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 Production Process with SAP R/3 and SAP APO

Purpose

The integration of manufacturing orders(production and process orders) allows you to plan your critical components in SAP APO and uncritical components in SAP R/3.

As a rule, the planned orders created in SAP APO are converted into manufacturing orders.

You process these orders in SAP R/3. There, the following steps are carried out:

  • Release

  • Confirmation or partial confirmation

  • Posting of goods issue or goods receipt

  • Technical completion

  • Deletion of the manufacturing order

This information is transferred to SAP APO . Each change to the order in SAP R/3 results in a data transfer to SAP APO .

Dates, BOM data, and routing data may also change during the lifetime of the manufacturing order. Changes made in SAP R/3 are transferred online to SAP APO via the APO Core Interface (CIF) so that the current status of the order is always available to planning and optimization in SAP APO .

Prerequisites

See Prerequisites for the Production Process

Process

The following is an example of the process with integrated manufacturing orders in SAP R/3 and SAP APO :

  1. A manufacturing order is created.

    The manufacturing order is either created directly in SAP R/3 or by the conversion of a planned order in SAP APO .

    See Convert a Planned Order into a Manufacturing Order and Convert Planned Orders from SAP APO .

  2. A manufacturing order is released in SAP R/3 .

    See Release Manufacturing Order .

  3. The goods issue for the manufacturing order is posted in SAP R/3 .

    See Goods Issue for the Manufacturing Order .

  4. The manufacturing order is confirmed or partially confirmed in SAP R/3 .

    See Confirmation for the Manufacturing Order .

  5. The goods receipt for the manufacturing order is posted in SAP R/3 .

    See Goods Receipt for the Manufacturing Order .

  6. The manufacturing order is technically completed in SAP R/3 . This causes it to be deleted in SAP APO .

    See Technical Completion of the Manufacturing Order .

  7. The manufacturing order is deleted in SAP R/3 .

    See Delete Manufacturing Order .

Process Flow in SAP R/3 and SAP APO

Documentation in the SAP Library

Subject

Component

Integration of planned orders in SAP APO

SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization ( SAP APO ) in the section Integration of Planned Orders

Production planning and execution in SAP APO

SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization ( Start of the navigation path SAP APO) Next navigation step Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) Next navigation step PP/DS Process with an SAP R/3 System End of the navigation path

Manufacturing order in SAP R/3

Logistics(LO) under Production Planning and Control (PP)