Confirmation
Quick answer
Confirmations are how planned production becomes actuals: they drive accurate inventory (components consumed, product received), manufacturing costs (actual activities), and shop-floor visibility.
Key takeaways
- As operations are completed on the shop floor, confirmations record the actual yield (good quantity), scrap, and the actual times…
- Operation confirmations: quantities, times, scrap.
- Automatic goods movements: backflush of components, GR of product.
- Watch out: Missing/late confirmations, wrong stock and costs.
What confirmation does
As operations are completed on the shop floor, confirmations record the actual yield (good quantity), scrap, and the actual times (setup, machine, labour) for each operation. This updates the order’s progress, consumes activities for costing, and (at final confirmation/goods receipt) brings the finished product into stock.
Key aspects
- Operation confirmations: quantities, times, scrap.
- Automatic goods movements: backflush of components, GR of product.
- Actual costs: activities consumed at the work center.
- Progress/variance vs plan.
Why it matters
Confirmations are how planned production becomes actuals: they drive accurate inventory (components consumed, product received), manufacturing costs (actual activities), and shop-floor visibility. Missing or wrong confirmations cause wrong stock and costs, so timely, accurate confirmation is essential for reliable PP and CO data.
Common pitfalls
- Missing/late confirmations, wrong stock and costs.
- Incorrect yield/scrap distorting actuals.
- Backflush errors mis-consuming components.
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Check your understanding
Which statement is true of Confirmation?
- A. This updates the order’s progress, consumes activities for costing, and (at final confirmation/goods receipt)…
- B. The SAP Gateway is the communication component that enables an SAP system to talk to other systems, and other…
- C. HANA performance is usually excellent by design, but realising it requires good modeling and SQL: pushing…
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A. This updates the order’s progress, consumes activities for costing, and (at final confirmation/goods receipt)…
Covered in the “What confirmation does” section of this lesson.
Which of these also applies to Confirmation?
- A. Missing or wrong confirmations cause wrong stock and costs, so timely, accurate confirmation is essential for…
- B. Upgrading without reading the notes.
- C. Reading tables directly instead of using CDS/reports where appropriate.
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A. Missing or wrong confirmations cause wrong stock and costs, so timely, accurate confirmation is essential for…
Covered in the “Why it matters” section of this lesson.
Which part of the Learn SAP curriculum covers Confirmation?
- A. SAP PP
- B. SAP architecture
- C. SAP downloads
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A. SAP PP
This lesson sits in the SAP PP section of the Learn SAP course.