Conversion of SNP Orders into PP/DS Orders (SAP Library - SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (SAP APO))

Conversion of SNP Orders into PP/DS Orders

Use

You use Supply Network Planning (SNP) for long-term to medium-term aggregated planning. SNP plans based on resources with a period-related available capacity, whereby the smallest possible period is one day. Therefore, you can only plan in SNP within the accuracy of a day and without taking sequence constraints into account. You use Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) to schedule order dates and resources within the accuracy of a second in the short-term horizon. PP/DS plans on the basis of detailed production process models (PPM) and resources with available capacity that is based on exact times.

The production horizon allows you to separate responsibility for planning. Planning in the production horizon is done in PP/DS, and planning outside of the production horizon is primary done in SNP. If you want to perform detailed planning for SNP receipts in short-term planning, you must plan these receipts in Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS). Within a planning version, you can convert SNP orders that are within or outside of the production horizon to PP/DS orders.

You can convert orders as follows:

You can convert orders that are within or outside of the production horizon individually.

You can convert all SNP orders for which at least one activity begins within the production horizon.

Prerequisites

To convert orders, you must have made settings for the following master data:

Object	Settings
Planning version	In Model and Planning Version Management you have set the following indicators for the planning version: PP/DS: Change planning active SNP: Change planning active
Resources	You have assigned the SNP resources and the PP/DS resources to the model of the planning version. If you want to plan with the same resources in SNP and PP/DS, you use mixed resources for which you can define both an available capacity based on exact times, well as a period-related available capacity.
PPM	You have defined a PPM for SNP and a PPM for PP/DS. You have assigned the PP/DS PPM to the SNP PPM.
Production horizon	You have defined a production horizon for the location product as follows: Global for all products in Customizing for Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling under Maintain Global Parameter and Defaults Product-specific in the location product master on the SNP 2 tab If you define a product-specific production horizon, the system uses the product-specific production horizon.

Features

Conversion for In-House Production

If you convert an SNP receipt for in-house production, the system:

Deletes the SNP receipt
Explodes the PP/DS PPM
Creates a new in-house production order for PP/DS

Control of Conversion

You can control conversion as follows:

You can specify that the system may not delete the newly created receipts in the PP planning that follows.
You can specify whether the system is to use the sources of supply determined in SNP or whether it is to determine new ones.
You can use the conversion mode to specify whether the system

Is to plan all components
Is only to plan those components that were not planned in SNP
Is not to plan components that are defined in the location product master as being planned automatically

You have the following control options for converting all orders in the production horizon:

You can use the category to specify the types of receipt elements the system is to convert (for example, receipts for in-house production).
You can define a larger horizon in which the system is to convert orders.

Visibility of Converted Orders

SNP orders converted to PP/DS orders are still visible in SNP as aggregated demands. If you use the same resources in SNP and in PP/DS (mixed resources), the resource schedule is visible in SNP and in PP/DS.

Conversion in the Background

You can also convert orders in the background.

Activities

Function

Menu path

Converting SNP orders individually

From the Interactive Production Planning menu area, access the product view for the product.

Call the order processing view for the receipt element to be converted.

Choose Edit ® Convert SNP order.

Converting all SNP orders in the production horizon

From the Production Planning menu area, choose Environment ® Conversion of Supply Network Planning -> Production Planning.