Master Data 

Use

You can transfer the following master data objects via the interface to the SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (SAP APO).

You can find additional information about SAP APO master data under SAP APO Master Data.

Integration

  1. In the SAP R/3 System, define in an integration model which master data objects are to be copied to SAP APO. You can transfer the following master data:

Note:

PP/PI:You must define a production version in the material master record and enter the routing number in the field Group in Detailed Scheduling and Rate-Based Planning. This means that a production process model can be generated in SAP APO by combining the BOM and the routing.

PM/SM: The production version has no effect on the production process model from Service Management (PM/SM). A valid routing for this model can be found in the service product table (T399A). It is not possible to assign a BOM. Materials are later assigned in the PPM according to a different logic.
  1. Execute the transfer of the master data to the SAP APO system.

    2. The master data transferred is created in SAP APO. The work centers transferred are created as resources in SAP APO.

    For detailed information about the interface and data transfer, see Integration of SAP APO and SAP R/3

  2. Check the master data that has been transferred to SAP APO. If problems occurred during transfer, you can get further details from the transmission log: in the SAP APO Easy Access screen select Tools ® APO Administration ® Application Log ® Display Entries.
  3. Maintain the transferred SAP R/3 material master data in the SAP APO product master.

Note: Only PPMs are transferred for PP/DS.

You must complete the following data in the product master:

  1. In the Integration model, define which orders (planned, production, purchase etc.) and stocks you wish to transfer to SAP APO, and execute the data transfer.

When transferring SAP R/3 data to production process models, you must use the integration model to define whether data from PP/PI or Service Management (PM/SM) is required.

Furthermore, when transferring repetitive manufacturing routings from SAP R/3 to SAP APO production process models, it is possible to define whether the routings are at rate level or at detailed scheduling level.

The planned orders from SAP R/3 that are intended for in-house production are scheduled in SAP APO according to the settings that you maintained in the strategy profile for SAP R/3 integration.

Attention:

When planned orders are transferred, no capacity requirements are copied from the SAP R/3 system. Capacity requirements are determined using the operations you entered in the production process model.

You can find additional information on the individual master data under:

Location

Product

Resource

Production Process Model.

Hierarchy

Supply Chain Model

Model/Planning Version.

Prerequisites

You can use the SAP APO system together with a SAP R/3 system. This is possible from R/3 Release 3.1l onwards. Integration between the area of PM/SM in SAP R/3 and the PPM in SAP APO is only possible from R/3 Release 4.5A onwards.

SAP APO offers planning functions but no means of executing the production, such as confirmations and goods issue/receipts entry, therefore data from SAP R/3 must be transferred to the SAP APO System.

You transfer data before starting to work with SAP APO in order to set up the same planning situation on both systems.

The procedure for transferring the objects from the SAP R/3 System to SAP APO is described in the section Integration of SAP APO and SAP R/3