Applicable Process Steps
Process Step | Description |
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Maintain Planned Independent Requirements | Planned independent requirements (PIRs) are used to perform demand management functions. A planned independent requirement contains one planned quantity and one date, or a number of planned independent requirements schedule lines, such as one planned quantity split over time according to dates. Instead of creating a single requirement, sometimes a requirements plan that includes one or more planned independent requirements can be maintained for mass processing. In this case, the requirements are grouped and maintained under a requirement plan number. |
Carry Out Material Requirements Planning at Plant Level | The aim of material requirements planning is to tailor available capacities and receipts on time to suit requirement quantities. You can use MRP or consumption-based planning for this purpose. |
Evaluate Stock/Requirements Situation | After you’ve carried out the requirements planning, you want to display the stock/requirements situation for the finished good in the stock/requirements list. |
Carry Out Conversion to Production Orders for Final Assembly | The daily MRP run creates planned orders for goods that are to be produced internally. When the planned opening date is reached, the planned orders are converted to production orders for both semifinished and finished goods. |
Review Material Availability Status for Production Orders | In this step, you review the material availability status for production orders.Prerequisite: The production orders for subassembly and final assembly have been created. |
Stage Materials for Final Assembly | In this activity, you stage materials for production. If there’s sufficient stock available in the production storage location, no line items are generated. |
Release Production Order for Final Assembly | A release at order operation level results in the order and all its operations being released. The order and the operations receive the REL status (released).Prerequisite: The production order created by the MRP controller has been assigned a release date in accordance with the scheduling margin key. |
Check Production Order Transfer | Upon release of the production order for the subassembly in SAP S/4HANA (status REL), the order is transferred to the SAP Manufacturing Execution system. For this solution, the automated transfer process (DRF) will be used. |
Assign Routing | In this step, you assign the shop floor specific routing. |
Release Shop Order | In SAP Manufacturing Execution, the shop order release activity releases the shop order and creates the SFCs that have either been assigned to that order in SAP S/4HANA or will be created by SAP Manufacturing Execution. The shop order has the Releasable status and the SFCs have the New status. You can edit selected attributes of the shop order such as the release quantity, scheduled start and end dates, and planned work center (line). |
Open Line Monitor | In this activity, you open the line monitor to control the production line and to check the machine status before starting a new SFC. |
Start OPC Server | In this activity, you start the OPC server that is sending and receiving tag information from SAP Manufacturing Execution via SAP Plant Connectivity. The activity instructions are done for a Kepware demo OPC server but can be done with any OPC server supporting the data access protocol and having simulation capabilities. |
Log On to the Server Where the SAP Plant Connectivity Is Running | In this activity, you start the SAP Plant Connectivity agent instances to enable the connection between the machines and the SAP Manufacturing Execution system. |
Simulate Production Process | In this activity, you simulate the production process. |
Simulate Production Process Manually | In this activity, you simulate the production process manually, |
Post Rejected SFC to Scrap | In this step, you post an SFC that was rejected as a result of the camera check to scrap. |
Review Production Order | After the release or confirmation of finished goods orders has been completed, the production supervisor could display and check the order with the Manage Production Orders (F2336) app for the finished good. The finished good material is managed with serial numbers. The system generates a serial number for each finished good when the production order is released. |
Check Serial Numbers | In this step, you check the generated serial numbers for finished goods. |
Preview Goods Receipt Slip and Label | In this step, you preview the material document. |
Review Scrap Report | In this activity, you review the scrap report. |