First Steps in Master Recipe Editing (SAP Library

First Steps in Master Recipe Editing

Purpose

Editing a master recipe is a complex task in which process data for various specialist areas is planned. Sometimes, this also involves different departments. The process comprises, for example, the use of materials and resources, the planning of dates and quality inspections, as well as providing information for process control.

This section aims to introduce you to master recipe editing. It describes the process you must follow to create or change the basic structure of a master recipe. Having carried out these steps, you can complete the data for the various specialist areas.

Prerequisites

The following data has been created in the system:

The change master record for master recipes requiring a history
A released engineering change order for recipes requiring approval

The master recipe does not support change master records or engineering change orders with parameter effectivity.

For recipes that you want to assign to a revision level, the corresponding revision level for the material to be produced
The master records of the resources, and the resource network of the line used for production

Process Flow

Depending on the activity you want to carry out, you choose one of the following functions:

Create master recipe
Create master recipe by copying
Change master recipe

You enter the initial data for the new recipe or the recipe selection. This includes:

The recipe group whose recipes you want to edit and, if required, the recipe number
If required, the product for which you want to edit recipes together with the corresponding production version
The validity period for which you want to edit the recipe

Depending on the change procedure required, you proceed as follows (see Engineering Change Management and Recipe Approval):

Change Procedure	You Edit the Recipe
Without history	On the key date
With history	With a change master record (change number)
With history for revision level	For the relevant revision level of the material to be produced
With approval	With an engineering change order (change number)

You enter the general header data of the master recipe. You specify, for instance:

The planner responsible for recipe editing
The change procedure to be used for future changes
The recipe status (for example, Created)

You visually reproduce the individual process steps in your master recipe as follows:

You create an operation for each self-contained process step that is entirely carried out at one resource
You create phases below the operations for steps that are relevant to planning and control.

When editing operations and phases, you specify, for example:

For operations, the primary resource at which the operation and its phases are carried out
The control key that determines the business relevance of operations and phases
The control recipe destination for phases, that is, the process control system or process operator responsible for carrying them out

You save the master recipe.