SAP PP Overview
SAP PP Overview
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SAP PP - Introduction
SAP Production Planning is one of the key modules in ERP and deals with
planning processes, such as capacity planning, material planning, execution of
production order, bill of material and goods movement. SAP PP module handles
the master data required for Bill of Materials (BOMs) activity, work center and
routing, and keeps it in a separate component.
SAP PP submodules vary as per industry type like discrete production, repetitive
production, or production industries.
In repetitive production, the product is not changed for a long period of time.
Production takes place in total quantity and not in the form of individual lots.
There are various tables in SAP PP system for BOM, routing, discrete
production, material allocation, goods receipts, etc.
Table Description
Production confirmation process and the movement of goods occur at the plant
and storage level.
SAP PP - Integration with Other Modules
To perform Production Planning and Control activities, SAP PP is closely
integrated with other SAP ERP modules: SAP Sales and Distribution (SD), SAP
Material Management (MM), Quality Management, Finance Accounting, and
Project System.
You can find a list of the following activities from Production Planning that are
related to other SAP modules and integration with other modules.
Cost Estimation.
The component attached to the network are planned at the plant level
and are reserved as plant stock.
Bill of Materials
Bill of materials master data is related to material requirement planning and
provides the list of components to produce the product.
To produce a product with different variants, you can create super Bills of
Material that has a list of components to manufacture different variants of a
product. Selection of component depends on the details mentioned in the
planning order. You can create up to 99 Bills of Material.
Material
Plant
Industry Sector
Material Type
Work Center
Work center consists of master data related to routing of products. It contains
data related to scheduling, capacity planning, and production costing.
Material
Plant
To produce a product with different variants, you can create super Bill of
Materials that has a list of components to manufacture different variants of a
product. The selection of component depends on the details mentioned in the
planning order.
Characteristics of BOM
You can create single level or multiple level Bill of Materials.
BOM type depends on the size, validity dates, and production method.
You can use material Bill of material for the material available in PP module and
equipment Bill of Material is used in Plant Maintenance module.
As mentioned you can create super BOM for different variants of a product.
Material
Plant
By default, it takes the current date as Valid from. You can select the date as
per your requirement.
Component name
Quantity.
Few of the fields it will automatically fill up. Click the tick mark at the top of the
screen as shown in the following screenshot.
To see Bill of Material header −
Enter the base quantity of the parent material. If this is 1 EA (each), then the
component quantity will describe how much is needed to produce 1 item.
Material
Material
Click the tick mark on the top of the screen. To see BOM Header data, click the
Header icon.
You can display BOM header and check the base quantity of the product.
Types of BOM
There are two types of BOMs −
Material BOM
When a BOM is created for a material, it is known as a material BOM in SAP.
Material BOMs are mainly used to represent the structure of products
manufactured within your company.
All the manufacturing activities are performed in the work center. The work
center can be used to monitor the following activities −
Production Costing − You can also check the production costing as per
formulas mentioned in the work center. The work center is also linked to the
cost center and it defines the cost of operation in the production order.
Capacity Planning − You can find the current capacity and the future capacity
requirements stored in the work center.
Select the Work Center Category and click the tick mark.
Enter the following details −
Enter usage as 009: Work Center is valid for all task list types such as
production routing, maintenance task list, etc.
Enter the standard Value key which contains different activity types used for
standard cost calculation.
Go to Capacities tab, enter the following details −
Enter details about Input capacity planner group, which is responsible for
machine capacity.
Enter the factory calendar ID, which has public holidays listed for your
plant. On holidays capacity for that work center would be zero.
Input base unit of measure as "MIN" which means the work center’s available
capacity will be measured in time, i.e. min.
Enter the time period (start and finish time) for which the work center would be
available for the operation.
Enter the capacity utilization percentage (how much time is utilized out of the
standard available working time) of the work center considering the breakdown
and preventive maintenance of the machine. Input number of capacities means
number of similar work centers.
Check relevancy for finite scheduling and long-term planning flags, which
indicates if there is a capacity constraint, then the operation is moved to a
certain date where it can be processed without capacity constraints.
Click the back button at the top of the screen and go to Scheduling tab. To
enter machine category, enter 001 as Capacity category.
Start and Finish date. This shows the validity date of the cost center.
Enter all activity types and formulae, which would be used for calculating
the activity costs.
Click the save icon at the top and you will get a confirmation, Work center xxxx
in plant xxxx was created.
You can directly go to any field using the options at the top: Basic data,
Defaults, Scheduling, Capacities, and Costing or you can click the tick mark at
the top of the screen.
Plant number
Work Center
You can directly go to any field using the options at the top of the screen: Basic
data, Defaults, Scheduling, Capacities, and Costing.
SAP PP - Routing
Routine defines the list of activities to be performed for the production process.
Routing defines a sequence of activities performed at the work center. Routing
plays in important role in calculating production cost, machine time and labor
time.
Routing is used for scheduling and costing of operation for raw and
finished products.
Plant Code
Mention the Lot Size 9999999, which means that routing is valid for order
quantity between 0 and 9999999.
Enter the base quantity and set up time in minutes for base quantity.
Click Save and you will get a confirmation that routing is saved.
Plant Code.
To set your PIR version active, use the value 00 to specify the requirement
would be considered in material requirement planning. To maintain the number
of versions of PIR, you can set some numbers to active and others to inactive.
PIR defines the planning strategy in material master, which determines the
planning methods - make to order and make to stock.
In Make-to-Stock environment, PIRs are used where stock is built based on the
forecast and not on sales order.
Planning Strategies
Planning strategies are divided into two categories −
When you use Planning strategy 10, only PIR quantity is considered for MRP run
and sales order is completely ignored. In this PIR, the requirement type is LSF
and is reduced when you deliver stock to the customer.
When you use Planning strategy 40, for MRP run a maximum of 2 PIR and Sales
order can be considered, and PIR is reduced when you enter the Sales order. In
this case, the requirement type is VSF.
In MTO strategy, you only produce sales order, stock and products are delivered
as per sales orders from a specific customer.
You use Planning strategy 20 for MTO process and planning strategy 25 is used
to produce product variants when there is a request for variant products from
the customer.
Version as 00, which shows the active version and requirements would be
considered in MRP run.
The planning horizon dates for which the demand needs to be created.
After entering the details, click the tick mark on top of the screen.
Enter Version 00 and by default the Active checkbox is flagged, showing it is an
active requirement and would be considered in MRP run.
In the next window, make changes to the requirement quantity and click Save
to enter the changes.
MRP Parameters
MRP parameters are required to run material requirement planning to meet PIR,
and to use routing information.
Processing Key
NetChange − In this run system, consider those material which has
undergone some changes from the previous MRP run.
Scheduling
Basic Scheduling − It only calculates the basic dates for orders in MRP
run and in-house production time for material master in use.
The manufacturing Plant for which you want to calculate MRP run.
Input 1 in MRP List and the system will create MRP list similar to
stock/requirement list for later analysis of previous MRP run.
Planning mode 3 as we will delete and recreate all planning data for all
materials.
Enter Scheduling indicator 2 shows MRP will do lead time scheduling and
consider routing times to calculate planned order dates.
The system will take some time to run MRP and calculation is done. You can see
the material requirement and what parameters have been considered during the
run.
To perform MRP run for a single material, use T-Code: MD02 or go to Logistics
→ Production → MRP → Planning → Single item Multilevel
This is used to plan individual item planning. Enter the following details −
Delivery schedules 2
Planning mode 3
Scheduling 2
Enter Material and Plant and click the tick mark on top of the page.
Enter the material and Plant name and click the tick mark. In case, no MRP list
exists for the selected material, you will get a message.
SAP PP - Long Term Planning
Long Term Planning (LTP) in SAP PP is used to check future demands at all
BOM levels. You can check the current capacity and vendor ability to provide the
material in the required time period.
This is not an actual run but is used to see if all capacity requirements can be
fulfilled. You can also transfer simulative area to operative area, if requirements
are fulfilled.
Also note, it is not necessary that you perform simulative planning in long
duration. It can be for short term and there is no time restriction.
PIR can be active or inactive version. For LTP, it is always inactive as it is used
for simulative purpose. LTP allows you to perform simulation of demand
program at all BOM levels.
You can also rerun LTP with new requirement in an inactive version. To delete
LTP, you need to delete all planning scenarios.
Plant Code.
Enter the quantity in the monthly box. Click the save button to save the data.
Click the PIR button on top of the screen and you will get a small pop-up
window.
In the small pop-up screen, click the + sign for a new entry and enter version
02 and the planning period.
Click the Plant button at the top of the screen. Enter the Plant code and click
confirm.
The next step is to click the Release+Save button and the entry will be saved.
You will be prompted to confirm the planning scenario. Click Yes.
In the next window, you will get an option to run entries in the
background/online.
Planning file entries are generated. Click the button "immediately" to generate
the entries.
You will be notified that system has identified number of materials relevant for
long term planning run.
BOM and routing data of the materials are copied into the production order,
which determines the list of components and operational data in the order.
Following are the key steps involved in Production Order confirmation.
All the sub processes are executed in accordance with the required
operations to confirm the production as per the Production order.
Plant Code.
In the next window, input the order quantity. Under Scheduling, select the
option current date as shown in the following screenshot −
Click the tick mark at the top of the screen to confirm and the system will then
copy BOM and Routing data in the order.
To release the order, click the Release flag at the top and you will get a
message Release carried out.
Click the save icon at the top and you will get an Order number saved in the
system.
Plant code
MRP controller
Select Planned orders that you want to convert into Production Order.
This will create Production Orders in the system.
Change the total quantity and click the Save button at the top of the screen.
SAP PP - Production Order Confirmation
To confirm Production Order, use T-code: CO15.
In the new window, enter the yield quantity that shows produce quantity to be
declared.
Click the Goods Movement button at the top of the screen to confirm the
automatic goods movement happening along with confirmation.
In the next window, you will see goods receipt and goods issue of the
components.
Auto Goods Receipt (GR), production of material carried out with movement
type 101 in the entry.
Click the save button at the top of the screen and you will get a confirmation
message.
It will show a number of successful goods movement and failed count.
Capacity leveling takes place for detailed production planning purpose. This is
done through a planning table used for detailed planning of capacity
requirements over time in future.
You need to check the capacity load on the work center. If any work center is
overloaded, we need to move orders to different work centers.
Work Center
Plant
In the next window, you can see the capacity requirement, the available
capacity, the work load, and the remaining available capacity.
You can select a particular week and click the Cap. Details /Period. You can see
the detailed load elements at an individual level.
To see Planned Orders and Production order details, use T-code: CM01
Enter the following details −
Work Center
Plant
You can also dispatch other orders to the work center and capacity leveling is
performed.
Enter the movement type 101. If the material is subject to quality inspection,
you can see the stock type as quality inspection. Now, enter the batch number.
Enter manufacturing data and click Item OK. Click the Check button at the top
of the screen.
To save the document, click the save button at the top of the screen. You will
get a confirmation material document posted message.
SAP PP - Stock Overview
You can use Stock overview to check the available stock at any point of time.
Stock overview can be checked using T-Code: MMBE or go to Logistics →
Materials Management → Inventory Management → Environment → Stock →
Stock Overview
Material
Plant number
Click Execute.
In the next screen, you can see the quantity is in unrestricted use.
Click the To Order…button at the top of the screen as shown in the following
screenshot −
Click the Adapt button. You will see the following details. Click the save icon to
save the details. You will get a confirmation that the document has been
posted.
Information “Document 56754500001” posted.
Click the tick button at the top left of the screen. In the next screen, click the
save button to make a reversal.
Using this business function, material requirement planning gets a better idea
on crossmaterial overviews of available inventory and requirement in the
production process.
This new function enhances the flexibility option in production, provides more
transparency, optimizes the production process and makes efficient use of stock
in production planning and control.
SAP PP - Reports
In SAP PP, there are various standard reports provided related to the production
planning process, master data, order status, available stock in real time and
future requirement, consumption of material in the production process and
target quantity.
In the next window, in the List dropdown, select Order Headers. You can also
include various other parameters like goods movement.
Select the checkbox Production Order. Then, enter the manufacturing plant
code.
You can select the order type for which you want to pull the report. In case it is
left blank, the report will be generated for all the orders.
You can also select various other parameters to pull the report.
In the next window, you can see the following details −
Order status by which you can identify whether the order is delivered or
yet to be executed at the shop floor.
Use T-Code: MB51. Enter manufacturing plant code. Movement type 101 is to
see Production data.
You can also see the material document list for input movement type for Goods
issue 261, goods receipt, etc.
Use T-Code: MB52. You can enter single material or a range of material.
Enter the Plant code and then enter the Storage location and other details. Click
Execute.
Otherwise, you will be displayed with the material codes along with the stock
quantity and value at the storage location displayed.
Select direct checkbox and material BOM. Click the Next button at the top of the
screen.
In the next window, enter the required quantity. Then, enter the Manufacturing
plant.
To see all Bill of material level for the component, select multilevel and click
Execute.
In the next screen, you will see a different level of BOM and parent material in
which the component is present as follows −
This shows the list of different SAP Standard reports that you can pull in SAP PP
module related to material, order details, BOM, etc.