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Landing page for new users in SAP PP - ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning
If you are new to the SAP world and you are starting to work with the module Production Planning and Control (PP), this blog was made for you. The idea behind this blog is to join all the official...
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Work Center Formula and Overhead Calculation
This post will mainly describe how activity based overhead calculation is done in SAP from PP point of view very briefly. This is a very broad area in SAP. To produce some product you need resources...
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[PP-CRP]Capacity Availability Check returns "No reqmts/caps exists".
You create a production order in transaction code CO01 and then execute Capacity Availability Check, system pops up "No reqmts/caps exists or not relevant to finite scheduling". Message no. is CY298....
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MRP performance analyzer
One of the most frequent issues described by customers is the performance of the MRP execution. With some simple changes on the MRP parameters and customizing we can improve drastically the MRP...
View ArticleMRP and LTP: Useful reports
Besides the standard transactions displayed on the easy-access menu, there are some useful reports that will help you on your daily activities or troubleshooting. This blog post provides a list of the...
View ArticlePP-MRP Hot Note - Update of table PPH_PFE_CHANGE
As of SAP Enhancement Package 7 for SAP ERP 6.0 (release 617), a new table was introduced on the standard system to store the planning file entries of the MRP Fiori apps. This table should be updated...
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Capacity Requirement Table KBED
This post is describing how KBED entries are changed according to the status of production order. Basics Table KBED saves capacity requirement records. Field BEDID is key field of table KBED, and also...
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Storage Location MRP
The Purpose of this document is to explain the significance of “Storage Location MRP”. This feature gives you flexibility to: 1) Exclude storage location stock from MRP 2) Plan storage location stock...
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BOM selection logic in MRP
The BOM selection logic is quite complex as several customizations and fields of the material master are involved, so I am summarizing it here. First of all, the BOMs of a material may exist in the...
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MRP: Planning regularly a specific material
In some situations, we want to have a specific material planned on a regular basis by MRP, even when there was no MRP relevant change for this material and the planning file was not set. This is...
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"Shift Order" indicator in customizing Tcode OPU3
"Shift Order" indicator in customizing tcode OPU3 controls if the actual dates of the partially confirmed operations are taken into account during a new scheduling run. Prerequisite Create a production...
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Convert PIT time used in scheduling to real date - Report CYDATTIM
Scheduling internally converts the dates in seconds relative to a reference date (1980.1.1). It is called PIT time. E.g. 1 o'clock on 1980.1.1, 1 hours is 3600 seconds, so this date/time is represented...
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Dump with error CO889 while creating production orders and a BOM checking tool
A dump below with error CO889 occurs if there are more than 99 phantom materials on one level of BOM when a production order is created. The cause is that the length of the field keeping the number of...
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MRP execution parameters
There are several parameters below in the initial screen of MRP execution transactions like MD01, here, I am summrizing their usages and also introduce how they work with their corresponding...
View ArticleSubcontracting requirements are not considered in long-term planning
In SAP standard the subcontracting requirements are not considered in the long-term planning.In transaction MS04 the subcontracting dependent requirements are not displayed.You can find further...
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Scheduling Levels for Integrated Long, Mid and Short Term Planning
Sometimes I wonder how much flexibility, great thought and opportunity for business improvement was packed into SAP-ERP. Yes, it's not the new, flashy poster child of SAP, but it has an enormous amount...
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What can I check if MRP does not plan a material?
One of the most frequent issues described on SCN threads is that MRP does not plan a specific material. The idea behind this blog is to describe exactly what can be checked to ensure that all the...
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Is your system prepared to take advantage of MRP on HANA?
As I have explained on my previous blog MRP on HANA: What's new?, as of SAP Enhancement Package 7 for SAP ERP 6.0, MRP was completely redesigned to take full advantage of the SAP HANA architecture.Now...
View ArticleUseful books for studying Production Planning
I have already seen many threads on this space asking for books to study production planning, therefore, I have decided to share here the books that I consider more relevant on this area. Starting with...
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PP-CRP Hot Note: Planned orders are not lead time scheduled
You are running MRP on your system with the parameter Scheduling = '2 - lead-time scheduling and capacity planning', as shown on the figure below: After the MRP execution, you are observing the...
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