Managing Shop Floor Orders

The Manage Production Orders app is a place where you (as production supervisor) can view and check all the production orders within your area of responsibility. Here you have access to detailed information that shows you production progress and you can receive notifications about issues such as missing components, production holds, or inspection characteristics that are out of range. Issues are determined dynamically, supporting early detection. Therefore, you have the chance to solve any problems before execution has started.

Moreover it is possible to split a shop floor order into two separate orders with the same material. If needed you can handle the processed partial quantity separately from the remaining quantity to be produced. You will learn about splitting Shop Floor order later in this course. The following are important pieces of functionality:

• Area of responsibility: On the initial launch of the Manage Production Orders app, the system prompts you to specify an area of responsibility for the app. Later, this value can be changed using the App Settings option accessible via the user settings of the SAP Fiori launchpad.

  Area of responsibility: Multiple values are possible for each option. You can have more than one production supervisor as well as more than one work center assigned as your area of responsibility. Use the plus icon to add more values.

  
  
  
• Filter To facilitate the search for an order, narrow down the list of values or save your preferred search criteria for later, use the filter bar, and save as variant options in the header of the Manage Production Orders app.
• Table options
  • If a shop floor order is in the status Created, the table buttons Release, Hold, and Read Master Data are available for it.
  • If a shop floor order is in the status Released, the table buttons Change Dates and Quantities and Hold become active.
  • The Change Dates and Quantities function allows you to change order quantity and reschedule the order within this app without calling transaction CO02.

  • The Hold function allows you to block a shop floor order from being executed by production operators. When applying a Hold, the production supervisor can specify a reason code and note why this Hold is being required. The reasons may vary, for example, missing or unclear work instructions, missing components, incorrect production steps, and so on. You will learn how to define reason codes for hold actions further in this course. A Hold can be released only by authorized individuals. For this, in SAP S/4HANA PEO, a new authorization object has been introduced, called C_MPE_HOLD (Production Hold).

    Note

    Hold functionality is only available for shop floor orders.

    

  • The Order Details view also has extensions which are specific to SAP S/4HANA PEO product:

    • Serial Numbers view – available only for shop floor orders if the main material is defined for serialized processing via serial number profile. The chevron icon at the end of the line provides navigation to the Product Genealogy report for the selected serial number.
    • Defects view – available only if the main material has inspection type (03) defined in the Quality Management view of the material master and lists all defects recorded for an order or serialized product.

With the Managing Production Operations app, you can monitor the progress of individual production operations which belong to your area of responsibility. You have an overview of the current situation with all the information you need to solve any issues. If, for example, a particular operation is delayed, you can navigate to the details to see, at a glance, why the operation is delayed – perhaps there are missing components, the resource may be occupied by another operation, or the previous operation is still not finished. You have the information you need to take immediate action to resolve the issue and to keep your production processes running as smoothly as possible. If necessary, you can also temporarily block production by placing an order, material, or operation on Hold. You can specify a reason code and note for the delay. Then, once the issue has been solved, you can release the Hold.

The Operation Details view also has extensions which are specific to SAP S/4HANA PEO.

Operation Activities view – available only for shop floor orders. The chevron icon at the end of the line provides navigation to Operation Activity Details, where you can explore what serial numbers are currently available for the selected operation activity (if any), as well as what has been specified for the selected operation activity, for example, which components, inspection characteristics, documents, PRTs, work instructions, and so on, are assigned.