Production Line (SAP Library

Production Line

Definition

The production line reproduces the actual areas of flow or repetitive manufacturing in the system. It is, as a rule, a collection of several processing stations (takts) and is structured by the line hierarchy.

Use

You can divide the production line into several larger line segments and group several processing stations in these. You create a work center for each line segment. You can then reproduce the structure in the system by means of the line hierarchy. You define the number of processing stations per line segment by the number of takts in the line segment.

In the simplest case you can also create just one individual work center for a production line and use this as the header for the line hierarchy.

Structure

The production line and its line segments are created as a work center with work center categories. In the SAP standard system, several work center categories have been predefined. However, you can also create your own descriptions depending on your company’s specific production structure (for example, line segment, station, zone).

See also:

Create Work Centers

For more information on maintaining production lines/work centers, please refer to the SAP Documentation PP - Work Centers .