Production Process with SAP R/3 and SAP APO 

Purpose

The integration of manufacturing orders (production and process orders) allows you to plan your critical components in SAP APO and uncritical components in SAP R/3.

As a rule, the planned orders created in SAP APO are converted into manufacturing orders.

You process these orders in SAP R/3. There, the following steps are carried out:

●     Release

●     Confirmation or partial confirmation

●     Posting of goods issue or goods receipt

●     Technical completion

●     Deletion of the manufacturing order

This information is transferred to SAP APO. Each change to the order in SAP R/3 results in a data transfer to SAP APO.

Dates, BOM data, and routing data may also change during the lifetime of the manufacturing order. Changes made in SAP R/3 are transferred online to SAP APO via the APO Core Interface (CIF) so that the current status of the order is always available to planning and optimization in SAP APO.

Prerequisites

See Prerequisites for the Production Process

Process

The following is an example of the process with integrated manufacturing orders in SAP R/3 and SAP APO:

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       1.      A manufacturing order is created.

The manufacturing order is either created directly in SAP R/3 or by the conversion of a planned order in SAP APO.

See Convert a Planned Order into a Manufacturing Order and Convert Planned Orders from SAP APO.

       2.      A manufacturing order is released in SAP R/3.

See Release Manufacturing Order.

       3.      The goods issue for the manufacturing order is posted in SAP R/3.

See Goods Issue for the Manufacturing Order.

       4.      The manufacturing order is confirmed or partially confirmed in SAP R/3.

See Confirmation for the Manufacturing Order.

       5.      The goods receipt for the manufacturing order is posted in SAP R/3.

See Goods Receipt for the Manufacturing Order.

       6.      The manufacturing order is technically completed in SAP R/3. This causes it to be deleted in SAP APO.

See Technical Completion of the Manufacturing Order.

       7.      The manufacturing order is deleted in SAP R/3.

See Delete Manufacturing Order.

 

Process Flow in SAP R/3 and SAP APO

 

Documentation in the SAP Library

Subject	Component
Integration of planned orders in SAP APO	SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO) in the section Integration of Planned Orders
Production planning and execution in SAP APO	SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO) → Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) → PP/DS Process with an SAP R/3 System
Manufacturing order in SAP R/3	Logistics (LO) under  Production Planning and Control (PP)