Operation and Phase Data Editing (SAP Library

Operation and Phase Data Editing

Purpose

This section describes how you plan the individual steps needed in a process while editing a master recipe. It takes into account both general data about the process steps and data that is required in subsequent planning (for instance, resource selection or scheduling).

The following process steps are also taken into account in all the other processes for recipe editing that describe the first editing steps to be carried out or cover different subject areas. Use this description if you want to edit all operation and phase data at once, irrespective of the subject area to which it belongs.

Prerequisites

The following data has been created in the system:

The general data of the master recipe header
The master records of the resources that are used to carry out the operations and phases

If you work with the Process Flow Scheduler (PFS), only use resources with one capacity category. The PFS only takes one capacity category per resource into account. If you require further capacities, you can assign secondary resources to the phases of a master recipe.

If you want to use system-aided resource selection, resource classes describing resource attributes that are relevant to selection
The control recipe destinations that are responsible for carrying out the phases (see Customizing for Process Management)
The purchasing master data of the corresponding vendor for externally processed phases

Process Flow

You visually reproduce the individual process steps in your master recipe as follows:

You create an operation for self-contained process steps that are entirely carried out with the same resource.
You create phases below the operations for steps that are relevant to planning and control.

You need to determine the following, for example:

For operations, the primary resource that is used to carry out the operation and its phases

If you cannot determine the primary resource to be used until shortly before order processing, you assign a suitable planning resource to the operations provisionally.

If operations are externally processed, you must only assign a resource to them if the control key assigned to the phases specifies that they are scheduled using their standard values.

The control key that determines the business relevance of operations and phases
The control recipe destination for phases, that is, the process control system or process operator responsible for carrying them out

If the primary resource you have assigned is a planning resource, you define a selection condition for the operation. This is then used for system-aided resource selection.
To be able to schedule the recipe, plan capacities, and carry out costing, you enter the following detail data about the phases of the master recipe:

Relationships that determine how phases relate to each other in terms of time
For internally processed phases, standard values and, if necessary, user-defined fields with extra data that is not included in the standard system
For externally processed phases, the data of the vendor who receives the order
If the control key assigned to the phase specifies that it is scheduled using standard values, you also enter standard values for the phase.

If the primary resource has a capacity and a processing unit with labor capacity assigned to it, you can specify the number of employees required in the general phase data.

Using the POI interface, you can transfer this information to external planning tools. The planning table of repetitive manufacturing uses this information to determine the maximum and minimum number of employees required for a planning period.

If you use the application component Payroll Accounting (PY) and work with incentive wages, you can enter a wage type in the general phase data. The wage type is used as a default for time ticket confirmations and time tickets.
If the quality is to be checked for a process step, you specify the following in the QM data for the operation or phase:

The recording view that is called up first when you record inspection results
The inspection interval between the inspection points
Whether the last partial lot in the process is assigned during results recording for the operation (optional)

You enter a long text with explanations and notes for the operation or phase.
You save the master recipe.