Manufacturing & Quality
What is Production Planning (PP)?
The SAP module for planning and executing manufacturing, including MRP, production orders, and capacity planning.
PP covers discrete (PP), process (PP-PI), and repetitive manufacturing. It depends on BOMs, routings, and work centers. It integrates with MM for components and CO for cost collection.
Related terms
Material Requirements Planning
Planning that calculates net requirements and creates planned orders or requisitions to cover demand on time.
Production Order
A discrete manufacturing document specifying what to produce, how much, when, and with which components and operations.
Bill of Materials
A structured list of components and quantities needed to make a product.
Routing
A master data object listing the operations, work centers, and standard times to produce a material.
Work Center
A location or resource where operations are performed, holding capacity, scheduling, and costing data.
Plan to Produce
The manufacturing process from demand planning and MRP through production execution and order settlement.
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