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The major configurations that are carried out:-

1. Plant Parameter (OPPQ)

2. MRP Group Parameter (OPPR)

3. Activate MRP (OMDU)

4. Order type Parameter (OPJH)

5. Order type dependent Parameter (OPL8)

6. Production Scheduling Profile (OPKP)

7. Scheduling Profile (OPU3)

8. Control Key (OP00)

9. Availability Check Parameter (OPJK)

10. Confirmation Parameter(OPK4)

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1 MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS PLANNING .................................................................................................................... 4

1.1 PLANT PARAMETERS ...................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1.1 Overall maintenance of Plant parameters ................................................................................................... 4
1.2 MRP PARAMETERS ........................................................................................................................................................ 24
1.2.1 Overall maintenance of MRP groups .......................................................................................................... 24
1.3 PLANNING.......................................................................................................................................................................... 33
1.3.1 Define Storage location MRP per Plant...................................................................................................... 33
1.4 PLANNING FILE ENTRIES ........................................................................................................................................... 35
1.4.1 Activate MRP & Set Up Planning File ......................................................................................................... 35
2 DEFINE PRODUCTION SCHEDULING PROFILE ..................................................................................................... 37
2.1 PRODUCTION SCHEDULER ........................................................................................................................................ 40
2.2 OPERATIONS .................................................................................................................................................................... 41
2.2.1 Define Scheduling Parameters for Production Orders ......................................................................... 41
3 SHOP FLOOR CONTROL ................................................................................................................................................. 43
3.1 MASTER DATA ................................................................................................................................................................. 43
3.1.1 Define Order types ........................................................................................................................................... 43
3.1.2 Define Order Type Dependent Parameters.............................................................................................. 46
4 CONTROL KEY ................................................................................................................................................................... 57
5 AVAILABILITY CHECK PARAMETER (OPJK) .......................................................................................................... 59
6 DEFINE CONFIRMATION PARAMETERS ................................................................................................................. 63

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1 Material Requirements Planning

The main function of material requirements planning is to guarantee material availability, that
is, it is used to procure or produce the requirement quantities on time both for internal purposes and for
sales and distribution. This process involves the monitoring of stocks and, in particular, the automatic
creation of procurement proposals for purchasing andproduction.

1.1 Plant parameters

SAP MRP is run at plant level or at a group of plant level (called as scope of planning),thus the MRP
configuration is done at Plant level.

The configuration done for SAP MRP at Plant level would also be true for SAPConsumption Based
Planning (SAP CBP) settings.

1.1.1 Overall maintenance of Plant parameters

Transaction Code: OPPQ

Menu Path: Production → Material Requirements Planning → Plant Parameters Carry out Overall
Maintenance of Plant Parameters

Here we can create or maintain all the plant parameters for MRP.

Following are the parameters that need to maintain as a part of SAP MRP Configuration:

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a) Number ranges
The number range ID’s are maintained for the following objects:

✓ the Planned orders

✓ the reservations,
✓ the dependent requirements,
✓ the simulative dependent requirements,
✓ the purchase requisitions,
✓ the MRP Lists,

In this section only the number range ID’s are maintained. While the actual number range is configured,
for the number range ID, using a transaction code OMI2 (for the above mentioned objects created in the
planning run). One can also use the transaction code OMI3 for the objectscreated manually in the front end.

Every number range interval, created using OMI2 and OM13, has an ID, which can be allocated to the objects
at plant level, i.e., every plant can have a different number range for the objects mentioned above.

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c) MRP Controllers
This is a mandatory configuration. Here you can configure the list of MRP controllers for the plant. A MRP
Controller is a person or a group of people, which is responsible for planning a material or a given list of
materials.

You have to assign the MRP controller to the Material Master MRP 1 View, so as to delegate the
responsibility of the planning and evaluation of planning for that material.

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d) Floats

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Floats are buffers in the total lead time, that are provided in production/process order or in the planned
orders created manually or during an MRP run. The schedule margin key is used in the Material Master
MRP 2 View. It is used in MRP as well as in production order.

The floats are defined using the scheduling margin key.

Opening period: Number of working days between the date that the order is created and the planned start
date. This time is available for the MRP controller to convert a planned order into a purchase requisition or
a production order.

Float after production: Number of working days between the scheduled finish date and the order finish
date; used as a float in production scheduling.

Float before production: Number of working days between the order start date and the scheduled start
date; used as a float in production.

Scheduling release period: Number of workdays between the planned start date and the date for releasing
the order. If the order release indicator is set, the production order is released by a background program
that takes all dates into account.

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IV) Phantom Item:

If a material is to be identified as the Phantom material, you have to enter a standard special
procurement type – “50” in the material master of the plant where the material is defined a Phantom.

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V) Direct production (for Collective order processing)

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f) Conversion for Planned orders

In this configuration parameter, you can maintain the production order type or the process order type,
which the system should use as default during the planned order conversion. Setting defaults in the plant
parameters configuration allows the system to fix and select the order type for a plant during the
conversion process.

Also for the purchase requisition conversion, you are given an option in the configuration to define the
maximum number of planned orders that can be converted in to Purchase requisition.

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1.2 MRP parameters

1.2.1 Overall maintenance of MRP groups

Transaction Code: OPPR

The entire configuration that is created as a part of SAP MRP Plant level parameter in the above steps can be
also set for an MRP Group. You can group materials using MRP Groups. Each of the MRP Group can have its
own MRP Parameter set. You can set the MRP group in the material master MRP 1 View.

MRP Group can be maintained using transaction code OPPR or the transaction path – Logistics
> Production > MRP > MRP Groups >

Advantage of working with MRP Groups:

Working with MRP groups can be convenient for a plant or an organization, since by assigning the MRP
groups to a set of materials, would allow planner to configure these materials (through MRP Groups) to
behave in a certain manner for planning purposes. In other words, all the materials in the group would
then have a unique planning method or unique planning features. Thus the organization can device
multiple MRP groups with their own planning features and characteristics rather than having one set of
planning features set at the plant level. The groupcould have its own unique:

Strategy group,
Conversion order types,
Planning horizon,
Planning time fence and roll forward periods,BOM
and task list selection ID’s,
Direct procurement parameters, Planned
order scheduling parameters, Start number
of days allowed in the pastAvailability
checking groups,

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Strategy Groups

The strategy groups can be set for a given MRP group at a given plant. The strategy group consists of a
number of planning strategies assigned in a sequence of priorities. In other words, the strategy groups,
groups together the relevant planning strategies of a material. If you don’t see the default strategy groups,
then we would have to manually maintain the strategy groups on the materials MRP 3 view. Defaulting
the strategy groups is a nice idea when the strategy groups would remain the same across all the
materials which would be assigned with a given strategy group.

For example:

A material can have the priority 1 strategy as Made-to-Stock (planning strategy 10) and then priority 2
planning strategy as Made-to-Order (planning strategy 20). Assigning this “strategy group” for a MRP
group in the MRP Group Parameters configuration and then subsequently assigning the MRP Group to the
material master would make the material work on a planning strategy 10 and planning strategy 20 in a
sequence of priority.

The primary strategy for the material is 10 – Made-to-stock while the secondary strategy is 20
– Made-to-order, which means that every time you plan or produce a material or create a sales order for
the material it will always primarily work as a made-to-stock material. Nevertheless, you can also make to
material work as a made-to-order material, by changing the requirement type – “KE” of the material in the
sales order procurement tab, to suit for made-to-order, which the system would allow since the material’s
secondary planning strategy is made-to-order.

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Similarly MRP Group 0004 for in- house production without PIR was created.

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To Maintain MRP Group,

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Similarly,

MRP Group Strategy Group

0002 : 10

0003 : 10

0004 : 20

Following MRP groups are defined for Blue Eagle

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1.3 Planning

1.3.1 Define Storage location MRP per Plant

Transaction Code: SPRO

Menu Path: Production → Material Requirements Planning → Planning Define Storage LocationMRP
per Plant

Here we can define the default values for storage location MRP. The indicator that one set here is
proposed when creating a material master record for the storage locations maintained.

One has the following options for storage location MRP:

• Plan storage location separately

• Exclude storage location from MRP

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1.4 Planning File Entries

1.4.1 Activate MRP & Set Up Planning File

Transaction Code: OMDU

Activating MRP for the plant allows one to use the SAP MRP tool for the plant.

Menu Path: Production → Material Requirements Planning → Planning File Entries Activate MRP& Set
Up Planning File

Activate Material Requirements Planning

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2 Define production scheduling profile

SAP offers Production scheduling profile as a standard profile to configure order controls. Such
controls are material specific. The Profile is assigned to an header material for which you are creating
an order.

SAP makes it easier for planners to have controls set at material level rather than keepinigthem at
order level so that you can opt for different set of control for different kinds of producible materials.

Transaction Code: OPKP

Menu Path: Production Master Data Define production scheduling profile

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Configuration Details

Parameters set as above for XXXXX requirement while preparing Order with the production scheduling
profile as BL0001 with manual release of order and no auto GR.

This profile used use to specify that certain business transactions are carried out in parallel ina
production order / process order (we can, for example, create and release an order at the same time, or
release an order and print the shop papers), trigger an automatic goods receipt, specify an overall profile
for capacity leveling.

Use:

The production scheduling profile is copied into the order during order creation.

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The following controls can be set:

2.1 Production Scheduler

The production scheduler is supposedly the person who manages the order and executes it inthe shop
floor. A production scheduler can be the shop floor supervisor.
In many cases the MRP controller and the Production Scheduler is kept as the same.

Configuration: You can configure Production Schedulers in Transaction code OPJ9

Transaction Code: OPJ9

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2.2 Operations

2.2.1 Define Scheduling Parameters for Production Orders

The following Order type Scheduling parameters help in scheduling the order. The scheduling
parameters are set for the order type at the plant level for a production scheduler. If you want to use
the Order type scheduling parameters across all the schedulers you should put a * (star) in the field
while creating the configuration.

Transaction Code: OPU3

Menu Path: Production Operations Scheduling Define Scheduling Parameters for Production Orders

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3 Shop Floor Control

3.1 Master Data

3.1.1 Define Order types

Transaction Code: OPJH

Menu Path: Production → Master Data Order Define Order Types

ZPP1 Order type is for Normal productionZPP3

Order type is for Rework orders

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Configuration Details:

In this step one defines order types. An order type contains control information thatneed for managing
orders. One has to assign every order to an order type.

Status management: An order can go through several processing statuses. Amongother things, the status
controls which business transactions are allowed in the order.

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3.1.2 Define Order Type Dependent Parameters

Transaction Code: OPL8

Menu Path: Production → Master Data Order Define Order Type DependentParameters

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Details Overview: Planning Tab - Order Type: ZPP1

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Details Overview: Implementation Tab - Order Type: ZPP1

Implementation tab:

Status change documents

Here, one defines whether one want change documents to be written if a status change occurs. One also
define the level at which the change documents are to be written. Status change documents can also be
defined independently of each other,at each of these four levels.

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Shop Floor Information System

One can specify, for example, whether order data is to be stored in the Shop Floor Information System.
One can carry out reports using this system, for example, for materials, orders and work centers.

Documentation of goods movements

Here, one can specify that goods movements are to be documented with reference to an order. Then
one can display goods movements, for example, using the order information system.

Details Overview: Controlling Tab - Order Type: ZPP1

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Controlling tab:

Controlling: Here, one defines the parameters relevant to controlling, such as, forexample, costing
variants for planned and actual costs and a results analysis key.

Distribution rule: Default (distribution) rule defines an automatically generateddistribution rule for CO
settlement.

Details Overview: Display Profiles - Order Type: ZPP1

Display Profile tab:

Display profiles Graphic: Here, one defines parameters for displaying graphics ofoperations and
sequences in the order.

Missing parts list: defines how the missing parts list is to be displayed.

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Details Overview: Planning Tab - Order Type: ZPP3

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Planning tab:

Master data

Here, one defines the data that influences master data selection or order master data
maintenance:

The task list application is predefined as 'N'. However, one can also specify an additional task list
application.

Routing

The routing selection ID defines, for example, the ranking order for routing selection.

Routing selection defines whether routings are to be selected and if so, how (manually or
automatically) and whether reference operation sets can also be selected.

The task list type defines which routing type is permitted for production orders.

Operation

Operation detail check defines whether operation detail screens are to be checked when the operations
are transferred to the order.

Routing text defines that the text from the routing header is copied into the order. BOM

application defines how the BOM alternatives are to be automatically selected. Search procedure

defines how batch determination is to take place.

General

Substitute MRP controller/substitute production scheduler are proposed when one create
production orders if an MRP controller or production scheduler are not specified in the material
master, or if there is no reference to material.

Reservation/Purchase Req. specifies whether certain order objects (operation, components) are
relevant to MRP.

Collective purchase requisition, Enables collective purchase requisition per order for externally
processed operations or non-stock items.

Inspection type defines how a quality inspection is to be carried out.

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Details Overview: Implementation Tab - Order Type: ZPP3

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Implementation tab:

Status change documents

Here, one defines whether one want change documents to be written if a status change occurs. One also
define the level at which the change documents are to be written. Status change documents can also be
defined independently of eachother, at each of these four levels.

Shop Floor Information System

One can specify, for example, whether order data is to be stored in the Shop Floor Information
System. One can carry out reports using this system, for example, for materials, orders and work
centers.

Documentation of goods movements

Here, one can specify that goods movements are to be documented with reference to an order. Then
one can display goods movements, for example,using the order information system.

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Details Overview: Controlling Tab - Order Type: ZPP3

Details Overview: Display Profiles Tab: ZPP3

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4 Control key

T Code: OP00
Control keys are normally pulled in from the work center, if you have entered a defaultcontrol key there. Control
keys are really important keys in SAP PP.

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5 Availability Check Parameter (OPJK)

When you configure the Order availability checks at the point of Order creation or Orderrelease the
following controls are available:

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6 Define Confirmation Parameters

Confirmations parameters are to be set for orders types so as to allow confirmations as per the client’s
requirements.

Confirmations in SAP PP refer to booking the completion of production quantities at eachoperation

(partial completion or final completion). Confirmation is not receiving goods in stock; it is only about
declaration production at each operation and in turn booking cost incurred in operational activities
(in the background).

The method or manner in which these confirmations would happen is configured here.

Transaction Code: OPK4

Menu Path: Production Operations Confirmation Define Confirmation Parameters

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