Production Planning and Control with SAP Erp

by Jawad Akhtar

Comprehensive guide to discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing with Production Planning in SAP
Explains PP business processes and provides detailed configuration steps
Understand how to integrate PP with other SCM modules for a single, efficient production process

Cars. Coffee. Your computer screen. With this book, you’ll discover the nuances behind the production planning processes you need to work with any type of material, regardless of your background.

Whether your company uses discrete, process, or repetitive manufacturing, you need to keep your supply chain running smoothly and at minimal cost. This book is here to break down the different planning processes for you to do just that. You’ll get an in-depth understanding of the business processes behind production planning, and learn what’s required of your SAP system for each method. You’ll understand what the common elements are between the processes (master data and architecture), and then explore the detailed configuration steps for each type of manufacturing approach. You’ll also find helpful information on how to use shift notes, digital signatures, and the Early Warning System, which will help take your planning to the next level.

Highlights
Sales and operations planning
Material requirements planning
Long term planning
Organizational structures
Configuration
Production planning workflow
Capacity requirement planning
Document Management System
Monitoring and reporting
PP/SCM integration

The Author
Jawad Akhtar is a production planning and SCM professional with over 15 years of professional experience. He’s facilitated end-to-end SAP project implementations in PP, MM, QM, PM, and DMS across a variety of industries that include automobile, FMCG, fertilizer, chemicals, building products, steel, and textiles. Jawad is an experienced writer in the SCM space. He is the SCM technical advisor for SAPexperts.com, ERPtips.com, and SearchSAP.com.

Hardcover

First published September 1, 2013

About the author

Jawad Akhtar earned his Chemical Engineering degree from Missouri University of Science & Technology, USA. He has 17 years of professional experience, of which 10 years is in SAP. He has completed eight end-to-end SAP project implementation lifecycles in the areas of PP, QM, MM, PM and DMS in Steel, Automobile, Chemicals, Fertilizer, FMCG, and Building Products Industries. He has also worked as an SAP Integration Manager, as well as SAP Project Manager, and been proactively involved in a business development and solution architect role for seven years. His profile on LinkedIn is at http://pk.linkedin.com/in/jawadakhtar. You may reach Jawad via email at jawad.akhtar@live.com or follow him on Twitter @jawadahl. Currently, he is associated with AbacusConsulting as Head of SAP Delivery.

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