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  Creating Production Process Models

Use

You can manually create a production process model in SAP APO.

Prerequisites

  • You have defined a PPM plan

  • You are in plan processing in the Change Plan – Individual Display screen

Procedure

  1. Choose Product Plan Assignment.

    The system shows the screen area Production Process Models . If you have not yet assigned any PPMs to the PPM plan, the table in the Production Process Models area contains a row with the name of the output product, the associated logical component, and the validity period of the output product for each output product of the plan. The validity period of a PPM is the same as the validity period of the output product.

  2. Create a PPM for each output product.

    Enter the required data for each output product. Do not use any special characters for the name and the description of the PPM.

  3. Save your entries.

  4. If you want to define an additional PPM for an output product, place the cursor on the PPM that you have already created for this product and choose Copy .

    The system creates a new row containing the data of the PPM you have copied. Modify this data as required by entering a different name and a different planning location, for example.

    Note Note

    Several PPMs for one output product of the plan are relevant for production in another location and for planning with MRP areas. In these applications, there may be several PPMs with different planning locations for an output product.

    End of the note.

Result

You have created a PPM for each output product of the PPM plan. You have to assign a PPM to the supply chain model so that it is available in the model for planning.