Production Planning and Control with SAP Erp

Cars. Ice cream. Paint. With this book, you'll understand how to manage products of varying complexity with the main production planning types. Learn how to set up the discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing production types in your SAP ERP system, and then explore a variety of planning methods, optimizing tools, integration options, and more that will help you meet any business requirement.

1. Configuration Basics Learn what discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing are, and set them up in your SAP ERP system.

2. Production Type Workflow After configuration, understand how to tweak your system to meet your specific business processes and discover which production type works best for your needs.

3. Workflow Tools Get to know the tools that SAP provides to help manage your planning for demand, sales and operations, material requirements, and more.

4. Optimize our System Understand the "extras" that SAP gives you. Make the PP component yours by adding notes, signature requirements, and co-products and by-products to your processes.

5. Monitoring and Reports Don't leave things to chance--set up optimal reporting and the Early Warning System to make sure your processes are running smoothly.

Highlights include:

SAP Demand Management Long-Term Planning Material requirements planning Digital signature Shift notes and reports Early Warning System Document Management System Integration with SAP ERP components Forecasting XSteps Flexible planning Process Management