search rule for MTO
OPJK