Using SAP Fiori to manage shortages on MRP
SAP is releasing Fiori Apps on several different application areas as part of UI FOR EHP7 FOR SAP ERP 6.0. We can find many useful apps in Production Planning and Control area and particularly, the new...
View ArticleCareer Path of SAP ERP Professional
I am often inundated with requests for career guidance from those aspirants wishing to enter the amazing world of SAP ERP. While this article covers the dynamics of Pakistan's SAP ERP market, a lot of...
View ArticleReasons of material requirement is not considered in MRP run
Sometimes we have taken MRP run but it can't create Planned Order, Purchase Requistion for Material. Below are the some of the reason behind it:1. Check the Planning file entry for Material. If not...
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Upload Material Consumption Data into ECC - FM - MVER_MAINTAIN_DARK
Purpose:This is about the Function module ‘MVER_MAINTAIN_DARK’ and the how I have used it for our project. This FM is used to load the Consumption data of a Material/Plant. And then to use this...
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Production Planning and Control with SAP ERP - SFC based
Hi All, I have read the SFC related chapters from the SAP Press book about production planning. I thought, that I'll make a visual summary about the contect and expand the illustration of the process....
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introducing flow on your production line
Did you know that SAP-ERP offers excellent functions and tools to implement flow? These functions are well hidden (I really don't know why) and not documented too elaborately. So let me take a shot...
View ArticleConfigurable planned order for material variants: Exception "53: No BOM...
On the standard MRP procedure, when material variants are used, the configuration should be copied directly and only from the material master classification. Note 416174 provides the following...
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SAP PP module standard tcode errors and remedial SAP Notes
Dear All,I am compiling this blog for the purpose of summarizing common errors that I have come across with respect to standard SAP PP module tcodes and their remedial SAP Notes. Most of the inputs I...
View ArticleReduction Period for planned orders in REM
The behaviour of the Reduction Period (CUSTOM_T437S-HORIZ) is not clear. The described behavior is defined in the below source code: Include LBARMF0EForm READ_PLAFZ HZENDE = BUDAT +...
View ArticleError message RM213 :Document is postprocessing document and cannot be cancelled
It can occur that in MF12 or MF41 you want to reverse a document and you receive following errror message: Error message RM213 "Document is postprocessing document and cannot be cancelled" while...
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how to use detailed scheduling in SAP-REM for the automated generation of a...
One of my favorite clients runs a mix of production orders and repetitive manufacturing. As I visited their distribution center last week, I saw that they have a fairly simple assembly and kitting...
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A simple Kanban Vendor solution
ScenarioThis document explains how to implement on SAP a very simple kanban system to procure materials from vendors.Kanban system is a “smart” system that could be used for example to procure...
View ArticleDisplay Stock in Unit of Entry/Issue from Goods Movement Overview in CO11N
If "Display Stock" function is used in goods movement overview of CO11N, the base unit of measure is used to display stock quantities. If you want to have the stock displayed in the unit of entry...
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PP-SFC Hot Note - Error RU052 The order header must be transferred for the...
After the implementation of the correction note 1944811 some side-effects were observed by some customers. The following simptoms can be observed on a production or process order confirmation on...
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PP-SFC Hot Note - COHV: Order conversion with missing parts
The correction note 1944811 was delivered on a recent support package and some side-effects were observed during the order conversion in mass processing transactions, such as COHV. The issue happens...
View ArticleOften used PP reports in SAP Notes
PP-SFC Note no.ReportUseSymptomvalid for1352231 - Correction: Goods receipt quantity and value in orderZPCON_076Ecorrect GR quantity and value inproduction orderOften used when you find the GRquantity...
View ArticleWhy should I use transaction MD05 to analyze the MRP results?
The stock/requirements list (transaction MD04) is the most requently used transaction to analyze the MRP results. It's a very useful transaction because of it's flexibility, which allows you to see the...
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Indicator 'Create Purchase Requisitions' is not considered by MRP
You are running MRP for a material and you have defined a value for for the field "Create purchase requisition" on your variant. However, the value defined on the variant is not considered when you run...
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Making an element not relevant to MRP or MD04 using BAdI MD_CHANGE_MRP_DATA
In some business scenarios, you need to control if an specific planning element will be relevant to MRP or not. For some MRP elements, there is no customizing or master data setting to control that,...
View ArticleAnalyze and improve MRP performance
Here I list some common tips and notes to check MRP performance issues:1. Start analyzing MRP performance from reading through note 204517: 204517 - MRP: Typical causes of performance problems...
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