Whether your company uses discrete, process, or repetitive manufacturing, this book is here to break down the different production planning processes that you can use in SAP ERP. You'll learn the elements that are common to each process, and then explore the detailed configuration steps for each type of manufacturing approach. Use the expert tips throughout the book to increase the effectiveness of your supply chain, and save time and money.

*Find in-depth information on discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing types
*Work with detailed configuration steps and the business processes to tie everything together
*Understand the tools you need to optimize your PP processes and how to use them

Configuration Basics
Learn what discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing are, and then set them up in your SAP ERP system.

Production Type Workflow
After configuration, you'll understand how to tweak your system to meet your specific business processes and discover which production type works best for your needs.

System Optimization
Understand the extras that SAP provides. Make the PP component yours by adding notes, signature requirements, and co-products and by-products to your processes.

*SAP Demand Management
*Long-term planning
*Material requirements planning
*Digital signature
*Shift notes and reports
*Early Warning System
*Forecasting
*XSteps
*Flexible planning

About the Author

Jawad Akhtar is the author of the SAP PRESS book "Production Planning and Control with SAP ERP," which covers discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing types and methods, functionality, and tools to optimize business processes. Jawad earned his Chemical Engineering degree from Missouri University of Science & Technology, USA. He has 17 years of professional experience, of which 9 years are in SAP. He has completed eight end-to-end SAP project implementation lifecycles in the areas of PP, QM, MM, PM, and DMS in the steel, automobile, chemical, fertilizer, FMCG, and building products industries. He also has worked as an SAP Integration Manager and SAP Project Manager, and has been proactively involved in a business development and solution architect role for seven years. Jawad is an experienced and prolific writer in the logistics and SCM space and is the SCM technical advisor for SAPexperts.com, ERPtips.com, and SearchSAP.com.

His profile on LinkedIn is at pk.linkedin.com/in/jawadakhtar. You may follow him on Twitter @jawadahl.

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