Learn SAP PP Production Planning–Project Simulation Included

Install a fresh SMP instance, create the docs and customizations, and follow a step-by-step setup to gain ICP access with your own user for hands-on learning.

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 seven sections of SAP PP production planning with project simulation included, from setup and master data creation to customizing the process for a customer and conducting a demonstration.

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.

Compare two SAP server access options, highlighting a 'Barbie' free-three-day trial versus purchase, and CP Training UK's 24/7 support, pricing, and remote access setup.

Create a new SAP Logon server connection for the second option, matching the application server and system ID from the email, then log in with the provided credentials and finish.

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.

Introduce your customer SmartCycle America, a bicycle manufacturer of parts and accessories, and explore a custom products process with parts not kept in stock, master data, and transactional data.

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.

Learn to create and maintain work centers in SAP PP, focusing on labor centers, capacity categories, standard times, and costing. Copy settings to quickly configure a second center.

Create and manage the bill of materials in sap, detailing five road bike components and a subassembly, and define plant, validity dates, and component quantities for production.

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.

Learn the theoretical principles behind the customizing object and how material components, capacities, and production resources ensure timely manufacturing and prevent shortages in creation and release stages.

Learn how to calculate the required date and quantity in SAP PP production planning using product structure, production orders, and operations, with an example of 10 bicycles and 20 wheels.

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 ATP tracking control customizes when and how availability checks run in SAP PP, enabling automatic or manual ATP checks by component or entire order across plants.

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.

Customize a tracking group by copying a standard group, renaming it, and selecting settings such as records per day or per order, plus block quantitative requirements and optional ATP checks.

Learn how to assign a tracking group to materials in material master, using a road bike example, by changing from zero to standard in MRP 3D and enabling mass assignments.

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 for the prototype process to apply special ATP check settings to custom products, differentiating them from standard processes.

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.

Copy the standard production order type to create a new one, then define order type dependent parameters—routing, production version, status rules, change documents, and reporting options—for precise data determination.

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.

Navigate the customized menu to the production area, define new tracking rules for production on creation and release, and apply them under a single transport request to customize tracking control.

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.

Explore how to customize the scope of check in SAP PP production planning by configuring tracking and checking groups, block quantity requirement, and safety stock across creation and release stages.

Test the created process using your own master data and customizing to ensure it runs smoothly and is ready to present to the customer.

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.

Define and customize scheduling parameters for production orders by plant and order type, copy standard settings for plant 1000, and apply them across all schedules.

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.

Learn how to check component stock in sap pp project simulation using MB52, with multiple selection and clipboard upload to view quantities and support variability checks.

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 to present the production planning process to a customer by highlighting initial challenges and solutions, practice a compelling demo, and finish with customer satisfaction.

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.

Create an in-house production order for the standard wheel and confirm BOM components and availability. Schedule start and end dates and track operations, including wheel assembly and ATP checks.

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.