ORDER CONFIRMATION

A confirmation documents the processing status of orders, operations, sub-operations and individual capacities. It is an instrument for controlling orders.

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o _{The quantity in an operation that was produced as yield, scrap and the quantity} to be reworked

o _{How much work was actually done}

o _{Which work center was used for the operation} o _{Who carried out the operation}

o _{Exact confirmation shortly after completion of an operation is essential for} realistic production planning and control.

The following business transactions can be executed via confirmations: o _{Updating order data (for example, quantities, activities, dates, status)} o _{Back flushing of components}

o _{Automatic goods receipt (for one operation per order max.)} o _{Capacity reduction in the work center}

o _{Updating costs based on confirmed data}

o _{Updating MRP-relevant excess or missing quantities in the order} o _{You can enter confirmations for}

o _{An order- to be entered daily}

o _{An operation- to be done before period closing for inventory valuation of WIP.} o _{A sub-operation}

o _{An individual capacity in an operation} o _{An individual capacity in a sub-operation}

o _{For scrap, rejection, reworks, operation confirmation will be done.} 9.5. PRINTOUT OF PRODUCTION ORDER

This function controls the printing of the shop papers, such as the operation confirmation slips, time tickets etc.

The printing of the different shop papers is controlled by the settings made in the control key attached to the individual production operations.

INTEGRATION

Production orders is fully integrated in the Logistics (LO) component and has, among others, interfaces to

o _{Sales and Distribution (SD)} o _{Materials Management (MM)} o _{Controlling (CO)}

Plant – 2 (Discrete Manufacturing)

Purpose

This component can be used for production planning and control in a repetitive manufacturing environment.

You can use repetitive manufacturing as either make-to-stock REM or make-to-order REM such as in the automotive industry, for example.

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(reduction in individual lot and order-specific processing).

• _{Reduction in the production control effort and simpler back flushing tools (with the}

option of using the full scope of the PP functionality).

Implementation considerations

You can implement Repetitive Manufacturing if the following is true of your production process:

• _{You produce the same or similar products over a lengthy period of time.} • You do not manufacture in individually defined lots. Instead, a total quantity is

produced over a certain period at a certain rate per part-period.

• _{Your products always follow the same sequence through the machines and work}

centers in production.

• Routings tend to be simple and do not vary much.

Integration

Within logistics, Demand Management precedes Repetitive Manufacturing:

o SD Sales Operations (Receipt of sales orders) o PP Demand Management (Creation of PIR)

o PP MRP

The following Logistics components are also relevant:

o PP Work Centers o PP Routings

o PP Bills of Materials

o If required, Line Design for mapping complex production lines

Features

• Master data

There is specific master data required for Repetitive Manufacturing. This includes the repetitive manufacturing profile and the product cost collector.

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Within the framework of repetitive manufacturing, planning and control is carried out on the basis of time buckets. Starting from the existing requirements situation, you can plan production quantities based on periods. The scheduling data for products and product groups is thus broken down into a series of time buckets, the user being presented with period views for the purposes of checking and revision.

• _Sequencing

You can use Sequencing to carry out takt-based scheduling which determines the sequence in which planned orders are produced on the production line. Sequencing simplifies the dispatching process, especially for high order volumes, and enables you to display them in a graphic.

• _{Pull list}

You can use the pull list to control in-house material flow, supplying production with materials. The pull list checks the stock situation at the production line, calculates the missing parts for the components and triggers replenishment for these missing parts.

• _{Back flushing}

Production completion confirmations are simplified and are made with reference to the material being produced. The completion confirmation usually includes the backflushing of components and the posting of production costs.

• _{Cost Object Controlling}

In repetitive manufacturing, you ususally detemine costs per material or per production version via a product cost collector (product cost per period).

Master Data for Repetitive Manufacturing

The following master data is available:

• The repetitive manufacturing profile is set in Customizing for repetitive manufacturing

and is entered in the material master record. You must also authorize the material for repetitive manufacturing in the material master record.

• _{You create the production version in the material master record.}

• If you want to plan using a planning ID , you must define one and enter it in the

material master record.

• _{If you want to use a production line for planning purposes, you must create one and}

enter it in the material master record.

• If you use repetitive manufacturing in conjunction with the component PP line Design,

you can represent the production line as a line hierarchy. This makes sense if you have complex production lines, which you want to schedule using takts.

• _{If you want to plan capacity, you must create a routing and enter it in the production}

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Production orders is fully integrated in the Logistics (LO) component and has, among others, interfaces to

o _{Sales and Distribution (SD)} o _{Materials Management (MM)} o _{Controlling (CO)}

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