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Even after the PP/DS heuristics are executed in regular frequencies, not all
planning and scheduling problems are solved by the various executed heu-
ristics or by the PP/DS optimizer. In such cases, the planners and schedulers
need to be notified to react to specific planning and scheduling problems.
Delivered standard in PP/DS for SAP S/4HANA, the Alert Monitor is a power-
ful tool for identifying, monitoring, and managing exception situations in
the planning and scheduling process. This chapter covers the details of the
Alert Monitor and the steps required to set up the alerts in the system.

“The Alert Monitor”

Contents

Index

The Author

Mahesh Babu MG

PP/DS with SAP S/4HANA

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 Chapter 7
The Alert Monitor
To identify planning and capacity issues in your embedded PP/DS sys-
tem, you can use the Alert Monitor. In this chapter, we’ll walk through
the setup steps.
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Even after the PP/DS heuristics are executed in background mode in regular frequen-
cies—typically daily—not all planning and scheduling problems are completely solved
by the various executed heuristics or by the PP/DS optimizer. In such cases, the plan-
ners and schedulers need to be notified to react to the specific planning and scheduling
problems. These actions can be manual decisions to cancel or delay manufacturing
orders, to add or reduce shifts and capacities to handle underutilization or overutiliza-
tion of a resource, or to schedule production orders to meet specific customer orders
that are delayed when the delay can’t be resolved by the planning and scheduling heu-
ristics.
For enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems such as SAP ERP, in classic material
requirements planning (MRP), exceptions are generated during the MRP run that can
be reviewed by the planners. However, these are static exceptions with little flexibility
to customize the severity or scenarios for which the exceptions are raised.
Delivered standard in PP/DS for SAP S/4HANA (embedded PP/DS), the Alert Monitor is
a powerful tool for identifying, monitoring, and managing exception situations in the
planning and scheduling processes. The Alert Monitor is embedded into most of PP/DS
applications and tools, so planners and schedulers always have visibility of the alerts
when they are making any plan or schedule changes in the system. The Alert Monitor
also has features to identify the alerts and send notifications to the users for alerts that
require immediate action.
In this chapter, we’ll cover the details of the Alert Monitor and the steps required to set
up the alerts in the system.

7.1 Alert Profiles

The PP/DS Alert Monitor works based on alert profiles that are assigned to the overall
profile of the PP/DS applications, such as the product view, production planning table,
or the detailed scheduling detailed scheduling planning board. In addition, the Alert
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Monitor is called from the applications, the alerts relevant to the application are dis- The Alert Monitor can be accessed from Transaction /SAPAPO/AMON1 or the SAP Easy
played. For example, when the Alert Monitor is called from the product view, the mate- Access menu path, Logistics 폷 Advanced Planning 폷 Monitoring 폷 Alert Monitor 폷 Alert
rial-, location-, and order-related alerts are displayed; likewise, when the Alert Monitor Monitor. The initial screen of the Alert Monitor transaction includes Favorite Manage-
is called from the detailed scheduling planning board, it also shows alerts related to ment, which we’ll discuss in Section 7.2.1. By clicking on the Alert Profile button, you can
resource capacities. PP/DS supports the following two types of alerts: navigate to the Alert Profile Maintenance screen, as shown in Figure 7.2.
쐍 Dynamic alerts
Most of the alerts configured in PP/DS fall into this category. Dynamic alerts are gen-
erated at the time of the call to a planning or scheduling application or while deter-
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mining the alerts from the Alert Monitor itself. Dynamic alerts aren’t stored
permanently and can’t be set as completed or closed until the underlying planning
or scheduling problem is addressed.
쐍 Database alerts
The use of database alerts in PP/DS is very limited. For example, when a material
runs into an error or an exception during the production planning run, a database
alert can be created and saved in the system for review and later deletion from the
system.

In this section, we’ll get started by activating the Alert Monitor and walking through
how to set up alerts in the alert profile.

7.1.1 Activate and Access the Alert Monitor

PP/DS is delivered by default as an active application to be managed by the Alert
Monitor. The activation and deactivation of the Alert Monitor for applications in the
SAP S/4HANA system can be done from Customizing menu path, SAP IMG Menu 폷
Advanced Planning 폷 Alert Monitor 폷 Activate/Deactivate Applications in Alert Monitor.
As shown in Figure 7.1, the PP/DS application is active as delivered. When advanced
planning is activated in the SAP S/4HANA system, the Alert Monitor can be used in
advanced planning, which is embedded PP/DS.

Figure 7.2 Alert Monitor: Alert Profile Maintenance

On the navigation tree on the left side of the screen, you’ll see the overall alert profiles
and the application-specific profiles. The individual application profiles, such as alert
profiles for PP/DS, are created and then assigned to the overall profiles. The individual
application profiles created in the Alert Monitor can be assigned to the application tool
Figure 7.1 Activation of PP/DS for the Alert Monitor profiles, such as profiles for the detailed scheduling planning board and order views in
PP/DS.

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7.1.2 Create Alert Profile The next steps are to select the relevant alert types and set up the threshold values for
generation of the alerts.
Let’s start by creating the application profiles. Under APO Application-Specific Alert
Profiles 폷 APO Production Planning/Detailed Scheduling, right-click on the PP/DS folder,
or click on the Create Profile button at the top of the screen to create a new application Select Alert Types
alert profile, as shown in Figure 7.3. Click on the Selection tab, and you’ll see the list of all available PP/DS alert types deliv-
ered in the embedded PP/DS standard system. Under each alert type, there are various
alerts available for configuration. Expand the Alert Types folders (see Figure 7.4) to see
the individual alerts under them. You can select all the individual alerts under any alert
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type by setting the Select (selection) flag at the folder level or by setting the Select flag
at the individual alert type.
Depending on the alert selected, you define the threshold values for the alerts to be
raised. You have the following options:
쐍 Information
Information alerts are considered the lowest-priority alerts to inform the user of a
deviation from the plan or schedule. Users’ reaction to an information alert is
optional.
쐍 Warning
Warning alerts can be raised when the plan or schedule is about to cause a problem
in the supply chain. User action is required to react to the warning alert.
쐍 Error
Error alerts can be raised when a violation of the plan or schedule is imminent or has
already happened. These alerts must be addressed by the planners and schedulers
immediately.

The default priority (DP) assigned to the alert is used by the system when there are no
thresholds defined for the alert. For example, for the Product too late alert, if no thresh-
old values are maintained for the information, warning, and error alerts, then the
default priority assigned to the alert will be shown when there is any delay in covering
a requirement element. The default priority of the alerts can be set for the alerts under
the Customizing node: SAP IMG Menu 폷 Advanced Planning 폷 Alert Monitor 폷 Maintain
Prioritization of Alert Types. Click on the New Entries button, and using the value help
(F4), you can select the alert item for which you want to set a default priority and set
the Priority as Information, Warning, or Error (see upper-left area of Figure 7.4). The
default priority will only be used when no threshold is defined or for alerts that aren’t
relevant to threshold definitions (e.g., Receipt with Violated Resource Network). When
Figure 7.3 Creation of an Application Profile in the Alert Monitor
there is no threshold defined for the alert—in Figure 7.4 for the Product too late
(dynamic pegging) alert—the priority from Customizing (3 Information) is used in the
In the Create Alert Monitor Profile popup, select the Application Profile radio button,
alert profile, as shown in the lower-right screen in Figure 7.4.
enter a Profile ID and Description, select Production Planning / Detailed Sch. as the appli-
cation, and click on the Create button. This will load the new profile in the right side of
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After the required alerts are selected and the thresholds are defined, the following set-
tings can be maintained in the Selection tab of the alert profile, as shown in Figure 7.6
(accessed by scrolling down on the screen). Certain settings are only relevant if a cer-
tain alert or alert type is selected. We’ll cover some of the important settings that are
valid for many of the alerts and alert types.
쐍 Network Alerts
Network alerts are used to raise the alert at the higher level of the pegging hierarchy
to notify the planner of an alert raised in a lower level of the hierarchy. For example,
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a delay alert raised in the raw material coverage can be shown as a network alert of
the sales order of the finished material. Select the Display Requirements with Prob-
lems in Order Network option to generate an alert when any of the pegged require-
ment elements raises an alert and/or the Display Receipts with Problems in Order
Network to generate an alert when any of the pegged receipt elements raises an
alert. The number of pegging levels the system needs to evaluate the alert for the
lower levels is set in the Search Depth field. For example, if there are 10 levels of bills
of materials (BOMs) and the corresponding pegging network created in PP/DS, and if
Figure 7.4 Customizing Setting for the Default Alert Priority
the Search Depth is set to 3, only the alerts raised within the top three levels are prop-
agated to the top level as a network alert.
Set Up Alerts
Now, let’s go through the steps to set up an alert in the alert profile. Let’s use the
Note
Requirement/Receipt Alerts alert type. Product too late (dynamic pegging) is one of the
As the network alerts are performance intensive, only use them for specific scenarios
alerts available under this alert type. You set the Select flag at the alert level, as shown
as required. Restrict the Search Depth to a minimum number so that the alerts aren’t
previously in Figure 7.4, and then click on the individual threshold buttons to set the
calculated for the entire pegging network of a product when accessing the product
values on the Enter a Threshold Value popup. If the delay for a requirement element
from tools such as the product view.
exceeds the threshold set in the alert profile, the system will raise an alert accordingly.
In the example shown in Figure 7.5, the system will create an information alert if the
쐍 Selection of Location Products
delay in hours (in covering the requirement element) is more than 24 hours, a warning
if the delay is more than 48 hours, and an error if the delay is more than 72 hours. In this area, the selection of location products and available-to-promise (ATP) cate-
gories are defined that are relevant for calculating the alerts.
The Location Products selection is only applicable in determining the alerts in the
Alert Monitor. When the alert profile is used in another application, such as the
product view or product overview, the product location selection from the alert pro-
file isn’t considered, and the selection entered in the application is considered.
To define a set of location products for which the alerts need to be calculated, click
on the Selection icon next to the Location Products field, as shown in Figure 7.6. In
the next screen for the Selection Object, enter the selection criteria. For example, for
setting location selections, double-click on the Location Name field under the Loca-
tions node 1. Enter the location to be selected in the Value From and Value To fields
2. After the selection condition is maintained, it will be moved to the top of the list
3, and further conditions can be maintained similarly. The checkmark 4 shows that
Figure 7.5 Setting Up Alert Thresholds in the Alert Monitor Application Profile this selection parameter (Location Name, in our example) has existing selection

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conditions, and the first value of the selection condition from the list of conditions 쐍 Selection of Resources
3 is displayed in the From and To columns next to the checkbox 4. Under Selection of Resources, you can maintain the restrictions for selection of
resources considered for the alert types that are relevant to resources (e.g., average
resource utilization).

After all the required settings are maintained, save the application profile in the Alert
Monitor by clicking on the Save button. This application alert profile can be used in the
PP/DS planning and scheduling tools.
In the Attributes tab of the alert profile, the basic attributes, such as the description of 7
the alert profile, can be maintained. Other attributes are also displayed, such as the user
who created and/or changed the alert profile and the creation and change time stamps.
After the alert profile is assigned to the overall profile as discussed in the next section,
the Overall Alert Profile Assignment tab appears in the overall profiles to which the
alert profile is assigned.

7.1.3 Create Overall Profile

To monitor the alerts from the Alert Monitor or to generate and send notifications to
users for the PP/DS alerts, an overall alert profile must be created and assigned to all the
relevant application alert profiles and additional settings. You can create the overall
alert profile by following the steps to create an application alert profile (Section 7.1.2),
but select the Overall Profile option in the Create Alert Monitor Profile popup, as shown
in Figure 7.7. In the overall profile, maintain the Planning Version that will be used to
determine the alerts, and assign the Alert Profile that will be used to calculate the alerts.
The period for which the alerts should be generated when determining the alerts in the
Figure 7.6 Location Material Selection Restriction in the Alert Profile background or from the Alert Monitor is defined in the overall profile. To define a rela-
tive period from the current date, select the Relative Time Interval radio button. Then
select the period type (Months, Weeks, Days, or Hours), and define the duration. The
Tip
Offset fields can be used to move the current period by the offset defined. For example,
If multiple values are maintained for a selection (location or product), you’ll see one if Months is selected as the period, “3” is entered as the duration, and “-3” is entered as
value on the screen, and the selection parameter maintained (green checkmark) is set. the Offset, the alerts will be calculated for the past three months and the future three
Double-click on the row to see all the values maintained in the selection. months.

After entering the required selection conditions, click on the Save Selection button,
Note
and enter a name for the selection. The name of the selection is transferred back to
The settings made in the overall alert profile are only used by the Alert Monitor when
the Alert Profile screen.
alerts are determined within the Alert Monitor. For other PP/DS applications (e.g., prod-
For the ATP Categories, similar selection conditions can be set to include or exclude uct view, detailed scheduling planning board, etc.), the application-specific alert pro-
certain receipt and requirement elements based on their ATP category. The selection files are selected, and the selection of planning version, materials, locations, resources,
of the ATP category set in the alert profile will be applied irrespective of the PP/DS and time horizons are determined by the application to generate alerts based on the
tool in which the alert profile is used. application-specific alert profile.

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7.2 Alert Monitoring

You have a few different options when it comes to monitoring alerts using the Alert
Monitor. In this section, we’ll cover the monitoring of alerts from the Alert Monitor,
alert generation in the background, and Alert Monitoring in PP/DS applications.

7.2.1 Monitor Alerts from the Alert Monitor

Overall alert profiles can be assigned to your user as favorites so that the alerts can be 7
generated and monitored from the central alert monitoring (Transaction /SAPAPO/
AMON3).
The favorites are managed from the Alert Monitor transaction (Transaction /SAPAPO/
AMON1). To manage the favorite overall alert profiles, launch Transaction /SAPAPO/
AMON1, and click the Favorite Management button (see Figure 7.8 1). In the Alert Mon-
itor Administration popup, the Manage Favorites tab is opened by default. Select the
overall alert profile from the right side of the selection window (Worklist of Overall Pro-
files), and move it to the left side (Favorites) using the arrow button, as shown in Figure
7.8. Click the Save and Exit button when you’re done.
After doing this, when you launch the Alert Monitor (Transaction /SAPAPO/AMON3),
you can select the favorite from the dropdown menu 2, and the system will determine
and display all the alerts per the application profiles and the selection conditions main-
tained in the overall profile and the application profile.

Figure 7.7 Creation of the Overall Alert Profile in the Alert Monitor

7.1.4 Transport Profiles

The overall profiles, alert profiles, and selection profiles created in the Alert Monitor
can be transported to other systems in the system landscape. To do so, execute Trans-
action /SAPAPO/AMON1 to arrive at the Alert Profile Maintenance screen. You can gen-
erate transport requests using the Transport Profile button.
Figure 7.8 Alert Monitor: Managing Favorites

The Alert Monitor’s display settings for the hierarchy in which the alerts are displayed
can be customized from the user settings. From Transaction /SAPAPO/AMON3, choose

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Environment 폷 User-Specific Display Hierarchies, as shown in Figure 7.9 1. Select and to be determined in the background, and click the Save and Exit 4 button. Then, in the
move the fields from the Possible Nodes per Alert View to the User-Specific Display bottom of the same screen shown in Figure 7.11, maintain the Priority for processing,
Hierarchies pane 2 in the order in which you want the alerts to be displayed. Click on Start Date, and StartTime. Enter the Repeat Intrvl [h] in which the background alerts are
the Redetermine Alerts button in the initial screen of the Alert Monitor 3, and the to be generated and the FctryCalendar, which is used to calculate the date and time of
determined alerts per the overall profile are arranged per the hierarchy set in this set- the frequency interval. If you want to trigger an email notification, enter an E-Mail
ting. The number of alerts per hierarchy node—in this example, location PPS2 4, prod- Address. Click the Save and Exit 4 button, and the list of alerts determined in the back-
uct identifier S4HANA_PPDS_003 5, and alert type Product too late (dynamic pegging) ground will be sent via email to the recipient if an email address has been entered.
6 —is displayed. You can click on the number of alerts to navigate to the alert details 7.
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Figure 7.10 Alert Determination in the Background: Setup

Figure 7.9 Alert Monitor Display Settings and Monitoring Alerts from the Alert
Monitor

From the alert details shown in the Alert Monitor screen (see Figure 7.9), there are
options to hide the alerts up to a certain duration. The alerts can be sent via email to
email addresses. You can forward the alert to another user, and the forwarded alerts
will be displayed in the receiving user’s Alert Monitor. You can navigate to the product
view transaction from the Alert Monitor to take actions on the alerts.

7.2.2 Generate Alerts in the Background

For alert profiles that are time intensive (with a lot of selection objects and many alert
types activated in the alert profile), it’s possible to generate the alerts in the back-
ground and display them to the users.
To set up the overall alert profiles for processing in the background, you use the Alert
Monitor transaction (Transaction /SAPAPO/AMON1). As shown in Figure 7.10, click on
the Favorite Management button, and navigate to the Alerts in Background tab 1. In
Figure 7.11 Alert Determination in the Background: User-Specific Settings
this screen, click the New button 2, enter the Ov. Alert Profile 3 for which the alerts are

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After defining the settings for the background alert generation, you must schedule the If there an email address maintained for the background alert generation, an email is
background job with ABAP program /SAPAPO/READ_ALERTS_BATCH. The frequency also triggered with the alert details, as shown in Figure 7.13 2.
of the schedule of this program should match the repeat interval maintained in the set-
tings for the background alert generation. For example, if the frequency interval in the
settings is defined as 4 hours, and the job /SAPAPO/READ_ALERTS_BATCH is sched-
uled only every 8 hours, the alerts in the background will only be generated every 8
hours.
The job looks for all background overall alert profiles that are due to be redetermined
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per their repeat interval and then regenerates the alerts for all such profiles. In the pro-
gram screen, you can either select All Due Overall Profiles or specific Selected Overall
Profiles, which can be defined in the selection screen shown in Figure 7.12. If you select
the Ignore Due Dates checkbox, irrespective of the repeat interval defined in the alert
profile background settings, alerts will be generated for all profiles.

Figure 7.13 Monitoring the Results of Background Alert Generation

7.2.3 Monitor Alerts from PP/DS Applications

Figure 7.12 Alert Generation in the Background: Selection Options for the Batch Job All the commonly used PP/DS applications support the Alert Monitor. The alert profile
is assigned to the application profile of the corresponding application to generate the
You can save the settings made in this screen as a variant by clicking on the Save as alerts.
Variant button. Enter a Variant Name and a Description of the variant, and then save it
by clicking on the Save button. Product View
You can use the variant saved in the preceding step to schedule the background alert In the product view (Transaction /SAPAPO/RRP3), the alert profile can be assigned from
determination job with ABAP program /SAPAPO/READ_ALERTS_BATCH. After the the initial screen of the transaction, as shown in Figure 7.14, by choosing Settings 폷 Alert
background job determines the alerts, in the Alert Monitor transactions such as Trans- Profile 1. Enter the PP/DS Alert Pr. name 2, and click on the Continue 3 button.
action /SAPAPO/AMON1 or Transaction /SAPAPO/AMON3, there will be new options The alerts related to orders, dates, and quantities are displayed in the order views, that
displayed on the screen next to the Favorites dropdown, which displays the list of all is, the product view, product overview, receipt, and requirement views. On the other
the profiles for which background generated alerts are available (see Figure 7.13 1). For hand, if there is an alert related to a resource capacity in which the product is manufac-
one overall profile, only one set of determined alerts in the background is available at tured, these alerts aren’t displayed in the order views. The capacity-related alerts are
any point in time, and no historical data for the same profile is recorded. If another run only displayed in applications such as the detailed scheduling planning board or the
of the alert determination is executed for the same overall profile, it will overwrite the resource planning table.
results of the previous execution.

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The Qty Alerts (quantity alerts), DatTimAlrts (date/time alerts), and Netw.Alert (net-
work alerts) columns will display the corresponding alerts. In addition, from the prod-
uct view, you can navigate to the Alert Monitor window to take any alert-specific
actions (send emails or forward alerts to another user). You can either click on the alert
icon 1 on the product view to see the details of the individual alerts 2, or you can click
on the Alert Monitor 3 button on the menu bar to display all the alerts for the product
location selected in the product view.

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Product Overview
Product overview (Transaction /SAPAPO/POV1) is an excellent tool for material plan-
ners to monitor the alerts centrally for quantity, date/time, and order alerts. Like the
product view, you can set the alert profile in the settings from the selection screen, as
shown in Figure 7.16. You can define the selection criteria, such as duration (Planning
Horizon) for the selection, Location, Product, Planner group, and so on. In addition,
there is a filter (Extended Selection) available in the selection screen of the product
overview to filter only the materials with alerts.
After the selection options are entered as shown in the upper-left area of Figure 7.16,
Figure 7.14 Changing the Alert Profile in the Product View click on the Execute button to see the results screen of the product overview. This
screen lists all the materials with alerts and has columns displaying the highest priority
As shown in Figure 7.15, the alerts will be in the same rows of the orders for which the alert available for the material in the corresponding row, as shown in the lower portion
alerts are raised in the product view. of Figure 7.16. In addition, the Max. Alert column displays the highest priority of all
alerts available for that material.

Figure 7.16 Monitoring Alerts from the PP/DS Product Overview

Figure 7.15 Alert Monitoring from the Product View

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From the product overview, you can navigate to the product view by double-clicking button or press (Enter). After the detailed scheduling planning board is loaded in the
on the Product Number to take actions to resolve the alerts. shuffler displayed on the left side of the screen, you can see the resource capacity-
It’s also possible to filter the alerts within the product overview transaction. For exam- related alerts highlighted in the resource pool, as shown in Figure 7.18. To view the
ple, when there are information, warning, and error alerts, and you want to filter the details of the resource alerts and the order alerts, click on the Alert Monitor button in
products with only error alerts for any quantity-related alerts, click on the Filter Prod- the menu bar. This will load the Alert Monitor in a separate window where you can take
ucts button 1 on the screen, and click on the Change Filter option. In the resulting alert-specific actions. From the detailed scheduling planning board, you can take
popup screen, deselect all the options except Error 2 under the Quantity tab, also dese- actions to resolve capacity alerts by rescheduling orders to different dates, changing
lect the Display of elements without problems checkbox 3, and then click OK 4. Click order quantities, and so on.
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on the Filter Products button again, and select the Use Filter option 5. This will filter the
quantity alerts column with only the error alerts 6, as shown in Figure 7.17.

Figure 7.18 Alert Monitoring from the Detailed Scheduling Planning Board

In the menu options shown in Figure 7.19, you can select Extras 폷 Alerts Display, which
will calculate alerts for the individual order and operation elements displayed on the
detailed scheduling planning board. Elements that have an alert will be animated with
Figure 7.17 Filtering of Alerts in Product Overview a blink (the color of the object will blink white 1 and then back to the original color 2
of the object). As this is very performance intensive, you can use this when there are
Detailed Scheduling Planning Board very few objects loaded in the planning board.
For monitoring alerts related to orders and capacities, you can use the Alert Monitor
within the detailed scheduling planning board (Transaction /SAPAPO/CDPS0). Tip
In the detailed scheduling planning board selection screen, click on the Profiles button, The business add-in (BAdI) /SAPAPO/CDPS_AMOFILT can be used to filter the products or
and navigate to the More Profiles tab in the popup. Enter the PP/DS application alert orders on specific resources.
profile that will be used in the detailed scheduling planning board, and click the OK

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Click on the Alert button 5 on the alert chart to filter alerts by alert types. By clicking on
the Display All 6 button, all alerts for the selection provided in the initial screen of the
product planning table are listed.

Figure 7.19 Activating Graphical Alert Monitoring in the Detailed Scheduling Planning Board Figure 7.20 Alert Monitoring from the Product Planning Table (Transaction /SAPAPO/PPT1)

Product Planning Table Resource Planning Table

The product planning table (Transaction /SAPAPO/PPT1) is another tool that consists of The PP/DS resource planning table (Transaction /SAPAPO/RPT) is a tabular capacity
many other planning and scheduling tools such as the detailed scheduling planning planning and scheduling tool. The alerts displayed in the resource planning table
board, periodic product view, and so on, including the Alert Monitor. are like the ones displayed in the detailed scheduling planning board (Transaction
/SAPAPO/CDPS0), but in the resource planning table, the alerts can also be displayed
In the initial screen of the product planning table transaction, as shown in Figure 7.20,
on individual time buckets such as shifts, days, weeks and so on, for capacity-related
select Settings 폷 Alert Profile from the menu bar, and enter the alert profile in the PP/DS
alerts.
Alert Pr. field in the popup 1. Then enter the required selection criteria for the planning
table such as location, product, and so on, and execute the transaction. In the resulting As shown in Figure 7.21, within the resource planning table, click on the Settings button
screen, select the Alert Monitor chart 2 to load the Alert Monitor 3 on the screen. In 1, and enter the alert profile to be used by the system to calculate the alerts. The
addition, on the left side of the screen, you’ll see the hierarchical representation of the resource- and capacity-related alerts are displayed in the list of resources loaded 2 and
products and the corresponding alerts displayed 4. Click on any of the products in the on the individual time buckets where such an alert 3 is raised. By clicking on the Alert
list to see the details of the alerts for that specific product. Monitor button 4, all relevant alerts, including the quantity, date, and resource/capac-
ity alerts, are shown in a popup window 5.

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Figure 7.21 Alert Monitoring from the Resource Planning Table (Transaction /SAPAPO/RPT1)

7.3 Summary
In this chapter, we covered the significance of the Alert Monitor in embedded PP/DS.
We also discussed the steps to set up the alert profiles and the various options to mon-
itor the alerts from the Alert Monitor, alert generation in the background, and alert
monitoring from various PP/DS applications and tools.
So far in the previous chapters, we’ve covered all the major functionalities and features
in embedded PP/DS. In the next chapter, we’ll explore some special or advanced sce-
narios and functionalities that can be handled in embedded PP/DS.

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Contents

Preface ....................................................................................................................................................... 15

1 Introduction to PP/DS with SAP S/4HANA 19

1.1 What Is Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling? ..................................... 20

1.1.1 Production Planning .............................................................................................. 21
1.1.2 Detailed Scheduling .............................................................................................. 22
1.2 PP/DS with SAP ...................................................................................................................... 23
1.2.1 SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization .................................................... 24
1.2.2 Key Simplifications in PP/DS for SAP S/4HANA ........................................... 30
1.2.3 Deployment .............................................................................................................. 33
1.2.4 Architecture .............................................................................................................. 39
1.3 Summary ................................................................................................................................... 42

2 Master Data 43

2.1 Integration Models ............................................................................................................... 43

2.1.1 Create the Integration Model ............................................................................. 44
2.1.2 Activate the Integration Model ......................................................................... 47
2.2 Locations .................................................................................................................................... 49
2.3 Product Master ....................................................................................................................... 54
2.3.1 Activation of Advanced Planning for Materials ........................................... 54
2.3.2 Deactivation of Advanced Planning for Materials ...................................... 57
2.3.3 Advanced Planning Settings Specific to the Material
Requirements Planning Area .............................................................................. 61
2.3.4 Flexible Integration of Material to Embedded PP/DS ................................ 62
2.4 Work Centers and Resources ............................................................................................ 66
2.4.1 Work Centers ........................................................................................................... 67
2.4.2 Resources .................................................................................................................. 72
2.5 Sources of Supply .................................................................................................................. 75
2.5.1 Production Data Structure .................................................................................. 75
2.5.2 Transfer of Routing to PP/DS as Production Data Structures ................. 75

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2.5.3 Transfer of Master Recipes as Production Data Structures to 4 Data Transfer for Transaction Data 175
PP/DS .......................................................................................................................... 82
2.5.4 External Procurement Sources of Supply ....................................................... 83
4.1 Activating the Integration of Transaction Data ...................................................... 175
2.6 Classes and Characteristics ............................................................................................... 88
4.2 Planned Independent Requirements ............................................................................ 177
2.7 Quota Arrangements ........................................................................................................... 92
4.3 Planned Orders ....................................................................................................................... 182
2.8 Setup Matrix ............................................................................................................................ 96
4.4 Production Orders ................................................................................................................. 187
2.8.1 Static Setup Matrix ................................................................................................ 97
2.8.2 Generated Setup Matrix ...................................................................................... 100 4.5 External Procurement Orders .......................................................................................... 191

2.9 Summary ................................................................................................................................... 109 4.6 Stocks and Batches ............................................................................................................... 194

4.7 Inspection Lots ........................................................................................................................ 196

4.8 Maintenance Orders ............................................................................................................. 198

3 Configuration 111 4.9 Sales Orders .............................................................................................................................. 202

4.10 Production Campaign .......................................................................................................... 207

3.1 Activating PP/DS in SAP S/4HANA ................................................................................ 111
4.11 Transaction Data with Flexible Integration ............................................................... 208
3.2 Basic Settings for Embedded PP/DS .............................................................................. 113
4.12 Initial Transfer and Retransfer of Transaction Data to PP/DS .......................... 211
3.2.1 Model Version Management .............................................................................. 113
3.2.2 Integration Settings ............................................................................................... 116 4.13 Summary ................................................................................................................................... 214
3.2.3 Transaction Data Transfer ................................................................................... 127
3.2.4 Configuration Schema of the PP/DS System ................................................ 129
3.2.5 Global Parameters and Default Values ........................................................... 130
3.2.6 Master Data Settings ............................................................................................ 135
5 Production Planning 217

3.3 Heuristics Configuration .................................................................................................... 142

5.1 Determining When PP/DS Should Be Used for Planning .................................... 218
3.3.1 Heuristic Settings ................................................................................................... 142
3.3.2 Heuristics Profiles ................................................................................................... 145 5.2 Basic Functions in PP/DS Planning ................................................................................ 221
5.2.1 Pegging ...................................................................................................................... 221
3.4 Planning Procedures ............................................................................................................ 146
5.2.2 Planning Horizon and Planning Time Fence ................................................. 228
3.4.1 Planning Procedure Settings .............................................................................. 146
5.2.3 Net Requirements Calculation ........................................................................... 230
3.4.2 Settings for Production Planning Runs in PP/DS ......................................... 150
5.2.4 Procurement Quantity Calculation .................................................................. 233
3.5 Order View Settings ............................................................................................................. 154 5.2.5 Target Stock Level and Safety Stock Methods .............................................. 235
3.6 Detailed Scheduling Planning Board ............................................................................ 160 5.2.6 Source Determination .......................................................................................... 246
3.6.1 Overall Profile .......................................................................................................... 160 5.3 Leveraging Planning Heuristics ....................................................................................... 246
3.6.2 Time Profile ............................................................................................................... 161 5.3.1 Planning of Standard Lots ................................................................................... 247
3.6.3 Work Area ................................................................................................................. 162 5.3.2 Reorder Point Planning ......................................................................................... 253
3.6.4 Planning Board Profile .......................................................................................... 163 5.3.3 Planning of Standard Lots in Three Horizons ................................................ 255
3.7 Application Logs for PP/DS ............................................................................................... 168 5.3.4 MRP Heuristic .......................................................................................................... 258
5.3.5 Demand Propagation Heuristic ......................................................................... 260
3.8 PP/DS Optimizer Settings .................................................................................................. 169
5.3.6 Quota Heuristic ....................................................................................................... 261
3.9 Summary ................................................................................................................................... 173 5.3.7 Planning of Standard Lots for Co-Products .................................................... 262

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5.4 Leveraging Service Heuristics ........................................................................................... 264 6.3.3 Schedule Operations ............................................................................................. 380
5.4.1 Bottom-Up Rescheduling ..................................................................................... 264 6.3.4 Minimize Runtime ................................................................................................. 381
5.4.2 Top-Down Rescheduling ...................................................................................... 270 6.3.5 Multilevel Scheduling Framework Heuristics ............................................... 383
5.4.3 Change Order Priorities ........................................................................................ 271 6.3.6 Multiresource Scheduling Heuristic ................................................................. 390
5.4.4 Create Fixed Pegging ............................................................................................. 271 6.3.7 Demand-Driven Scheduling (DDMRP Schedule Sequence) ..................... 393
5.4.5 Delete Fixed Pegging ............................................................................................. 274 6.4 Triggering PP/DS Scheduling ........................................................................................... 398
5.4.6 Stage Numbering ................................................................................................... 275 6.4.1 Detailed Scheduling Planning Board ............................................................... 399
5.4.7 Repetitive Manufacturing ................................................................................... 279 6.4.2 Advanced Scheduling Board ............................................................................... 413
5.5 Heuristics for Inactive Planned Orders ........................................................................ 284 6.4.3 Monitor Capacity Utilization App ..................................................................... 421
6.4.4 Resource Planning Table ...................................................................................... 426
5.6 Triggering a PP/DS Planning Run ................................................................................... 286
5.6.1 Production Planning Run in Interactive Mode .............................................. 287 6.5 Detailed Scheduling Optimizer ....................................................................................... 430
5.6.2 Production Planning Run in the Background ................................................ 292 6.5.1 Objective Functions ............................................................................................... 431
5.6.3 Interactive Production Planning ........................................................................ 296 6.5.2 Optimization Profile .............................................................................................. 434
5.6.4 Planning PP/DS Materials in MRP Live (One MRP Run) ............................. 308 6.5.3 Execute and Monitor Detailed Scheduling Optimizer Runs .................... 440

5.7 Monitoring and Evaluating the Planning Runs ........................................................ 309 6.6 Summary ................................................................................................................................... 447
5.7.1 PP/DS Planning Log ................................................................................................ 309
5.7.2 Evaluate the MRP Live Execution ...................................................................... 312
5.7.3 Evaluate the PP/DS Background Planning Run ............................................ 313
5.7.4 Monitor Planning Results from MRP SAP Fiori Apps .................................. 315
7 The Alert Monitor 449

5.8 Leveraging the Production Planning Optimizer ...................................................... 318

7.1 Alert Profiles ............................................................................................................................ 449
5.8.1 Master Data Settings for Production Planning Optimizer ....................... 319
7.1.1 Activate and Access the Alert Monitor ............................................................ 450
5.8.2 Profiles for Production Planning Optimizer ................................................... 325
7.1.2 Create Alert Profile ................................................................................................. 452
5.8.3 Executing the Production Planning Optimizer ............................................. 334
7.1.3 Create Overall Profile ............................................................................................ 457
5.8.4 Analyzing Production Planning Optimizer Results ..................................... 336
7.1.4 Transport Profiles ................................................................................................... 458
5.9 Planning in PP/DS with SAP Integrated Business Planning for
7.2 Alert Monitoring .................................................................................................................... 459
Supply Chain ............................................................................................................................ 339
7.2.1 Monitor Alerts from the Alert Monitor ........................................................... 459
5.10 Summary ................................................................................................................................... 342 7.2.2 Generate Alerts in the Background .................................................................. 460
7.2.3 Monitor Alerts from PP/DS Applications ........................................................ 463
7.3 Summary ................................................................................................................................... 470
6 Detailed Scheduling 343

6.1 Determining When PP/DS Should Be Used for Scheduling ................................ 344 8 Advanced PP/DS Features 471
6.2 Creating a Detailed Scheduling Strategy .................................................................... 347
6.2.1 Strategy Profiles ...................................................................................................... 347 8.1 Planning with Shelf Life ...................................................................................................... 471
6.2.2 General Strategy Parameters ............................................................................. 352 8.1.1 Master Data .............................................................................................................. 472
6.2.3 Strategy Parameters for Dependent Objects ................................................ 368 8.1.2 Integration of Batches with Shelf Life ............................................................. 474
6.3 Leveraging Detailed Scheduling Heuristics ............................................................... 377 8.1.3 Pegging and Planning ........................................................................................... 479
6.3.1 Schedule Sequence ................................................................................................ 377 8.1.4 Alerts for Shelf Life ................................................................................................. 481
6.3.2 Remove Backlog ...................................................................................................... 378

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8.2 Product Interchangeability ............................................................................................... 484 10 Administering PP/DS with SAP S/4HANA 569
8.2.1 Master Data .............................................................................................................. 485
8.2.2 Interchangeability in the Planning Process ................................................... 491
10.1 Core Interface Queue Monitoring .................................................................................. 570
8.3 Characteristics-Dependent Planning ............................................................................ 494
10.2 Core Interface Postprocessing ......................................................................................... 576
8.3.1 Planning and Pegging ........................................................................................... 494
8.3.2 Block Planning ......................................................................................................... 497 10.3 Core Interface Comparison and Reconciliation ........................................................ 582

8.4 Push Production ..................................................................................................................... 505 10.4 Core Interface Application Log Management ........................................................... 588

8.4.1 Identify the Push Problem ................................................................................... 506 10.5 SAP liveCache Housekeeping and Reconciliation ................................................... 589
8.4.2 Launch the Push Production View .................................................................... 506 10.5.1 Housekeeping .......................................................................................................... 590
8.5 Tank Planning ......................................................................................................................... 508 10.5.2 Data Reconciliation ................................................................................................ 592
8.5.1 Configuration .......................................................................................................... 509 10.5.3 Overview of SAP liveCache Transactions ........................................................ 595
8.5.2 Master Data .............................................................................................................. 514 10.6 Administration of PP/DS Master Data ......................................................................... 596
8.5.3 Interactive Tank Planning .................................................................................... 518 10.6.1 Pegging Areas .......................................................................................................... 596
8.6 Production Campaign Planning ...................................................................................... 521 10.6.2 Resources .................................................................................................................. 597

8.6.1 Configuration .......................................................................................................... 522 10.7 Housekeeping and Consistency Check Jobs .............................................................. 599
8.6.2 Master Data .............................................................................................................. 525 10.8 Summary ................................................................................................................................... 601
8.6.3 Campaign Planning Tools .................................................................................... 528
8.7 Segmentation .......................................................................................................................... 535
8.7.1 Master Data .............................................................................................................. 536
8.7.2 Transaction Data .................................................................................................... 544
11 Migration to Embedded PP/DS 603

8.8 Summary ................................................................................................................................... 546

11.1 New Implementation .......................................................................................................... 604

11.2 System Conversion ............................................................................................................... 605

11.3 Landscape Transformation ................................................................................................ 608

9 SAP Digital Supply Chain Management,
11.4 Summary ................................................................................................................................... 610
edition for SAP S/4HANA 547

9.1 Solution Architecture ........................................................................................................... 547

9.2 Prerequisites ............................................................................................................................ 551 Appendices 611

9.3 Customizing and Configuration ...................................................................................... 552

A SAP Notes .................................................................................................................................. 611
9.3.1 Settings in the ERP System .................................................................................. 552
9.3.2 Settings in SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing for Planning and B The Author ................................................................................................................................ 619
Scheduling ................................................................................................................ 555
9.4 Integration ................................................................................................................................ 562
9.4.1 Integration of Master Data ................................................................................. 562 Index .......................................................................................................................................................... 621
9.4.2 Integration of Transaction Data ........................................................................ 565
9.5 Summary ................................................................................................................................... 567

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A Alert Monitor (Cont.)

settings ................................................................ 455
Action ........................................................................ 148 set up alert .......................................................... 454
Activities ...................................................................... 80 shelf life ................................................................ 481
Activity relationships ............................................. 80 tanks ..................................................................... 520
Adjust and reschedule block limits use .......................................................................... 459
heuristic ............................................................... 504 Alert profile .......................................... 417, 449, 482
Administration ...................................................... 569 alert type ............................................................. 453
application log management ..................... 588 ATP category ..................................................... 456
CIF postprocessing ........................................... 576 attribute .............................................................. 457
create .................................................................... 452
compare and reconcile .................................. 582
default priority ................................................. 453
master data ........................................................ 596
favorite ................................................................ 459
queue monitoring ............................................ 570
location product .............................................. 455
SAP liveCache .................................................... 589
product overview ............................................. 465
Advanced available-to-promise
product view ...................................................... 463
(aATP) .......................................................... 274, 550
resource ............................................................... 457
Advanced features ................................................ 471 set up alert .......................................................... 454
Advanced planning ................................................. 27 time intensive .................................................... 460
activate for materials ........................................ 54 transport ............................................................. 458
deactivate for materials ................................... 57 Alerts-based monitoring ................................... 220
remove indicator ................................................. 60 Algorithms .............................................................. 246
settings .................................................................... 61 /SAPAPO/HEUR_PCM_CREATE ................. 531
Advanced Scheduling Board app .......... 399, 413 /SAPAPO/HEUR_PCM_DISSOLVE ............. 532
activate ................................................................ 413 Alternative mode ........................................ 350, 390
area of responsibility ...................................... 414 costs ...................................................................... 434
charts .................................................................... 415 move ..................................................................... 405
features ................................................................ 417 priority ................................................................. 364
heuristics ............................................................. 420 Alternative resource .................................. 344, 516
settings ................................................................. 416 Append operation ................................................ 356
strategy settings ............................................... 419 Application Link Enabling (ALE) ..................... 555
Advanced shipping notification (ASN) ........ 193 Application log ................................... 168, 580, 588
Alert ............................................................................ 169 activate ................................................................ 589
avoid ..................................................................... 226 delete .................................................................... 589
types ...................................................................... 450 display ......................................................... 313, 589
Alert Monitor ....................................... 413, 417, 449 level ....................................................................... 588
access .................................................................... 451 Application profile ............................................... 452
Architecture ............................................................... 39
activate ................................................................ 450
data .......................................................................... 41
background determination ................ 461–462
embedded PP/DS ................................................ 40
detailed scheduling planning
Area of responsibility (AOR) ......... 315, 414, 421
board ...................................................... 406, 466
assign ................................................................... 316
details ................................................................... 460
Assignment mode ................................................ 140
display settings ................................................. 459
Assignment strategy ........................................... 266
favorite ................................................................. 459
Automatic planning ............................................ 576
generate in background ................................ 460 Available-to-promise (ATP) ....................... 32, 550
overall profile .................................................... 457 alert ....................................................................... 456
PP/DS applications .......................................... 463 quantity ............................................................... 146
product view ...................................................... 465 settings ................................................................ 134
profile .................................................................... 449 Avoid delays ........................................................... 231
push problem ..................................................... 506 Avoid surpluses ..................................................... 231

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B Campaign profile ................................................... 523 Cleanout order ....................................................... 532 D

create ..................................................................... 524 Client .......................................................................... 118
Backward scheduling ................................ 360, 435 Campaign requirement ...................................... 361 Compact scheduling .................................. 374, 435 Database alert ............................................... 169, 450
Batch ....................................................... 194–195, 472 Capable-to-match .................................................... 32 Component check ................................................ 266 Database Migration Option (DMO) ............... 606
class ....................................................................... 475 Capable-to-promise (CTP) .................................... 32 Components .............................................................. 80 Data Management and Landscape
pegging ................................................................ 272 Capacity ..................................................................... 322 Configuration ......................................................... 111 Transformation (DMLT) ................................ 609
shelf-life expiry .................................................. 479 Capacity-constrained production plan ........ 218 application logs ................................................ 168 Data reconciliation .............................................. 592
shelf-life planning .................................. 474, 478 Capacity-driven order creation ....................... 346 basic settings ..................................................... 113 Data Replication Framework (DRF) ............... 563
Batch management .............................................. 475 Capacity evaluation tool ...................................... 22 heuristics ............................................................. 142 Data transfer ................................................. 553, 558
Bill of materials (BOM) ................................. 75, 542 Capacity leveling ..................................................... 21 master data ........................................................ 135 activate transaction data ............................ 175
structure .............................................................. 276 Capacity planning ................................................... 22 order view settings .......................................... 154 block planning .................................................. 502
Block planning ....................................................... 497 Capacity requirements ......................................... 22 planning procedure ......................................... 146 class .......................................................................... 90
assign interval ................................................... 501 Category group ....................................................... 138 PP/DS optimizer ............................................... 169 embedded PP/DS ................................................ 27
create ........................................................... 139, 327 SAP Digital Supply Chain
bucket ...................................................................... 70 enable ................................................................... 116
Category profile ..................................................... 326
bucket capacity ................................................. 357 Management ................................................ 552 external procurement order ........................ 191
define ..................................................................... 327
characteristics ................................................... 499 schema ....................................................... 129, 559 initial transfer ................................................... 211
Changed objects ..................................................... 428
create blocks ...................................................... 499 Consistency check ................................................ 593 inspection lot ..................................................... 196
Change document ................................................. 135
detailed scheduling ......................................... 345 jobs ......................................................................... 599 integration model .............................................. 43
activate ................................................................. 135
display .................................................................. 503 Consumption type ............................................... 141 landscape ............................................................ 118
Change order priority .......................................... 271
maintain blocks ................................................ 498 Contract ....................................................................... 84 locations ................................................................. 49
Change pointer ............................................... 54, 587
master data ........................................................ 498 Conventional setup matrix ................................. 96 maintenance order ......................................... 198
process .................................................................. 583
reference cycle ................................................... 500 Conversion indicator ................................ 132, 188 order types .......................................................... 213
Characteristics .......................................................... 88
results ................................................................... 502 Co-product ..................................................... 262–263 parallel ................................................................. 211
batch ...................................................................... 475
scheduling mode .............................................. 356 block ....................................................................... 499 Core interface ........................................... 26, 43, 118 parallelized ............................................................ 48
strategy profile .................................................. 366 maintain ................................................................ 89 activate logs ....................................................... 588 PIR .......................................................................... 178
transfer ................................................................. 502 object dependency ........................................... 477 application log management ..................... 588 planned order .................................................... 182
Bottleneck optimization .................................... 534 Characteristics-based setup matrix ............... 345 compare and reconcile .................................. 582 production order .............................................. 187
Bottleneck resource ............................................. 526 Characteristics-dependent planning display queues ................................................... 574 recording ............................................................. 123
Bottom-up rescheduling .................................... 264 (CDP) .................................. 88, 219, 475, 494, 559 postprocessing ........................................ 185, 576 retransfers .......................................................... 125
interactive ........................................................... 269 block planning ................................................... 497 publication settings ........................................ 124 sales order .......................................................... 202
settings ................................................................. 264 class .......................................................................... 90 queue ........................................ 126, 176, 185, 213 SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization
Bucket class type ................................................................ 41 queue monitoring ............................................ 570 to SAP ERP ........................................................ 26
capacity ............................................... 70, 357–358 configuration ..................................................... 129 queue names ...................................................... 571 SAP S/4HANA ....................................................... 27
scheduling mode .............................................. 356 conversion ........................................................... 494 queue status ....................................................... 572 simplification ....................................................... 33
Bucket offset ........................................................... 330 detailed scheduling .......................................... 345 reconciliation tool ........................................... 195 software version ............................................... 119
Buffer positioning ................................................ 393 heuristics .............................................................. 495 settings ................................................................. 555 stocks and batches .......................................... 194
Buffer sizing ............................................................ 394 pegging ....................................................... 228, 494 user settings ....................................................... 122 timing ................................................................... 132
Business partner ...................................................... 54 Characteristics value matrix ................... 102, 106 Core interface comparison and reconciliation transaction data .............................. 41, 127, 175
Business system group (BSG) ................. 120, 556 Check mode ............................................................. 140 (CCR) ...................................................................... 582 Date shift ................................................................. 266
logical systems .................................................. 556 CIF comparison and reconciliation (CCR) Core interface postprocessing (CPP) ... 576, 580 Day’s supply ........................................................... 156
Business transfer event (BTE) ................ 117, 555 background processing .................................. 584 Create fixed pegging ............................................ 271 calculation logic .............................................. 157
activate indicator ............................................ 118 error ....................................................................... 586 settings ................................................................. 272 customize ............................................................ 157
iteration ............................................................... 587 Create planning/fixing interval ...................... 388 DDMRP schedule sequence .............................. 393
parallel processing profile ............................. 584 example ............................................................... 390
C results .................................................................... 585
example ............................................................... 394
settings ................................................................. 389 settings ................................................................ 396
Calculation procedure ........................................ 277 settings ................................................................. 583 Cross-order relationship .......................... 369, 373 Debugging ............................................................... 123
Calendar ....................................................................... 53 Class .............................................................................. 88 Cross-strategy parameters ................................ 349 Decomposition ..................................................... 438
display ..................................................................... 90 Current mode ......................................................... 350 Default values ........................................................ 130
resources ................................................................. 68
integration model .............................................. 90 Custom code analysis ......................................... 606 Delay costs .............................................................. 433
Campaign heuristic .............................................. 524
maintain ................................................................ 89 Customer/vendor integration (CVI) .............. 563 Delay penalty ......................................................... 321
Campaign number ............................................... 522
type 023 ........................................................ 90, 474
Campaign optimization .................. 362, 525, 534 Customizing ID ...................................................... 145 Delete fixed pegging ........................................... 274
type 300 ................................................................. 89
Campaign planning ............................................. 497 Custom sort profile ....................................... 32, 273 Delta transfer ......................................................... 211
type 400 ....................................................... 90, 494

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Demand-driven MRP (DDMRP) ....................... 393 Detailed scheduling planning board (Cont.) Exception group .......................................... 168, 312 H
Demand penalty .................................................... 321 context menu ..................................................... 404 Expiring receipts ................................................... 483
Demand planning ............................................ 25, 31 customize ............................................................. 163 Explanation log ..................................................... 443 Handling resource .................................................. 53
Demand propagation .......................................... 260 Detailed Scheduling Optimizer ................... 441 Explosion ................................................................. 250 Heuristics ......................................................... 25, 142
Dependent data ........................................................ 58 execute heuristics ............................................. 406 External procurement ................................... 75, 83 Advanced Scheduling Board ....................... 420
Dependent demand ............................................. 264 features ................................................................. 404 integration models ............................................. 84 block planning ......................................... 503–504
Dependent object ................................................. 369 interactive planning ........................................ 269 order ...................................................................... 191 bottom-up rescheduling ............................... 264
pegging ................................................................ 376 launch ................................................................... 160 External procurement relationship ......... 48, 86 campaign planning ........................................ 531
scheduling submode ....................................... 372 log ........................................................................... 407 display ..................................................................... 86 CDP ........................................................................ 495
time relationships .................................. 373, 375 multilevel time buffers ......................... 409, 411 source determination ..................................... 246 change order priority ..................................... 271
Deployment ............................................................... 33 navigate ............................................................... 402 copy ....................................................................... 144
add-on ..................................................................... 35 object ..................................................................... 164 create fixed pegging ....................................... 271
embedded PP/DS ................................................. 36 performance ....................................................... 401
F
create planning/fixing intervals ............... 388
SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization profile .......................................................... 163, 399 Favorite management .............................. 451, 459 DDMRP schedule sequence .......................... 393
and SAP ERP ..................................................... 33 SAP Fiori ............................................................... 399 Field selection ........................................................ 560 delete fixed pegging ....................................... 274
SAP IBP ................................................................. 340 sim session .......................................................... 408 Fill level ..................................................................... 512 demand propagation ..................................... 260
standalone ............................................................. 33 Discontinuation ..................................................... 485 chart ...................................................................... 519 detailed scheduling ......................................... 377
Desired date ............................................................ 350 Discrete industry and mill products ............. 551 profile .................................................................... 513 detailed scheduling planning board ........ 406
Detailed scheduling ............................... 20, 22, 343 Discrete manufacturing ............................. 23, 497 reduction ............................................................. 519 enhanced backward scheduling ................ 387
all or nothing ..................................................... 368 Discrete optimization ............................... 328, 330 Find slot .................................................................... 353 execute ................................................................. 398
Detailed Scheduling Optimizer ................... 430 Display horizon ...................................................... 416 Finite capacity ........................................................ 358 inactive planned orders ....................... 284–285
heuristics ............................................................. 377 Display MRP Master Data Issues app ............ 318 Finiteness level ............................................ 359, 385 maintain ............................................................. 143
scenario ................................................................ 344 Distribution definition ....................................... 557 configure ............................................................. 360 minimize runtime ............................................ 381
shelf-life planning ............................................ 472 Downtime ................................................................ 201 Finite scheduling .................................................. 353 MRP ....................................................................... 258
strategy ................................................................ 347 maintenance order .......................................... 199 strategy ...................................................... 353–354 MRP Live .............................................................. 308
strategy parameters ....................................... 352 resource .................................................................. 71 First in, first out (FIFO) ........................................ 231 multilevel scheduling framework ............. 383
strategy settings ............................................... 419 Dynamic alert ......................................................... 450 Fixed pegging ...................................... 133, 223, 267 multiresource planning (equal) ................. 279
trigger ................................................................... 398 Dynamic pegging .............................. 133, 221, 272 create .................................................................... 272 multiresource planning (primary
Detailed Scheduling Optimizer ............ 170, 217, shelf-life planning ............................................ 479 delete ..................................................................... 274 resource) ......................................................... 281
345–346, 430, 438, 522 options ................................................................. 272 multiresource scheduling ............................. 390
background run ................................................ 445 E user-defined settings ...................................... 272 planning ........................................... 230, 233, 246
campaigns ................................................ 525, 534 Fixing interval ........................................................ 388 planning of standard lots ................... 247, 480
combined run .......................................... 335, 436 Embedded PP/DS .................................................... 24 Flexible integration ............................................. 208 planning of standard lots for
constraints .......................................................... 434 activate ....................................................... 111, 113 material to embedded PP/DS ......................... 62 co-products ................................................... 262
detailed scheduling planning board ........ 441 architecture ........................................................... 40 Forecast ........................................................... 181, 300 planning of standard lots in three
engine ................................................................... 430 basic settings ...................................................... 113 consumption ...................................................... 180 horizons .......................................................... 255
execute .............................................. 336, 440–441 configure .............................................................. 111 element ................................................................ 179 planning package ............................................ 490
functions .............................................................. 431 deployment ........................................................... 36 Forward scheduling ............................................. 360 planning run ...................................................... 441
log ........................................................................... 443 landscape transformation ............................ 609 Function ................................................................... 289 product view ...................................................... 300
parallel processing .......................................... 439 migration ............................................................. 603 quota .................................................................... 261
planning run ...................................................... 440 simplification ....................................................... 30 remove backlog ................................................ 378
profile .................................................................... 434
G reorder point planning .................................. 253
system conversion setup ............................... 607
rescheduling ....................................................... 445 versus Generated setup matrix .............................. 96, 100 repetitive manufacturing ............................. 279
settings ................................................................. 430 SAP Advanced Planning and SAP_PP_SL001 .................................................. 481
Generation report ............................................ 41, 44
stop execution ................................................... 446 Optimization ....................................... 26, 30 schedule operations ....................................... 380
Global available-to-promise (global ATP) ..... 32,
Detailed scheduling planning board ........... 160, Enhanced backward scheduling ...................... 387 schedule sequence ........................................... 377
603
399, 467, 511, 518, 524 settings ................................................................. 388 scope limitations ............................................. 209
Global parameter .................................................. 130
alert ....................................................................... 466 Enhanced block maintenance heuristic ...... 504 service ................................................................... 264
display/change ................................................. 130
Alert Monitor ..................................................... 406 settings ................................................................ 142
Error alert ................................................................. 453 Goods receipt (GR) ................................................ 192
block ...................................................................... 503 shelf-life planning .................................. 471, 480
Error-tolerant scheduling .................................. 367 Greenfield implementation ............................. 604
chart ...................................................................... 403 stable forward scheduling ........................... 383
Evaluation profile .................................................. 422 Gross duration ....................................................... 411
color and shape ................................................ 167 stage numbering .............................................. 277
assign to users ................................................... 423
top-down rescheduling ................................. 270
Events ......................................................................... 147

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Heuristics profile .................................................. 145 K Master data (Cont.) Minimize runtime ............................................... 381
create .................................................................... 145 characteristic ........................................................ 88 Minimum interval ............................................... 369
Horizon ..................................................................... 438 Key completion ...................................................... 124 class .......................................................................... 88 Minimum shelf life .............................................. 481
Housekeeping ........................................................ 599 configuration settings ................................... 135 minimum split quantity ...................................... 95
element ................................................................... 41 Mode cost ................................................................ 434
L
integration .......................................................... 562
I Model .......................................................... 49, 53, 113
Landscape transformation ................................ 608 location ......................................................... 49, 562 create .................................................................... 113
I/O indicator ........................................................... 515 scenario ................................................................ 609 material-dependent object .............................. 45 interchangeability group ............................. 489
Inactive planned order ....................................... 284 Linear optimization ............................................. 328 product interchangeability .......................... 485 resources ................................................................ 70
heuristics ............................................................. 285 Linear supersession chain ....................... 485, 487 production version ............................................. 75 Model version management ........................... 113
Inbound queue ...................................................... 127 prerequisite ......................................................... 488 product master .................................................... 54 Mode of transport ................................................... 87
Inconsistency ......................................................... 594 resource ................................................................... 66 Monitor Capacity Utilization app .................. 421
Location ...................................................................... 49
Incremental optimization ................................. 331 SAP IBP ................................................................. 340 configure ............................................................. 421
access ....................................................................... 51
Infinite scheduling ..................................... 353, 357 SAP S/4HANA ........................................................ 27 resource ............................................................... 423
alert ........................................................................ 455
error ....................................................................... 367 shelf-life planning ............................................ 472
enhancement option ......................................... 50 shift table ............................................................ 424
minimum interval ........................................... 369 simplification ........................................ 31, 40–41
handling resource ............................................... 53 Monitor Material Coverage app ..................... 316
Infinite sequencing .............................................. 357 source of supply ................................................... 75
product ................................................................. 455 Move time ...................................................... 370–371
Information alert .................................................. 453 storage ..................................................................... 27
type ........................................................................... 49 MRP-based detailed scheduling ........................ 31
In-house production .............................................. 75 time-dependent ................................................ 322
Logging ............................................................ 123, 130 MRP Live ........................ 19, 27, 217, 220, 277, 317
Insert operation ..................................................... 354 work center ............................................................ 66
Logical system ................................................ 44, 121 evaluate ............................................................... 312
Insert operation and close gap ........................ 356 Master production scheduling (MPS) .............. 21
assign .................................................................... 118 execute ................................................................. 308
Inspection lot ......................................................... 196 Master recipe .......................................................... 108
define ..................................................................... 118 heuristics ............................................................. 308
embedded PP/DS .............................................. 197 Material class .......................................................... 101
link to business system groups ................... 556 interchangeability ........................................... 492
Material-dependent data ...................................... 60
Integration model ........................................... 41, 43 Logical unit of work (LUW), queue ................. 574 performance log ............................................... 312
Material-dependent object ............................... 175
activate ................................................................... 47 Lot size ................................................... 233, 252, 255 planning run ...................................................... 308
Material-dependent selection ............................ 45
class .......................................................................... 90 constraints .......................................................... 321 Multi-activity resource ......................................... 67
Material master ......................................... 48, 54, 61
create ....................................................................... 44 Multilevel scheduling framework ................. 383
minimum/maximum ..................................... 234 advanced planning ............................................ 55
details ...................................................................... 48 Multilevel time buffer (MLTB) ........................ 409
procedures ........................................................... 233 configurable material .................................... 129
external procurement ....................................... 84 calculate time buffers .................................... 411
time horizons ..................................................... 256 deactivated materials .................................... 284
generate .................................................................. 46
Lowest mode priority ................................ 363, 438 planning procedure ......................................... 146 profile ................................................................... 411
maintenance order .......................................... 199
Low-level code ........................................................ 275 priority ................................................................. 204 Multiple interchangeability ............................. 487
material master ................................................... 54
calculate ............................................................... 277 Production Planning Optimizer ................. 319 Multiresource planning ..................................... 279
queue failure ......................................................... 85
graph ..................................................................... 278 SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing for planning equal ..................................................................... 279
shelf-life planning ............................................ 478
and scheduling ............................................. 560 primary resource ............................................. 281
transaction data ............................................... 175
M Material requirements planning settings ....................................................... 280, 282
Integration settings ............................................. 116
(MRP) .............................................................. 21, 218 Multiresource scheduling ........................ 344, 390
BTE indicator ..................................................... 117
Maintenance order ............................................... 198 area ................................................................. 61, 563 example ............................................................... 392
core interface queue ....................................... 126
components ........................................................ 200 classic ............................................................. 19, 449 settings ................................................................ 391
system landscape ............................................. 118
create ..................................................................... 199 controller ............................................................. 136 Multistep planning .............................................. 219
Interactive planning ......................... 251, 269, 296
integration model ............................................ 199 detailed scehduling ......................................... 346 Mutilevel planning .............................................. 268
generate evaluation ........................................ 301
operations ........................................................... 201 execution ................................................................ 31
Interactive tank planning .................................. 518
heuristic ............................................................... 258
Interchangeability group ................................... 485 transfer ................................................................. 200 N
Maintenance planner .......................................... 606 interchangeability ........................................... 491
assign to model ................................................. 489
Makespan ................................................................. 431 SAP Fiori apps .................................................... 315 Net duration ........................................................... 411
direction ............................................................... 488
Make-to-order (MTO) ........................................... 203 SAP S/4HANA ........................................................ 27 Net requirements calculation ...... 230, 248, 254
maintain .............................................................. 486
Make-to-stock (MTS) ........................ 203, 206, 494 Maturation time ................................. 473, 481–482 execute ................................................................. 247
Interoperation times ........................................... 369
Maximum runtime .............................................. 435 settings ................................................................ 231
mapping .............................................................. 370 Manufacturing order ........................................... 177
Maximum shelf life ............................................. 481 Network alert ......................................................... 455
Intervals .................................................................... 389 Marking color ......................................................... 164
Means of transport ........................................ 87, 325
Master data ................................................................ 43 Nonworking time ................................................. 361
Migration ................................................................. 603
administration .................................................. 596 Number range .............................................. 130, 132
J block planning ................................................... 498
landscape transformation ........................... 608
new implementation ...................................... 604
Job log ........................................................................ 314 business partner .................................................. 54
system conversion ........................................... 605

626 627
Index Index

O Pegging ......................................... 115, 132, 221, 230 Planning interval .................................................. 389 PP/DS optimizer ................................... 32, 169, 343
area ................................................................ 57, 225 Planning log ............................................................ 309 configure ............................................................. 173
Object dependency .............................................. 476 avoid alerts ......................................................... 226 creation mode ................................................... 311 installation options ........................................ 171
block planning .................................................. 503 CDP ......................................................................... 494 filter ....................................................................... 310 RFC destination ................................................ 172
One MRP run .......................................................... 308 conditions ............................................................ 225 Planning objects .................................................... 290 settings ................................................................ 169
Online transfer ....................................................... 125 dependent object .............................................. 376 Planning of standard lots ........................ 233, 247 shelf-life planning ........................................... 472
Operations ........................................................ 80, 184 dynamic ................................................................ 133 co-products ......................................................... 262 Primary demand ......................................... 410–411
deallocated ......................................................... 384 enhanced backward scheduling ................. 387 settings ................................................................. 248 Priority ................................................... 115, 271, 333
detailed scheduling ......................................... 352 error ....................................................................... 367 adjustment factor ........................................... 397
three horizons .................................................... 255
list ........................................................................... 425 fixed ....................................................................... 133 calculate ..................................................... 395, 397
Planning package ........................................ 260, 489
maintenance order .......................................... 201
heuristics .............................................................. 383 customize ............................................................ 490 default .................................................................. 453
move ...................................................................... 405
horizon .................................................................. 273 display .................................................................. 490 mode ..................................................................... 364
overlap ................................................................. 371
intervals ................................................................ 225 maintain .............................................................. 492 non-buffered products ................................... 396
relationship ........................................................ 345
overview ............................................................... 300 number range .................................................... 490 numbers .............................................................. 116
scheduling ........................................................... 427
scheduling priority .......................................... 396 quantity ................................................................ 146 Planning procedure .......................... 116, 146, 251 resource network ............................................. 366
Optimization .......................................................... 219 relationship .................. 221, 271, 275, 345, 405 MRP planning .................................................... 150 sales order .......................................................... 203
Optimization method ......................................... 328 shelf-life planning .................................. 471, 479 reaction to events ............................................ 147 slack time ............................................................ 397
Optimization profile ................................. 430, 434 strategy ................................................................. 222 settings ................................................................. 146 Processing horizon .............................................. 267
additional strategy .......................................... 438 structure ............................................................... 271 Planning run Process order ................................................. 177, 187
basic settings ..................................................... 434 substitution order ............................................ 492 background .............................................. 292, 313 Process-oriented manufacturing ................... 497
details ................................................................... 430 total receipts/stock .......................................... 226 Detailed Scheduling Optimizer ................... 440 Procurement quantity calculation ................ 233
expert settings ................................................... 439 types ....................................................................... 224 evaluate ............................................................... 313 Product interchangeability ..................... 220, 484
horizon ................................................................. 438 Pegging area ............................................................ 203 execute heuristics ............................................ 287 in-house ............................................................... 492
order processing ............................................... 436 administration .................................................. 596 master data ....................................................... 485
function ................................................................ 289
resource processing ......................................... 437 Performance logs .................................................. 312 planning package ............................................ 489
heuristics ............................................................. 289
Optimizer lot formation .................................... 329 Period definition ................................................... 391 planning process .............................................. 491
interactive ........................................................... 287
Order-internal relationship .................... 369, 373 Period factor ............................................................ 233 restrictions ......................................................... 485
interchangeability ........................................... 492
Order processing ................................................... 436
Periodic job .............................................................. 294 job ........................................................................... 293 Production campaign ............. 207, 346, 362, 521
Order scheduling .................................................. 347
Planned independent requirement (PIR) .... 177 job spool .............................................................. 315 create .................................................................... 531
Order view settings .............................................. 154
embedded PP/DS .............................................. 179 log ................................................................. 289, 294 dissolve ................................................................ 532
general profile ................................................... 158
quantity ................................................................ 178 monitor ................................................................ 309 functions ............................................................. 533
Organizational area ................................................ 90
Outbound queue ................................................... 126 requirement strategy ...................................... 178 MRP ....................................................................... 150 Production campaign planning ..................... 521
Overall profile ..................................... 154, 426, 451 Planned order ......................................................... 182 MRP Live .............................................................. 308 configuration .................................................... 522
background ........................................................ 460 conversion ........................................................... 188 parallel processing .......................................... 152 heuristics ............................................................. 531
create .................................................................... 457 create manually ................................................ 185 SAP Fiori app ...................................................... 315 master data ....................................................... 525
customize ............................................................ 161 embedded PP/DS .............................................. 184 sequencing .......................................................... 276 number ranges ................................................. 522
detailed scheduling planning enhance ................................................................ 185 trigger ................................................................... 286 resource master ................................................ 526
board ...................................................... 160, 400 SAP S/4HANA ..................................................... 183 variant .................................................................. 292 tools ...................................................................... 528
maintain .............................................................. 155 transfer ................................................................. 185 transaction ......................................................... 529
Planning strategy ..................... 138, 141, 178, 180
Overdelivery tolerance ....................................... 227 Planner ...................................................................... 136 visualization ...................................................... 524
mapping .............................................................. 179
Overload strategy ................................................. 283 create ..................................................................... 136 Production capacity ............................................ 329
Planning time fence ............................................. 229
Planning area ............................................................ 31 Production data structure (PDS) ............... 30, 41,
Plant .................................................................... 51, 562
P Planning board profile ........................................ 163
stock ...................................................................... 194
75, 132, 564
Planning direction ................................................ 360 block planning .................................................. 503
Post-conversion .................................................... 606
Parallel discontinuation .................................... 484 Planning group ...................................................... 150 cost and priorities ........................................... 323
Postprocessing .......................... 122, 176, 185, 576
Parallel processing ........................................ 48, 211 Planning heuristics ............................................... 142 create ....................................................................... 75
define destinations .......................................... 153 activate ...................................................... 122, 576
Planning horizon ..................... 115, 228, 248, 256, details ...................................................................... 78
define profile ...................................................... 333 delete record ....................................................... 581
287, 334 display ..................................................................... 78
Detailed Scheduling Optimizer ................... 439 display records .................................................. 579
long-term ............................................................. 258 error ......................................................................... 77
MRP heuristic ..................................................... 260 error status ......................................................... 578
mid-term .............................................................. 257 execute transfer .................................................. 78
planning run ...................................................... 152 record .................................................................... 577
processing ............................................................ 267 maintain ...................................................... 81, 323
profile .................................................................... 584 status .................................................................... 578
short-term ........................................................... 257 modes .......................................................... 363, 393
stocks .................................................................... 584 worklist ................................................................ 580

628 629
Index Index

Production data structure (PDS) (Cont.) Production Planning Optimizer profile ....... 328 Q Resource (Cont.)
segmentation .................................................... 542 automatic cost generation ........................... 333 capacity load ..................................................... 438
source determination ..................................... 246 define ..................................................................... 328 Quantity/value updating .................................. 560 context menu .................................................... 404
subcontracting ..................................................... 76 discrete constraints ......................................... 330 Queue direction ..................................................... 570 detailed scheduling planning board ........ 401
transfer .................................................................... 76 general constraints .......................................... 329 Queue monitor ...................................................... 571 details ...................................................................... 70
transfer options ................................................... 78 integration .......................................................... 331 display details .................................................... 574 overload .............................................................. 393
parallel processing ........................................... 333 queue status ....................................................... 572 pool ....................................................................... 402
validity period ................................................... 362
solution methods .............................................. 331 Queue name, register .......................................... 555 property .................................................................. 68
Production line ......................................................... 68
Production process model (PPM) ..................... 30 Queue processing ................................................. 126 transfer ................................................................... 67
Production order .................................................. 187
Production Scheduling Board app ................. 413 Queue scheduler ................................................... 572 Resource inbound ................................................... 53
confirmation ...................................................... 190 Resource network ....................................... 364, 377
Production version .......................................... 30, 75 Queue status ........................................................... 572
conversion ........................................................... 187 create .................................................................... 365
automate ............................................................... 76 Queue time .................................................... 370–372
delete ..................................................................... 191 priority ................................................................. 366
Product master ............................................... 54, 300 Queue type .................................................... 121, 556
interchangeable components ..................... 493 display ..................................................................... 56 Resource outbound ................................................ 53
Quota ......................................................................... 261
interrupt .............................................................. 191 planner .................................................................. 136 Quota arrangements .................................... 92, 261 Resource planning table ........................... 167, 426
retransfer ............................................................. 189 Product overview ........................................ 306, 465 alert monitoring .............................................. 469
SAP S/4HANA ..................................................... 189 results .................................................................... 306 details ................................................................... 426
R navigation .......................................................... 428
transfer ................................................................. 189 Product planning table ............................. 303, 338
Production planning .................................... 20, 217 alert monitoring ............................................... 468 schedule operations ....................................... 427
Receipt ....................................................................... 184
basic functions .................................................. 221 charts ..................................................................... 304 Resource pool ........................................................ 428
Receipt day’s supply ............................................ 157
Resource processing ........................................... 437
inactive planned orders ................................. 284 fill levels ................................................................ 520 Receipt element .................................. 221–222, 232
Resource time stream ......................................... 597
interactive ........................................................... 296 results .................................................................... 305 create .................................................................... 248
display .................................................................. 598
planning heuristics .......................................... 246 tank planning .................................................... 512 nonfixed ............................................................... 254
Resource utilization ............................................ 427
process industries ............................................... 23 Product storage definition (PSD) ................... 509, Receipts view ................................................ 154, 302
Resource view ........................................................ 163
SAP ERP ................................................................... 21 514, 516 Re-explosion ................................................. 149, 250
Restriction mode .................................................. 347
components ........................................................ 517 Reference cycle ...................................................... 500
SAP IBP ................................................................. 339 Retransfer settings ...................................... 125, 558
details .................................................................... 515 insert ..................................................................... 501
SAP S/4HANA ........................................................ 21 Reuse mode ......................................... 148, 248–249
evaluate ................................................................ 520 Release procedure ................................................ 193
scenario ................................................................ 218 re-explode plan ................................................. 250
Product view ................................................. 154, 297 Remote control and communication
service heuristic ................................................ 264 Reuse strategy ....................................................... 249
alert ........................................................................ 463 framework (RCCF) ............................................ 445
Production planning and detailed scheduling RFC destination ............................................ 119, 553
global settings ................................................... 297 Remote function call (RFC) .................................. 41
(PP/DS) create .................................................................... 172
heuristics .............................................................. 300 Remove backlog .................................................... 378
activate ................................................................ 111 register ................................................................. 555
order processing ................................................ 299 example ............................................................... 379
component ............................................................ 20 Routing ........................................................................ 75
profile .................................................................... 300 settings ................................................................. 379
interoperation time ........................................ 370
embedded ............................................................... 24 results .................................................................... 298 Reorder point ......................................................... 234
operation ............................................................ 108
features ................................................................... 23 Project order ............................................................ 177 Reorder point planning ...................................... 253
SAP ............................................................................ 23 Propagation range ...................................... 150, 287 example ............................................................... 254
Production planning for process custom .................................................................. 151 settings ................................................................. 254 S
industries ............................................................... 72 Publication settings ............................................. 124 Repetitive manufacturing ................ 24, 279, 284
Replenishment planning ................................... 394 Safety day’s supply .............................................. 242
Production Planning Optimizer .................... 169, Purchase info record .............................................. 83 time-dependent ................................................ 244
Purchase order ....................................................... 193 Requirement ........................................................... 184
217–218, 318, 565 Safety stock .................................................... 116, 239
Purchase requisition ............................................ 192 Requirement class ................................................ 141
analyze results .................................................. 336 consider ............................................................... 330
Requirement element ......................................... 221
capacity constraints ....................................... 321 conversion ........................................................... 193 method ............................................. 240–241, 245
Requirement strategy ............................... 139, 178
combined run .......................................... 335, 436 requirements ...................................................... 193 penalties .............................................................. 320
Requirements view .................................... 154, 302
execute ................................................................. 334 subcontracting .................................................. 192 time-dependent ............................. 243, 320, 322
Reschedule blocks heuristic ............................. 504
input parameters ............................................. 337 Push problem ......................................................... 506 virtual ................................................................... 241
Rescheduling .......................................................... 125
Push production .......................................... 220, 505 Safety time .............................................................. 267
leveraging ........................................................... 318 Resource .............................................................. 53, 66
consume excess stock ..................................... 507 Sales and operations planning (S&OP) ........... 21
penalties and costs .......................................... 320 access ....................................................................... 69
push problem ..................................................... 506 Sales order ............................................................... 202
profiles .................................................................. 325 administration .................................................. 597
view ........................................................................ 506 outbound deliveries ........................................ 206
results logs .......................................................... 338 alert ....................................................................... 457
assign ....................................................................... 69 priority ................................................................. 203
settings ................................................................. 319
calendar ............................................................... 437 transfer ................................................................ 203

630 631
Index Index

SAP Activate ............................................................ 604 SAP S/4HANA ............................................................ 19 Segmentation ......................................................... 535 Source of supply ................................... 75, 192, 514
SAP Advanced Planning and architecture .................................................... 37, 39 assign .................................................................... 542 consuming product ........................................ 507
Optimization ............... 19, 23–24, 54, 120, 569 data model ............................................................ 40 characteristics ......................................... 536, 545 determination ................................................... 246
add-on deployment ............................................ 35 deployment option ............................................ 36 generate rules .................................................... 539 external procurement ....................................... 83
data transfer ......................................................... 26 master data .......................................................... 27 integration .......................................................... 540 interactive sourcing ........................................ 251
feature ..................................................................... 25 migration scenario .......................................... 603 master data ........................................................ 536 low-level code .................................................... 278
migration ............................................................ 603 MRP .......................................................................... 27 strategy ............................................. 537, 539–540 options ................................................................. 116
SAP ERP ................................................................... 25 production planning ......................................... 21 transaction data ............................................... 544 planned orders .................................................. 185
SAP S/4HANA ................................................ 26, 28 SAP Advanced Planning and Segment value ............................................. 539, 544 push production ............................................... 506
side-by-side .................................................. 24, 608 Optimization ............................................ 24, 26 Selection rule .......................................................... 297 Squeeze in operation .......................................... 354
standalone deployment ................................... 33 simplification ................................................ 30, 39 Sequencing .............................................................. 276 Stable forward scheduling ................................ 383
versus embedded PP/DS ................................... 30 SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing for Service heuristics .................................................. 142 example ............................................................... 386
SAP Cloud Platform Integration for data planning and scheduling .............................. 549 Setup group ............................................................. 103 settings ................................................................ 384
services ................................................................. 339 architecture ......................................................... 549 create .................................................................... 526 Stage numbering .................................................. 275
configuration ..................................................... 552 graphical display ............................................. 278
SAP Digital Supply Chain ................. 37, 547–548, Setup group category ............................................. 97
global settings ................................................... 558 settings ................................................................ 277
570, 576, 581, 587, 589 Setup matrix .............................................................. 96
integration .......................................................... 562 Standard lot ............................................................ 480
SAP Digital Supply Chain Management, edition assign to resource ............................................ 107
master data integration ................................ 562 Static setup matrix ................................................. 97
for SAP S/4HANA ............................ 37, 547, 569 define .................................................................... 527
material master settings ............................... 560 Stock ................................................................. 194, 584
solution architecture ...................................... 547 generate and display ...................................... 106
prerequisites ....................................................... 551 element ................................................................ 232
SAP ERP .............................................................. 19, 449 generated ............................................................ 100
settings ................................................................. 555 overview .............................................................. 300
detailed scheduling ............................................ 22 maintain rules ................................................... 105
supported scenarios ........................................ 549 penalties .............................................................. 323
production planning .......................................... 21 static ......................................................................... 97
transaction data integration ....................... 565 safety .................................................................... 239
SAP Advanced Planning and Setup order .............................................................. 532
usage restrictions ............................................. 550 special scenario ................................................ 195
Optimization .................................................... 25 Setup transition ........................................................ 99
SAP S/4HANA migration cockpit .................... 604 target .................................................................... 235
SAP Fiori ...................................................................... 40 SAP Supply Chain Management Shelf-life planning ............................. 218, 248, 471 time-dependent ................................................ 237
SAP Fiori app .......................... 26, 40, 111, 413, 421 (SAP SCM) .................................................... 54, 569 alerts ..................................................................... 481 transfer ................................................................ 195
MRP ....................................................................... 315 transformation .................................................... 38 batch ..................................................................... 474 Stock transfer requisition ................................. 192
planning board ................................................. 399 Schedule operations ............................................ 380 expiry .................................................................... 473 Stock update counter .......................................... 194
SAP Fiori launchpad ............................................. 316 example ................................................................ 381 master data ........................................................ 472 Strategy for forward phase ............................... 283
SAP Gateway .................................................... 40, 171 Schedule sequence material master ................................................ 473 Strategy group ....................................................... 138
SAP HANA ............................................. 19, 34, 36, 39 detailed scheduling planning board ......... 407 object dependency ........................................... 476 Strategy number ................................................... 348
database layer ...................................................... 40 settings ................................................................. 378 pegging ................................................................ 479 Strategy profile ................................... 133, 347, 419
SAP liveCache .................................................... 589 Scheduling agreement .......................................... 84 product master ................................................. 473 block planning .................................................. 503
SAP HANA smart data integration (SDI) ...... 339 Scheduling error .................................................... 366 violations ............................................................ 482 change .................................................................. 403
SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply tolerance options .............................................. 367 Shift definition ....................................................... 423 create .................................................................... 347
Chain (SAP IBP) ..................... 19, 22, 24, 38, 339 Scheduling heuristics .......................................... 142 Shift table ................................................................. 424 current mode ..................................................... 350
demand ................................................................ 603 Scheduling mode ................................................... 352 Short-term planning .............................................. 25 dependent object ............................................. 368
deploy ................................................................... 340 hybrid .................................................................... 356 Simplification items check ............................... 606 desired date ........................................................ 350
response and supply ....................................... 603 submode ............................................................... 372 Simplification list .................................................... 22 maintain ............................................................. 347
SAP Landscape Transformation ...................... 609 type ......................................................................... 353 Simulation ............................................................... 221 parameters ......................................................... 351
SAP liveCache ....................... 23, 26–27, 33, 36, 40, Scheduling offset ................................................... 349 detailed scheduling ......................................... 346 scheduling sequence ....................................... 351
57, 103, 170, 177, 540, 551, 570, 582, 589 Scheduling priority ............................................... 395 Simulation session ............................ 299, 408, 591 settings ................................................................ 348
check ...................................................................... 591 Scheduling runtime ............................................. 366 access .................................................................... 409 Subcontracting ......................................................... 76
data reconciliation .......................................... 592 Scheduling sequence ........................................... 351 Simulation version .................................... 288, 421 Subdaily bucket ............................................ 325, 339
health check ....................................................... 112 Scheduling status .............................. 149, 185, 266 access .......................................................... 291, 409 Substitution order ............................................... 492
housekeeping ..................................................... 590 Scheduling strategy .............................................. 252 Single activity resource ......................................... 67 Supply chain planning .......................................... 20
job ........................................................................... 591 Scope limitation ...................................................... 63 Slack time ................................................................. 398 Supply network planning ............................. 25, 31
overview of transaction ................................ 595 options .................................................................... 64 Software Update Manager (SUM) ................... 606 Suppression chain ................................................ 330
pegging area ............................................ 203, 596 transaction data ............................................... 208 Sort sequences ....................................................... 265 System conversion .............................................. 605
resources .............................................................. 597 Scope profile .............................................................. 63 steps ...................................................................... 606
maintain ................................................................ 63
technical prerequisites ................................... 111

632 633
Index Index

T Transaction (Cont.) Transaction (Cont.) Transaction (Cont.)

/SAPAPO/CDPSC7 ..................................... 98, 527 /SAPAPO/TDS ............ 237–238, 243, 320, 322, SE38 .................................... 60, 278, 300, 476, 596
Tank fill level ........................................................... 511 /SAPAPO/CDPSS0 ........................ 291, 409, 421 330, 565 SGT_SETUP ......................................................... 537
Tank planning ................................................. 72, 508 /SAPAPO/CHARMAT ....................................... 102 /SAPAPO/TL1 ............................................... 87, 137 SLG1 ................................... 78, 308, 313–314, 589
configuration ..................................................... 509 /SAPAPO/CP3 ..................................................... 189 /SAPAPO/TMREF .............................................. 320 SM30 ..................................................................... 134
draining ............................................................... 509 /SAPAPO/CPP .............. 176, 185, 555, 577, 581 BD50 ...................................................................... 557 SM37 ............................................................. 294, 314
interactive ........................................................... 518 /SAPAPO/CPPR .................................................. 581 BF11 ............................................................... 118, 557 SM59 ............................................................ 119, 172
master data ........................................................ 514 /SAPAPO/CSPS0 ................................................ 399 BF11M .................................................................... 555 SM66 ..................................................................... 212
visualization setting ....................................... 511 /SAPAPO/CURTO_EDIT .................................. 324 BUP1 ....................................................................... 563 SMQ1 ..................................................................... 576
Target day’s supply .............................................. 235 /SAPAPO/CURTO_SIMU .................................. 78 CFC2 ....................................................................... 122 SMQ2 ........................................................... 213, 571
time-dependent ................................................ 236 /SAPAPO/CURTOADV_CREATE .......... 78, 502 CFC3 ....................................................................... 211 SMQE .................................................................... 574
Target stock level .................................................. 235 /SAPAPO/HEUR2 .............................................. 490 CFC9 ............................................. 68, 553, 557, 597 SMQR .............................. 126–127, 555, 557, 572
method ....................................................... 235, 245 /SAPAPO/INCMD_MODEL ............................ 489 CFG3 ....................................................................... 589 SMQS ................................................. 126, 555, 557
time-dependent ................................................ 238 /SAPAPO/LOC3 .................................................... 51 CFM1 ....................... 44, 84, 92, 98, 199, 527, 564 SPRO ..................................................................... 113
Time bucket profile ................. 281, 325, 334, 338 /SAPAPO/MAT1 ............... 56, 89, 229, 473, 542 CFM2 ....................................... 47, 85, 98, 199, 527 VA02 ..................................................................... 204
define .................................................................... 326 /SAPAPO/MATRULE ........................................ 105 CFM4 ........................................................................ 48 WUF .......................................................................... 58
Time buffer ........................................... 374, 377, 409 /SAPAPO/MD74 ................................................. 180 CFM7 ......................................................................... 48 Transaction data ...................................................... 41
calculate .............................................................. 411 /SAPAPO/MVM ................... 113, 203, 228, 271, CL01 .......................................................................... 89 activate integration ....................................... 175
primary demand .............................................. 411 408, 559 CL02 ............................................... 89–90, 475, 540 flexible integration ......................................... 208
Time profile ................................................... 161, 400 /SAPAPO/OM00 ............................................... 596 CO03 ...................................................................... 493 initial transfer ................................................... 211
planning run ...................................................... 287 /SAPAPO/OM03 ................................................ 112 CO11N .................................................................... 190 integration ......................................................... 565
segment ............................................................... 401 /SAPAPO/OM11 .................................................. 591 CO15 ....................................................................... 190 order ..................................................................... 177
Time relationship ................................................. 373 /SAPAPO/OM13 ....................................... 112, 590 CR01 .......................................................................... 67 order types .......................................................... 213
Time segment ........................................................ 401 /SAPAPO/OM17 ....................................... 592, 595 CR02 ..................................................... 67, 360, 362 retransfer ............................................................ 211
Time unit .................................................................. 326 /SAPAPO/OPT_STOP ....................................... 446 CRC2 ...................................................................... 362 scope limitations ............................................. 208
Top-down rescheduling ..................................... 270 /SAPAPO/OPT11 ....................................... 338, 445 CT04 ......................................................................... 89 segmentation .................................................... 544
Top-level scheduling, interactive ................... 271 /SAPAPO/PCMT ............................. 207, 521, 529 CURTOADV_CREATE ............ 75, 509, 516, 544 transfer ....................................................... 127, 175
Total setup costs .................................................... 432 /SAPAPO/PEG1 ................................................... 222 CURTOADV_CRT_FOCUS ................................. 78 Transfer events ...................................................... 132
Total setup time .................................................... 432 /SAPAPO/POV1 ..................... 169, 306, 465, 506 CUTROADV_CREATE ............................ 279, 323 Transfer log ................................................................ 78
Transaction /SAPAPO/PPDS_DELTA_ORD_TRANS ..... 195 DBACOCKPIT ...................................................... 591 Transportation lane ..................................... 87, 324
/INCMD/UI ......................................................... 485 /SAPAPO/PPO_DPEN ...................................... 565 IL01 ......................................................................... 199 display/change .................................................... 87
/IWBEP/CONF_SERVICE ................................ 413 /SAPAPO/PPO_LOG ......................................... 336 IW31 ....................................................................... 199 means of transport ......................................... 325
/N/UI2/FLP .......................................................... 316 /SAPAPO/PPO_OPT ............................... 334, 336 MD_MRP_PERFLOG ........................................ 312 mode and means ............................................. 137
/SAPAPO/AMON1 .......................... 451, 458, 460 /SAPAPO/PPT1 ..................... 281, 303, 338, 468, MD01N ............................................... 308, 312, 492 Transportation mode ......................................... 137
/SAPAPO/AMON3 ............................................ 459 512, 520 MD04 .................................................................... 492
/SAPAPO/C4 .................................... 123, 573, 583 /SAPAPO/PROD_ORD_CNV ......................... 187 MD11 ...................................................................... 183 U
/SAPAPO/C6 ....................................................... 589 /SAPAPO/PWBSRC1 ............................................ 86 MD12 ...................................................................... 183
/SAPAPO/C7 ....................................................... 589 /SAPAPO/RES01 .................... 69, 107, 201, 358, MD61 ..................................................................... 178 Unfixed receipt ..................................................... 149
/SAPAPO/CALENDAR ........................................ 53 362, 498, 501 MD62 ..................................................................... 178 Use earliest dates .................................................. 385
/SAPAPO/CCR ................................. 195, 284, 582 /SAPAPO/RES02 ................................................ 598 MD63 ..................................................................... 181 User settings ........................................................... 122
/SAPAPO/CDPS_CHARMAT ......................... 433 /SAPAPO/RESNET ............................................. 365 MM01 ....................................................................... 55
/SAPAPO/CDPS_GRPRULE ........................... 103 /SAPAPO/RPT ................................. 167, 426, 469 MM02 ..................... 55, 133, 150, 204, 229, 234, V
/SAPAPO/CDPS_MATGEN ............................ 106 /SAPAPO/RRP_NETCH ................................... 596 308, 472–473, 478, 495
/SAPAPO/CDPS_REPT .................................... 447 /SAPAPO/RRP1 ............................... 154, 179, 302 MMBE .................................................................... 195 Validity period ....................................................... 362
/SAPAPO/CDPS_SETUP ................................. 106 /SAPAPO/RRP3 ...................... 65, 154, 179–180, O1CL ................................................................ 90, 540 options ................................................................. 362
/SAPAPO/CDPS0 ................... 65, 160, 164, 466, 184–185, 188, 195, 208, 222–223, 229, 244, PCA3 ...................................................................... 207 Value updating ...................................................... 560
469, 503, 512 271, 284, 297, 463, 478, 506, 544, 556 PDS_MAINT ................................................. 81, 323 Variable lot sizes ................................................... 219
/SAPAPO/CDPSB0 ......................... 287, 531, 550 /SAPAPO/RRP4 ........................................ 154, 302 QA03 ..................................................................... 196 Variant configuration (VC) .................................. 88
/SAPAPO/CDPSB1 .......................... 292, 313, 441 /SAPAPO/RRPCUST1 ........... 130, 224, 309, 559 RCC_CUST ........................................................... 439 class .......................................................................... 89
/SAPAPO/CDPSC11 ............. 143, 230, 248, 268, /SAPAPO/RRPLOG1 ................................ 168, 310 SA30 ....................................................................... 300 configuration .................................................... 129
289, 441 /SAPAPO/SCC_TQ1 ............................................. 93 SA38 ............................................. 60, 278, 476, 596 conversion .......................................................... 494
/SAPAPO/CDPSC5 .................................. 430, 434 /SAPAPO/STORDEF .......................................... 514 SAPAPO/C5 ......................................................... 583

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Version ..................................... 49, 53, 113, 194–195 W

create .................................................................... 114
planning run ...................................................... 287 Wait time ........................................................ 369, 371
resources ................................................................. 70 Warning alert .......................................................... 453
simulation ........................................ 288, 291, 408 Work area ........................................................ 162, 401
Version-dependent quota arrangement ........ 93 Work center ................................................. 22, 66, 69
capacity .................................................................. 71
create ....................................................................... 67
maintenance ...................................................... 198
name ........................................................................ 70
Work process ........................................................... 212

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 First-hand knowledge.

Mahesh Babu MG works as a business processes prin-

cipal consultant in SAP Cloud Success Services, Center
of Expertise (Premium Hub). He currently leads the
Manufacturing and Product Lifecycle Management
team in the SAP Premium Hub CoE. He has more than
18 years of professional experience in SAP ERP, SAP
Advanced Planning and Optimization, SAP S/4HANA,
and SAP Digital Supply Chain products across vari-
ous industries with a focus on production planning,
PP/DS, and the core interface. He started his career with Tata Consultancy
Services as a production planning consultant and worked in implementing,
rolling out, and supporting SAP logistics and production planning and con-
trol. As a principal consultant at SAP Labs India, he handled product sup-
port for multiple SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization components
before moving to his current role at SAP America Inc. He holds a degree
in chemical engineering from Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Anna
University (India).

Mahesh Babu MG

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