Firmed Output

All receipt elements in the order are PP firmed . The system can therefore neither change the receipt quantities nor delete the order.

The Output Firmed status corresponds to order header firming in the SAP R/3 s ystem.

You manually set the Firmed Output indicator for the order.

You can manually set the Firmed Output indicator in the order processing view . All receipt elements in the order are thus automatically PP-firmed.

You create a receipt manually or change a receipt.

The system sets the Firmed Output indicator automatically for an in-house production order or for an external procurement order with a schedule line.It does this if you manually create or change the order receipt in interactive planning – for example, if you change the date/time, the quantity, or the source, or set the conversion indicator. The receipt acquires the status PP-firmed .

The order acquires the status Firmed Input .

If the order is given the status Firmed Input (see below), the system also automatically sets the status Firmed Output.

The order is a purchase order or a manufacturing order.

Purchase orders and manufacturing orders transferred from the OLTP System automatically acquire the status Firmed Output in the SAP APO system .

Firmed Input

The BOM for the in-house production order is firmed. If you manually change the receipt quantity of the order, the system does not automatically explode the plan for the in-house production source of supply. You can choose:

Whether the system retains the current components and only adjusts their quantities to the new receipt quantity

Whether the system explodes the plan for the source of supply.The system overwrites your manual changes to the BOM.

The Firmed Input status corresponds to the firming of the explosion in the SAP R/3 s ystem.

You change the bill of material manually.

The system automatically sets the Input Firmed status if you change the BOM of an order in interactive planning.For example, if you:

Change the required component quantity

Use a different product as a component

The system automatically sets the status Firmed Output in addition to the status Firmed Input (see above).

Fixed Date/Time

The dates/times and resource assignments for the individual operations of the order or all the operations of the order are firmed. The system cannot reschedule firmed operations to another date/time or to other resources, for example, in Detailed Scheduling or in optimization .

Firming with the detailed scheduling function Fix

To firm operations, you use the detailed scheduling function Fix in the production planning run or in the DS planning board . If you firm an operation, the operation acquires the status firmed and the order acquires the status Fixed Date/Time. The system automatically sets the status PP-Firmed in addition to the status Fixed Date/Time ( see above).