CASE STUDY
Production Planning and
Execution (PP) Case Study
This case study explains an integrated production planning and execution
process in detail and thus fosters a thorough understanding of each
process step and underlying SAP functionality.
Product
MOTIVATION
PREREQUISITES
SAP ERP
G.B.I.
Release 6.07
The data entry requirements in the
production planning exercises (PP
1 through PP 6) were minimized
because much of the data already
existed in the SAP system. This
stored data, known as master data,
simplifies the processing of
business transactions. Examples
for this were material master data,
bills of materials, and routings.
Before you use this case study, you
should be familiar with navigation in
the SAP system.
Level
Undergraduate
Graduate
Beginner
Focus
Production Planning and
Execution
Authors
In this case study, we will create
consumption values for a finished
product to plan and process a
complete manufacturing cycle.
In order to successfully work through
this case study, it is not necessary to
have finished the PP exercises (PP 1
through PP 6). However, it is
recommended.
NOTES
This case study uses the Global Bike
Inc. (G.B.I.) data set, which has
exclusively been created for SAP UA
global curricula.
Bret Wagner
Stefan Weidner
Version
2.40
Last Update
April 2015
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CASE STUDY
Process Overview
Learning Objective Understand and perform a manufacturing process cycle
Time 140 min
Scenario In order to process a complete manufacturing process you will take on different roles
within the GBI company, e.g. production supervisor, shop floor worker and plant manager.
Overall, you will be working in the Materials Management (MM) and the Production Planning
and Execution (PP) departments.
Employees involved
Jun Lee (Production Supervisor)
Hiro Abe (Plant Manager Dallas)
Lars Iseler (Production Order Worker)
Susanne Castro (Receiving Clerk)
Sanjay Datar (Warehouse Employee)
Michael Brauer (Shop Floor Worker 4)
Jamie Shamblin (Cost Accountant)
Before you can start forecasting demand for your touring bike product
group changes in the material master record of the bikes need to be
maintained.
Process description
Afterwards you will create a 12-month sales and operations plan (SOP) for
your product group, receive the production relevant goods from the storage
location and issue goods to the production order.
In the last steps the completeness of the production is confirmed, produced
goods are received in the storage location and costs assigned to the
production order are reviewed.
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Step 1: Change Material Master Record
Task Prepare a material master record for Demand Planning.
Time 20 min
Short Description In order to plan GBIs deluxe touring bikes (black, silver and red) prepare
their material master records by changing the MRP 3 and Forecast view.
Name (Position) Jun Lee (Production Supervisor)
To change a materials view, follow the menu path:
Menu path
Logistics Production Master Data Material Master
Material Change Immediately
In the Material field, find and select your red Deluxe Touring bike first.
If you do not remember its material number, position your cursor in the
Material field and click on the search icon
or press F4. Make sure you
are on the Material by Material Type tab. Select Material Type Finished
Product (FERT) and enter *### in the Material field. Remember to replace
### by your three-digit number given by your instructor, e.g. *005 if your
number is 005. Then, press Enter and select the red Deluxe Touring bike
with a double click.
When your material number (DXTR3###) is entered in the Material field,
click on
or press Enter.
On the following screen, select MRP 3 and Forecast.
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F4
Finished Product
*###
DXTR3###
MRP 3, Forecast
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Then, press Enter or click on
. The following screen will appear.
Find and select the GBI manufacturing facility in Dallas (DL00). Then,
enter its Finished Goods Stor. Location (FG00). Press Enter or click on
In the MRP 3 view, enter Strategy group 40 (Planning with final assembly),
Consumption mode 1 (Backward consumption only) and Bwd.consumption
per. 30.
DL00
FG00
40
1
30
Click on
to continue to the forecasting tab. Then, press Enter to
acknowledge the warning message to check the consumption periods.
On the Forecasting tab, select Initialization pds 12, uncheck Reset
automatically, check Param.optimization, select Optimization level F
(Fine), Alpha factor 0.20, Beta factor 0.10, Gamma factor 0.30, and Delta
factor 0.30.
12
Reset automatically
Param.optimization
F
0.20
0.10
0.30
0.30
Compare your entries with the screen capture shown below.
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Historic consumption values already have been entered into the GBI
system. You can view them on the Forecasting tab, select
. If you do not see the Total consumption column,
press on
. Within the table you will see the Total
Consumption for the periods 04.2010 to 03.2014. These values form the
base for later forecasts within this case study.
Please note that within a productive system these values would have been
updated based on the goods moved out of storage.
Click on
Click on
to return to the overview.
to save your entries for the red bike.
Repeat the same procedure for the silver and the black deluxe touring bike
material master. Start with the silver bike (DXTR2###), then modify the
black bike (DXTR1###).
Click on the exit icon
SAP SE
DXTR2###
DXTR1###
to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 2: Change Routing
Task Change a routing for a finished good.
Time 15 min
Short Description Change the routing for your red Deluxe Touring bike.
Name (Position) Jun Lee (Production Supervisor)
After the operational steps are laid out, the components must be allocated
to the individual operations. This is a progressive process where each
operation builds off the materials that entered production in the previous
operations.
To change a routing, follow the menu path:
Component allocation
Menu path
Logistics Production Master Data Routings Routings
Standard Routings Change
Enter the material number for your red Deluxe Touring bike (DXTR3###).
In the Plant field, enter GBIs Dallas plant number (DL00). Please ensure
that the Group field is empty. Then, press Enter or click on .
Choose
and select the following two materials.
Once you have selected the red touring frame (TRFR3###) and the touring
seat kit (TRSK1###), choose
.
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DXTR3###
DL00
TRFR3###
TRSK1###
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In the following screen, in the Oper./Act. field enter operation 0020 and
press Enter. Back on the Material Component Overview screen, you see
that now both components have been assigned to operation 0020.
0020
Repeat the same process for the other components and assign them to
operations as shown below.
Component
Operation
TRHB1###
TRHB1### (touring handle bar)
0030
TRWA1### (touring aluminum wheel assembly)
0040
DGAM1### (derailleur gear assembly)
0040
CHAN1### (chain)
0050
BRKT1### (brake kit)
0060
BRKT1###
PEDL1### (pedal assembly)
0070
PEDL1###
WDOC1### (warranty document)
0100
PCKG1### (packaging)
0100
TRWA1###
DGAM1###
CHAN1###
Click on
and save your entries with
Click on the exit icon
SAP SE
WDOC1###
PCKG1###
to go back to the SAP Easy Access Menu.
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Step 3: Display Product Group
Task Display a product group.
Time 5 min
Short Description Display the product group (product family) for all your Deluxe Touring bikes.
Name (Position) Jun Lee (Production Supervisor)
A product group (product family) supports high-level planning. This way,
it is not necessary to delve into the minutia of creating planning forecasts
for every material in the company.
To display the deluxe touring bike product group, follow the menu path:
Product group
Menu path
Logistics Production SOP Product Group Display
In the Display Product Group: Initial Screen, in the Product group field
find and select your group for deluxe touring bikes. In order to do so, press
the search icon
(or pressed F4), enter ###* in the Material description
field. Remember to replace ### with your three-digit number, e.g. enter
009* if your number is 009.
###*
Then, press Enter or click on
to display the search results. You should
see five product groups already defined for your set of material master data
(compare with the screen shown below).
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Double-click on the line for deluxe touring bicycles to select the group.
Now that the correct product group (PG-DXTR###) is filled in, make sure
that Plant DL00 is entered. Then, press Enter to display the product group
details.
PG-DXTR###
DL00
On this screen you can see that this product group defines proportions for
three different bikes: the black, silver and red deluxe touring bike. For the
black bike a share of 40% will be considered and 30% for the silver and the
red bikes each.
Click on the exit icon
SAP SE
to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 4: Create Sales and Operations Plan
Task Create a sales and operations plan for a product group.
Time 20 min
Short Description Create a 12-month sales and operations plan (SOP) for your product group.
Name (Position) Jun Lee (Production Supervisor)
A sales and operations plan (SOP) is a planning tool used to consolidate
data for forecasting future sales and production levels as well as the
methods needed to meet those requirements. In this task, our SOP will be
based on historical consumption values taken from a fixed period. This is
in contrast to forecasting within a real life system which would base the
prediction on previous periods and their respective consumption.
To create an SOP, follow the menu path:
Sales and operations plan
Menu path
Logistics Production SOP Planning For Product Group
Change
Make sure that Product group PG-DXTR### and Plant DL00 are entered.
Then, select
. Record the version number: A00
PG-DXTR###
DL00
In the system menu, select:
Edit Create sales plan Forecast
Select Period intervals, Forecast from current period/current year to
previous period/next year, Historic Data from 04/2010 to 03/2014,
Forecast execution Aut. model selection. Compare your screen with the
one below before clicking on
.
SAP SE
Period intervals
current period/current year
previous period/next year
04/20140
03/2014
Aut. model selection
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If needed, click on
and continue through warning messages.
The system selected Trend and season. Click on
You can see that the system tested and found Seasonal and Trend
tendencies in the past consumption data and has applied a Seasonal Trend
Model.
Click on
(Copy and Save). The sales forecast is copied into your Sales
and Operations Plan.
As Target days supply enter 5 for each forecasted period (a total of 12
months).
In a production plan, you plan the quantities you need to produce in order
to meet your sales plan. The system then calculates stock levels and days
supply for each period on the basis of the sales and production quantities
and any target data. There are several different planning strategies
available, which differ in the production values and the stock level
changes.
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As the SOP is a high level planning, discrete production values are not
necessary. The SAP system calculates discrete numbers once the SOP is
transferred to the Demand Management.
In the system menu, select:
Edit Create productn plan Synchronous to sales
Note the change in the Production and in the Stock level lines. The
production plan is created to match the sales forecast.
In the system menu, select
Edit Create productn plan Target days supply
Note the impact on the production plan and stock levels. Production levels
are generated to match the sales plus produce enough to put into stock to
meet the target days of supply specifications.
Review the Planning Table (your numbers may be different then this table).
Click on
table.
to review a graphic representation of your planning
Note Although the screen displays integer production values, the SAP
system calculates with decimal accuracy. You can display the decimal
places by highlighting a row and pressing F8 and enter the amount of
decimal places required. Then (re)create the production plan.
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You may click on
Click on
to go back and save with
Click on the exit icon
SAP SE
to display a legend for this graphic.
to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 5: Transfer SOP to Demand Management
Task Transfer SOP to Demand Management.
Time 10 min
Short Description Transfer the Sales and Operations Plan to Demand Management.
Name (Position) Jun Lee (Production Supervisor)
Demand Management is the tool used to disaggregate planning data from
high-level plans down to the detailed planning level. For this task, planning
for the Deluxe Touring Product Group will be broken down into the
individual components that belong to this group.
To transfer the SOP to Demand Management, follow the menu path:
Demand Management
Menu path
Logistics Production SOP Disaggregation Transfer PG to
Demand Management
Enter Product group PG-DXTR###, Plant DL00, and the version saved in
the previous task (A00).
Select Prod.plan for mat. or PG members as proportion of PG and
Active. Then, deselect the Invisible Transfer indicator to present the
disaggregation results on another screen allowing the planner to modify the
results before saving them manually to Demand Management.
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PG-DXTR###
DL00
A00
Prod.plan for mat. or PG
members as prop. of PG
Active
Invisible Transfer
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Select
and examine the Planned Independent Requirements
generated for DXTR1###.
Then, click on
DXTR1###
to save.
Examine the Planned Independent Requirements generated for DXTR2###
and save them with .
DXTR2###
Finally, examine the requirements for DXTR3### and save them with
DXTR3###
Note DXTR1### makes up 40%, DXTR2### makes up 30% and
DXTR3### another 30% of the production plan created in your Sales and
Operations Plan. How is this derived?
Click on the exit icon
SAP SE
to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 6: Review Demand Management
Task Review the requirements for a product group.
Time 10 min
Short Description Review the requirements for the product group to ensure that there are
production requirements for the individual production items.
Name (Position) Hiro Abe (Plant Manager Dallas)
To review planned requirements, follow the menu path:
Menu path
Logistics Production Production Planning Demand
Management Planned Independent Requirements Display
Select the Product group indicator, enter Product group PG-DXTR###,
Plant DL00, and select
(Enter).
Product group
PG-DXTR###
DL00
On the Table tab, review the Planned Independent Requirements for the
Deluxe Touring bike product group by material.
On the Sched. lines tab, review the requirement dates, planned quantities,
values, and total planned quantities.
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Select
(Next item) to move to the next material.
Click on the exit icon
SAP SE
to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 7: Run MPS with MRP
Task Run Master Production Scheduling (MPS).
Time 10 min
Short Description Run Master Production Scheduling (MPS) to generate a series of planned
orders that satisfy the requirements from SOP and demand management. Concurrently with MPS,
the MRP materials will be processed leading to the generation of planned orders for dependent
requirements that have been created by the BOM explosion process.
Name (Position) Jun Lee (Production Supervisor)
To run Master Production Scheduling, follow the menu path:
Menu path
Logistics Production Production Planning MPS MPS
Single-Item, Multi-Level
Enter your material DXTR3###, Plant DL00, Processing key NETCH, select
2 (Purchase requisition in opening period), 3 (Schedule lines), 1 (MRP list), 1
(Adapt planning data (normal mode)), and 1 (Determination of Basic Dates for
Planned). Then, select Display material list.
SAP SE
DXTR3###, DL00
NETCH
2
3
1
1
1
Display material list
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Select
(Enter). A warning message will appear asking you to check input
parameters. Press Enter to confirm and bypass the warning message.
To start the planning run, click on
details from the List Display.
Click on the exit icon
SAP SE
(Continue) and review the planning
to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 8: Review Stock/Requirements List
Task Review the Stock/Requirements List.
Time 10 min
Short Description Review the Stock/Requirements List for your deluxe touring bike.
Name (Position) Lars Iseler (Production Order Worker)
The Stock/Requirements List is a dynamic list which dynamically changes
whenever a transaction occurs using the given material. Display and review
the Stock/Requirements List for all materials of the red deluxe touring bike
on hand and the demand that exists against these products. The report
shows that there is no stock and therefore nothing is available for use at this
time.
To review the Stock/Requirements List, follow the menu path:
Stock/Requirements List
Menu path
Logistics Production Production Planning MPS
Evaluations Stock/Reqmts List
On the Individual access tab, enter Material DXTR3### and Plant DL00
and click on
(Enter).
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DXTR3###
DL00
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Choose (Switch to Period Totals). This will allow you to see the planned
independent requirements, planned receipts, and ATP quantities based on
time; days, weeks, or months.
Select
to go back to the individual lines.
To view the details of the first planned order (PldOrd), select
Details).
Select
(Element
(Pegged Requirements).
You can see that this planned order is to fulfill our Safety Stock and the first
planned independent requirement that was created when we disaggregated
our SOP.
Select
(Graphic) to see a graphical view of this information.
Click on the exit icon
SAP SE
twice to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 9: Convert Planned Order into Production Order
Task Convert a planned order into a production order.
Time 10 min
Short Description Convert a planned order generated in the MPS/MRP run to a production order.
The stock requirements list displays the suggested planned orders from the MPS run.
Name (Position) Lars Iseler (Production Order Worker)
To convert planned orders into production orders, follow the menu path:
Menu path
Logistics Production MRP Evaluations
Stock/Requirements List
Enter Material DXTR3###, Plant DL00, and click on
double-click on the second planned order.
In the Additional Data screen, click on
production order).
(Enter). Then,
(Convert planned order to
Note At this point, please note down the total quantity in your production
order. You will need it later when confirming your order.
SAP SE
DXTR3###
DL00
Total quantity
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Determine the status of your order by clicking on
. What does this mean?
Note When you converted the planned order to a production order
scheduling takes place, an availability check was automatically carried out
and a reservation was placed on the materials specified within the bill of
materials. The order was also automatically released when the production
order was created.
Click on
with .
to go back to the header screen and save your production order
Note When you save the production order the system will automatically
calculate the planned costs for the production order and the production
order is given a number.
Production order number
Make sure you record your production order number.
Select
(Refresh) to refresh the Stock/Requirements List. In the MRP
Element column the planned order PldOrd that you selected should now
have changed into a production order PrdOrd.
Click on the exit icon
SAP SE
to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 10: Receive Goods in Inventory
Task Receive goods in the Dallas plant.
Time 10 min
Short Description Receive enough goods in the Dallas storage locations to start the production
process.
Name (Position) Susanne Castro (Receiving Clerk)
Usually, at this point the purchasing department in Dallas would take over
and procure enough raw materials from vendors to fill the inventory so that
the production process can be initiated. In this case study, we are bypassing
this procurement process (this process is explained in the MM unit in
detail). Because the inventory for all DXTR3### components is empty, we
will assume that we find 500 pieces each in the storage location.
To receive goods in the inventory, follow the menu path:
Goods receipt
Menu path
Logistics Materials Management Inventory Management
Goods Movements Goods Receipt Other
Make sure you click on Other and not on Other (MIGO). This should
produce the following screen.
Enter today as Document and Posting Date, Movement Type 561 (Receipt
per initial entry of stock balances into unr.-use), Plant DL00, and leave
Storage Location blank. Then, press Enter or click on .
today
561
DL00
In the Enter Other Goods Receipts: New Item screen, enter the following
data. Each one of these ten materials are components that you later on need
in your production order. Note that all materials are stored in the raw
materials storage location in Dallas except the touring wheel assembly (first
component in the list) which is a semi-finished good.
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Material
Quantity SLoc
TRWA1### (Touring Aluminum Wheel Assembly)
500
SF00
TRFR3### (Touring Frame-Red)
500
RM00
DGAM1### (Derailleur Gear Assembly)
500
RM00
TRSK1### (Touring Seat Kit)
500
RM00
TRHB1### (Touring Handle Bar)
500
RM00
PEDL1### (Pedal Assembly)
500
RM00
CHAN1### (Chain)
500
RM00
BRKT1### (Brake Kit)
500
RM00
WDOC1### (Warranty Document)
500
RM00
PCKG1### (Packaging)
500
RM00
TRWA1###
TRFR3###
DGAM1###
TRSK1###
TRHB1###
PEDL1###
CHAN1###
BRKT1###
WDOC1###
PCKG1###
Before pressing Enter compare your screen with the screenshot shown
below. Remember that your material numbers are different.
If there are not enough rows for all materials, click on
(New Items).
Save your goods receipt with
and record the material document number.
Then, click on the exit icon to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
SAP SE
Material document number
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Step 11: Issue Goods to Production Order
Task Issue goods to a production order.
Time 10 min
Short Description Now that all necessary components are on stock issue them to your production
order in precise quantity.
Name (Position) Sanjay Datar (Warehouse Employee)
The goods issue process is fully defined in the production order, BOM, and
routing. The quantities and the materials are reserved for this specific
production order, will be withdrawn with reference to the order number, and
will be used to assign actual costs to the production order for managerial
accounting purposes.
To issue goods to a production order, follow the menu path:
Goods issue
Menu path
Logistics Production Shop Floor Control Goods Movements
Goods Issue
This should produce the following screen.
Enter today as Document Date and Posting Date, Movement Type 261
(Consumption for order from warehouse), Plant DL00, and leave Storage
Location blank. Then, click on the
button.
Enter your production order number from two tasks back.
If you have not written down your production order number you can find it
in the system. In order to do so, in the Order field press F4 or click on the
search icon . In the Order Number (1) screen, use the icon on the far right
to display a list of all tabs. Please select the Production orders using the
info system tab. On this tab, enter your material DXTR3### in the Material
field and click on . Double-click on the result row to adopt your
production order number into the initial screen.
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today
today
261
DL00
Production order number
F4
DXTR3###
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Once you have found and entered your production order number, click on
to continue.
An itemized list will appear. It lists all the materials and their respective
quantities that need to be issued to your order. You need to tell the system
what Storage Location the materials should be withdrawn from. For the
wheel assembly (TRWA1###), enter SF00 (Semi-finished goods) and for
all other materials RM00 (Raw materials) in the SLoc fields. Before
pressing Enter compare your screen with the one shown below.
SF00
RM00
Click on the
button. A series of screens will appars asking
you to copy in the requirements for each of the dependent requirements.
Click on
to accept the details for each material.
Finally, on the Enter Goods Issue: Overview screen you will see all of the
goods issue quantities for each of the materials.
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Click on
(Post) and record the material document number.
Click on the exit icon
SAP SE
Material document number
to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 12: Review Production Order Status
Task Review the production order status.
Time 10 min
Short Description Review the current production order with respect to the status of the order.
Name (Position) Michael Brauer (Shop Floor Worker 4)
To display the production order, follow the menu path:
Menu path
Logistics Production Shop Floor Control Order Display
Enter the number of your production order.
If you have not written down your production order number you can find it
in the system. In order to do so, in the Order field press F4 or click on the
search icon . In the Order Number (1) screen, use the icon on the far right
to display a list of all tabs. Please select the Production orders using the
info system tab. On this tab, enter your material DXTR3### in the Material
field and click on . Double-click on the result row to adopt your
production order number into the initial screen.
Production order number
F4
DXTR3###
When your production order number is entered, click on . Note that the
order status has changed and review it by clicking on
again.
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You did a goods issue to the production order in the last task. Now, you
want to review the cost assigned to the order, the material document, and the
corresponding accounting document.
In order to do so, click on
system menu select:
to go back to the header screen and then in the
Goto Costs Analysis
Here you can see the costs that were assigned to the production order from
our goods issue.
Click on the exit icon
SAP SE
to go back to the SAP Easy Access menu.
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Step 13: Confirm Production Completion
Task Confirm production order completion.
Time 10 min
Short Description Confirm completion for your production order.
Name (Position) Michael Brauer (Shop Floor Worker 4)
When the assembly has been completed for the current production order,
we need to confirm that certain procedures and activities have been
completed and record the quantity of the end product that has been
manufactured.
To confirm production completion, follow the menu path:
Production completion
Menu path
Logistics Production Shop Floor Control Confirmation
Enter For Order
Enter your production order number and click on
Select Final Confirm. and Clear Reservation. In the Yield to conf. field,
enter the amount of bikes you were supposed to produce for this order.
Remember that your amount might be different from the screen below.
Then, change the Execution start to 1 hour earlier than the default time.
SAP SE
Production order number
Final Confirm.
Clear Reservation
Amount
1 hour earlier
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Click on
and save your entries with
Note When the confirmation is saved, labor costs for the order are
calculated automatically. The quantity yield also establishes the parameters
for the goods receipt into Inventory.
Click on the exit icon
SAP SE
to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 14: Receive Goods from Production Order
Task Post a goods receipt from production order.
Time 15 min
Short Description Post a goods receipt from your production order.
Name (Position) Susanne Castro (Receiving Clerk)
Receive the completed products into finished goods inventory. Check the
quantity purposed against the quantity specified in the production order and
the quantity specified during confirmation. If there are any discrepancies,
the system will decide if an error or warning message should be generated
depending upon the deviation identified.
To post a goods receipt, follow the menu path:
Goods receipt
Menu path
Logistics Production Shop Floor Control Goods Movements
Goods Receipt
This produces the following screen.
Enter Movement Type 101 (Goods receipt for order to warehouse), your
production order number, Plant DL00, Stor. Location FG00 (Finished
Goods), and select
.
SAP SE
101
Production order number
DL00
FG00
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Ensure that the quantity to be placed into inventory and the storage location
are correct. Then, click on
to accept the details for the new bikes
received from production.
In the overview screen, review the item to ensure that all the data is correct.
Movement Type 101 (goods receipt into Inventory)
Storage Location FG00 (Inventory)
Quantity should equal the amount that you confirmed in the
previous task
Click on
to post the goods receipt. When you save this material
document the actual value of the material produced was entered into the
Material document number
production order.
Record the material document number.
Click on the exit icon
SAP SE
to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 15: Review Costs Assigned to Production Order
Task Review costs assigned to your production order.
Time 5 min
Short Description Display and review the costs that have been assigned to your production
order.
Name (Position) Jamie Shamblin (Cost Accountant)
To display costs assigned, follow the menu path:
Menu path
Logistics Production Shop Floor Control Order Display
Enter your production order number, and click on
(Enter).
Production order number
In the system menu, select:
Goto Costs Analysis
Now that the finished products have been received in the Inventory, the
Manufacturing Output Settlement Variance has been added. How is this
figure calculated by the system?
Click on the exit icon
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to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 16: Settle Costs of Production Order
Task Settle costs of your production order.
Time 20 min
Short Description Settle the costs of your production order. The costs are temporarily captured
in the production order and they need to be assigned to an appropriate cost object. Compare the
actual costs to the planned costs to identify any deviations or potential problems in this regard.
Name (Position) Jamie Shamblin (Cost Accountant)
To settle costs of a production order, follow the menu path:
Menu path
Logistics Production Shop Floor Control Period-End
Closing Settlement Individual Processing
If you have to input the Controlling Area, enter NA00, and click on
Enter your production order number, the current month as Settlement
period (e.g. 007 for July), the current month as Posting period, and the
current year as Fiscal year. Make sure that Test Run is selected.
Then, click on
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NA00
Production order number
current month
current month
current year
Test Run
(Execute).
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Click on
(Detail lists). In the system menu, choose:
Environments Report
Then, double-click on Actual/Plan/Variance to select the report.
Click on
twice.
Yes
Deselect Test Run and execute again with . Click on (Detail lists)
and select
(Report). Choose report Actual/Plan/Variance.
Test Run
Actual/Plan/Variance
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to go back. Then, select
and click on
Actual/Plan/Variance
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Note The manufacturing output settlement ist higher than the consumption
expenses for raw materials and semi-finished goods? Review and explain
the expenses and the settlements of your production order in detail. How is
the balance derived?
Click on , choose
SAP Easy Access screen.
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and click on
again to return to the
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PP Challenge
Learning Objective Understand and perform an integrated manufacturing process.
Time 60 Min
Motivation After you have successfully worked through the Production Planning and Execution
case study you should be able to solve the following challenge on your own.
Scenario In this challenge you should create sales and operations plan (SOP) for the product
group (product family) Mountainbikes. Take into consideration that the materials of the product
group have to be assigned to the strategy group. Therefore, enter manually the following sales
figures:
Period
Current month + 2
Current month + 3
Current month + 4
Current month + 5
Current month + 6
Current month + 7
Sales (volume)
150
175
200
85
90
115
In addition, you must post the correct goods for Material ORMN1### in the storage location in
order to be able to produce and settle costs afterwards.
Task Information Since this task is based on the Production Planning and Execution case study
you can use it as guidance. However, it is recommended that you solve it without any help in
order to test your acquired knowledge.
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