PP Course

For companies seeking to optimize their manufacturing processes, the SAP PP (Production Planning) module offers a comprehensive solution. This module allows for the planning and control of every stage of production, from demand management to cost control, thereby improving efficiency and reducing expenses.

How SAP PP helps businesses

Achieve efficient production: Accurately determine material needs, required capacity, and delivery times.

Keep costs under control: Monitor material, labor, and other expenses in detail, thanks to SAP PP.

Elevate product quality: Ensure compliance with the highest quality standards at every stage of the process.

Accelerate deliveries: Optimize workflow and reduce downtime to meet delivery deadlines.

Benefits of SAP PP

  • Greater efficiency in production planning.
  • Better control of production costs.
  • Higher quality products.
  • Reduced delivery times.
  • Greater flexibility and responsiveness to market changes.

Goals

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the fundamental concepts of production planning in SAP PP.
  • Configure and use the main functions of the SAP PP module.
  • Plan and control production efficiently.
  • Manage production costs.
  • Improve product quality.

Syllabus

This course offers comprehensive coverage of the main aspects of production planning in SAP PP. You will learn about demand management, material requirements planning (MRP), production order management, the Kanban production methodology, and how SAP PP integrates with other SAP system modules.

Course Units

Demand Management and Material Requirements
Unit 1: Overview of Supply Chain Planning
  • Supply chain planning overview at a glance
  • Exploring SAP Fiori and the system landscape
  • Review of general master data in manufacturing
  • Review of master data for internal production

Understanding the principles and tools for demand planning.

  • Description of the basic concepts of demand management
  • Exploring production versus stock
  • Exploring on-demand production
  • Understanding the basics of MRP
  • MRP Live Presentation
  • Exploring production planning and detailed scheduling

Delineate types of production

Production order exploration: characteristics and execution

Exploring process commands: characteristics and execution

Exploring repetitive manufacturing: characteristics and execution

Exploring Kanban: Features and Implementation

Unit 1: Master Data for Production
  • Lesson: Accessing and Creating Data Types
  • Lesson: Using Organizational Elements and Master Data in Production
  • Lesson: Creating a plant in SAP ERP
  • Lesson: Creating a Storage Location in SAP ERP
  • Lesson: Creating MRP Areas
  • Lesson: Describing the Structure of the Master Materials Record
  • Lesson: Maintaining the Prerequisites for Creating a Master Materials Records
  • Lesson: Creating a Master Materials Record
  • Lesson: Classification of Master Material Records
  • Lesson: Managing the Master Materials Record
  • Lesson: Describing the structure of a BOM
  • Lesson: Managing the Validity of BOMs
  • Lesson: BOM Management
  • Lesson: Changing BOMs with Engineering Change Management (EMM)
  • Lesson: Analyzing BOMS
  • Lesson: BOMS Configuration
  • Lesson: Explaining the Structure of Master Data
  • Lesson: Creation of Work Centers
  • Lesson: Capacity Building in a Workplace
  • Lesson: Cost Integration with a Work Center
  • Lesson: Explaining the Structure of a To-Do List
  • Lesson: Creating Material Assignments and Component Assignments
  • Lesson: Creating Sub-operations and User-Defined Fields
  • Lesson: Analyzing and Changing Task Lists
  • Lesson: Creating Co-Products and By-Products
  • Lesson: Describing Phantom Assemblies
  • Lesson: Creating Alternative Components
  • Lesson: Creating Multiple BOMS
  • Lesson: Creating Variant BOMs
  • Lesson: Making a Massive Change with the Product Structure Navigator
  • Lesson: Modeling Complex and Flexible Manufacturing
  • Lesson: Modeling Alternative Manufacturing Processes
  • Lesson: Creating Reference Operation Sets
  • Lesson: Applying Lead Time Scheduling to Update a Master Record Material
  • Lesson: Scheduling Time Elements and Reduction in Routing
  • Lesson: Creating Firing Points
  • Lesson: Allowing Junk in Routing
  • Lesson: Creating Production Resources and Tools
Unit 1: Overview of Production Planning in SAP ERP
  • Lesson: Outlining the Supply Chain Planning Process
  • Lesson: Outlining the Basic Production Planning Process
    • Lesson: Outlining Demand Management
    • Lesson: Production Planning Make-to-Stock Without Consumption Logic
    • Lesson: Make-to-Stock Production Planning with Consumption Logic
    • Lesson: Production Planning Make-to-Order Without Consumption Logic
    • Lesson: Make-to-Order Production Planning with Consumption Logic
    • Lesson: Using Assembly Processing in Make-to-Order Production
    • Lesson: Applying Improvements in Demand Management
    • Lesson: Analyzing Availability Checks
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  • Lesson: Outline of Material Requirements Planning
  • Lesson: Setting up MRP prerequisites
  • Lesson: Running the MRP Execution
  • Lesson: Configuring MRP Execution
  • Lesson: Interactive MRP Planning
  • Lesson: Application of Reaffirmation Mechanisms
  • Lesson: Calculating Net Requirements
  • Lesson: Applying Buffers in Net Requirements Calculation
  • Lesson: Calculating Batch Sizes
  • Lesson: Selecting Acquisition Types
  • Lesson: Basic Date Scheduling Setup
  • Lesson: Setting Up the Delivery Time Schedule
  • Lesson: BOM Selection and Routing
  • Lesson: Comparing an MRP List and a Stock/Requirements List
  • Lesson: Applying the Planning Table
  • Lesson: Identifying Exception Messages
  • Lesson: Applying Additional Assessment Aids
  • Lesson: Application of Master Production Scheduling (MPS)
  • Lesson: Establishing a Long-Term Plan
  • Lesson: Implementing Long-Term Planning
  • Lesson: Multi-Site Planning Analysis
  • Lesson: MRP Area Configuration
  • Lesson: Application of MRP Areas

Instructors

Oscar Octavio Reyes Sánchez

Carlos Enrique Díaz Medina

Duration

Duration: 6 Sessions
Total 30hrs

Mode

On-line

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