About Yourself

business consultant, process consultant

Project information -

Client, industry, how PP/APO was implemented.

What was your role? What were typical issues faced?

Strategies used in the project? What are the different strategies and details.

Few scenarios like rework, scrap, sub contracting

Repetitive Manufacturing,

 REM Profile - GI backflush during GR Processing

 Cost Accounting

 Planned Order Reduction

 Firming Logic

 Planned Orders when reversing

 Material Requirements - Aggregate requirement and Phantom assemblies

 Movement Types - GR/GI, Scrap and Waste for MTO and MTS

MFBF, Confirmation

Back flushing - Back flushing is nothing but automatic goods issue. System will
automatically posts the goods issue when you confirm the operations. You have no need to
make manual issue. It will reduce the effort

Backflush is used for material which are a must and having fixed relationship.

This can be configured in MRP2 Screen, Work centre, Routing and production order.

What is VC....details of VC and how it was used in the project?

Read resume and prepare all the points from there

Read details about job requirement and Varian Medical System

Factory Calendar     - SCAL

 Configuring SAP calendar

 Define Public Holidays

 Define Holiday Calendar

 Creation of Factory Calendar       

Basic Data     
Bill of Material
Define Modification Parameters -Engg. Change Management active? BOM Validity Maint?
Multiple or variant BOM Active/inactive?
 Define default values for BOM - like Base quantity and BOM Status, Size unit

 Define BOM Usages - Production BOM, Engg. BOM, Sales BOM etc, define default
values for item status (BOM Usage and relevancy)

 Define BOM Status - like 1- Active for which functions, 2 - Inactive for which functions
etc

 Define Item Categories used for Item Data - Item categories like L-Stock Item, K-Class
Item, D- Document etc

 Define allowed Material Types for BOM Items - specific to BOM usage, which material
types are allowed for header and components

 Define Order of priority for alternative BOM usages - In case of multiple BOM, this will
define the priority of BOM usage.
Work Center     

 Define Work Center Category - Machine, Labor, Processing unit etc

 Define Field Selection for Work Center - Selection of fields which are relevant.

 Define Task List Usage for Work centers - Depending on number if WC is used only for
routing or rate routings or master receipe etc

 Define Standard Value Key - A key (SAP1) which will provide the parameters (activity)
like set up, Labor, Machine etc

 Define Parameters for Standard Value Key - Machine, Labor, Steam etc

 Define Person Responsible for work Centers - Plant specific person responsible for WC

 Define Move time Matrix - define a standard and a minimum move time between work
centers

 Define Default Work Center - Plant specific default work center can be defined.

 Define Control Keys - Control keys for operations like PP01

 Define Capacity Categories - Capacities in work centers are distinguished by capacity

categories. Each capacity category can be used once in each work center. For every
capacity category you can maintain several available capacities.
 Define Capacity Planners

 Define Shift Sequence-

 Define Work Center Formulas - Define formula parameters and formula for capacity
planning

     Routing

 Define Number Ranges for Routings - Number range for group of routing

 Define Field Selection - Fields to be made available in routing

 Define Routing Statuses- Different statuses like released for order, released for costing,
released for general

 Define Material Type Assignments - Materials to be used with different types of task lists

 Define Task List Usage- Usage like Production, Engg/Design, Plant Maint, Universal

 Configure Planner Group -Only Define - No further settings, only for reporting purpose.

 Configure Control Keys - Define and configure - Ticking Scheduling, Auto GR, Print
Time tickets, rework, cost.

 Define Reduction Strategy - Define reduction strategy reduction queue and association
with transport, overlap, split

 Define Relevancy to Costing - Defining relevancy to costing (Fixed price and variable
price factor)

 Define (Standard) Trigger Point Usage -

 Define Automatic Selection of Routing

Production Planning     

 Demand Management

 Planned Independent Requirements

 Define number ranges for planned independent requirements -Number range for PIR

 Configuring Requirement Types and Requirement Classes - Defining requirement types

like LSF (Make to stock production)& KSV (Sales Order with consumption), VSF

 Planning Strategy -

 Define Strategy - Planning strategy can be defined along with requirement types.

 Define Strategy Group - Here group of strategy can be defined, with one main strategy
and other sub strategies.

 Define version numbers -

 Maintain consumption mode and period of adjustment     

Capacity Planning    
 Define layout keys

 Define layout

 Define profile for capacity planning table

 Define Overall profile         

Material Requirement Planning     

Plant Parameters     

 Carry Out Overall Maintenance of Plant Parameters -

 Scheduling Parameters for Purchasing
 Number Range for Planned orders
 Number Range for Purchase Requisitions
 Define MRP Controllers
 Define Missing Parts MRP Controller
 Define Special Procurement Type
 Maintain Planning Calendar
 Define MRP Areas
 Define Scope of Planning for Total Planning
 Define Planning Horizon
 Activate BOM Explosion characteristics
 Define Planning Time Fence and Roll Forward Period
 Define Floats (Scheduling Margin Key)
 Define Parallel processing for MRP
 Define Receipt days Supply
 Parameters for Determining the Basic Dates
 Define scheduling parameters for planned orders
 Define availability stock in Transfer/Blocked stock/Restricted stock
 Define External Procurement
 Define BOM Explosion Control
 Define BOM Explosion for Sales Orders
 Define BOM and Routing Selection
 Activate MRP and Set Up Planning File
 Define Planning File Entries for Goods Movements
 Convert Planning File Entries for MRP Areas          

Shop Floor Control     

Master Data     

 Define Order Types

 Define order type-dependent parameters

 Production Status Profile

 Define number ranges for orders

 Define number ranges for confirmations

 Define number ranges for reservations

 Define production scheduler

 Define production scheduling profile

 Define Confirmation Parameters

 Define Time for Confirmation Processes

 Define Reasons for Variances

 Define single screen entry

 Define Field Selection for Confirmation

 Define Reduction Strategies

 Define Print Control

 Batch Status Management

 Batch Search Strategy to Production

 Activate Batch Management

           

     Availability Check     

 Define Checking Group

 Define Checking Rule

 Define Scope of Check

 Define Checking Control

 Checking Rule for Back order Processing        

     Scheduling     

 Specify Scheduling Type

 Define Scheduling Parameters for Planned Orders

 Define Scheduling Parameters for Production Orders

Other Topics related to PP

Bill of Material

Work Centre

Routings

Sales and Operations Planning

Demand Management

Material Requirement Planning

MRP Parameters

Types of orders

Confirmations

Variances and settlement

Conversion to planned orders

Product Costing

Variant Configurations

Class and Characteristics

Single/Multiple planning Run

Capacity Planning

Repetitive Manufacturing

Importance of Production Scheduler Profile in work scheduling view -

We define Production Scheduler Profile in material master which is defined in OPKP under
configuration.

It defines once the order is created for this material, when to release,

Once release, schedule the order? Automatic goods receipt? availability check related parameters,
confirmation and batch management and

importantly the order type to be associated when planned order is converted into production order

Once the order type is associated, then scheduling parameters will come into picture for that order
for scheduling type etc.