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Generate planned orders for the RPM product and define order sequence

Calculate the components and activities required for the planned orders using the planning matrix.

Model Mix Planning (SAP APO)

SAP APO uses model mix planning to generate planned orders for the sales orders, and to determine the sequence of the planned orders on the production line and the start and end dates for the planned orders. The component requirements are scheduled in the Rapid Planning Matrix, based on the order start dates.

Then the planning matrices for a product are generated.

Update the Rapid Planning Matrix

Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (SAP APO)

You can start the planning run to update the matrix directly from the menu for the Rapid Planning Matrix, from the product view, from the product planning table, or you can run planning in the background.

Continue planning on lower low-level codes

Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (SAP APO)

The components to be planned in SAP APO are planned using Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling.

Continue planning on lower low-level codes

Material Requirements Planning (DI system)

The planning file entries for components to be planned in the DI system are transferred to the DI system where they are planned in the next planning run.

Evaluate planning results in SAP APO

Evaluations for Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (SAP APO)

You can use a separate evaluation to display the Rapid Planning Matrix that SAP APO generated for a product.

You can also evaluate and edit the planning results in planned order management and in the product planning table.

Evaluate planning results in the DI system

Evaluations for material requirements planning

You can evaluate the planning results for the components in the MRP list or the stock/requirements list.

Backflush in SAP APO

Production Backflush in SAP APO and in the DI system

You enter the backflushing data for the orders in SAP APO. The RPM determines the components and activities required for each order.

The goods issues and production activities are automatically posted in the DI system.

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Maintain master data in the ERP System

Material master

Define planning data

Maintain production version

Classification system

You define classes for the RPM products and characteristics for the classes. You must use single-value characteristics only.

Variant Configuration

You define object dependencies. Only simple selection conditions are possible. You can maintain object dependencies directly in the iPPE product structure.

You also create a configuration profile.

Integrated Product and Process Engineering (iPPE), consisting of:

iPPE-Product Structure

iPPE Process Structure

iPPE Line Design

You enter the BOM data in a product variant structure.

You use the process structure component to create routing data and assign the components to the individual activities.

You use line design to reproduce the structure of your production lines. You assign activities to line elements in a line balance.

Engineering Change Management (ECM)

You can use Engineering Change Management to manage different change statuses for the product variant structure and start-up parameters. The system takes the change statuses into account during planning. It considers the time-based validity at explosion as well as the location, product class, and start-up parameters.

Transfer of Master Data to SAP APO

APO Core Interface

The ERP system provides SAP APO with master data and movement data.

You use the integration model of the APO Core Interface to control the data transfer.

All transferred master data is automatically assigned to model 000 (model for active planning).

Generate production data structure from iPPE data in APO

Production data structure

You must generate a production data structure (PDS) for the RPM product after transferring the iPPE data. This PDS provides the planning basis for the planning matrix.

Change master data in SAP APO

Product master

Line resource

In the product master, you complete the settings that are relevant to planning.

You enter the production rates and shift model for the line resource that was generated for the line when the data was transferred. Takt-based scheduling is based on the line resource and the data from line design.