This function enables the transfer of routing data from SAP ERP to create or update corresponding routing and operation records in SAP ME (see Routing and Operation).
The routing is a description of operations (process steps) to be carried out and the order in which to produce a material (product). Therefore, routings are used as a template for production orders and planned orders (repetitive manufacturing) as well as a basis for product costing.
The data stored in the routing serves as a basis for production planning activities in ERP such as the following:
In Materials Management, planning the usage of materials and external operations
In Production Planning and Control, planning the usage of work centers
In Quality Management, planning quality inspections for production activities
SAPMEINT creates two SAP ME objects:
Operation
Description of the SAP ME operation is populated with the SAP ERP operation short text.
Routing
SAP ME defaults the first routing to version A and increments an additional integer value for subsequent updates. For example: A-01, A-02.
A new routing version is created when you add new operations or change the following in SAP ERP:
Operation number
Operation control key
Operation short text
The last new routing successfully created in SAP ME from receipt of the SAP ERP LOIROU IDoc is set to Releasable and marked as the current version of that routing.
The last ERP operation is flagged as a reporting step in SAP ME using the custom data field IS_LAST_REPORTING_STEP in the routing step.
SAPMEINT does not support the following:
Multiple Group Counters
Additional Sequences
ERP milestone operations
Inspection characteristics
Document info records
You have created work centers with plant-relevant and production-relevant data in the Logistics module (see Creating, Changing and Displaying Work Centers).
You have created work center categories.
You have set up ALE communication to create and transmit LOIROU IDocs (see Customizing for ALE for Communication with SAP ME).
For configuration type C (see SAPMEINT: SAP ERP Configuration), you have also defined a DRF Replication Model to replicate LOIROU03 IDocs (in Customizing for Production, choose ).
You create a routing master record in SAP ERP (see Creating a Routing).
You send the routing to SAP ME (see Procedure: Select Master Data).
See also: Integration of Master Data
SAPMEINT creates the corresponding routing and operation records in SAP ME (see Routing Maintenance and Operation Maintenance).