Discrete Manufacturing vs. Process Industries vs.

Repe ve Manufacturing (REM)

Discrete, Process, Repetitive Manufacturing

Description
Differences
Module Production Planning and Manufacturing
Prepared By Mr. Navin Kumar - SST
Created on 04.04.2024

Master Data

Characteristics Discrete Manufacturing (SFC) Process Manufacturing (PP-Pl) Repetitive Manufacturing (REM)

Yes (REM checkbox and REM

Material master Yes Yes profile
maintenance in material master)

No (maintaining REM details in

Work scheduling
Yes Yes MRP 4 view of the material master
View activated
is necessary /sufficient)

BOM BOM (Transaction CS01) List of materials (Transaction CS01) BOM (Transaction CS01)

Work centre Work centre (Transaction CR01) Resource (Transaction CRC1) Production line (Transact ion CR01)

Rate routing (Transaction C521);

complete support from REM for
Routing Routing (Transaction CA01) Master recipe (Transaction C201)
standard routing (Transaction
CA01)

Production version Mandatory (Transaction C223) Mandatory (Transaction C223) Mandatory (Transaction C223)

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Transactional Data

Discrete Process
Characteristics Manufacturing Manufacturing Repetitive Manufacturing (REM)
(SFC) (PP-Pl)
Production Order
Manufacturing Process order
(Transaction Run schedule quantity (Transaction MF50)
Order (Transaction CORl)
C001)
Control
Process Execution Steps
instructions and X OMS (Transaction LDE1)
Management (X Steps)
Steps
At operation level At phase level
Confirm at ion with or without reporting point
Confirmation (Transaction (Transaction
backflush (Transaction MFBF)
CO11N) COR6N)
Shop floor papers
Shop floor papers
Printing (Transaction Production list (Transaction MF51)
(Transaction COPI)
CO04)
For production
For process order
Order orders For material or planned orders of material
(Transaction
Confirmation (Transaction (Transaction MFBF)
CORK)
CO15)

Transactions COHV and COHVPI; availability of several

Transaction mass processing functions with the deselection of
Mass processing Transaction COHV
COHVPI or CORM Production or Process Order, respectively, and the
selection of Planned Order

Status
Yes Yes No
management
Confirmation of
Yes Yes Yes
activities
Separation of
final
Yes Yes No
confirmation and
GR possible
Possible at
In-process Possible at
operational and
(during operation level
phase level Possible (inspection type 13)
production) only (inspect ion
(inspection type
inspection type 03)
03)

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