R/3 Integration of Planned Orders with Interchangeable Components 

Use

Planned orders that you create in Supply Network Planning (SNP) can be transferred to SAP R/3. Product substitution orders, on the other hand, are not integrated with SAP R/3. Therefore, any product substitutions that you plan for an assembly with interchangeable components are not visible in SAP R/3. However, the substitute components have to be contained in the planned order by the time of order processing in SAP R/3 at the latest. Only Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) provides the necessary functions for including substitute components in a planned order with interchangeable components. Therefore, if you wish to integrate product substitutions with SAP R/3, you have to use PP/DS.

Note that PP/DS does not support manufacturer part number management (FFF classes) at component level.

Activities

Decide which of the following two cases applies to you and then perform the activities described:

·        You are already using SNP and PP/DS together and are using PP/DS to plan on a more detailed basis after SNP has been run. In this instance, after Supply Network Planning has been run, you generate PP/DS planned orders that you integrate into SAP R/3. Before transferring the planned orders to SAP R/3, use the relevant PP/DS functions to update the planned order components. This ensures that the substitutes are also visible in SAP R/3. For more information, see:

¡        Product Interchangeability in SNP-PP/DS Integration

¡        Product Interchangeability with Order Processing in SAP R/3

·        You have not used PP/DS as of yet, but would like to integrate product substitutions with SAP R/3. In this instance, follow this procedure:

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                            a.      Set up the PP/DS master data, including PP/DS PPMs and resources, for instance. The master data settings that you make for PP/DS have to be identical to those for SNP.

                            b.      In SNP, plan on a multilevel basis (with all components included).

                            c.      Convert the SNP planned orders into PP/DS planned orders.

                            d.      In PP/DS, adopt the substitute components into the PP/DS planned orders.

                            e.      Transfer the PP/DS planned orders to SAP R/3.

For more information about steps c, d, and e, see the documentation in the above links.