SAP PP/DS Training (Advanced Planning and Detailed Scheduling)
SAP PP/DS training teaches you advanced planning and detailed scheduling as embedded in SAP S/4HANA, which is where finite capacity and sequence dependent scheduling are handled.
- 40 hours
- Intermediate
- Live online
- C_TS422_2023
What is SAP PP/DS Training (Advanced Planning and Detailed Scheduling)?
SAP PP/DS training teaches you advanced planning and detailed scheduling as embedded in SAP S/4HANA, which is where finite capacity and sequence dependent scheduling are handled. You cover PP/DS activation and master data including PP/DS relevant materials, resources, production data structures and setup matrices, planning procedures and heuristics, the PP/DS optimiser and its cost functions, the detailed scheduling planning board, capacity levelling and sequencing, pegging and fixed pegging, alert monitor, the relationship with MRP Live and classic PP, and integration with production execution.
What you get
- Explain when advanced planning is justified over MRP
- Configure PP/DS master data including PDS and setup matrices
- Select and sequence heuristics for a planning scenario
- Use the detailed scheduling planning board confidently
Who this course is for
New to the field
- PP consultants adding advanced planning
- Production planners and schedulers
- Supply chain analysts in manufacturing
Working professionals
- Teams implementing embedded PP/DS
- Consultants replacing APO PP/DS
- Anyone targeting the S/4HANA manufacturing exam
Prerequisites
- SAP PP experience is important.
- Production planning or scheduling experience in industry is a strong advantage.
What you will be able to do
- Explain when advanced planning is justified over MRP
- Configure PP/DS master data including PDS and setup matrices
- Select and sequence heuristics for a planning scenario
- Use the detailed scheduling planning board confidently
- Configure and interpret the PP/DS optimiser
- Use pegging and the alert monitor for exception driven planning
- Integrate PP/DS with MRP Live and production execution
Salary range
- India
- 10-30 LPA
- United States
- 120k-165k
Market ranges for SAP PP/DS Consultant, not a guarantee. Actual pay depends on experience, location and employer.
Curriculum
Advanced planning foundations
Understand where PP/DS belongs against MRP.
- MRP versus advanced planning
- Infinite versus finite capacity planning
- Embedded PP/DS versus SCM APO PP/DS
- When a client genuinely needs PP/DS
- Activation and system prerequisites
- Planning versions and the active version
- Key PP/DS apps and transactions
- Scoping a PP/DS implementation
Master data for PP/DS
Get the data right, because heuristics only reflect what you model.
- PP/DS relevance settings on the material
- Advanced planning tab and horizons
- Resources: single, multi, line and bucket
- Resource capacity and downtimes
- Production data structure generation
- Setup groups and setup matrices
- Product interchangeability overview
- Master data validation before planning
Planning procedures and heuristics
Automate planning decisions sensibly.
- Planning procedures and their triggers
- Product heuristics and their selection
- Standard lot sizing heuristics
- Bottom-up and top-down heuristics
- Service heuristics: reschedule, rebuild
- Heuristic sequences in a planning run
- Product planning table use
- Choosing heuristics for a scenario
Detailed scheduling and the planning board
Sequence work on real resources.
- Detailed scheduling planning board navigation
- Scheduling strategies and modes
- Manual dispatching and rescheduling
- Sequence dependent setup optimisation
- Capacity levelling
- Resource utilisation views
- Fixing and deallocating operations
- Working with planners on real sequences
Optimiser
Use the optimiser without letting it surprise you.
- Optimiser architecture and profiles
- Cost functions: setup, delay, mode
- Optimiser horizons and runtime control
- Constraint handling
- Interpreting optimiser results
- Comparing optimiser to heuristics
- Common optimiser misconfigurations
- When not to use the optimiser
Pegging, alerts and exceptions
See the consequences of every change.
- Dynamic pegging concepts
- Fixed pegging and its use cases
- Pegging in the product view
- Alert monitor configuration
- Alert types and priorities
- Working an alert list efficiently
- Order network and multilevel visibility
- Exception driven planning discipline
Integration and operations
Connect planning to execution and run it daily.
- MRP Live and PP/DS coexistence
- Conversion of planned to production orders
- Integration with production execution
- Confirmation feedback into planning
- Integration with EWM and inventory
- Integration with aATP and order promising
- Performance of planning runs
- Daily and weekly planning routine
Projects you will build
Master data and heuristic planning
Activate PP/DS for a product family, build resources and production data structures, then run a heuristic sequence and explain every order created.
Detailed scheduling with setup optimisation
Configure a setup matrix, dispatch operations on the planning board, and reduce total setup time through sequencing.
Optimiser and exception handling
Configure optimiser cost functions, compare the result to heuristic planning, then work the resulting alert list to a clean plan.
Tools you will use
- Product view and planning table
- The planner's main working views for a product's supply and demand.
- Detailed scheduling planning board
- Graphical sequencing and dispatching on resources.
- Heuristics
- Automated planning logic applied per product or across a network.
- PP/DS optimiser
- Cost based scheduling for complex constrained scenarios.
- Setup matrix
- Sequence dependent setup times, the reason many clients buy PP/DS.
- Alert monitor
- Exception list that drives day to day planning attention.
Certification
- Exam
- SAP Certified Associate, SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, Production Planning and Manufacturing
- Code
- C_TS422_2023
- Level
- Associate
- Exam fee
- US$560 (single exam)
What learners say
Setup matrix optimisation is the business case for PP/DS and this is the first course that made me build one and measure the improvement.
The planning board sessions were worth the whole fee. I schedule differently now and argue with the optimiser far less.
Honest about when PP/DS is overkill, which built more trust than a sales pitch would have.
Fees and training modes
Choose how you want to learn. No-cost EMI is available on the live and 1-to-1 modes.
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₹49,000
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₹9,000
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Learn on your own time with recorded sessions and the same materials.
Refunds and cancellations are covered in our refund policy.
What a day looks like
- Alert review
- Working the alert monitor, which is how planners actually decide what to look at.
- Sequencing
- Adjusting the schedule on the planning board around breakdowns, rush orders and material shortages.
- Master data fixes
- A resource capacity or PDS that does not match the shop floor, which quietly ruins plans.
- Planning runs
- Scheduled heuristic and optimiser runs, and investigating results that look implausible.
- Planner support
- Explaining why the system scheduled something the way it did, in production language.
Training a team?
We run this course as private corporate training, tailored to your systems and scheduled around your team. Tell us your group size and what you need to cover.
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Is this embedded PP/DS or APO?
Do I need PP experience?
Which certification does this map to?
How does PP/DS relate to IBP?
Is the optimiser hard to get right?
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