Baseline SAP PP Configuration Steps

Purpose: Purpose of this blogpost for understanding about baseline SAP PP Configuration steps of
S4Hana, this blog consists of a comprehensive configuration screenshots of Production Planning,
based on SAP S4Hana.

Use: Baseline SAP PP configuration to execute manufacturing transactions for business run without
any hassle. The configuration steps have mappings to corresponding menu path to where the
configuration has been done in the IMG (Implementation Guide).

Steps:

o Define Material Types Allowed for BOM Header: Define the material types in
conjunction with BOM usages that are allowed for the BOM header material. You
make these settings; you can make a generic entry in the fields for the BOM usage
and the material type.

Path: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Production > Basic Data > Bill of Material >
General Data > Define Material Types Allowed for BOM Header
 o Define Allowed Material Types for BOM Items: Define the material types in
conjunction with BOM usages that are allowed for the BOM items. You can make a
generic entry in the fields “BOM usg”, “Mat type headr”, and “Mtype BOM item”.

Path: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Production > Basic Data > Bill of Material >
Item Data > Define Allowed Material Types for BOM Items

o Person Responsible for Work Center: Person responsible in work center is a person
who will maintain (Create, Change work center) in SAP based upon the changes
happening on the Shop floor.

Path: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Production > Basic Data > Master Data >
Work Center > General Data > Determine Person Responsible
 o Parameters: Define parameters, which you then assign to the standard value keys.
You can assign any meaning to these standard values. Please keep in mind that the
meaning of the fields is specified by the key words.

Path: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Production > Basic Data > Master Data >
Work Center > General Data > Standard Value > Define Parameters
 o Standard Value Keys: The standard value key determines the meaning of the six
standard values in the operation. The SAP System assigns a parameter ID to the
standard values of the operation and the work in network activities.

Path: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Production > Basic Data > Master Data >
Work Center > General Data > Standard Value > Define Standard Value Key

o Define control key: The Control Key you can define Business functions to be carried
out with operation.

Path: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Production > Basic Data > Master Data >
Work Center > General Data > Standard Value > Define Standard Value Key

o Define Formulas for Work Centers: Create the formulas for work centers that you
want to use, for example, for scheduling or costing.
Path: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Production > Basic Data > Master Data >
Work Center > Capacity Planning> Work Center Formulas> Define formula parameters for
work centers

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o MRP Type: MRP type determines whether and how the material is planned. This is
maintained for each material at plant level.

Path: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Production > Material Requirements
Planning> Master Data > Check MRP Types
 o MRP Controller: In this step, we define a number that is assigned to the MRP
controller. The MRP controller is a person or a group of persons responsible for
monitoring material availability. We can use the number entered here, for example,
to select the planning results per MRP controller. Every material that is relevant to
the planning run must be assigned an MRP controller number in the material master
record.

Path: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Production > Material Requirements
Planning> Master Data > Define MRP Controllers

o MRP Groups: MRP groups are used when the plant division for planning is not
enough for the division of the different materials MRP requirements. You assign
different groups according to the requirements to run MRP (different Settings).
These settings will be taken in account when you run MRP for single item or total
planning.

Path: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Material Management > Consumption-Based
Planning > MRP Groups > Carry Out Overall Maintenance of MRP Groups
 o Lot Size Procedure: The system uses lot-sizing procedure within materials planning
to calculate the quantity to be procured or produced.

Path: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Production>Material Requirement

o Scheduling Margin Key: The system uses this key to determine the floats required
for scheduling an order. The key is maintained for the material at plant level.

Path: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Production> Material Requirement

Path: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Production>Shop Floor Control> Master
Data> Order> Define Order types

Order-Type-Dependent Parameters: Parameters that are valid for each order type and plant.
Here, you define the data that influences master data selection or order master data
maintenance like BOM and Routing selection, documents of goods movements, costing
variants and RA keys.

Path: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Production>Shop Floor Control> Master
Data> Order> Define Order-Type-Dependent Parameters

Planning Tab:

Production versions:

This setting allows you to decide whether the production versions should be selected
manually in the order or it should be selected automatically depending upon the validity
dates or the lot sizes.
Selection ID:

The selection ID mentioned here allows the system to prioritize the selection of
Routing/Recipe types for the order. Routing/Recipe selection is configured for automatic
selection of Routings/Recipe in the orders.

Task List type:

You can also select the task list type that you mandatorily want to be selected in the order.

Alternative Sequences Can be Transferred:

If you select this indicator, it is possible to transfer the Alternative sequences available in the
task list, to the order. This indicator works together with the possibility of sequence
exchanges.

Routing Selection:

This setting governs the selection method of Routings in the Order and not the selection of
routing types in the order.
Implementation Tab:

The Second View stresses more on passing information of the order to the database
information systems. It is not harmful is you just tick mark on the indicators.

Costing Tab:

Configured by the SAP CO consultants and it deals with the SAP controlling aspects related to
costing of the order and the maintaining the cost sheets.
Display Profile Tab:

The final tab is the Display Profile tab that wants you to enter the reporting profiles for
collective orders and missing part list. You can as well keep the standard profiles here.
 o Production Scheduling Profile: In a production scheduling profile, we can specify
that in a production order particular business transaction are carried out in parallel

Path: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Production>Shop Floor Control> Master
Data> Define Production Scheduling Profile
 o Production Supervisor: Define the production supervisors for your plants. By
assigning production supervisors to materials within the application, you can define
responsibilities for a material within production activity control.

Path: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Production>Shop Floor Control> Master
Data> Define Production Scheduling Profile
 o Order Type Confirmation Parameters: In this step, we define the confirmation
parameters for each plant and order type. Using checks, you can define
• what happens when the sequence of operations is not adhered during
confirmation
• what happens when you want to confirm a larger quantity than was
confirmed for the preceding operation
• We can choose between a termination message, an error message, a warning
message, and an information message.
• whether we want the total confirmed quantity of an operation checked for
under delivery or over delivery tolerance in the order header
• What effect a QM result recording has on the confirmation.
• whether dates (for example, posting date, end of lead time, etc) should also
be displayed with a date that is further in the future than the time of
creation

Path: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Production>Shop Floor Control>