In the R/3 System you can create a production version from the material master, in which a BOM is linked with a routing (normal routing, rate routing) or a BOM with a recipe.
In the APO Core Interface, BOM and routing/recipe, corresponding to the production version, are combined ín a PPM and transferred to APO.
- In APO, a PPM exists per production version that is transferred from the R/3 System. It is therefore irrelevant whether this involves a routing or a recipe in the R/3 System.
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- The production version in the R/3 System, which comprises BOM and routing / recipe, corresponds to the PPM in APO
- PP: the production version is created for routings and BOMs in the material master
- PI: the production version is created for recipes and BOMs from the recipe
- The validity period that is determined for a production version in the R/3 System applies equally to the PPM in APO
- The planning number of the PPM in APO comprises the following:
- Task list type, one-character: N for normal routing (PP), R for rate routing (PP), 2 for PI plan
- Task list group, eight-digit
- Task list group counter, two-digit: in the R/3 System the leading zero is suppressed
- Production version, four-digit
- The product name in APO is made up as follows:
- Material name from the R/3 System
- @
- R/3 System description from which the material comes
- The client from the R/3 System
- In order to transfer a PPM to APO, you must have already maintained, in APO, the material used in the plan and resources from the R/3 System. On the other hand, no PPM is created in APO and an error message appears in the transmission log
- Corresponds to the plan in APO
- The material in the R/3 System is transferred in APO to the logical components and the product
- The routing is the description of a production process. This contains sequences, operations, suboperations, standard values, work centers and capacities
- Normal routings and rate routings are transferred
- The recipe is a general set of rules for the application of a procedure. Recipes contain operations, phases, secondary resources, resources, capacities and relationships.
- There are only sequences in the R/3 System and only for PP. The information is integrated in the operations in APO.
- Operations are assigned to the sequence and suboperations are assigned to the operations.
- Operations in the R/3 System correspond to the operations in APO
- An operation is assigned to a work center
- There can be suboperations assigned to an operation, which are carried out at other work centers
- Operations in the R/3 System correspond to the operations in APO
- An operation is assigned to a resource
- Phases are assigned to operations
- Secondary resources can also be assigned to operations
- Corresponds to an activity (of type P) in APO
- Is assigned to operations
- Secondary resources can be assigned to the phase
- Corresponds to the phase (PI)
- The standard values in the R/3 System are defined in the work center and correspond to the activities in APO
The standard value Setup corresponds to the activity Setup in APO
- Is assigned to operations and phases
- Capacities are assigned to work centers and resources
- Alternative resources are assigned to them
- The capacity in the R/3 System is analogous to the resource in APO
- Corresponds to the relationship (between the different activities) in APO
- Only exist in the R/3 System in the PI
- Are transferred to APO in the form in which they were maintained in the recipe
- Are created (linear) in PP in the R/3 System If another sequence, other than this linear sequence, is used, you must maintain these separately in APO
- A mode exists in APO per work center / resource in the R/3 System
- A mode exists in APO per alternative resource in the R/3 System
For further information see
PPM – PP/PI 
