Production Orders (PP-SFC)
Purpose
This section gives you an overview of the integration of the application component
Production Orders
(PP-SFC)
in the SAP system and its integration in the component
Production Planning and Control
.
Production orders in the SAP System
Production orders
are a fundamental part of
Production Planning and Control (PP)
.
PP
is fully integrated in the
Logistics (LO)
component and has, among others, interfaces to
Sales and Distribution (SD)
Materials Management (MM)
Controlling (CO)
Integration of Production Orders in Production Planning
The work processes within a company are executed using orders.
A production order defines which material is to be processed, at which location, at what time and how much work is required. It also defines which resources are to be used and how the order costs are to be settled.
As soon as a planned order or other request is generated from material requirements planning, the information is passed on to shop floor control; the order-relevant data is also added to ensure complete order processing.
Production orders are used to control production within a company and also to control cost accounting.
Features
You can use the production order to specify:
What is to be produced
When production is to take place
Which capacity is to process the order
How much production costs
Production orders can be generated in the following ways:
From a requirement generated in requirements planning, that is, by converting a planned order to a production order
Using an assembly order
Without any previous requirement, that is, by creating it manually
When a production order is created the following actions are carried out:
A routing is selected, its operations and sequences are transferred to the order
The bill of materials is exploded and the items in the bill of material are transferred to the order
Reservations are generated for bill of material items held in stock
The planned costs for the order are generated
The capacity requirements are generated for the work centers
Purchase requisitions are generated for non-stock items and externally-processed operations
Working with Production Orders
Separate menus were developed for all the areas in the SAP system. You can select all the data and evaluations that are needed from the menu. You also have the option of selecting specific processes or overviews using function keys.