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BUSINESS PROCESS PROCEDURE

Create Material Planning TableSales and Operation Planning

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Responsibility: Production Status:

Overview

Trigger:Mid-term or long-term planning of sales volumes which will be utilized for production planningwith a view to capacity capabilities.

Business Process Description Overview

With Sales and Operation Planning, you can create planning data that is based upon a forecast, whichwill provide the framework for your production planning activities. In a planning table, you create theplanning data that relates to your master data that is derived from a forecast; this process can be basedon your forecast of future events as well as on historical patterns and trends. A series of mass processingfunctions automate the planning of large volumes of data. For example, a forecast which is based uponmaster data at the customer/material level can be disaggregated in the S&OP planning table at theplant/material level. The planning table in which you work resembles a spreadsheet. You therefore have

tremendous abilities to track planning data, anticipate market demand, run analyses, and perform what-if simulations, particularly for rough-cut capacity planning at the plant level.

SOP's integrated functionality provides you with a total picture of your plant's activities. You can pooldata from many different internal and external sources and use it as the basis for setting realisticoperational targets. This provides the opportunity for a reality check: does my business strategyaccurately reflect both my operational capacities and market demand? Thus, with SOP, you adopt aproactive as opposed to a reactive stance to planning.

Once you have finalized your planning data, you can transfer the planning data to Demand Managementfrom where it will be become the basis for Master Production Scheduling and Material RequirementsPlanning and Cost Center Accounting.

Input - Required Fields Field Value / Comments

Material Material number

Plant(s) Plant identification/designation

Version of plan Planning version

Planning time frame Day, week, month, posting period

Output - Results Comments

Plant(s) Plant identification/designation

Version of plan Planning version

Planning time frame Day, week, month, posting period

Tips and Tricks

A sales forecast must exist from which to obtain the sales values in the SOP planning table. Theforecast may be based upon either standard or customized SAP info-structures.

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To distribute a material to two or more plants, follow the menu path: Logistics ◊ Production ◊ SOP ◊

Settings ◊ Plant distribution. Transaction code MC7A. Note: The plant distribution table MUST be

maintained prior to transferring the sales plan from SIS to enable proper distribution of the materialbetween plants.

Procedural Steps

1.1 Access <transaction> by:

Via Menus Logistics Production SOP Planning For material Create

Via Transaction Code MC87

1.2 On screen <Create Plan; Initial screen >, enter information in the fields as specified in thebelow table:

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Field Name Description R/O/C User Action and Values Comments

Material Number Alphanumeric designation uniquelyidentifying the material

R

Plant Designation uniquely identifying aplant

R

Enter :

Field Name Description R/O/C User Action and Values CommentsVersion 3 digit number identifying the specificSOP plan

R A numbering plan is recommended; upto 999 versions can exist for eachmaterial

Only one version isactive at a time

VersionDescription

Describes the specific SOP plan R Enter information in field then hit enter

Enter.

1.3 On screen <Create Rough-Cut Plan >, enter information in the fields as specified in the below table:

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Field Name Description R/O/C User Action and Values CommentsSales Plan Derived from the sales forecast on

monthly basisR To enter the sales plan, follow the menu

path “Edit ◊ Create sales plan ◊ transfer

from SIS’

Production Plan Daily, weekly or monthly productionplan for planning time frame of 6-60months

O To enter the production plan, follow the

menu path “Edit ◊ Create production

plan ◊ synchronous to sales’. To

change to daily, weekly or monthly,

follow the menu path “Edit ◊ Period split

◊ Total ◊ ____

Press enter, andsave


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(Note: On table column “R/O/C”; “R” = Required, “O” = Optional, “C” = Conditional)

Field Name Description R/O/C User Action and Values Comments

Stock Level Stock level at the end of each period.This is the stock level that resultsfrom the planned quantities.

C Can be maintained to stock level = zeroby following menu path Edit > Createproduction plan > Stock level = zero

This is optional

Target StockLevel

A value that indicates the desiredstock level to be maintained within theplant during the planning period.

O Can be maintained for specific periodsor for all periods. To enter theproduction plan, follow the menu path

“Edit ◊ Create production plan ◊ target

stock level. To change to daily, weekly

or monthly, follow the path “Edit◊ Period

split◊Total◊ ___

This is optional

Target Days’Supply

A value that indicates the desireddays’ supply of material within theplant during the planning period

O Can be maintained for specific periodsor for all periods. To enter theproduction plan, follow the menu path

“Edit ◊ Create production plan ◊ targetdays’ supply. To change to daily,weekly or monthly, follow the menu path

“Edit ◊ Period split ◊ Total ◊ ____

This is optional

1.4 <<< explanation for any special conditions, scenarios or cases. >>>

This process relates to creating a Sales and Operation plan at the material/plant level. If theplan will include materials that are produced in multiple plants, this will require the creation of anSOP plan for each plant at which the material is produced.


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