SAP Production Management
SAP R/3 has a highly integrated Production Planning
System. The PP module is divided into two Sub-modules, 'PP-PI' and 'Production
General'. PP-PI sub-module is designed for process industries like Oil and Gas.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T
The Production Planning module of SAP takes care of
Master data needed like Bill Of Materials, Routings and Work Centers and stores
it in one separate component.
Various stages of the planning system can be planned by
using components like
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Sales and Operation Planning
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Long Term Planning
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Demand Management
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Materials Requirement Planning
SAP has distinguished various styles of production like
Kanban, Repetitive Manufacturing and Production Order processing. It can take
care of various planning strategies like 'Make-to-stock', 'make-to-order',
'planning without final assembly' etc.
SAP R/3 PP module can also plan Capacity. The capacity
Planning sub-module takes into account various capacities like pooled capacity
etc.
Production Orders reporting has flexibility of
confirming orders with or without backflush. The material can be staged to
production site from the Warehouse after releasing the order. Costing can be
triggered automatically by integrating the module with the Cost Accounting
Module.
Integration with other modules like Material management,
Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Human Resources & Development, Sales and
Distribution etc adds on to reliability of the production planning system in SAP
R/3. The system is a real time system. The changes in demand (cancelled or added
sales order etc) and supply (high/low rejection, early/late supply from
supplier, breakdown of facilities etc) are reflected in real time and the
production controller can react fast to these changes.
SAP R/3 PP module is a very effective tool for
production planning. As it gives many alternatives, it must be configured
correctly to reach optimum utilization.
Print Shop Papers - Configure new /
existing SAP Printers
SAP control the printing of shop floor papers by SAP
users name.
Do not be alarm if you get an error message stating that
the print form was not found. The SAP users name have not been configure to
print the shop floor papers.
If you want to use a new shop floor papers you first
have to design a new :-
1. Layout set
Copy the standard layout set as a reference (for example
PSFC_STD_LAYOUT) to a e.g.
ZPSFC_STD_LAY01.
2. Write a new print report
Copy the print program that belongs to the standard layout set (for
example, PSFCCONF) to a e.g
ZPSFCCONF01.
Steps to configure the Print Shop Papers :-
Transaction OPK8
To add-in an additional users to print the shop
papers :-
Click the Spool parameters for
user
The control are Plant and User Login name.
Listed in the Spool parameters for user are all the user names that are
allowed to print the shop papers.
- Double click on the user name that are allowed to
print the shop papers.
- Here you tick on the Print column the Print Shop
Paper Layout that will be used. You can specify the default printer if you
want. To print immediately, just tick the Immed. column.
To modify the existing Layout sets :-
Click the Reference Order Type
- Next Select the Production Order type by clicking
the button next to the Production Order type.
- Next Click the Form on the left screen
- Here you specify the Layout Sets that will be used.
To modify the existing Program control for the Layout
sets :-
Click the Reference Order Type
- Next Select the Production Order type by clicking
the button next to the Production Order type.
- Next Click the Print programs on the left screen
- Here you specify the program the will be used to
print the Layout Sets.
- The control is by RefOrType, List and Report
Name
Program production involves extensive collaboration between highly specialized
employees with heavy information requirements, working on programs and
productions that change from day to day. SAP solutions help to manage a variety
of critical production management processes, including:
- Production planning and production cost planning -- SAP for Media
solutions help manage the processes for planning and producing a program for
a scheduled broadcast date and existing budget, with approval gateways,
acquisition processes, and resource allocation controlled effectively by
means of workflow processes.
- Program development and documentation management -- SAP for Media
solutions help manage the hierarchy of production documents (such as
scenario, script, storyboard, and composition) and serve as a standardized
configurable documentation platform for production projects.
- Project execution -- With SAP for Media, you can steer the entire
development process of a project, ensure reduced cost to market with
efficient project management, and make informed invest/divest decisions for
products and projects using intelligent program management capabilities.
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