Learn SAP PP Production Planning–Project Simulation Included

Discover the three-tier SAP architecture—from the presentation layer with the SAP GUI to the application layer and the database layer—and how a VA03 transaction retrieves and displays a sales order.

Explore two SAP server access options for production planning: a free trial with quick SAP GUI setup and patch steps, and an affordable monthly plan from ERP training UK.

Learn practical steps to access an SAP demonstration system through Volbeat hosting, start a 72-hour free trial, and set up your account using Firefox.

Learn to obtain a free SAP installation patch by creating a Worby account, accessing the my account downloads, choosing Windows or Mac, downloading the zip, and extracting it locally.

Install the SAP GUI for Windows by selecting SEP GUI for Windows, using the 7.4 version, and completing the three-minute setup to install the graphical user interface on your machine.

Learn how to create a new SAP Logon connection by entering the server, instance number, system ID, and application server details, then configure credentials to access the SAP system.

Disable audio signals in SAP GUI by opening customize locally, going to options, and unchecking activate audio signal.

Explore how SMP customizing in SAP PP production planning addresses real business challenges to improve company performance. Understand how resource availability—from materials to production capacity—affects deliveries and the manufacturing process.

Define procurement types—in-house, external, or X—and map road bike components, such as wheel subassembly, gear assembly, frame, and front fork, to SAP PP production planning.

Learn to create a finished product in SAP PP by configuring the material master with sector, standard material type, views (sales, MRP, accounting), and storage, tax, and procurement details.

Learn how to create the material master for a semi-finished wheel subassembly in sap pp, including material type, plant, storage location, unit measures, mrp data, and in-house production settings.

Create a raw material (material type ROH) in SAP PP, configure purchasing and accounting views, set production storage location 0001, and establish moving-average price 10 with valuation class 3000.

in sap pp production planning, exercise 3 demonstrates creating a new raw material by copying data from an existing one, selecting views, and assigning plant and storage details.

Create routings with operations, work centers, components, and processing times for subassemblies and finished products in SAP PP.

Identify customer challenges and solutions by mastering process fundamentals that bridge business and technical needs, then customize the complete process for each client and reinforce learning with the quiz.

Evaluate ATP (available to promise) results and availability track for resource availability by reviewing committed quantities, missing parts list, base availability date, and production order status.

Explore how the scope of check in SAP PP production planning defines requirements and stocks considered. See how lead time relevance and committed versus uncommitted planned orders affect availability.

Explore how to customize the scope of check in SAP PP by linking checking groups, tracking groups, and tracking rules, including lead time, stock types, and production order statuses.

Customize the complete process by yourself through hands-on tasks guided by the instructor. Build confidence with a 26-question quiz that reinforces understanding and supports self-guided learning.

Gather and customize SAP PP production planning by defining customer requirements through targeted questions, configuring ATP checks, order types, and stock considerations to ensure component availability.

Learn SAP PP production planning with simulation by gathering customer requirements, creating a custom production order type, and applying ATP and ADP checks to ensure components are available before release.

Explore translating the first customer requirement into SAP PP project simulation by configuring a tracking group in SMB and SMP customizing to group materials by criteria with two-digit IDs.

Use the mass maintenance transaction to assign a new tracking group to all components of a custom bicycle by exploding the BOM and updating the material master.

Create a new production order type by copying the standard 0 1 type, customize its header and operation profiles, validate changes, and transport the customization from development to quality.

After the ADP check, protect stock committed to the order. Configure the tracking group with blocking indicators to commit atypical quantities and prevent future orders from stealing them.

Learn how material components are confirmed and committed on production orders in SAP PP, using ATP, available-to-promise, reservations, and customization to block committed quantities.

Perform manual ATP checks during creation or change, and automatic checks at release, using ASAP customization with tracking rules and tracking control to govern order creation, change, and release.

Customize the availability check in SAP PP by defining tracking controls for order creation and release, selecting material, resources, and capacity checks, and configuring missing component behavior.

Explore how availability check uses on-hand and quality inspection stock, plus purchase orders, requisitions, and lead times, to drive ATP before production release.

Create a production order to demonstrate the customization, material setup, and availability checks in SAP PP. Configure scheduling by setting start and end dates and defining order-type specific scheduling parameters.

Learn to check component availability and create stock for a custom bicycle using SAP PP production planning, including BOM explosion and initial stock postings with movement type 561.

Adjusts the wheel subassembly's material master lead time from three days to thirteen days, updating the replenishment time and affecting availability confirmations in production order creation.

Learn how to create a production order in SAP PP for a custom bicycle, assign components to operations based on bill of material, and track requirements from assembly to finish.

Explore the production order header status in sap pp production planning, using the status icon and confirming material availability is not tracked automatically during creation, and must be checked manually.

Learn how to run a material availability check, interpret the log and missing parts list, review ATP and MSP material shortage, and save the production order to generate its number.

Learn how a production order in SAP PP moves from the creation stage to released status by clicking the release order button and updating from t to l.

Use the production order information system, a standard SAP report, to store and retrieve production orders, search by material, order number or status, and modify orders from the screen.

Learn SAP PP production planning through production order maintenance, monitoring missing parts and availability with ATP data to determine the best available date and release the order.