Definition

A user-defined key that determines how any operation or sub-operation is handled in order processing and in product costing.

Use

You define control keys in Customizing for either work centers, production orders or routings.

You assign a control key to an operation or sub-operation in routings or production orders. You can save a control key in a work center, so that when the work center is assigned to an operation or sub-operation in a routing, it is copied over.

Structure

The following table describes which settings are included in a control key, and whether these setting are relevant for operations or sub-operations.

For detailed information about individual setting in routings or production orders, call up the input help (F4) for the control key and then in the detailed information section the F1 help for the indicator.

Control key: Relevance for a (sub)operation