Configuration is backend SAP system activity and must occur only once during an SAP implementation

project.

Master Data is a frontend activity that happens only once or occasionally.

Transactions, or business processes , such as creating a production order, goods issue(GI), or goods
receipt(GR), are also input activites and take place as frequently as needed.

Reporting and analysis are outputs of all input activites such as transactions and master data.

SAP Consultant must always stay focused on output (reporting) durign SAP implementation project.
Doing so means you will need to ensure the necessary data inputs are in the place in the system to be
able to produce necessary outputs.(When data is incorrect or missing , data outputs will be also
incorrect or incomplete!)

CORE PRODUCTION PLANNING CONCEPTS

Bird's eye view for prouction planning and control :

The whole process of production planning and control starts when the company forecasts the demand
of a product and prepares a sales plan. The sales plan is synchronized with production plan to take the
project realities into account, such as capacity or warehouse constraints. Various simulated models are
considered, and the finalized production plan becomes basis of materials requirements planning(MRP).
MRP helps production and procurement planners know when to procure and produce materials for their
eventual availability and dispatch to customer. The production execution accounts for and records each
production detail, including yield, rework,scrap, co-products and by-products generated during
production processes. Quality checks in the production processes ensure minimal customer return or
other in-process or line rejections.The produced product is sold to customer and production plan
countinues to be barometer against the sales plan.

company forecasts demand -> sales plan preparation -> sales plan is synchronized with production plan -
> finalized production plan becomes basis of MRP -> MRP helps production and procurement ->
Prodution execution -> Quality checks.

PP includes following prodction types and production planning tools:

1. Master data
Master data is the data that remains in the SAP system for a long time and doesn't change
frequently. This includes