Integration of Orders 

Use

In SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO), an order is a technical object that defines for a procurement transaction (in-house production or external procurement) when and where products are required and which resources are needed during this process. Sales orders and forecast requirements are also modeled as orders in SAP APO. Not every order has to contain all subobjects. As a result, a sales order will not contain any information about the resource schedule or product receipts, and a purchase order will not contain information about the product requirement or the resource schedule.

The term Order may refer to the following objects, for example:

·         Planned order

·         Planned independent requirement

·         Production order

·         Purchase order and purchase requisition

·         Sales document

·         Reservation (manual)

·         Transfer order

·         Scheduling agreement

·         Stock

·         Inspection lot

·         Project order

·         Maintenance order

Integration

The planned orders and purchase requisitions created in SAP APO are transferred to SAP R/3. Other elements such as production orders, purchase orders, and reservations are transferred from SAP R/3 to SAP APO. Changes to orders are transferred from SAP APO to SAP R/3 and vice versa.

For more information, see Production Process with SAP R/3 and SAP APO.