Configuration
Quick answer
As with all modules, PP config is built in DEV, transported through QAS to PRD, and never changed directly in production.
Key takeaways
- A key configuration area is planning strategies (make-to-stock vs make-to-order and variants), which determine how demand and…
- Manufacturing type: discrete (production orders), process (process orders), repetitive.
- Order types & control: how production orders behave.
- Watch out: Wrong planning strategy (MTS vs MTO).
What PP configuration covers
- Manufacturing type: discrete (production orders), process (process orders), repetitive.
- Order types & control: how production orders behave.
- MRP: plant/material MRP settings, planning strategies.
- Master data structures: BOM usages, work-center categories, routing settings.
Planning strategies
A key configuration area is planning strategies (make-to-stock vs make-to-order and variants), which determine how demand and production are planned, whether you produce to forecast (stock) or to specific sales orders. Choosing the right strategy per material is central to how PP behaves.
Configuration discipline
As with all modules, PP config is built in DEV, transported through QAS to PRD, and never changed directly in production. It must reflect the real manufacturing process (discrete vs process, make-to-stock vs make-to-order), so understanding the shop floor is a prerequisite to configuring PP well.
Common pitfalls
- Wrong planning strategy (MTS vs MTO).
- Manufacturing type mismatch (discrete vs process).
- Configuring without understanding the shop floor.
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Check your understanding
Which statement is true of Configuration?
- A. Choosing the right strategy per material is central to how PP behaves.
- B. CDS views are the modern SAP data-modeling layer, defined in ABAP and run on HANA.
- C. F110 is the SAP transaction code for Automatic Payment Program (FI).
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A. Choosing the right strategy per material is central to how PP behaves.
Covered in the “Planning strategies” section of this lesson.
Which of these also applies to Configuration?
- A. Backing up data but not logs, no point-in-time recovery.
- B. It must reflect the real manufacturing process (discrete vs process, make-to-stock vs make-to-order), so…
- C. Guessing instead of using the reference tools.
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B. It must reflect the real manufacturing process (discrete vs process, make-to-stock vs make-to-order), so…
Covered in the “Configuration discipline” section of this lesson.
Which part of the Learn SAP curriculum covers Configuration?
- A. SAP PP
- B. SAP best practices
- C. SAP fundamentals
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A. SAP PP
This lesson sits in the SAP PP section of the Learn SAP course.