About Yourself
business consultant, process consultant
Project information -
Client, industry, how PP/APO was implemented.
What was your role? What were typical issues faced?
Strategies used in the project? What are the different strategies and details.
Few scenarios like rework, scrap, sub contracting
Repetitive Manufacturing,
REM Profile - GI backflush during GR Processing
Cost Accounting
Planned Order Reduction
Firming Logic
Planned Orders when reversing
Material Requirements - Aggregate requirement and Phantom assemblies
Movement Types - GR/GI, Scrap and Waste for MTO and MTS
MFBF, Confirmation
Back flushing - Back flushing is nothing but automatic goods issue. System will
automatically posts the goods issue when you confirm the operations. You have no need to
make manual issue. It will reduce the effort
Backflush is used for material which are a must and having fixed relationship.
This can be configured in MRP2 Screen, Work centre, Routing and production order.
What is VC....details of VC and how it was used in the project?
Read resume and prepare all the points from there
Read details about job requirement and Varian Medical System
Factory Calendar - SCAL
Configuring SAP calendar
Define Public Holidays
Define Holiday Calendar
Creation of Factory Calendar
Basic Data
Bill of Material
Define Modification Parameters -Engg. Change Management active? BOM Validity Maint?
Multiple or variant BOM Active/inactive?
Define default values for BOM - like Base quantity and BOM Status, Size unit
Define BOM Usages - Production BOM, Engg. BOM, Sales BOM etc, define default
values for item status (BOM Usage and relevancy)
Define BOM Status - like 1- Active for which functions, 2 - Inactive for which functions
etc
Define Item Categories used for Item Data - Item categories like L-Stock Item, K-Class
Item, D- Document etc
Define allowed Material Types for BOM Items - specific to BOM usage, which material
types are allowed for header and components
Define Order of priority for alternative BOM usages - In case of multiple BOM, this will
define the priority of BOM usage.
Work Center
Define Work Center Category - Machine, Labor, Processing unit etc
Define Field Selection for Work Center - Selection of fields which are relevant.
Define Task List Usage for Work centers - Depending on number if WC is used only for
routing or rate routings or master receipe etc
Define Standard Value Key - A key (SAP1) which will provide the parameters (activity)
like set up, Labor, Machine etc
Define Parameters for Standard Value Key - Machine, Labor, Steam etc
Define Person Responsible for work Centers - Plant specific person responsible for WC
Define Move time Matrix - define a standard and a minimum move time between work
centers
Define Default Work Center - Plant specific default work center can be defined.
Define Control Keys - Control keys for operations like PP01
Define Capacity Categories - Capacities in work centers are distinguished by capacity
categories. Each capacity category can be used once in each work center. For every
capacity category you can maintain several available capacities.
Define Capacity Planners
Define Shift Sequence-
Define Work Center Formulas - Define formula parameters and formula for capacity
planning
Routing
Define Number Ranges for Routings - Number range for group of routing
Define Field Selection - Fields to be made available in routing
Define Routing Statuses- Different statuses like released for order, released for costing,
released for general
Define Material Type Assignments - Materials to be used with different types of task lists
Define Task List Usage- Usage like Production, Engg/Design, Plant Maint, Universal
Configure Planner Group -Only Define - No further settings, only for reporting purpose.
Configure Control Keys - Define and configure - Ticking Scheduling, Auto GR, Print
Time tickets, rework, cost.
Define Reduction Strategy - Define reduction strategy reduction queue and association
with transport, overlap, split
Define Relevancy to Costing - Defining relevancy to costing (Fixed price and variable
price factor)
Define (Standard) Trigger Point Usage -
Define Automatic Selection of Routing
Production Planning
Demand Management
Planned Independent Requirements
Define number ranges for planned independent requirements -Number range for PIR
Configuring Requirement Types and Requirement Classes - Defining requirement types
like LSF (Make to stock production)& KSV (Sales Order with consumption), VSF
Planning Strategy -
Define Strategy - Planning strategy can be defined along with requirement types.
Define Strategy Group - Here group of strategy can be defined, with one main strategy
and other sub strategies.
Define version numbers -
Maintain consumption mode and period of adjustment
Capacity Planning
Define layout keys
Define layout
Define profile for capacity planning table
Define Overall profile
Material Requirement Planning
Plant Parameters
Carry Out Overall Maintenance of Plant Parameters -
Scheduling Parameters for Purchasing
Number Range for Planned orders
Number Range for Purchase Requisitions
Define MRP Controllers
Define Missing Parts MRP Controller
Define Special Procurement Type
Maintain Planning Calendar
Define MRP Areas
Define Scope of Planning for Total Planning
Define Planning Horizon
Activate BOM Explosion characteristics
Define Planning Time Fence and Roll Forward Period
Define Floats (Scheduling Margin Key)
Define Parallel processing for MRP
Define Receipt days Supply
Parameters for Determining the Basic Dates
Define scheduling parameters for planned orders
Define availability stock in Transfer/Blocked stock/Restricted stock
Define External Procurement
Define BOM Explosion Control
Define BOM Explosion for Sales Orders
Define BOM and Routing Selection
Activate MRP and Set Up Planning File
Define Planning File Entries for Goods Movements
Convert Planning File Entries for MRP Areas
Shop Floor Control
Master Data
Define Order Types
Define order type-dependent parameters
Production Status Profile
Define number ranges for orders
Define number ranges for confirmations
Define number ranges for reservations
Define production scheduler
Define production scheduling profile
Define Confirmation Parameters
Define Time for Confirmation Processes
Define Reasons for Variances
Define single screen entry
Define Field Selection for Confirmation
Define Reduction Strategies
Define Print Control
Batch Status Management
Batch Search Strategy to Production
Activate Batch Management
Availability Check
Define Checking Group
Define Checking Rule
Define Scope of Check
Define Checking Control
Checking Rule for Back order Processing
Scheduling
Specify Scheduling Type
Define Scheduling Parameters for Planned Orders
Define Scheduling Parameters for Production Orders
Other Topics related to PP
Bill of Material
Work Centre
Routings
Sales and Operations Planning
Demand Management
Material Requirement Planning
MRP Parameters
Types of orders
Confirmations
Variances and settlement
Conversion to planned orders
Product Costing
Variant Configurations
Class and Characteristics
Single/Multiple planning Run
Capacity Planning
Repetitive Manufacturing
Importance of Production Scheduler Profile in work scheduling view -
We define Production Scheduler Profile in material master which is defined in OPKP under
configuration.
It defines once the order is created for this material, when to release,
Once release, schedule the order? Automatic goods receipt? availability check related parameters,
confirmation and batch management and
importantly the order type to be associated when planned order is converted into production order
Once the order type is associated, then scheduling parameters will come into picture for that order
for scheduling type etc.
