Study Guide

SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP

S/ 4HANA Product
Production
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C_TS420_1610
How to Prepare
Prepare for Your
Your Certification
Certification Exam
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The "SAP Certif ied Application Associat

Associat e - SAP S/
S/ 4HANA Production Planning and
and Manufact uring"
certi ficati on exam
exam verifi es that a learner
learner possesses
possesses the core knowledge
knowledge in SAP
SAP S/
S/ 4HANA manufacturing
t hat is required to act as a consult
consult ant on projects in a mentored role.

Even th ough SAP S/ 4HANA is b ased

ased on a new code-line
code-line compared t o SAP ERP
ERP,, t he simplificat ions t hat
were intr oduced with SAP S/
S/ 4HANA do not change all
all basic business processes
processes and
and t heir cust omizing.

In t he SAP
SAP ecosyst
ecosyst em, there are a lot of c onsultants c oming wit h an SAP ERP
ERP background
background who are just
upskilling to SAP S/ 4HANA by learning
learning what
what ’s new/
new/ changed.
changed. Because
Because of of t his, this certif ication is
prim arily t argeted at t his target gr oup with solid f undamentals knowledge
knowledge about
about SAP ERP product ion
planning and and manufactur ing processes
processes and their c ustomi zing – and potent ially are already
already cert
cert ified as
SAP ERP ERP Product
Product ion Planning
Planning and M anufacturing c onsultants ( C_C_TSCM42_66
TSCM42_66 or C_TSCM4
C_TSCM42_67 2_67 "SAP
Cert
Ce rt ified Application Associate - Product ion - Planning
Planning & Manufactur ing"
ing").
).

In order to m ake it easier

easier for exam candidat
candidat es t o prepare
prepare for t he cert
cert ificat ion the following inform ation
will provide mor e det
det ails about
about t he knowledge
knowledge that is required t o successfully
successfully pass the exam,
exam,
specifically related to t hose exam
exam t opics that did not ch ange com pared to ERP ERP..

Please
Please make sure t o also consult t he exam
exam descripti on and sample
sample questions t hat are available
available on the
SAP Training
Training Shop, accessible via t he following link:
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The SAP ERP product ion planning and manufact uring knowledge t hat is r equired to pr epare for the
C_TS420 _1610 - SAP Cert ified Application Associat e - SAP S/ 4HANA Producti on Planning and
Manufactur ing (1610 ) cert ificat ion exam is list ed below including a m ore detailed reference about how
t o att ain the required knowledge via SAP Education courses/ academi es.

1.

Execut e the DS planning board in Product ion Planning

S4MA1_05
Explain the basics of advanced planning
S4MA1_05
Explain the basics of t he Alert m onitor
S4MA1_05
Explain the evaluat ion concepts f or pl anning results
S4MA1_05
Explain the namin g convention in Production Planning
S4MA1_05
Identif y overload situati ons in advanced planning
S4MA1_05
Out line Detailed Scheduling
S4MA1_05
Out line innovat ions in Product ion Planning
S4MA1_05
Outline mast er dat a
S4MA1_05
Outlin e Planning in the Det ailed Scheduling Board
S4MA1_05
Out line t he advanced production planning process
S4MA1_05
Out line the logic of t he MRP in PP/ DS
S4MA1_05
Use pegging to plan t he mat erial flow
S4MA1_05

2.

Explain the new data model in Inventory Management

S4LG1_05
Explain the new data m odel in Sales and Distribut ion
S4LG1_05
Outline innovat ions based on DIMP integration
S4LG1_05
Outline innovations by embedded EWM
S4LG1_05
Out line innovat ions in Product ion Planning
S4LG1_05
Out line innovat ions in the area of Product ion Planning
S4LG1_05
Out line real-t ime analyt ics
S4LG1_05
3.

Explain Analyt ics, virtu al data model

S4H01_05
Explain methodology activat e
S4LG1_05
Explain sales sim plificat ion
S4LG1_05
Explain SAP S/ 4HANA deployment opt ions
S4LG1_05
Explain simplif ication list att ribut es
S4LG1_05
Explain the met hodology act ivate
S4LG1_05
Explain the simplifi cation philosophy
S4H01_05
Explain tr ansition scenarios
S4LG1_05
Outline SAP S/ 4HANA as a new product philosophy
S4H01_05
Outline SAP’s digital value network
S4LG1_05

4. :

Distinguishing featur es of repetit ive manufact uring 4 1

SCM300_15
Explain confirm ation in repet itive manufactur ing 4 3
SCM300_15
Explain goods receipt in Kanban 4 5
SCM300_15
Explain Kanban r eplenishment 5 1; 2
SCM300_15
Explain the advant ages of Kanban 5 1
SCM300_15
Identif y Kanban relevant m aster data 4 5
SCM300_15
Identif y repet itive manufacturing relevant m ast er dat a 3 4
SCM300_15
Identif y scenarios t o use Repetitive Manufacturin g 3 4
SCM300_15
Model line load planning in repetit ive manufacturing 4 3
SCM300_15
Use reporting point backflush in repetit ive manufacturing 4 4
SCM300_15

5.

3 1
Define product ion mast er dat a PLM114_15
8 2
Define product ion versions PLM114_15
8 4
Ensure dat a consist ency for scheduling PLM114_15
4 all
Model bill of mat erial PLM114_15
8 2
Model the routing PLM114_15
6.

3 6
Apply firming mechanism SCM240 _15
4 5
Apply scheduling in MRP SCM240 _15
5 2
Apply t he planning t able in MRP SCM240 _15
4 1;2
Describe the st eps in t he MRP run SCM240 _15
3 2
Explain MRP Sett ings SCM240 _15
4 3
Int erpret Lot Sizing SCM240 _15
5 1
Int er pr et Resc hed uling Exc ept ion M essages SCM 240 _15
2 7
Level obsolete planned independent requir ement s SCM240 _15
2 1
Select the appropriat e planning st rat egy SCM240 _15
Set up consumpt ion parameters for planning 2 3
st rat egies SCM240 _15
2 8
Set up the ATP check SCM240 _15
Use the BOM explosion number f or BOM 4 7
det erminat ion SCM240 _15

7.

Determine master data objects for process orders 3 3

SCM300_15
Identif y elements of pr ocess orders 3 2
SCM300_15
Identif y features for Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) 3 3
SCM300_15
Identif y propert ies of pr ocess orders 3 2
SCM300_15
Using additional funct ions with pr ocess orders 3 3
SCM300_15

8.

6 2
Act ivate aut omatic GR SCM310_15
6 1
Apply mat erial staging SCM310_15
4 1
Configure availability check for product ion orders SCM310_15
6 1
Define default stor age location SCM310_15
Determine consequence of order st atus ‘t echnically 9 1
complete’ SCM310_15
3 5
Determine the appropriat e BOM it em category SCM310_15
4 5
Enhance system st at uses wit h user st atuses SCM310_15
 Explain Cost collectors SCM310_15
3 6
Explain the Product ion order scheduling SCM310_15
7 1
Identif y consequences of operation confirm ation SCM310_15
8 2
Interpret t he content of a production version PLM114_15
3 5
Set up DMS integration with pr oduction order SCM310_15
1 3
Trigger order funct ions before order release SCM310_15
3 5
Trigger routing selection SCM310_15

9.

Describe the capabilities of emb edded analyti cs within

SAP S/ 4HANA
S4H01_05
Describe the new user experience wit h SAP Fiori
S4LG1_05
Explain Best Practices for using SAP S/ 4HANA
S4H01_05

10 .

Describe MRP Live

S4LG1_05
Explain Concepts of Demand Planning in SAP S/ 4HANA
S4MA1_05
Out line Planning Methods in SAP S/ 4HANA
S4LG1_05
Outline the use of MRP Areas
S4LG1_05
Understanding the t echnology of MRP Live
S4LG1_05

11.

Describe M RP in SAP S/ 4HANA

S4MA1
Describe MRP Live
S4MA1
Describe Simplif ied Sourcing
S4MA1
Out line Make-To-Order Production
S4MA1
Outline Planning on Assembl y Level
S4MA1
SAP Education offer s new SAP S/ 4HANA courses that are explaining what’s new/ changed compared t o
SAP ERP. Those are recomm ended as exam preparation because the foll owing t opic areas will make up
about ~ 40 % of t he cert ification questions:

1.
This course will help t o understand t he SAP S/ 4HANA essentials, such as t he new user experience
wit h SAP Fiori, t he SAP HANA database concept, embedded analytics capabilit ies, as well as t he
usage of SAP best practic es.

This course will provide insights int o the logistics simplif ications intr oduced with SAP S/ 4HANA and
describes integration aspect s of SAP S/ 4HANA sales with ext ended warehouse management.

This course focuses on the manufacturin g-specific sim plificati ons that were int roduced with SAP
S/ 4HANA and general concepts t hat are relevant for t he manufacturing pr ocesses (e.g. materials
management and operations, planning and production scheduling).

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