Process Management (PP-PI-PMA) (SAP Library - Process Management (PP-PI-PMA))

Process Management (PP-PI-PMA)

Purpose

You can use this component to coordinate the exchange of production-relevant data between the R/3 System and the R/3-independent production level. The production level can be controlled as follows:

Manually: the planned production steps are carried out manually by the process operator

Automated: the planned production steps are carried out automatically by the process control system

Partially automated: the planned production steps are carried out both manually by a process operator and automatically by a process control system

To settle a process order, the actual quantities produced and the time needed must be confirmed from production. Process management supports the direct confirmation from the PI sheet and process control system to the process order by sending process messages to predefined message destinations.

Implementation Considerations

Install this component in process manufacturing companies.

Integration

If You Want to	You also Need
Exchange data between the R/3 System and a process control system	PP - PI-PCS Interface
Carry out quality inspections during production	QM - Quality Management
Post goods movements to inventory management	MM - Inventory Management
Create a batch during production or assign values to batch characteristics during production	LO - Batch Management
Send maintenance data to plant maintenance via the PI-PCS interface	PM - Plant Maintenance

Features

You can store production-relevant data as process instructions in the process order. In the phases of the order, you specify whether the information is to be forwarded to a process operator or process control system.

Once the process order has been released for production and has been saved, the production-relevant data is combined in control recipes and sent to process management.

Process management receives the control recipes and sends them to the process operator or process control system responsible.

If a control recipe is sent to a process operator, the production data stored in the control recipe is prepared as text that is displayed as PI sheets on the screen. The process operator can then use the PI sheet to execute the production steps manually.

If a control recipe is sent to a process control system, the production data stored in the control recipe is sent as parameters to the production control system via the PI-PCS Interface. The process control system processes the data to control and regulate production.

After the process operator or process control system has carried out the production steps, process messages containing the current production times and quantities are automatically created in the PI sheet or process control system.

The process messages with the reported data is first sent to process management where they are checked and passed on to the corresponding process message destinations provided the check was successful. In addition to R/3 applications, message destinations may also be persons, programs, and machines.

In addition to this, process management comprises the message monitor and control recipe monitor, tools that you can use to monitor the processing status of messages and control recipes. Furthermore, message and control recipe logs document the processing status of messages and control recipes.

In unexpected situations, such as malfunctions, you can also create process messages manually in process management and send them from there.

The following summarizes the functions supported by process management:

Receiving control recipes from released process orders

Sending control recipes to process operators or process control systems

Preparing process instructions as texts so that they can be displayed and edited on the screen by the process operator

Receiving, checking, and sending process messages with actual process data

Monitoring process messages and control recipes

Manually creating process messages

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