Control Cycle
Definition
You use the control cycle to define for your plant the
production storage bin in which a certain material is to be staged for production and with which staging type, within a production supply area.Use
Using the control cycle, you can support several types of material staging in the WM-PP interface. You define the type of material staging for each material in the material master using the Material Staging Indicator:
For pick parts, you can define one control cycle per production supply area for all materials. This control cycle is then valid for all of the materials in the production supply area, for which you have not defined an individual control cycle.
You cannot create any control cycles for multiple materials for release order parts, due to system performance. To create or change control cycles for release order parts in large numbers, choose Logistics ® Logistics Execution ® Master Data ® Warehouse ® Production Supply ® Control Cycle Production Supply ® Change Control Cycles for Release Order Parts from the SAP menu.
You execute manual staging without reference to a production order. The material is staged in the production storage bin that you have defined in the corresponding control cycle.
For manual staging, you can define one control cycle per production supply area for all materials. This control cycle is then valid for all the materials in the production supply area, for which you have not defined an individual control cycle.
Materials with this indicator cannot be staged via the WMS.
In additional, you clearly define in the control cycle the production storage bin, in which the particular material is to be staged. For this, you must have defined a WM-managed production supply area in the material master or in the BOM.
To create a control cycle, choose Logistics ® Logistics Execution ® Master Data ® Warehouse ® Production Supply ® Control Cycle Production Supply ® Create in the SAP menu.
To display a control cycle, choose Logistics ® Logistics Execution ® Information System ® Warehouse ® Production Supply ® List of Control Cycles in the SAP menu.
The system manages control cycles with the help of number ranges, which you define in the application component Production Planning. You should therefore ensure that number ranges exist for control cycles before implementing the WM-PP interface. To create number ranges for control cycles, see Kanban ® Define Number Range for Control Cycle in the Customizing for Production.