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 Determination of Order Type and Order Category

When a planned order from SAP APO is converted the system determines the order type and the order category (production/process order) of the resulting manufacturing order according to the following logic:

  1. If a production scheduling profile has been defined in the material master of the header material in SAP R/3 and this profile contains a valid order type then the system uses this order type.

  2. If a production scheduler has been defined in the material master in SAP R/3 and a production scheduling profile with a valid order type is entered in Customizing for Shop Floor Control under Define Production Scheduler , the system uses this order type.

  3. If an MRP group has been defined in the material master in SAP R/3 and order types have been assigned to this group in Customizing for material requirements planning, the system initially uses the order type for production orders. If the order type of the MRP group is blank the system uses the order type for process orders.

  4. If an order type for production orders has been defined in the plant-dependent parameters for material requirements planning (MRP) in SAP R/3, the system uses the order type for production orders, otherwise it uses the order type for process orders.

    Recommendation Recommendation

    SAP recommends that you specify a production scheduling profile or a production scheduler with an assigned production scheduling profile in the material master. The order types that are used should be assigned to this production scheduling profile.

    End of the recommendation.

For more information about determining the order type in planned order conversion from SAP APO see the SAP Notes 406143 – Planned Order Conversion from APO: Order Type and 406333 ‑ Screen Output Without Connection to the User .

Customer Exit

You can use the Customer-Exit EXIT_SAPLCOXT_002 (SAP Enhancement PPAPO008) to override the order type determined by the system.

See SAP Notes 509302 and 562860 about Control of Order Type Determination by Production Version and SAP Note 406143 – Planned Order Conversion from APO: Order Type .