Tag: PP
SAP PRT: Production Resources and Tools
On an industrial site, the tools shared between production lines are often invisible in SAP. Jigs, probes and technical drawings move from one order to the next, but nobody knows...
Pierre B.
Beginner's guide to batch management in SAP MM
I have seen consultants tick the "Batch management" box on thousands of materials in a MASS run, without realizing the batch level was still set at client level. A few...
Pierre B.
SAP batch determination and management
You are configuring SAP batch determination and the engine does not kick in. You are picking batches in the wrong order even though the sort rule is correctly set up....
Pierre B.
SAP Production Version: setup with C223 and MRP4
https://youtu.be/Bae4g30aZC4 The production version is the SAP object that says "to manufacture this material, you combine this bill of materials with this routing, over this period". On an S/4HANA project,...
Pierre B.
SAP pMRP Explained: Predictive MRP in S/4HANA (and How It Differs from LTP)
SAP pMRP is neither one more MRP run nor a quick facelift of LTP. Predictive Material and Resource Planning is a simulation: nothing you do in it touches your operational...
Pierre B.
SAP Production Types: Discrete vs Repetitive vs Process Manufacturing
A team closing dozens of identical production orders every week on a perfectly stable line, and a controller analyzing variances order by order when nothing ever changes: that is the...
Pierre B.
SAP Work Center Formulas: Parameters, OP54 and the Standard Value Key
Your routing times are accurate, validated by the methods team. Yet costing produces wrong costs, and capacity planning shows fantasy loads. Between the two hides a link almost nobody checks:...
Pierre B.
SAP LTMOM migration object modeler
LTMOM is still the reference transaction for modeling migration objects on S/4HANA on-premise, but ever since the shift from LTMC to the Fiori app "Migrate Your Data" starting with S/4HANA...
Pierre B.
SAP MRP Area: OM01 config, Plant vs Storage Location
Many PP teams activate an MRP area as soon as they see a need for fine-grained planning, when what they usually lack is a good strategy setup at plant level....
Michael A.
SAP Batch Input: SM35 guide and 7 production pitfalls
On recent S/4HANA projects, you still regularly hear that batch input "is a thing of the past, we only use LTMC now". The claim is convenient, it makes life easier...
Michael A.