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 PP, Food and Beverage Industry

 

Technical Data

Technical name of business function

LOG_PP_CFB

Type of business function

Enterprise Business Function

Available as of

SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0

Technical Usage

Central Applications

Application component

Consumer Products for the Food and Beverage Industry (PP-PI-CFB)

Prerequisite business function

Not relevant

This business function enables you to execute new functions in the Production Process Industry, Procurement, and Transportation Logistics - for example, GS1 Transportation Label. These new functions come from the food and beverage industry. However, after running the appropriate checks and evaluations, they can also be used in other industries.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the following components as of the named version:

    Type of Component

    Component

    Needed for the following functions only

    Software Component

    EA_APPL 606

    SAP_APPL 606

    SAP NetWeaver

    SAP NetWeaver 7.03

    Composite Role for the Food and Beverage Industry (SAP_BPR_CFB_6)

    External Product

    Adobe Document Server (ADS) NetWeaver Java Stack 7.03

    Printing Detailed Forms and Overview Forms

    Printing GS1 -128 Labels

  • You have made the necessary Customizing settings for each function of this business function. For more information about the specific Customizing settings for each function, see release note LOG_PP_CFB: Business Function PP, Food and Beverage Industry (New).

Features

Releasing and Locking Production Versions for Material Requirements Planning

You can use this function to release or lock production versions for material requirements planning (MRP) as well as valuate according to various criteria which production versions are preferred and which are not and release them for MRP. For more information, see Releasing and Locking Production Versions for Material Requirements Planning.

Raw Material Procurement Cockpit

You can use this function to easily procure raw materials by distributing the requirements quantities from purchase requisitions among selected vendors, entering the vendors' current prices for the raw materials, and generating purchase orders from the purchase requisitions. For more information, see Raw Material Procurement Cockpit.

Weighing for Goods Movements

You can use this function when you create goods movements to weigh the material on a scale connected to the ERP system and use the resulting weight data when you post the goods movement. For more information, see Weighing for Goods Movements.

Calculating the Best-Before Date in the Process Order

With this function, the system calculates the best-before date (BBD) or shelf life expiration date (SLED) right in the process order. You can decide whether you want the system to calculate the BBD/SLED during goods receipt through the process order, as was the case up to now, or earlier when the process order is created. For more information, see Calculating the Best-Before Date in the Process Order.

Printing Detailed Forms and Overview Forms

You can use this function to print detailed forms and overview forms for process orders. For more information, see Printing Detailed Forms and Overview Forms for Process Orders.

Confirmation of Process Orders or Production Orders with Batches

You can use this function for process or production orders to post goods movements for components and confirm order quantities. You can also take co-products and by-products into account. For more information, see Confirmation of Process Orders or Production Orders with Batches.

Clear Remaining Batch Quantities

When you have remaining batch quantities in the system that no longer physically exist in the warehouse because they have already been consumed, you can use this function to distribute them across the manufacturing orders according to the requirements quantity or quantity withdrawn and then clear them. For more information, see Clear Remaining Batch Quantities.

Printing GS1 -128 Labels

You can use this function to print out GS1-128 labels as the output for a handling unit (HU). For more information, see Printing GS1 -128 Labels.

Batch Selection and Follow-Up Actions in the Batch Information Cockpit

You can use this function to select batches in the Batch Information Cockpit (BIC) using fields from the delivery header, delivery item, and customer master data, as well as use a follow-up action to display information on the respective handling unit. For more information, see Batch Selection and Follow-Up Actions in the Batch Information Cockpit.

Composite Role for the Food and Beverage Industry (SAP_BPR_CFB_6)

You can use this role to execute transactions and Web Dynpro applications of the Consumer Products for the Food and Beverage Industry (PP-PI-CFB) component in the SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC). For more information, see Composite Role for the Food and Beverage Industry.