BAdIs and Exits for production and process orders
As I see daily on the Manufacturing PP space threads asking for exits or BAdis for specific scenarios, I decided to create this list with the most important user-exits and BAdIs that are available for...
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How to check why the field content is poped up automatically
You wonder why a field is filled automatically by the system. How to make it happen? Here are some general settings: 1. In the screen levelFirstly find which screen the field belongs to. Take the...
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Alternate Item group Concept in BOM , SAP PP !
An alternative item group is used to group together alternative items in a BOM. Any of the materials in the alternative item group could be included in the assembly. These items are known as...
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Work Center cannot be deleted
Very frequently, problems are observed when deleting a work center on transactions such as CR02, CRC2 or IR02. The work center can be deleted directly on the mentioned transactions if we choose the...
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Serial Number Replacement
If RF ID has scanned wrong Serial number for a FG material, then the procedure to replace it with new serial number is as belowSteps1) Change the production order using CO02 transaction.2) Click on...
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MRP: Simplification on S/4 HANA
SAP strategy for the digital economy is based on the concept of simplification. The SAP strategy is to accelerate business innovation through radical simplification. This concept was also used on the...
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MRP: Simplification on S/4 HANA
SAP strategy for the digital economy is based on the concept of simplification. The SAP strategy is to accelerate business innovation through radical simplification. This concept was also used on the...
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Automatic goods receipt for co-products during order confirmation
In the older ERP releases, the automatic goods receipt for co-products was not possible for production or process orders. It means that the goods receipt of an order with co-products should be posted...
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Why components are allocated to the wrong operation when creating a order
I encountered several cases that components are assigned to the wrong operation (usually the first operation) eg. 0010 when creating a production order/process order although the component is assigned...
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MRP on S/4 HANA at SAP Inside Tracks São Leopoldo 2016
SAP Labs Latin America is located in São Leopoldo, a city in the south of Brazil. In April 1st, this SAP Labs hosted the SAP Inside Track 2016, an event with more than 100 SAP customers, partners,...
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MRP: Simplification on S/4 HANA
SAP strategy for the digital economy is based on the concept of simplification. The SAP strategy is to accelerate business innovation through radical simplification. This concept was also used on the...
View ArticleUser Exit for Batch Determination In Process & Production Order.
Dear All 1) Stock determination enables you to implement various strategies to withdraw materials for goods issues and stock transfers. You configure these strategies in Customizing. Based on the...
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MRP on S/4 HANA - Planning File Entries Customizing Path is missing
In previous releases, once you create a plant, you have to activate MRP for this plant via customizing path: IMG -> Production -> MRP -> Planning File Entries -> Activate MRP and Set Up...
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MRP on SAP HANA implementation guide
As of December 21st 2016, my first SAP Press e-book about MRP on HANA is published and available for download on SAP Press website: Running SAP MRP on SAP HANA | E-Book - by SAP PRESS Since the first...
View ArticleLead time scheduling for planned orders: Is it really necessary?
When a planned order is created by MRP, the basic dates are calculated according to the in-house production time defined on the material master. Additionally, MRP can read and explode the routing to...
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Do you know transaction MFS0? Do you perform mid-term planning?
As was discussed in another one of my blog posts, I deem it extremely important that the planning horizons are respected and specific activities are carried out in specific zones. Along those lines I'd...
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Make To Stock Planning
The topic of MTS versus MTO comes up often and people have their own opinions about the definition, but it's actually a very straight forward thing... isn't it? Let's review. The definition that makes...
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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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...
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Lot sizing procedure for Make-to-Order
When we are planning a material on an individual stock, such as a sales order stock or a WBS stock, this material is planned on a separate stock segment.In this case, the existing replenishment...
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