Business Process

Requirement

Module

PP

Sales /
Operations
Planning

.Forecasting
Demand Planning
Capacity Evaluation

Mapping in SAP

Standard Process

PP

Remarks
In standard SOP, we can forecast the
sales quantities of a product group or
material.
We can pass on data planned in
Flexible Planning or Standard SOP to
Demand Management.
Capacity evaluation procedure in
SOP

LTP

Forecasting can be done based

on season model or season
trends.

Orders will be considered in the

MRP run.

Requirement not clear.

Priorities can be set, may

require enhancement.

ATP Check possible at Order

and allocation run level too.
Allocation run takes place
automatically through ARun
concept that need to be
executed.

Standard
Process/Development

Variant
Configuration

Proper master data creation

and maintenance process
particularly for custom
products
Effective Variant
Configuration functionalities
to handle custom products
business processes
Master Data Management
Configurable material
master
Super BOM
Super Routing
Classification system
Class
Characteristics
Characteristic values
Dependencies
Selection conditions for

PP

Detailed discussion would be

required to understand planning at
Integration level.

Standard Process

super BOMs and routings

Procedures for pricing, etc.
Make-to-Order processing
Configuration Engine and
configuration in sales orders
Pricing
Costing