Mass Processing 

Procedure

To create an external mass processing job, you proceed as you would in standard SOP with the exception that you must first define the planning activity EXTERNPLAN in the Background Planning Activities window.

  1. Choose the menu options: Logistics ® Production ® SOP ®
    1. Choose: Settings ® Mass processing ® Activities
    2. Click the new entries button.
  2. Enter the following information:
    1. key
    2. action sequence: 1
    3. planning type:

      4. – SOPDIS for disaggregated plan

      – SOPKAPA for individual product group

      – SOPKAPAM for individual material

    4. action: EXTERNPLAN

    When you make an entry in the action field, you must make an entry in the corresponding activity profile field. If you enter EXTERNPLAN for action, you must enter a key for the EXTERNPLAN profile. Maintain the profile for external planning, either in Customizing (External Planning SOP in SCPI) or by choosing the menu options: Settings ® Mass processing ® Profile for external planning

    Click new entries button in the Profile for External Planning window. Enter the name of the planning profile and a short description. Maintain the planning parameters, flags and and targets on the screen.

    – Save new entry.

     

  3. Continue planning in standard SOP:
    1. Choose the menu options: Logistics ® Production ® SOP ®
    2. Choose: Planning ® Mass processing ® Create
    3. Enter the job name and number. Click on execute button.
    4. Enter info structure S076 and the version number. Click on execute.
    5. Select the planning type.
    6. Select variant and click on the green arrow. If you want to create a new variant, click on the X. You access the screen: ‘Variants: Change screen assignment. ‘
    7. Click on continue. Enter name of variant in the next screen. Click on Create button.
    8. In the screen for maintaining variants, enter planning activity CBP in the section called Control Parameters for Planning in the Background.
    9. Click continue.
    10. Enter description in the description field and save.

     

  4. Schedule the mass processing job in standard SOP.
  5. View planning log. Choose the menu options: Logistics ® Production ® SOP
    1. Choose: Planning ® Mass processing ® External planning protocol
  6. View problem categories list. Choose the menu options: Logistics ® Central Functions ® SCP Interfaces ® SOP Interface ® Planning protocol

 

For more information on standard SOP activities, see PP Sales & Operations Planning.