Operation 

Definition

Independent process step that is entirely executed using one resource.

Use

You use operations to plan the general production process and to determine the parts of the production line you want to use. To plan the process in more detail, you define phases. In scheduling, capacity requirements planning, and costing, the system cumulates the phase data in the operations.

Structure

An operation comprises several phases. They describe independent process steps of the operation and are used to plan the process in more detail.

Depending on your requirements, the operations of a master recipe contain the following planning data for order processing:

Integration

You can assign the following objects to an operation:

As detailed planning in the master recipe is carried out at the phase level, however, you normally do not assign these objects to the operation but to its phases.