Creating Process Orders (SAP Library - Process Orders (PP-PI-POR))

Creating Process Orders

Use

You can create process orders in the following ways:

As a rule, process orders are created when planned orders are converted in requirements planning. This process is the same as when you create a process order manually with a reference to a material. Certain data is already specified in the planned order (material, quantity, basic dates, possibly the master recipe, …). A distinction is made between the following:

Collective conversion (n planned orders à n process orders)

Individual conversion (1 planned order à 1 process order)

Partial conversion (1 planned order à n process orders)

You can also create a process order manually:

With reference to a material and master recipe

With reference to a material but without a master recipe

With an approved master recipe

Without reference to a material but using a master recipe

With a reference. Here you can select an object by choosing Continue (settlement rule, operations, material, relationships, process instructions) or by entering a sales order.

Features

When a planned order is converted to a process order

The material to be produced, the order quantity, and the order dates are copied from the planned order
The secondary requirements of the components are converted to reservations
A planning file entry is generated when changing the requirement quantity or basic dates from the planned order, which triggers a regenerative planning of the material and its components during the next requirements planning run.

When a planned order is partially converted to a process order

The partially converted planned order is fixed, which means it is not changed again in a requirements planning run. Its secondary requirements are reduced in accordance with the converted partial quantity
The planned order still exists until the Delete planned order indicator is set:

This occurs automatically as soon as the planned order quantity is completely covered by process orders
You can set it if you do not want to convert the planned order anymore (independent of the planned order quantity that is still open).

The production version that is valid for the original planned order quantity is always used if the master recipe selection for the process order to be created is controlled by a production version.

When a process order is actually created (manually or by conversion)

A master recipe - even an approved one, if required - is usually selected (see Automatic Master Recipe Selection) and serves as the reference for the process order. The operation, phase, and resource data are copied from it, as well as the components in the material list.

Automatic batch creation is possible for the material to be produced.