SAP PP (Tutorials Point)（Z-Library）

【One-Line Pitch】 A compact, hands-on orientation to SAP Production Planning (SAP PP) for beginners and manufacturing managers who need to understand how master data, demand, orders, and capacity fit together before touching a live system. 【Book Arc】 - **Opening (~0%–10%)**: Sets the scope of SAP PP within ERP — planning, execution, BOM, goods movement — and states the audience (beginners with basic SAP familiarity) and the tutorial's structure. - **Early (~10%–30%)**: Builds the foundation: common PP tables (MRP, demand management, planned orders, repetitive manufacturing), organizational structure (company → plant → storage location), and the four master-data objects — BOM, material master, work center, routing. - **Middle (~30%–55%)**: Walks through master-data creation step by step with T-codes (CS01, MM01, CR01, CA01), covering BOM types (material vs. sales-order BOM), work-center capacity/scheduling/costing tabs, and routing operations. - **Late (~55%–75%)**: Moves into planning logic — demand management via Planned Independent Requirements (PIR), version control, and make-to-stock vs. make-to-order planning strategies. - **Ending (~75%–100%)**: Covers execution and capacity: converting planned orders to production orders, release, goods issue, confirmation, goods receipt, cancellation, plus capacity load checks and leveling (the excerpts thin out here). 【Book Arc】 (continued note: the excerpt index also lists long-term planning and planning scenarios around the 44–50% mark, so expect a planning-tools detour before production orders.) 【Key Takeaways】 - **Master data is the backbone of SAP PP** (Early): BOM, material master, work center, and routing must exist before any planning or execution runs — the book spends its largest share here, and rightly so. - **Everything happens at the plant level** (Early): planning activities, master data creation, confirmations, and goods movement are all anchored to plant and storage location, so understanding the org structure prevents most beginner confusion. - **BOM and routing feed MRP automatically** (Early): the MRP run pulls BOM and routing into planned orders, which is why clean master data directly determines planning quality. - **Work centers carry three jobs at once** (Middle): scheduling, capacity planning, and production costing all live in the work-center master record — capacity, formulas, and cost-center links are configured in one place. - **Demand management starts with PIRs** (Late): Planned Independent Requirements drive production planning, and the active version (00) determines what MRP actually sees; planning strategy in the material master decides make-to-stock vs. make-to-order. - **Execution is a fixed sequence** (Early): planned order → production order → release → goods issue → confirmation → goods receipt. Skipping release blocks execution entirely. - **Capacity is checked, then leveled** (Ending): the book treats capacity load checking and leveling as a distinct late-stage step, moving operations when constraints bite. - **T-codes are the practical interface** (throughout): each object pairs a transaction code (CS01/CS02, CR01/CR03, CA01/CA02, MM01) with a menu path, making the guide usable as a quick reference at the screen. 【Reading Tips】 - **Deep-read the master-data chapters (~10%–55%)**: they are the longest and most procedural; skim only if you already know BOM/work-center configuration. - **Keep the T-code list handy**: the value is in the create/change/display transaction pairs, not in prose — treat the book as a lookup companion while working in a sandbox system. - **Don't skip the tables chapter** (Early): the MDKP/PLAF/PBED table names are useful when you later need to trace data or write reports. - **Read planning strategies carefully** (Late): make-to-stock vs. make-to-order is the conceptual hinge the rest of execution depends on. - **Expect screenshots to be missing or dated**: this is a 2016 tutorial; verify menu paths against your current SAP release. 【Coverage Limits】 The excerpts cover the introduction, tables, org structure, master data, BOM, work center, routing, and demand management in reasonable detail, but production orders, confirmation, and capacity planning appear mainly as table-of-contents entries — this guide cannot vouch for their depth. The book is a beginner tutorial, not a configuration or certification reference.