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Enhancements in Production Planning and Control (PP)

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Table of content
1 Enhancements in Production Planning and Control (PP)
1.1 Make-to Stock Production for Configurable Materials
1.2 Combining Production and Process Orders
1.2.1 Quantities and Units of Measure in Order Combination
1.2.1.1 Units of Measure in Order Combinations
1.2.1.2 Quantities and Units of Measure in Combination by Operation
1.2.1.3 Changing Quantities in Combined Orders
1.2.1.4 Changing Quantities in Original Orders
1.2.1.5 Quantities and Units of Measure in Confirmation
1.2.2 Creating a Combined Order (Selection)
1.2.2.1 Selection Profile in the Order Combination
1.2.2.2 Standard Order Selection
1.2.2.3 Customer-Specific Order Selection
1.2.2.4 Selecting Operations
1.2.2.5 Handling Components in a Combined Order
1.2.2.6 Scheduling the Combined Order
1.2.2.7 Creating Settlement Rules
1.2.2.8 Editing and Saving the Combined Order
1.2.3 Changing and Displaying Combined Orders
1.2.3.1 Order Display in the Current Stock/Requirements List
1.2.3.2 Displaying a Combined Order
1.2.3.3 Changing Combined Orders
1.2.3.4 Displaying an Original Order
1.2.3.5 Changing Original Orders
1.2.3.6 Combining Assembly Orders
1.2.4 Confirming and Cancelling Confirmations
1.2.5 Automatic Goods Receipt in Order Combination
1.2.6 Order Combination and Quality Management (QM)
1.2.7 Order Combination and Controlling (CO)
1.2.8 Batch Where-Used Lists for Combined Orders
1.2.9 Customer Exit MILLOC01
1.2.9.1 Automatic Selection (EXIT_SAPLMILL_OC_001)
1.2.9.2 Comparing Operations (EXIT_SAPLMILL_OC_004)
1.2.9.3 Editing the Component List (EXIT_SAPLMILL_OC_005)
1.2.9.4 Quantity Distribution (EXIT_SAPLMILL_OC_002)
1.2.9.5 Cost Distribution (EXIT_SAPLMILL_OC_002)
1.3 Multi Item Order
1.4 Fast Entry of Co-Products in Production
1.5 Deleting Co-Products
1.6 Base Quantity Proportional Settlement Rules for Co-Products
1.7 Different Account Assignment of Co-Products
1.8 Setting Final Delivery Indicator in Purchase/Production Orders
1.9 Scheduling of Production Resources/Tools
1.9.1 Production Resources and Tools in Orders
1.9.1.1 Scheduling Orders with Production Resources and Tools
1.9.2 Capacity in the PRT Pool
1.10 Goods Movements in the Confirmation Transaction
1.11 Quantity Distribution for Goods Receipts
1.12 Process Batch
1.12.1 Process Flow for Confirmation Using Process Batches
1.12.2 Prerequisites for Process Batch Management
1.12.2.1 Copying Rules for Characteristic Values
1.12.3 Creating Process Batches
1.12.4 Editing Process Batches
1.12.5 Further Functions for Process Batch Management
1.12.5.1 Batch Determination in Process Batch Management
1.12.5.2 Original Batches in Process Batch Management
1.12.5.3 Order Combination in Process Batch Management
1.12.6 Target/Actual Comparison for Process Batches

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Enhancements in Production Planning and Control (PP)


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Make-to Stock Production for Configurable Materials


Use
In SAP Mill Products you can manufacture configurable materials and material variants with production orders not only with reference to sales orders but also
for stock. You can also change the characteristic value assignments of a material variant in production orders.

Prerequisites
The following requirements must be fulfilled in order to manufacture configurable materials and material variants for stock.
Your SAP R/3 system must be linked to a SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (SAP APO) system because characteristics-based planning is only
possible in SAP APO.
The configurable material or the material variant must be contained in an active integration model.
The material must be managed in batches so that warehouse stocks of materials with different characteristics can be distinguished.

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Combining Production and Process Orders


Use
In certain segments of industry, including the steel, paper, and textile industries, but also the tools and special-purpose machinery sectors, the same
operations are used to manufacture different products. These operations may include producing a melt, continuous casting, and hot and cold rolling. The
operations before and after these identical operations are different for different products.
The order combination function allows you to combine the sequences of identical operations in a consolidated production order. You can combine the following
orders:
Sales orders
Planned orders
Production orders
It is always the production order that is used for the actual combination. The combination can include individual operations or entire orders. For this reason, if
you are combining sales orders, production orders are created, and if you are combining planned orders, they are converted to production orders. This means
that you can only combine orders that are used for in-house production, that is, the procurement type in the MRP 2 view of the material master must have the
correct setting. Permitted settings are In-house production (E) and Both procurement types (X).
When you combine sales orders, all procurement elements and the open quantity for customer special stock are proposed for combination. In this case, the
open quantity is the quantity not covered by procurement elements, such as planned or production orders.
You can use order combination whenever the orders are the same or similar. The orders can come from different sales order stocks. However, you should not
plan to include semi-finished products, which can be combined.

Integration
You can combine production, assembly and process orders. Production orders and process orders cannot be combined with each other. Not all functions are
supported for process orders, for example, the formulas are not adjusted for quantity calculation. Collective orders, multi item orders and MOP orders from an
APO system cannot be combined. Operations from orders that contain a co-product ( in the production order or
All orders must be for a material, but the material of the combined original orders may differ.

in the process order) cannot be combined.

You access order combination at Logistics Production Production Control Order Create Order Combination
Production Process Process Order Process Order Create Order Combination .

or at Logistics

You cannot use combined orders as templates for creating new production orders. However, you can use the original orders for this purpose.

Features
Order combination includes the following features:
1. Selecting the original orders for combination:
Standard selection

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Preselecting the orders


Manually selecting the orders and converting them to production orders if necessary
Selecting orders automatically
Customer-specific selection
2. Combining the selected original orders:
The system checks whether the selected orders and operations can be combined.
A combined order is created for the selected operations, including components.
The combined operations and their components are deactivated in the original orders.
3. Manually changing the original orders and the combined order:
Adding original orders
Changing original orders
Removing original orders from the combination
Changing the combined order
Canceling the combined order
First, you select the original orders you want to combine. Different selection criteria are available to help you. You need to define one of the selected orders as
a reference order. As soon as you have selected the orders, a new production order is created using the master data of the reference order. This new order is
the combined order. In order to create the original orders as items in the combined order, the system determines the first item category in Customizing that
fulfils the following requirements: subject to inventory management, not a variable-size item, material entry required. This corresponds to the item category L
in the standard system. This item category is set automatically by the system. If an item category has not been defined with a corresponding attribute in
Customizing, orders cannot be combined.
After the combined order has been created, the system checks the selected original orders and operations. Only operations, for instance, with the same
activity types and control key can be combined. The operations that are the same are combined (including their components) in the combined order, and
deactivated in the original order. You can still change both the original orders and the combined order after the combination has taken place. Possible changes
include changes to the order quantities or dates. You can add original orders to the combined order or delete them from it at a later stage. You can also cancel
the entire combined order.

The following diagram gives you an overview of the order combination process.

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1.2.1 Quantities and Units of Measure in Order Combination


The basic rule is that combination can only take place if the basis units of measure agree.
You can distinguish between the following:
Combination by order
Combination by operation

The system does not round the basis quantity.


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1.2.1.1 Units of Measure in Order Combinations


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General
Combination by orders follows the same procedure as combination of all activities using the switch in order selection ( Combine All Orders ) or activity
selection ( Select All ).
After the original orders have been selected, the system checks whether:
The basis quantity in the original orders agrees
The unit of measure for entry or production agrees or whether the quantity can be converted using alternative units of measure

If the basis quantity does not agree or the production unit of measure cannot be converted, the system terminates the combination process.
The system carries out checks against the reference order (an original order). It tries to convert the unit of measure from a further original order into the unit of
measure from the reference order.

If no conversion is possible, the system terminates the combination process.

Examples of Permitted Unit of Measure Scenarios


The alternative unit of measure can be used for the conversion process. Define it in the material master.
Case 1 (permitted)
Field

Reference Order

Additional Original Order

Combined Order (Result)

Production Unit of Measure

Pc

Pc

Pc

Base Unit of Measure

KG

KG

KG

Alternative Unit of Measure

Any

Any

Field

Reference Order

Additional Original Order

Combined Order (Result)

Production Unit of Measure

Pc

KG

Pc

Base Unit of Measure

KG

KG

KG

Alternative Unit of Measure

Any

Pc

Field

Reference Order

Additional Original Order

Combined Order (Result)

Production Unit of Measure

Pc

Pc

Base Unit of Measure

KG

KG

KG

Alternative Unit of Measure

Any

Pc

Field

Reference Order

Additional Original Order

Combined Order (Result)

Production Unit of Measure

Pc

Not maintained

Pc

Base Unit of Measure

KG

KG

KG

Alternative Unit of Measure

Any

Pc

Field

Reference Order

Additional Original Order

Combined Order (Result)

Production Unit of Measure

Not maintained

Pc

No UoM entered

Base Unit of Measure

KG

KG

KG

Alternative Unit of Measure

Any

Any

Case 2 (permitted)

Case 3 (permitted)

Case 4 (permitted)

Case 5 (permitted)

UoM = Unit of measure

The production and base units of measure entered in the right hand column of the tables above are used in the header of the combined order.
The production quantities of the original orders, including their units of measure, are adopted in the items of the combined orders.

Conversion takes place in the following cases:


When the system checks whether the header quantity agrees with the total of the item quantities

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When the default confirmation quantities are determined

The system uses the production units of measure, not the base units, from the original orders.

Examples of Unit of Measure Scenarios Not Permitted


Combination is not possible in the cases shown below.
Case 1 (not permitted)
Field

Reference Order

Additional Original Order

Production Unit of Measure

Pc

KG

Base Unit of Measure

KG

KG

Alternative Unit of Measure

Any

Not maintained

Field

Reference Order

Additional Original Order

Production Unit of Measure

Pc

Base Unit of Measure

KG

KG

Alternative Unit of Measure

Any

Not maintained

Field

Reference Order

Additional Original Order

Production Unit of Measure

Pc

Base Unit of Measure

KG

KG

Alternative Unit of Measure

Not maintained

Combined Order (Result)

Case 2 (not permitted)


Combined Order (Result)

Case 3 (not permitted)


Combined Order (Result)

This example is not possible because no conversion takes place in the reference order.
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1.2.1.2 Quantities and Units of Measure in Combination by


Operation
General
In combinations by operations, the basis unit of measure must agree for all the original orders. However, the production units of measure need not agree.
If they do not, the Select All switch is not available in the operation selection screen.
When you leave operation selection, the system checks every original order to ensure that operation units of measure agree in the operations being combined.

If they do not, the system terminates the combination process.

You cannot use a planned basis unit of measure that differs from the basis unit of measure.

The operation unit of measure must be maintained as an alternative unit of measure in the material master for the material to be produced for the template
order/combined order. You can enter any conversion factor you like in the material master. The operation quantity for each operation is converted to the basis
quantity, using the conversion factors for the operation, accumulated, and copied to the combined order.

Example of Permitted Unit of Measure Scenario


Case 1 (permitted)
Field

Template Order

Additional Original Order

Combined Order (Result)

Operation 0010 UoM

KG

KG

KG

Operation 0020 UoM

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Operation 0030 UoM

Pc

Pc

Pc

Production Unit of Measure

Any

Any

Pc

The operation unit of measure for the operation combined last (0030 in this example) is adopted as the production unit of measure for the combined order.

Examples of Unit of Measure Scenarios Not Permitted


Case 1 (not permitted)
Field

Template Order

Additional Original Order

Combined Order (Result)

Operation 0010 UoM

Pc

KG

Pc

Operation 0020 UoM

Operation 0030 UoM

Pc

Pc

Pc

Production Unit of Measure

Any

Any

Pc

Field

Template Order

Additional Original Order

Combined Order (Result)

Operation 0010 UoM

KG

KG

Pc

Operation 0020 UoM

Operation 0030 UoM

Pc

Pc

Pc

Production Unit of Measure

Any

Any

Pc

Case 2 (not permitted)

This case might arise if you change the master data after creating the original orders, but before creating the order combination.

Case 3 (not permitted)


Field

Template Order

Additional Original Order

Combined Order (Result)

Operation 0010 UoM

KG

KG

KG

Operation 0020 UoM

Operation 0030 UoM

Pc

KG

Pc

Production Unit of Measure

Any

Any

Pc

Conversion Factors and Scrap for Operations in the Combined Order


Conversion Factors
New conversion factors are combined for the operations in the combined order. The factor is the same as the accumulated operation quantity for the
accumulated basis quantity.
If the factor is changed, a change to the quantity in the header causes the system to adjust the operation quantities accordingly.
The production quantity in the combined order is the cumulative quantity in the operation combined last.
The operation quantity for the last activity in the original orders is stored in the items for the combined order. The settlement rules are formed from the basis
quantities in the original orders.
The basis quantity in the combined order is the cumulative quantity of the basis quantities from the original orders.
Example 1: Combining Operation 0010
Field

Template Order

Additional Original Order

Combined Order (Result)

Quantity/factor for operation 0010

50 kg / 1:16

50 kg / 1:24

100 kg / 1:20

Quantity/factor for operation 0020

100 pc / 1:8

200 pc / 1:6

Production quantity (header)

100 pc

200 pc

100 kg

Basis quantity (header)

800 kg

1200 kg

2000 kg

Example 2: Combining Operations 0010 and 0020


Field

Template Order

Additional Original Order

Combined Order (Result)

Quantity/factor for operation 0010

50 kg / 1:16

50 kg / 1:24

100 kg / 1:20

Quantity/factor for operation 0020

100 pc / 1:8

200 pc / 1:6

300 pc / 3:20

Production quantity (header)

100 pc

200 pc

300 pc

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Basis quantity (header)

800 kg

1.200 kg

2000 kg

Scrap
When you copy the accumulated operation quantity to the header of the combined order, the scrap quantities may be taken into account.
Example 1: Combining Operation 0030 (Scrap Quantity 0020)
Field

Template Order

Additional Original Order

Quantity/scrap for operation 0010

50 kg / -

100 kg / -

Combined Order (Result)

Quantity/scrap for operation 0020

50 kg / 2 kg

100 kg / 5 kg

Quantity/scrap for operation 0030

48 kg / -

95 kg / -

143 kg / -

Production quantity/scrap quantity


(header)

50 kg / 2 kg

100 kg / 5 kg

143 kg / -

The scrap quantities for the operations are added to the accumulated net quantity for the last operation.
Example 2: Combining Operations 0020 and 0030 (Scrap Operation 0020)
Field

Template Order

Additional Original Order

Quantity/scrap for operation 0010

50 kg / -

100 kg / -

Combined Order (Result)

Quantity/scrap for operation 0020

50 kg / 2 kg

100 kg / 5 kg

150 kg / 7 kg

Quantity/scrap for operation 0030

48 kg / -

95 kg / -

143 kg / -

Production quantity/scrap quantity


(header)

50 kg / 2 kg

100 kg / 5 kg

150 kg / 7 kg

The net quantity for the last operation (operation 0030) is 143kg. The scrap quantity for the operations is 7 kg. The total is a header quantity of
150 kg, of which 7kg is scrap.

Example 3: Combining Operations 0020 and 0030 (Scrap Operations 0020 and 0030)
Field

Template Order

Additional Original Order

Combined Order (Result)

Quantity/scrap for operation 0010

50 kg / -

100 kg / -

Quantity/scrap for operation 0020

50 kg / 2 kg

100 kg / 5 kg

150 kg / 7 kg

Quantity/scrap for operation 0030

48 kg / 1 kg

95 kg / 3 kg

143 kg / 4 kg

Production quantity/scrap quantity


(header)

50 kg / 3 kg

100 kg / 8 kg

150 kg / 11 kg

The net quantity for the last operation (operation 0030) is 139 kg. The scrap quantity for the operations is 11 kg (7+4 kg). The total is a header
quantity of 150 kg, of which 11 kg is scrap.

If the basis quantity and operation quantity are in different units and if you are working with scrap, variances may occur in the header between
the scrap quantity in the combined order and the total of the scrap quantities in the original orders. This is caused by the recalculation of the
conversion factors of the basis unit of measure for the operation unit of measure in the combined order. This recalculation ensures that the
quantities in the header and activities are consistent.

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1.2.1.3 Changing Quantities in Combined Orders


You can change the quantities in combined orders. A warning appears, pointing out that the quantity in the header does not agree with the cumulative quantity
in the items.
The quantity change has the same effect as a quantity change in a production order.
You cannot change the unit of measure.
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Changing Quantities in Original Orders


If you change the quantity in the original order, the change is passed on to the combined order. There are two different scenarios:
Combination by order

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Basis, production, and scrap quantities in the order header are used.
Combination by operation
The operation quantity and operation quantity scrap are used. The basis quantity is calculated using the conversion factors for the activity. The calculated
basis quantity is not rounded. The quantity is passed on to the combined order, but the combined order is not automatically rescheduled to reflect the
change. Use the Change Order function to schedule the combined order manually.
The unit of measure in the combined order header cannot be changed.

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Quantities and Units of Measure in Confirmation


For the purpose of quantity distribution, the confirmed quantity is converted to the production unit of measure from the original operations or to the unit of
measure from the last of the original operations to be combined.
Confirmation for the combined order takes place in the production unit of measure or in the basis unit of measure for the combined order.
The default quantity for the original order X in the confirmation can be calculated as follows:

Definition of the Parameters in the Formula


Parameter

Definition (Unit of Measure)

ORX Default Qty

Default quantity for original order "X"


(Production unit of measure from original order)

ORX Open Prodn Qty

Still open production quantity in original order "X".

ORI Open Prodn Qty

Still open production quantity in original order "I".

Confirmation quantity

Quantity to be confirmed for combined order

If necessary, the units of measure are converted as appropriate.


The unit of measure for the items (production unit of measure or the operation unit of measure for the last original order operation to be combined) is used for
the allocation. If orders with different units of measure are combined, the system does not verify with quantity distribution put back that the quantity allocated
matches the confirmed quantity of the order being combined. The total of the confirmed quantities for the original orders may vary from the confirmed quantity
in the combined order.
You maintain quantity distribution for the original orders when the last operation or phase requiring confirmation is confirmed in Customizing of Shop Floor
Control at Operations Confirmation Maintain Confirmation Parameters in the Combination or in Customizing of Production Planning for
Process Industries at Process Order

Operations

Confirmation Maintain Confirmation Parameters in the Combination.


For production orders, you can specify whether you enter quantity distribution for the original orders first (quantity distribution brought forward) or the total
quantity first (quantity distribution put back). Quantity distribution is always put back for production orders.

Quantity Distribution Brought Forward


When the last operation requiring confirmation of the combined order is confirmed, the original orders are confirmed as well (not with sub-operations). If
Quantity Distribution Brought Forward is set in Customizing, the system first calls up quantity distribution and proposes the corresponding plan quantities in
the production unit of measure for the original orders. If you have already confirmed a quantity greater than or equal to the plan quantity, no default values are
determined by the system. The total of the confirmed quantities is calculated and copied to the confirmation screen in the base unit of measure. You can
change the original quantities at any time by choosing Quantity distribution.
In Customizing, you can specify whether the total quantity can be changed or just displayed on the standard confirmation screen. You can then only change
the confirmation quantity via the original quantities. When you save your data, the original quantities total is checked against the total quantity to be confirmed
in the base unit of measure.

Quantity Distribution Put Back


The system first calls up the standard confirmation screen. The total quantity to be confirmed for the combined order is displayed. You can call up the quantity
distribution function for production orders using the Quantity distribution pushbutton or by choosing the appropriate menu path. The total quantity is
automatically set to changeable in Customizing. When you save your data, the system checks that the quantities are consistent.
A process control system is normally used for process orders. This is called up after you have saved your data in the quantity distribution confirmation.
You can carry out quantity distribution automatically. In Customizing, you must select Do not Display Quantity Distribution Screen . The confirmed quantity is
then distributed in proportion to the plan quantities of the original orders. The quantity distribution screen is not displayed, and the Quantity distribution button
in the application toolbar is hidden. If an error occurs, however, the quantity distribution screen is displayed. You can change the distribution ratio in the
customer exit MILLOC01 (function module: EXIT_SAP_MILL_OC_002), for example, if you are using a process control system.

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Creating a Combined Order (Selection)


Use
The selection procedure lets you find the original orders you want to combine.

Features
You can use either a standard selection or a customer-specific selection to select the orders. After the order selection, you can select operations if necessary.
Next, the system selects the components, performs backward scheduling, and creates the settlement rules.
Finally, you have the opportunity to edit the combined order before saving it.
The Fast Data Entry tab page for entering co-products in production is not supported for combined orders.

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Selection Profile in the Order Combination


Use
You control which order type you want to use for the order combination by choosing a selection profile.
With production orders, you also control:
Whether the combination will be performed for each operation or for each order
Whether the master data is read with the data of the reference order or whether the reference order is copied

Features
You define the selection profile in Customizing of Shop Floor Control at Master Data Administer Selection Profile for the Combination or in
Customizing of Production Planning for Process Industries at Process Order Master Data Order Administer Selection Profile for the
Combination. If no selection profile is selected or if the order type in the selection profile is not allowed for the order category, the order type is taken from the
reference order. The chosen order type must be assigned a settlement profile that is valid for the order combination ( See also: Order Combination and
Controlling). The order type in the selection profile also organizes the selection according to orders.
With the settings in the selection profile, you determine whether the radio buttons Combine all operations and With reference order are shown and
whether they can be changed manually.

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1.2.2.2 Standard Order Selection


Use
The Mill Products industry solution proposes a standard selection procedure that you can use for the majority of your order combinations. If you want to
combine your orders in a different way, you can use the customer-specific selection.

Integration
The system does not check whether the selected orders have the same characteristics or inspection characteristics (see also: customer exit MILLOC01:
Automatic Selection of Orders).).
If you want to combine quotations, you must first convert them to sales orders.

Prerequisites
The planning unit of measure must be the same as the base unit of measure.
The original orders must have the same production plant.

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The original orders can have different planning plants.

Features
The standard selection procedure consists of the following steps:
Preselection including characteristics selection if necessary
Manual selection
Automatic selection using a customer exit

Initial Screen
First, you preselect the orders using parameters and characteristics. You can narrow down the selection of orders further by following the steps described
below. You can select the following types of orders using their order numbers:
Sales orders
Planned orders
Production Orders

If you select sales orders or planned orders, they are converted to production orders after the selection. Before you convert these orders, the
system prompts you to enter the order type that is to be used. The order type from the selection profile is defaulted by the system. You can
combine orders of different types, provided production orders and process orders are not combined with each other.
You can enter number range intervals or make a multiple selection.
If you select sales orders, the system proposes the orders and planned orders that are assigned to them. It also displays the open quantities for the relevant
customer special stock so that they can be converted to an order if necessary.

You can restrict the selection of orders using the following criteria:
Material
Product groups
Finish date
MRP controller
Work center
Route

If you enter a material, for instance, the system only selects the objects in the specified order number ranges that are relevant to the production of this
material. If you did not specify a number range, the system finds all the orders for this material.

In preselection, the search for sales orders, planned orders, and production orders is activated if:
A number or number range is specified for one of these order or document types.
You specify any restrictions relating to this order or document type, irrespective of whether order numbers were already specified.

Specifying an MRP controller restricts the search within the specified order number range. If no number range was specified for the orders, the
search would be activated for both planned orders and production orders.
The finish date refers to the order finish date for planned and production orders, and to the materials staging date for sales orders.

When you click Choose , you exit the initial screen. Where appropriate, the characteristics selection screen appears; otherwise the system displays the list of
your preselected orders.

Characteristics Selection Screen


You can use the characteristics selection to restrict the orders by the configuration characteristics of their header materials or components. To activate the
characteristic selection, click one of the Char. selection on/off pushbuttons at the end of the material or component lines. When the characteristics selection
is activated, the green light is displayed. You then enter the characteristic values for the restriction on the subsequent screens. To go to the next screen,
choose Choose . In the first dialog box, you enter a selection profile, a configurable material, or a class type and a class. The system determines the
characteristics.

If you want to use a configurable material that was already specified in the preselection, you must specify it again in the dialog box. The
configurable material is not copied automatically.
The system displays the characteristics and their values in the same way as for the classification.
You can use classes of the class types 001 , 300 , 022, and 023 . If you use class types 022 and 023 , the system selects by components, that is, it
selects orders that contain at least one component with the characteristic attributes.

Screen for Manual Selection of Orders


The orders selected using these parameters and characteristics are displayed in a table.

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Example: Selected Orders


Selection

Reference

MRP Element

MRP Element Data

Order

0000000012/000010/0001 CCO-KMAT

Material

Quantity
2.000-

Open

0000000012/000010/0001 CCO-KMAT

95

Order

0000000013/000010/0001 CCO-KMAT-V4

333-

Open

0000000013/000010/0001 CCO-KMAT-V4

20

PrdOrd

0000010000150/MILL1

MILL-FIN001

PrdOrd

0000010000143/MILL1

MILL-FIN001

PrdOrd

0000010000144/SAB1

MILL-FIN001

10

PrdOrd

0000010000194/SAB1

SAB-FIN002

145,355

PrdOrd

0000010000193/SAB1

SAB-FIN002

103,825

PrdOrd

0000010000192/SAB1

SAB-FIN002

145,355

PrdOrd

0000010000191/SAB1

SAB-FIN002

103,825

Order

0000000015/000010/0001 SAB-SEMI001

166,120-

PrdOrd

0000010000007/PP04

166,120

SAB-SEMI001

There are also columns that display the unit of measure and the finish date.
The table contains the most important order data. To choose the orders you want to combine, select them in the first column.
This table only displays the combinable orders that fulfill the selection criteria. Orders that meet the following criteria are not included.
Exclusion Criteria
Order/Document Type

Criterion

Sales order

In-house production not possible

Planned order

In-house production not possible

Production/process order

Order that is neither a production nor a process order


Collective order
Multi item order
MOP orders from an APO system
Combined order
Original order
Process order requiring approval
Order without material
Released status set
Partially released status set
Blocked status set
Technically completed status set
Deletion flag set status set
Completed status set
Control recipe created status set
Inspection active status set
Results confirmed status set
Defect recorded status set

You must select one of the orders as a reference order. This order is used as a reference for creating a selection matrix for operations and for creating the
combined order. When you create the combined order, the routing, characteristics, costing sheet, and so on, are copied from the reference order to the
combined order.
If you set the indicator Combine all operations, all operations of the selected orders are combined. Otherwise, you can select the operations for combination
afterwards.

From the list, you can double click the individual orders to display or change them. If you make any changes, choose Refresh to update the list.
If the system finds orders for make-to-order production, the orders are displayed in an individual customer segment. The display is based on the current
stock/requirements list for a material. A title, highlighted in color, provides information on the relevant schedule line in the sales order and the materials
staging date. This is followed by the orders that are assigned to this sales order. If necessary, the system also displays as open quantities any quantities of a
customer special stock not covered by orders or external procurement. These quantities can also be selected for combination. If selected, they are converted
to an order. A blank line signifies that the subsequent lines do not belong to the previous individual customer segment.

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Following selection, the selected orders are transferred to the MILLOC01 customer exit (function module: EXIT_SAPLMILL_OC_001).

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1.2.2.3 Customer-Specific Order Selection


Use
If you do not want to use the
standard order selection, you can use a program to include your own selection algorithm. This program can perform a customer-specific selection to determine
the original orders for order combination.

Integration
The customer program transfers parameters to the function module for combination (MILL_OC_ORDER_MERGE).

Features
The following parameters can be transferred to the function module:
Parameters of the Function Module
Parameter

Description

Use

I_READ_DATA

The order data is read to the buffer and dialog


tables from the database.

Optional

I_WERKS

Plant

Optional

I_ALL_OPERATION

Combine all operations

Optional

IT_ORDERS

Table containing original orders

Mandatory

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1.2.2.4 Selecting Operations


Use
If you did not set the Combine all operations indicator/transfer parameter when you performed a standard selection of orders or a customer-specific selection
of orders, you need to select the operations after the selection has been completed.

Integration
Process orders can only be combined in their entirety.
You cannot combine operations for external processing.
Only operations to which no co-product has been assigned in the order can be combined.
You cannot combine trigger points that have to be executed manually. If the selected operations of the original orders contain such trigger points, an error
occurs and the combination is terminated.

Prerequisites
The operations to be combined must all have the same plant.

Features
In the selection screen for the operations, the operations of the standard sequence for the original orders are assigned to the operations of the standard
sequence for the combined order. The work center is used as the assignment criterion.
When the operations are combined, the status Dispatched is set in the combined operations of the original orders. Since you cannot differentiate at a later
stage between Dispatched status before combination and Dispatched status after combination, the system checks whether you have selected any
operations that already have Dispatched status. If it identifies any operations of this kind, it displays a warning message.

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Single Occurrence of a Work Center in a Sequence of Operations


This produces a table of possible combinations of operations.
Example: Selection of Operations with Single Occurrence of a Work Center
Selection

Work center

Operation

MILL-001

0010

MILL-001

MILL-001
MILL-002

MILL-002

MILL-002
MILL-003

MILL-003

MILL-003
MILL-004

MILL-004

MILL-004
MILL-005

Operation

Sub-operation

MRP Element Data

0010

000001000143/MILL1

0010

000001000143/MILL1

0020

000001000143/MILL1

0020

000001000143/MILL1

0030

000001000143/MILL1

0030

000001000143/MILL1

0040

000001000143/MILL1

0040

000001000143/MILL1

0020

0030

0040

0050

MILL-005

0050

000001000143/MILL1

MILL-005

0050

000001000143/MILL1

The fields Milestone , Trigger point, and Operation short text are also displayed.

The table is divided into sections. Each section corresponds to an operation of the combined order (the line is highlighted) with the assigned operations from
the original orders.
From this list, you can select operations in the first column. You can select as many operations as you like.

If, however, you select an original operation for a combined operation, you must also select an operation for the same combined operation from
all the other original orders.
There should be no gaps; if a routing consists of the operations 10, 20, and 30, you cannot combine operations 10 and 30 without operation 20.
To combine the selected operations, choose Execute .

Multiple Occurrences of a Work Center in a Sequence of Operations


A work center may occur more than once in a sequence of operations. This means that the operation may be assigned more than once in the list. In the
following example, operations 10 and 20 have the same work centers.
Example: Selection of Operations with Multiple Occurrences of a Work Center
Selection

Work center

Operation

MILL-001

0010

Operation

Sub-operation

MRP Element Data

MILL-001

0010

000001000558/MILL1

MILL-001

0010

000001000559/MILL1

MILL-001

0020

000001000558/MILL1

MILL-001

0020

000001000559/MILL1

MILL-001

0020

MILL-001

0010

000001000558/MILL1

MILL-001

0010

000001000559/MILL1

MILL-001

0020

000001000558/MILL1

MILL-001

0020

000001000559/MILL1

The fields Milestone , Trigger point, and Operation short text are also displayed.

In the above example, operations 10 and 20 of original orders 1000558 and 1000559 are assigned once to operation 10 and once to operation 20 of the
combined order. It is, therefore, possible to combine order 1000558 operation 10 and order 1000559 operation 20 in either operation 10 or 20 of the combined
order.

Partial Sequences
A partial sequence, in which a parallel sequence begins or ends between the selected operations, cannot be combined. If a parallel sequence begins and ends

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between the selected operations, the entire parallel sequence is used in the combination.

The parallel sequence must, however, be included in each original order.

Milestone Sequences
You cannot combine only a few operations within a milestone sequence if you want to combine them, you have to combine all of them. As a result, when
you confirm a milestone, it is not possible to confirm combined and non-combined operations.

Figure 1: Example of Orders with Milestones

If, when selecting orders manually, you set the indicator Combine all operations , the system selects all operations from all orders in the
background. This means that it is possible to combine orders that have different sequences of operations.
The data is then transferred to the customer exit MILLOC01 (function module: EXIT_SAPLMILL_OC_004).

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1.2.2.5 Handling Components in a Combined Order


Use
After the orders and operations have been combined, the system determines the components to be used in the combined order.

Features
The exploded bill of material (BOM) of the combined order is discarded. Instead, the components of the original orders are copied to the combined order.
Provided the components meet certain requirements, the component quantities are cumulated. The quantities are cumulated if:
The components are stock items
The components are not variable-size items
The item categories are the same
The components do not contain descriptive texts
The short texts are the same
The batches are the same
The components are not special stock items
The components are not phantom items or assigned to phantom items
The components are not batch split components
The components have the same scrap

Components with different scrap are not combined, but are taken over individually.

In the combined order, the fixed quantity indicator is set automatically for the components. You can use the
customer exit MILLOC01 (function module: EXIT_SAPLMILL_OC_005) to adapt the component list to suit your own needs.

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1.2.2.6 Scheduling the Combined Order


Use
The combined order needs to be scheduled to determine the corresponding production dates. The system schedules the order.

Features
The combined order is always scheduled backwards. The scheduling type for exact day or for exact second is copied in line with the reference order setting
for the combined order.
The finish date is determined from the list of combined operations of the original orders. To do this, the system identifies the last combined operation for each
of the original orders. From this list of last combined operations, the system identifies the earliest operation. The finish date of this operation is used as the
finish date for the combined order. This ensures that the combined order is completed before the next non-combined operation starts. If the combined order
cannot be scheduled so that it is completed by this date, the system issues the warning Finish date has been moved or Start date has been moved . The
scheduled start date of the first operation and the scheduled finish date of the last operation of the combined order are copied to the combined operations of
the original orders as start and finish date.
Dispatched status is assigned to the combined operations of the original orders. Dates are not updated status is assigned to the original orders. The
operations of the original orders that have not been combined are scheduled around the scheduled operations (midpoint scheduling).

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1.2.2.7 Creating Settlement Rules


Use
The settlement rules are used in Controlling (
see also Order combination and Controlling).

Prerequisites
You need a source structure to create the settlement rule. The source structure managed in the order type is used.

Features
Settlement rules that determine the distribution of costs to the original orders are created for the assignments defined in the source structure. The settlement
rules distribute the costs based on quantities. Equivalence numbers are used for settlement in order combination.
After you have created a combined order, you can change the settlement rules in it.
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1.2.2.8 Editing and Saving the Combined Order


Use
The actual order combination takes place after the original orders and any operations have been selected. The combined order is adapted to the required
operations. The system generates the component list for the combined order from the components of the combined operations of the original orders.
You can make changes after the combination if you wish. Finally, you save the combined order.

Features
The combined operations and components of the original orders are deactivated so they are no longer relevant for planning. However, they are still managed
and displayed in the tables for information purposes and in case they need to be reactivated. They cannot, however, be changed. You can still change
operation and components of the original orders that have not been combined. If a component is added to a combined operation in an original order, this
component is also deactivated, but not copied automatically to the combined order. You can use this new component to affect the planned costs of the original
order.
At the end of the combination, the combined order is displayed to allow you to make any changes. At this point, you can make any necessary final
adjustments, such as releasing the combined order.
All original orders are displayed in the item view. Each line of the list represents an original order.

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Activities
To save or exit the combination, choose Goto Back . The system asks you if you want to save or not. To create the combined order, choose Yes.

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Changing and Displaying Combined Orders


Use
You can display and change combined orders. You can also display and change the related original orders.

Integration
To provide better support for order combination, functions are available to allow you to call the combined order from the current stock/requirements list, the
production order (display/change mode), and the process order (display/change mode).
Changes have also been made to the process flow for assembly orders.
In the order mass change facility, you can set the Combined orders only indicator. The system then selects only combined orders. If the indicator is not set,
the production and process orders are selected along with the combined orders.
Manual co-products cannot be added in combined orders. Unplanned receipts from combined orders should be mapped using by-products.

Features
If you try to display or change an original or combined order, the combination is displayed initially in the form of a hierarchy.

If you use the Entered order option in the initial screen for production orders, the system skips the hierarchy display and branches straight to
the order.
To go to a particular order from the hierarchy, select the required order and choose Continue/Choose .
Example: Hierarchy Display
Order

Material

Quantity

Unit

Order finish date

Order finish time

000001000561

MILL-FIN001

11000

PC

19990730

180000

000001000144

MILL-FIN001

10000

PC

19990803

082000

000001000143

MILL-FIN001

1000

PC

19990803

082000

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1.2.3.1 Order Display in the Current Stock/Requirements List


Use
Combined orders and their original orders are also displayed in the current stock/requirements list , from where you can call them and change them.

Features
The combined order is displayed in the current stock/requirements list with its individual items. In this case, an item represents an original order, so for each
original order of a combined order, an entry is displayed in the current stock/requirements list . The MRP element for this kind of entry is MerOrd for
combined orders. The description consists of the order number of the combined order and the item number of the original order in the combined order (for
example: 000001000561/0001). The order quantity for this item is displayed in the Receipt/requirements field. Since the combined order is not a real
production order but simply a way of linking the combined operations of the original orders, no goods receipt can take place (the stock is not changed). For this
reason, the system does not display an Available quantity either. The original orders are used for goods receipt.
The combined order functions in the same way as a make-to-stock order. The entries are, therefore, not assigned to the customer segments, but are found in
the plant stock segment for the material of the item or original order.
/O for original order is added to the MRP element data of the original orders (see example).
Example: Order Display in the Current Stock/Requirements List
Date

MRP Element

MRP Element Data

Exception Message

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Receipt / Requirement

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08/09/1999

MerOrd

000001000561/0002

08/09/1999

MerOrd

000001000561/0001

10

08/10/1999

PrdOrd

000001000143/MILL1/O

101

08/10/1999

PrdOrd

000001000144/MILL1/O

10

111

The period total display in the current stock/requirements list does not include the quantities in the combined orders because combined orders do not have
goods receipts. The goods receipt takes place in the relevant original orders.

Activities
By choosing Edit Add. data for element and then Display element or Change element , you can display or change the combined order or original order.
The two functions Order Report and Pegged Requirements have been extended to include order combination.
Order Report
The corresponding combined order or an original order is also read and displayed. The combined order is treated in the same way as a component of the
original order. If the original order contains other components, in addition to the combined order, a dialog box appears. The MRP element of the combined order
is displayed instead of the material.
The receipt/requirement quantity of the combined order only refers to the selected original order. This is, therefore, always the planned receipt quantity as
entered in the combined order for this original order, and not the total plan quantity to be produced of the combined order. The available quantity is not
displayed for the combined order because goods receipt can only be carried out for the original orders.
The components of the combined order are not assigned to an individual original order. This is why the quantity is always displayed for the components of the
combined order. This quantity is required for the total plan quantity to be produced of the combined order. This must be taken into consideration if other data is
displayed in the order report.
Example
Order Report
Date

MRP Element

HDG-FIN018

0001

08/07/2000
08/29/2000

Order
PrdOrd 000001002215/PP01/O

HDG-FIN018

0001

08/19/2000

AddOrd 000001002216/0001

HDG-FIN017

0001

08/19/2000

Ord. res. HDG-FIN019

08/29/2000
08/29/2000

PrdOrd 000001002217/PP01/O
PrdOrd 000001002218/PP01/O

Receipt / Requirement

Available
PC
100

1010

PC
10
PC
200-

200100
100

1000

Component HDG-FIN017 of the combined order has a goods receipt of 200 PC. These are required to manufacture 20 PC for the combined order. 10 PC for
material HDG-FIN018 and 10 PC for material HDG-FIN019.
One special feature of order combination is that the order reservation for the combined order always refers to the material of the reference order (in this case
HDG-FIN019). The original order for material HDG-FIN018, however, is displayed.
Special Case
If several original orders that belong to the same combined order are selected for a sales order, the combined order and its components are displayed for each
original order, that is, in this case, the components of the combined order are displayed several times.
Pegged Requirements
In the hierarchy, the original order is regarded as being above the combined order, even in combinations by order. This means that the pegged requirements on
the first screen are always original orders or sales orders, and never a combined order.
Original orders are identified with an O . Only after you have selected Order route is the associated combined order for the original order displayed.
An additional entry is made for each original order, which displays the relationship between the combined order and original order.
Example
Pegged Requirements
Date

Receipt / Requirement

Receipt / Requirement Qty

Material
Plant

HDG-FIN018
0001

Unit: PC

08/07/2000
08/28/2000
08/29/2000

Order
AddOrd 000001002216 000001002215
PrdOrd 000001002215/PP01/O

Material
Plant

HDG-FIN017
0001

08/19/2000
08/28/2000
08/28/2000
08/29/2000
08/29/2000

Ord. res. HDG-FIN019


AddOrd 000001002219 000001002217
AddOrd 000001002219 00000100218
PrdOrd 000001002217/PP01/O
PrdOrd 000001002218/PP01/O

1010
Unit: PC
200-

100
100

The receipt/requirement quantity of the combined order is not displayed to avoid creating the idea that there is a double receipt quantity. The selected
reservation of component HDG-FIN017 refers to the combined order (1002216) and not to the original order (1002215). The displayed quantity of the component

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refers, therefore, to the total quantity of the combined order (20 PC) and not just to the quantity to be produced of the original order (10 PC of material HDGFIN018). In addition to this, the reservation of the combined order refers to the material of the reference order, and may differ from the material of the selected
original order.
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1.2.3.2 Displaying a Combined Order


Use
To display a combined order, call it from the current stock/requirements list or the production or process order in display mode.

Features
The combined order is displayed in a hierarchy. You can select an order from this hierarchy.
The Items view displays the original orders in a table. The entries contain information about the original orders such as the order quantity and confirmed
quantity (see example). To display the configuration of the original order, select a line and choose Configuration at the bottom of the table.
Example: Displaying Original Orders
Item Number

Material

Description

Original Order

Quantity

MILL-FIN001

Steel sheet

1000144

10

MILL-FIN001

Steel sheet

1000143

In addition to the components copied from the original orders, the BOM also contains negative components. These components represent the original orders
(see

Co-Products in Production Orders) or

Co-Products in Process Orders .

If you are in a combined production order or one of its original orders and want to branch to the collective order, you should choose the Collective Order
pushbutton.

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1.2.3.3 Changing Combined Orders


Use
To change a combined order, call it from the current stock/requirements list or from the production or process order in change mode.

Integration
You cannot read master data in the combined order. You should therefore make any changes manually.

Features
The combined order is displayed in a hierarchy. You can select an order from this hierarchy.
The Items view displays the original orders in a table. The entries contain information about the original orders such as the order quantity and confirmed
quantity (see also Displaying a combined order). To display the configuration of the original order, select a line and choose Configuration at the bottom of the
table.
If you are in a combined production order or one of its original orders and want to branch to the collective order, you should choose the
Collective Order pushbutton.
As a rule, you can make the same changes to a combined order that you can make to a normal production order.
If you change the quantity in the original order , the change is passed on to the combined order. However, a quantity change in the combined order is not
reflected in the original orders.

If you want to change the quantity in both the original order and the combined order, make the change in the original order.
To add more original orders, choose Add item at the bottom of the table. The procedure is the same as for creating a combined order. If you use manual
selection, you need not specify a reference order. Internally, the combined order is always used as a reference. The necessary changes, such as deactivating
operations, are made in the added order. The components are copied to the combined order and the production quantity of the combined order is increased by
the production quantity of the new original order.
To delete original orders from the combined order, choose Delete item at the bottom of the table. Deletion is not possible from the component overview.
Before you do this, you need to select the original order from the item overview. Any changes made to the original order, such as deactivating operations, are

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reset. In the combined order, the production quantity of the original order is subtracted from the production quantity of the combined order.

Since the fixed quantity indicator is set automatically in the component detail screen and no logic is supported for removing the components
from the combined order (for example, for batch), you must adapt the components of the combined order manually.

You cannot delete the first item in the combined order because this item is the reference order.
If you change the date of the combined order, the original orders are updated accordingly. The system updates the orders as described under Scheduling the
Combined Order by transferring the start and finish date to the combined operations of the original orders.
You can change the transferred components in the combined order. You can also transfer more components. The only components you cannot change are the
components that represent the original orders.
When you release the combined order, the combined operations of the original orders are released as well. If all the operations of the original order are
combined, the order is released. Once you have released the combined order, you cannot add any more original orders or remove ones already in the
combined order.
If the combined order is technically completed without being released, all items are removed from the combined order before it is technically closed. This
means the combination is dissolved. The Technically completed status for the combined order cannot then be undone.
If the combined order had already been released when it was technically completed, the link to the original orders is retained. If the combined order does not
yet have the status Completed , With deletion flag or With deletion indicator , you can undo the status Technically completed if the original orders do not
have the status Technically completed , Completed , With deletion flag or With deletion indicator . It is advisable to reverse settlement of the combined order
to all original orders (if this has already been carried out).

You must set a combined order to Technically completed before you can carry out functions such as settlement or archiving, or set the
deletion flag.
To change the configuration in the combined order, choose Header Copy configuration . The system copies the configuration of the reference order, which
you can then change.

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1.2.3.4 Displaying an Original Order


Use
You can display an original order in the same way as a production order.

Integration
The field Combined order is added to the list of operations. It contains the order number of the combined order.

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1.2.3.5 Changing Original Orders


Use
You can change an original order in the same way as a production order.

Integration
You cannot read master data in original orders.

Features
As a rule, you can make the same changes to an original order that you can make to a normal production order.
You can never change combined operations and their components. The combined objects are only displayed for information purposes. If a component is added
to a combined operation, this component is deactivated, but not automatically copied into the combined order.

You can use this new component to affect the planned costs of the original order.
If you change the quantity in the original order , the change is passed on to the combined order. However, a quantity change in the combined order is not
reflected in the original orders.

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If you want to change the quantity in both the original order and the combined order, make the change in the original order.
If you make any changes to dates, you should take into account that at least one operation is dispatched. The remaining operations are then scheduled around
the dispatched operation or operations using midpoint scheduling.
You can release the combined operations without affecting the combined order, but they are automatically released when the combined order is released.

You cannot technically complete, mark for deletion, or delete original orders, if the combined order is not technically completed, marked for
deletion or deleted.
Note that the Complete status cannot be set in the original orders unless the Deletion Flag status has been set in the combined order.

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1.2.3.6 Combining Assembly Orders


Use
The industry solution allows you to combine assembly orders.

Features
Special conditions apply for assembly orders.
Changes to the sales order item are not copied to an original order (assembly order). A warning message is output. The assembly order must be adapted to the
sales order item manually.
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Confirming and Cancelling Confirmations


Use
You use this function if you want to confirm the operations of the combined order.

Integration
If earlier operations in the original orders have not been confirmed, the system displays a warning or error message, depending on your Customizing settings.
You can only confirm the combined operations of the original orders from the combined order. If you try to confirm a combined operation from an original order,
the system displays an error message.

Despite the message, you can confirm operations from the combined orders, though this may cause problems in the system.
If you cancel a confirmation for a combined order, the system also cancels the respective confirmations for the original orders.

You should always confirm and cancel original orders from the combined order.
Progress confirmation for production orders and collective entry: time ticket are not possible for combined orders.

Features
If you confirm the individual operations of the combined order, no changes are initially made to the original orders. Only when the last operation of the
combined order has been confirmed is the quantity distributed to the original orders (see also: Quantities and Units of Measure in Confirmation). The system
proposes a distribution based on the order quantities. You can change the distribution ratio in the customer exit MILLOC01 (function module:
EXIT_SAPLMILL_OC_002) or change it manually in a table. The system usually displays the table for manual apportionment. The whole of the confirmed
quantity must be distributed to the original orders. You can confirm zero quantities in the combined orders and individual original orders. It is not possible to
create stock for the combined order.

If the fixed quantity indicator is set in the detail screen for the component (it is set automatically during combination),
the component are not proportional to quantity.

retrograde issues of

When you confirm the last operation of the combined order, the system updates the operations of the combined partial sequence in the original orders. This
means that the confirmed quantity is updated in the operations of the respective original order and the status Partially confirmed or Finally confirmed is set.
When you finally confirm the last operation of the combined order, the settlement rules are defined for the original orders (see Order combination and
Controlling). If the distribution in the combined order has not yet been changed, the costs are distributed based on quantities to the original orders using the
source structure. Equivalence numbers are used to create settlement rules. You can also change the way costs are distributed using customer exit MILLOC01
(function module: EXIT_SAPLMILL_OC_003) or you can change it manually in a table. As a rule, the system does not display the table for manual settlement.

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The combined order is only relevant for the settlement after technical completion.

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Automatic Goods Receipt in Order Combination


Use
After you have set the automatic goods receipt for the order type of the original orders in Customizing, the automatic goods receipt is performed in the update
task or in the background for the original orders (depending on settings) when the combined order is confirmed (together with the original orders). An automatic
goods receipt in dialog mode is not possible for the original orders in the confirmation of the combined order, even if this was set in Customizing for the order
type. In this case, the automatic goods receipt is performed Immediately in update program.
You set the update type in Customizing via the order type and the process control via the order category.
For production orders and materials to be handled in batches in the original order, you can valuate the batch in quantity distribution and assign a batch number
to be used in goods receipt.

To enable the system to print a goods receipt slip for an automatic goods receipt, you must define a print version (e.g. individual slip) in Customizing of
Inventory Management and Physical Inventory at Print Control General Settings Print Version not only for the transaction you are using to enter the
confirmations but also for the error handling transaction COGI.

Activities
If the automatic goods receipt cannot be performed by the system, future change records are saved. You trigger the automatic goods receipt using the
Predefined confirmation processes function (CO1P). This is also the case if you have set later in background job for the automatic goods receipt in
Customizing. Future change records are always generated in this case. You have to trigger the processing of these records.
If an error occurs in the automatic goods receipt, you have to process the incorrect goods movements with the function Automatic Goods Receipts: Error
Handling (COGI). This also applies if you have set in dialog mode .
When a confirmation of a combined order is cancelled, the original orders are also cancelled. If automatic goods receipts were performed for the original
orders when the combined order was confirmed, the cancellations are flagged by the system, independently of the settings in Customizing.
When the combined order is cancelled, the system outputs a warning message indicating that there are future change records for automatic goods receipts
and that these records still have to be processed. You have to process these records using the Predefined confirmation processes function (CO1P) or
trigger the background report CORUPROC. The cancellation of automatic goods receipts for original orders cannot be updated immediately. Likewise, the
dialog mode for canceling the automatic goods receipts of the original orders is not supported.
Any automatic goods receipts for original orders that are still unprocessed when a confirmation of the combined order is cancelled have to be processed
before the combined order can be cancelled. When the order is cancelled, a check takes place. In the case of future change records, the cancellation is
terminated with an error message.

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1.2.6 Order Combination and Quality Management (QM)


Use
Order combination supports the functions of Quality Management. However, there are a few special features in inspection processing that are relevant for order
combination.

Integration
Constraints in Order Combination
If, prior to order combination, an inspection lot with the origin 03 (production) is created for the order, you can only completely combine the order if inspection
has not yet started, that is, no results or defects have been recorded for the inspection lot. In the inspection lot, INSP status is set when the inspection
starts. If results or defects are available, the REC or DEF status is set in the inspection lot.
If you only want to combine individual operations, you can do this for all QM-relevant operations provided no QM data has been recorded. If QM data has been
recorded, the operation has the status QMDA .
Inspection Lot Creation in Order Combination
Bear the following points in mind if you create inspection lots before or during the release of original orders:
Inspection lot origin 03 (production)
No inspection lots are created for original orders that have been fully combined; inspection of the combined operations in the original order is
deactivated, as are the operations.
If all QM-relevant operations of an original order are combined, no inspection lot is created for the original order. Therefore, no inspection is performed.
Inspection lot origin 04 (goods receipt from production)
You cannot create early inspection lots with the origin 04 (goods receipt from production) for a combined order.

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Recording Results and Defects


Inspection results and defects are recorded in the combined order. This means that no further processing is possible in Quality Management for the combined
operations of the original orders.
Batch Valuation
You cannot simply take the inspection characteristics of the combined order and use them for the batch valuation of the batches of the original orders.
If you use inspection during production, with inspection points, you can specify a different material (material of an original order, for instance) in inspection
point valuation and partial lot assignment.
Evaluations
If characteristics are required for evaluations (inspection results printout, for instance), they must be read from the combined order. Operations of combined
original orders and their characteristics are not evaluated.

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1.2.7 Order Combination and Controlling (CO)


Use
The deactivated operations are used to determine the planned costs of the original orders. This means that planned costs are determined for both combined
and deactivated operations.
The planned costs determined are used for reporting and product costing.

Integration
The order combination in not reflected in the planned costs for the original orders.

Features
In the plan/actual comparison, the planned costs without order combination are compared with the actual costs with order combination. In the comparison, you
can identify to what extent the combination process cuts costs. The structural changes to the order mean that you can only perform a plan/actual comparison
for the accumulated costs.
The costs for the combined order are collected in the header and cannot be settled until the last operation has been finally confirmed. The overhead rate is
calculated in the combined order.
The distribution of costs must be established during final confirmation. As a rule, the system proposes a quantity-based cost distribution to all settlement
receivers, the settlement receivers being the original orders. You can change these default values in the
customer exit MILLOC01 (function module: EXIT_SAPLMILL_OC_003) or you can change them online.
The settlement rule is created on the basis of the values for the cost distribution. You can add other distribution rules to the settlement rule if you want to
settle costs to other objects. Since the settlement rule is not created until final confirmation, no periodic settlement can take place. This means that the only
settlement type you can use is full settlement. The reason that settlement is not performed before final confirmation is that you cannot change a settlement
rule once it has been used, and the actual distribution of costs is not determined until final confirmation. You cannot settle the combined order until it has the
status Technically completed. The costs are always settled from the combined order to the original orders. Any costs subsequently incurred, such as time
tickets posted late, are also distributed according to the created settlement rule. The costs are settled by cost element. You can settle costs for different cost
element intervals in different cost proportions. To do this, you must create the
source structure in Customizing for Controlling and include it in the settlement profile or directly in the combined order.. You can use any cost element
intervals or cost element groups you like in the source structure. A separate distribution ratio must be specified for each assignment in the original order of
these intervals at the time of final confirmation. Since a settlement rule is created for each entry in the source structure for each original order, you should
permit a sufficient number of rules under Number of rules in the settlement profile.

Make sure you create the source structure in the language in which you want to use it.
To perform settlement by cost element, you should set the required assignments to Settlement by cost element in the relevant allocation structure in
Customizing for Controlling. To do this, you must select the By cost element field for the receiver type Ord (order) in the settlement cost elements of the
assignment, and the Cost elements field must be empty. If the Cost elements field is not empty, all costs of the assignment are settled to this cost
element. Using settlement by cost element means that a plan/actual comparison by cost element and origin is possible.

You can use either collective settlement or individual settlement. At the start of collective settlement, you must settle the combined orders first.

In the first run, select the Combined orders only field.


In this first run, the costs of the combined orders are settled to the original orders. The remaining orders are settled in the second run.

In the second run, you must not select the Combined orders only field.

To determine the work in process (WIP) in the combined order, choose Extended Control On and set the WIP switch for dependent orders in the controlling
area in Customizing by choosing Controlling Product Cost Controlling Cost Object Controlling Product Cost by Order Period-End Closing Work in

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Process Define Results Analysis Versions . This switch also affects other orders that do not settle to material (See
Work in Process in Product Cost by Order). You are advised to create your own results analysis version.
When determining the work in process (WIP), the system values each production order (original orders and combined orders) separately. It does not take into
account the dependencies between the orders. The costs of the combined order are only transferred to the original orders at the time of settlement. Before this
time, they cannot be identified in the original orders.

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1.2.8 Batch Where-Used Lists for Combined Orders


Use
You may need to trace batches when you are working with combined orders. You can access the where-used list in the usual way from Inventory
Management, or you can use the Mill Products function
where-used list for original batches, which can also be used for normal batches.

Integration
Whichever means of access you choose, the list is displayed in a hierarchy.

Features
If you execute a batch where-used list for a component that was issued for a combined order, the goods issue is displayed several times. The actual goods
issue of the component for the combined order is displayed first, with the original orders and their allocated batches in the subsequent levels of the hierarchy.
The system does not simply display the order number of the original order, it also refers to the combined order. The combined order simply displays its own
number.

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1.2.9 Customer Exit MILLOC01


Use
To allow you to intervene in the workflow for order combination, the customer exit MILLOC01 is integrated at the relevant points. It contains several function
modules, which you can activate together or individually.

Prerequisites
Before you can use the customer exit, you must create a customer project in transaction CMOD. You can activate the function modules in the customer
project.

Features
You can use the following function modules for creating combined orders:
Automatic selection
Comparison of operations
Editing the component list

You can use the following function modules for confirming combined orders:
Quantity distribution
Cost distribution

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1.2.9.1 Automatic Selection (EXIT_SAPLMILL_OC_001)


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Use
You use automatic selection to define the display of your manually selected data. For instance, you can use it to define the logic for cutting optimization.

Integration
You can automate the selection using
customer-specific selection of orders. You can use this function to select original orders from all the available orders in the system and to transfer them to the
combined order.
Parameters of the Function Module
Parameter

Description

LC_ALL_OPERATIONS

This parameter refers to the Combine all operations indicator. You can set
and cancel this indicator.

LT_ORDERS_CHA

This parameter makes available the table containing the selected original
orders. You can add orders to the table and remove them from it.

Example
You can use this function module to perform a characteristics check (if you want the grade to be consistent, for instance).

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1.2.9.2 Comparing Operations (EXIT_SAPLMILL_OC_004)


Use
If you compare objects at operation level, you can only use objects that are exactly the same. You can use this function module to determine whether to
include similar objects as well, or to reject objects that are the same. This would allow you, for example, to combine up to a particular operation only.

Integration
Parameters of the Function Module
Parameter

Description

I_CAUFVD1

Header data of the original order

I_CAUFVD1

Header data of the reference order

I_AFVGD1

Operation data of the original order

I_AFVGD1

Operation data of the reference order

E_EQUAL_OPER

This parameter is used to decide whether the operations I_AFVGD1 and


I_AFVGD1 can be combined.
The parameter is filled with the value determined by the system:
'X': Operations are the same -> combine
' ': Operations are not the same -> do not combine

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1.2.9.3 Editing the Component List (EXIT_SAPLMILL_OC_005)


Use
The system determines the components for the combined order from the original orders. You can use this function module to replace the components
determined from the original orders with another component. For example, you could exchange two small rolls for one large one. The components in table
CT_M_COMP are then transferred to the combined order.

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Integration
Parameters of the Function Module
Parameter

Description

I_ADD_ORDERS

If an original order is added to the combined order, I_ADD_ORDERS = 'X' is


transferred.
'X': Add to existing combined order
' ': Create new combined order

IT_ORDERS

List of orders in the combined order

IT_OPER_MATRIX

Operation matrix

IT_EXPL_COMP

BOM of the combined order after explosion to create the cumulated order
quantity of the original orders

IT_U_COMP

BOMs of the original orders

CT_M_COMP

BOM of the combined order determined from the original orders

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1.2.9.4 Quantity Distribution (EXIT_SAPLMILL_OC_002)


Use
This function module lets you distribute the confirmed quantity to the original orders during confirmation of the combined order. This means that for partial
confirmations, the most urgent original orders can be dealt with first.

Integration
Parameters of the Function Module
Parameter

Description

IS_CAUFVD

Header data of the combined order

E_SHOW_TAB

No longer used

CT_QUANTITY_CONF

Table containing the distribution of quantities to the original orders. The


LMNGA field contains the quantity that needs confirming for each original
order.

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Cost Distribution (EXIT_SAPLMILL_OC_003)


Use
The settlement rules are created when the combined order is created, and can be changed in the order. Settlement is usually quantity-based. The settlement
rule must be firmly established when the last operation of the combined order is finally confirmed. This function module can be used for this purpose. As a
rule, the system displays a screen for manual distribution. You can, however, use the parameter E_SHOW_TAB to display the screen (in display or change
mode) or to turn it off completely. The confirmation data for the original orders is transferred to the IT_ QUANTITY_CONF table (
see also Note 187275).

Integration
Parameters of the Function Module
Parameter

Description

IS_CAUFVD

Header data of the combined order

E_SHOW_TAB

This parameter controls the display of table CT_SETTLEMENT_RULES. The


following settings are possible:
'V': The table CT_SETTLEMENT_RULES is displayed and can be
changed manually.

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'A': The table CT_SETTLEMENT_RULES is displayed but cannot be


changed manually.
' ': The table CT_SETTLEMENT_RULES is not displayed. This is the
default setting.
CT_SETTLEMENT_RULES

Table containing the settlement rules of the combined order. The AQZIF field
contains the equivalence number used to distribute the costs.

IT_QUANTITY_CONF

Table containing the data on the confirmed quantities distributed to the original
orders.

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1.3 Multi Item Order


Use
The multi item order is used in areas in which large production units are to be split into smaller units during production. In a production order that is flagged as
a multi item order, you can total up the preselected items (output item quantities) in fast entry and enter this total as a new header quantity. The system
updates the processing time and the input component quantity in line with the new header quantity.

Prerequisites
You have installed Version 46C1 or higher of the Mill Products Industry Business Solution.
In Customizing for Production under Shop Floor Control Master Data Order Define Order Type-Dependent Parameters , you set Independent Item
Quantity flag on the Implementation tab page.
To total up several items to form a new header quantity, the base unit of measure must be the same for all items. The items must also have been entered with
the same production unit.

Features
When you create a production order, the relevant input component quantities that are needed to cover the required output material are assigned to the header
quantity. If the production order is flagged as a multi item order, you can total up the selected output materials (this can be the header quantity plus coproducts or several co-products without a header quantity), and enter this total as the new header quantity in the production order. On the basis of this new
header quantity, the system calculates the new processing times and the required input component quantities, while the quantity of the co-products remains
unchanged. In the standard SAP System, in contrast, the co-products are calculated as proportions of the new header quantity.
You can select any output materials to be totaled up.
If you do not want the input component quantity to be changed along with the header quantity, set the Fixed quantity indicator on the Component Overview
screen.

You should not enter new items in the component overview, because this would mean that the multi item order function cannot process the
co-products correctly. For example, the output item quantities are not totaled up correctly.
The Independent Item Quantity in Customizing determines that:
a material does not have to be entered on the Create Production Order: Initial Screen .
the header quantity is formed from the sum of the output item quantities.

Constraints:
Multi item orders are not transferred to the SAP APO System. A planned order created in the SAP APO System cannot be transferred as a multi item order to
the SAP R/3 System.
Multi item orders cannot be combined.
The multi propagation function is not supported.

Activities
On the initial screen for the production order, flag the production order as a multi item order. To do this, assign it an order type for which the Independent Item
Quantity indicator has been selected.
Alternatively, you can leave the Material field empty, and just select an order type for which the Independent Item Quantity indicator has been selected.

You enter the order types in Customizing for Production under Shop Floor Control Master Data Order Define Order Types .
On the Create Production Order screen, enter at least one co-product on the Fast Data Entry tab page for a production order. Select several items and
choose

Add up . On the General tab, the system enters the sum of the item quantities as the header quantity.

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1.4 Fast Entry of Co-Products in Production


Use
The fast entry function in Production is used to enter co-products (order items) in the production order. Up to now, co-products, like components, had to be
entered in the component overview. The fast entry function provides you with a fast and easy way of entering and changing co-products on a separate screen.
The first item corresponds to the order header. Changes made to the first item also change the order. Operation times and component quantities are adjusted.
The items after the first item correspond to the co-products in the component screen.

Features
Using the fast entry function, you can also display and maintain up to 10 characteristics that can be selected via a characteristic display profile. You can also
determine data such as item quantity, item unit of measure and conversion factor via reference characteristics (see also
Fast Entry of Characteristics in Production).
The system determines default values for certain input fields to reduce the amount of data you have to enter. The default values are only used if you do not
enter any values yourself. The 'Changeable' column indicates whether you can change the value after it has been entered. In certain cases, you are also
shown how to do this.
Possible entry (column)

Default

Changeable

Material number

Material of the item with the next lowest item


number with a material number. You must enter a
material for the first item.

No

Plant

Production plant from the order header. Not for the


first item.

No

Operation number and sequence

Last operation of the standard sequence. The first


item is appended to the operation and sequence of
the second item.

No (reassign via the component overview)

Unit of measure

The production unit of measure is defaulted for the


first item, or the base unit of measure if no
production unit of measure has been maintained.
The base unit of measure is always used for the
other items.

Yes for first item.


No for other items.

Storage location

Production storage location from the material


master.

Yes

To determine the item categories, the system searches in the item categories table (T418) for an entry that requires a material entry (subject to inventory
management) but which is not a variable-size item. The system uses this as the item category for the new joint item. If the system does not find such as
entry, it searches for an entry with the item category "L". If it still cannot find a suitable entry in the item categories table, you cannot enter any new items
using the fast entry function. For this reason, you are strongly advised to maintain an entry of this kind. In a standard SAP System, the item category "L"
meets these requirements.
The settlement rules are generated in the same way as
base quantity proportional settlement rules for co-products. You are advised to use the standard rule "PP5". For this standard rule, the settlement rules are
created in proportion to the base quantities of the items. In the settlement profile used, the use of equivalence numbers must be allowed.
The fast entry function does not replace the component overview screen. It merely helps you work with co-products more quickly and more easily. For this
reason, the fast entry function only contains the information and possible entries that are absolutely necessary. For more detailed information and further
possible entries, use the component overview and component detail screen. You call up the fast entry function via the Fast entry tab page on the header
screen of the production order.
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Deleting Co-Products
Use
The enhancement to the Mill Products Industry Solution enables you to delete co-products in the production or process order. Co-products must be deleted for
the multi item order, for example.

Features
Co-products cannot be deleted in the standard system. Co-products that were manually added can only be removed from the component list when master data
is read (See also:

Co-Products,

Manufacture of Co-Products Prerequisites,

Co-Products: Source Structures,

Co-Products: Costs)

The enhancement to the Mill Products Industry Solution enables you to delete individual co-products from the component list of a production or process order.
Once the order has been released, deleted co-products are always displayed in the component screen of the order.

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A separate order item is generated for each co-product in the production order. The first item of an order cannot be deleted.
Deletion of a co-product is also no longer possible if:

production costs have been incurred by the item


the status of the production or process order is finally confirmed, partially delivered or delivery completed
a goods receipt has been made for the item
the item has been assigned to a process batch or original batch

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1.6 Base Quantity Proportional Settlement Rules for CoProducts


Use
If you want to use co-products in a production order, you can define equivalence numbers for various materials in the material master data. This has the
disadvantage that these equivalence numbers are static. If you do not want to define any static equivalence numbers in the material master, you have to
manage the settlement rules manually when creating the co-product.
Standard rule PP5 provides an option of determining the equivalence number of the settlement rules automatically when a co-product is created.

Prerequisites
In Customizing under Order Type-Dependent Parameters in the Controlling view, you have to set standard rule PP5 for the order type that is to be used for
production orders.
Equivalence numbers must be allowed for the settlement profile of the order type.

Features
Standard rule PP5 behaves in the same way as standard rule PP1. The equivalence numbers from the material master are used until the stage at which coproducts are created. These numbers are calculated from the base quantities of the co-products. To generate meaningful values, the base units of measure of
the items must be the same. (For example, it does not make sense to create an equivalence number from a base quantity with the unit "piece" and to create
an equivalence number from a base quantity with the unit "kg" for another co-product of the same order. If the system determines that the base units of
measure are different, it outputs a warning message. The settlement rules are created nevertheless. In this case, you should adjust the settlement rules
manually.
Creating Co-Products:
If you add a co-product in the component screen or on the Fast entry tab page, the equivalence number for this co-product is created automatically.
When the second item is created, a factor is determined. This factor can be used to multiply the base quantity of all items. This factor prevents any
decimal places being lost as a result of rounding. This factor is no longer changed for this order and cannot be changed manually.
Changing Co-Products:
If you change the quantity of a co-product on the fast entry tab page, the equivalence number of the settlement rule is adjusted by the system. If you
change the quantity of a co-product in the component screen, the equivalence number of the settlement rule is not adjusted. For this reason, you are
advised to use the Fast entry tab page when working with co-products.
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1.7 Different Account Assignment of Co-Products


Use
In the standard system, you can assign a production order to a receiver, such as a sales order. This means that the actual costs of the order are settled to the
receiver. If you enter further co-products, these are also assigned to this receiver.
When a joint item is created, it can now be assigned to other receivers using this enhancement. Only sales orders with items and make-to-stock production
are supported as receivers. Other receivers, such as projects, are not possible.

You can only use this function when entering co-products. You cannot change the account assignment for co-products that have already been
entered. You can only delete this kind of co-product and create new products with changed account assignment.

Prerequisites
The first key of this function is the Special Stock Indicator field in the component overview table.
If this field is not set, the new co-product is assigned to the warehouse. Entries in the fields for sales order and sales order item are discarded.
If you set the field to
1 , the system tries to evaluate the fields for the sales order and sales order item. If it cannot evaluate the fields or one of the fields because the field has
been left blank or contains invalid entries, for example the system uses the account assignment from the order header.

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Features
In the component overview in the production order, the fields for the sales order and sales order item have been included in the table of components.
You are advised to only use this function with valuated sales order stock.
Only the account assignment is changed. Data such as the configuration is not copied.
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Setting Final Delivery Indicator in Purchase/Production Orders


Use
Normally the final delivery indicator for a purchase order or production order item is either set automatically by the system on goods receipt on the basis of the
total quantity delivered or it is set manually by users.
The Characteristic-Based Purchase Order History (/SAPMP/WEHB) and Goods Receipt Development for Production Orders (/SAPMP/WEHF) functions
allow you to check - for several purchase order or production order items - whether the final delivery indicator is to be set before the total item quantity has
been delivered.
If final delivery has already been made for items, you can also check whether the final delivery indicator is to be reset. This can be useful when, for example,
the characteristics of the material delivered do not match the characteristics of the purchase order or production order.
If the goods receipt quantity for a material does not fully cover the order quantity and no other deliveries are expected, it may also be useful to select the final
delivery indicator.

You have ordered 5000 m of cable, split into 5 x 1000 m. However, only 5 x 950 m was delivered. Even if the underdelivery tolerance is taken
into account, the total quantity is too low and the purchase order item is therefore not yet closed. If, however, the individual lengths delivered
and their underdelivery tolerances are considered, the quantity delivered is sufficient and the purchase order item is closed. It is therefore up to
you to decide whether final delivery has been made for the purchase order item.

Integration
The Characteristic-Based Purchase Order History (/SAPMP/WEHB) function lets you process purchase order items only; the Goods Receipt Development
for Production Orders (/SAPMP/WEHF) function lets you process production order items only.

Prerequisites
If you want the system to show you characteristics for the purchase order and production order items, you must already have made the following settings:
You have created a characteristic display that includes the desired characteristics.
You define a characteristic display in, for example, Customizing of Purchasing at Purchase Order Fast Entry of Characteristics in Purchase Order
Define Characteristic Display for Overview Screen (mySAP Mill Products).
You have assigned an application group that includes the Purchase Order and / or Production Order transaction to this characteristic display.
You define an application group in, for example, Customizing of Purchasing at Purchase Order Fast Entry of Characteristics in Purchase Order
Define Application Group for Characteristic Display .

Features
This function lets you set the final delivery indicator for open purchase order and production order items in accordance with specific conditions, or lets you
reset the final delivery indicator for items for which final delivery has already been made.
You can define the following in the initial screen:
which purchase orders or production orders are to be checked
whether the final delivery indicator is to be set or reset
If you have selected the Partially Delivered Documents indicator in the Selection of Goods Receipts group box, you can use this function to select the
final delivery indicator for items. The system ignores items for which final delivery has been made.
If you have selected the Completed Delivery Documents indicator in the Selection of Goods Receipts group box, you can use this function to reset the
final delivery indicator for items for which final delivery has already been made. The system ignores items for which final delivery has not yet been made.
Deselect the final delivery indicator for the appropriate item for which final delivery has been made.
whether an underdelivery tolerance is to be taken into account for item selection
If you have selected the Within Underdelivery Tolerance indicator and have entered the desired value in the Underdelivery Tolerance in % field, the
system selects only those items that are within the specified underdelivery tolerance.
which characteristics are shown to you in the overview
Choose the appropriate characteristic display in the Characteristic Display field.
whether the system is to propose the final delivery indicator on the basis of the check results
If you want the system to automatically set the final delivery indicator for items that were checked positively, you must select the FinDelInd. Set
Automatically indicator in the initial screen . Otherwise you must set the final delivery indicator manually.
which logic the system is to use to check the items
The system can check previous goods receipts either on the basis of the total quantity delivered ( Comparison GR/Order Qty indicator) or in accordance
with customer-specific logic ( Cust.-Logic-Based FinDelInd indicator). If you want to check against the total quantity delivered, you must enter the
corresponding underdelivery tolerance in the Underdelivery Tolerance field. You can implement the customer-specific logic in the Business Add-In (BAdI)
/SAPMP/VAR_CAB_GET.

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SAP ships the /SAPMP/VAR_GET_CABLE implementation for this BAdI. It contains the following logic:
On the basis of the material units delivered or manufactured (in accordance with the Factor characteristic) for the selected purchase orders or
production orders, the system checks whether the number of batches matches the value of the Factor characteristic.
In the implementation it is assumed that a material unit corresponds to a batch. The system can therefore determine the material units
delivered or manufactured on the basis of the batches for which a goods receipt has already been posted for the purchase order or production
order.

A prerequisite for this BAdI implementation is that you work with the Factor characteristic in purchase orders and production orders.
When you execute the function, the system checks the selected purchase orders or production orders in accordance with your settings. You are then shown
an overview with the items checked. The system displays the check result in the form of traffic-light icons (e.g.

).

When the system checks against the total quantity delivered, it labels the items as follows:

(Status Yellow )
The goods receipt quantities posted for this item up to present are within the underdelivery tolerance entered in the selection screen.

(Status Green )
The goods receipt quantity corresponds to the item quantity in the purchase order or in the production order. A user has evidently reset the final delivery
indicator manually because the system automatically sets the final delivery indicator for such an item.

When a check is made using customer-specific logic with the BAdI implementation /SAPMP/VAR_GET_CABLE, the system labels the items as follows:

(Status Green )
The number of units delivered corresponds to the number of units in the purchase order or in the production order.

(Status Red )
The number of units delivered is less than the number of units in the purchase order or in the production order.

On the basis of the check results and the characteristics displayed, you can decide whether the final delivery indicator is set or, if you have performed a check
for items for which final delivery has already been made, whether the final delivery indicator is reset.

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Scheduling of Production Resources/Tools


Use
In the SAP system you can schedule production orders that use production resources/tools (PRTs) based on the availability of the latter. Maintainable PRTs
of the Equipment category are used .

You can only use this function for production orders. It is not available for process orders.
You can schedule production orders using a SAP-APO system.

Features
Checking the Available Capacity of PRTs
To check the available capacity of a PRT, you have to create capacity master data describing the available capacity of each PRT:
availability on a particular date
number of available PRTs
usage costs
Master data of this kind is present in SAP R/3 in the form of work center master data.
If you wish to use the SAP APO system for planning, the master data is available there for each resource once it has been transferred to the APO system.
To create available capacity for a PRT, you must first create a virtual work center with work center category PRT . In the capacity header of this work
center enter the dates when the PRT will be available (operating time from/to, factory timetable, shifts, etc.) In the case of PRT pools enter the number of
interchangeable members in the pool. On the Costing tab page also enter the costs to be debited to the production order when the PRT is used.
Then enter this virtual work center on the PRT tab page in the master data of the PRT (in this case, Equipment ). If you are using a PRT pool, you must
also assign the virtual equipment that represents the PRT pool to this virtual work center.
FHM Pool
You can link a PRT to an operation either as a single, physical PRT or as a pool PRT. A pool PRT is equipment that contains a single-level structure of
subequipments.
The pool PRT is not physically available but it represents the total number of physically available PRTs.
These subequipments are physical PRTs that all have identical characteristics and can be used interchangeably at a work center. Consequently, it
does not matter which equipment in the PRT pool is used as the PRT. However, a PRTs item number in the structure determines the frequency with
which it is used when the pool is automatically replaced with the physical PRT: PRTs with lower item numbers are given preference if they are
available on the given date.
Assign the required PRTs to the operations in the
routing. Then, in the routing of each operation that uses the PRT, you must create for each PRT a
suboperation that uses the virtual work center of the PRT. Because the operation times of the PRT suboperations correspond to those of the higher-level
operation (for grouping category 0), scheduling of the PRT is linked with the scheduling of the higher-level operation.
If you use the SAP APO system, the PRT suboperations appear in the PPM as a separate operation with an activity performed using the resource that is

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linked to the PRT as a (virtual) work center. This separate operation is performed in parallel to the operation that uses the PRT.

Ensure that no operation or suboperation number occurs more than once in the routing not even across operations. The combination
Operation 10 Suboperation 10 leads to errors, as the SAP APO system uses both numbers to create the two APO operations.
Ensure that the same work center is entered in the routing and in the equipment master data. The system does not automatically compare the
work center and equipment data. Errors may occur in planning if the work centers differ.

Using PRTs
When you create a production order, the system checks if the PRT (or any other PRT in the pool) has capacity available at the specified time.
If a PRT is available, the desired date is confirmed.
If no PRT is currently available, the system displays the capacity utilization of the PRTs. You can then manually schedule the production order or have the
system propose the next date the PRT is available based on a user-defined strategy in capacity planning.
If you use the SAP APO system and alternative resources are available in the PPM (see below), you can schedule these alternative resources for the
operations in the detailed planning tool or cause them to be scheduled by means of a heuristic.
Replacing a Pool PRT with a Physical PRT
If capacity planning for the PRT is carried out using a PRT pool, you must automatically or manually replace the pool PRT with a physical PRT in the PRT
pool before releasing the production order in SAP R/3 (or more accurately, when you print the shop floor papers). The transaction Replace PRT in Order is
available for this purpose.
Failure of a PRT
If a PRT breaks down during production, it can be replaced with another PRT. Again, you can use the transaction Replace PRT in Order to do this. The new
PRT should be used prior to the next completion confirmation in the production order operation so that the correct PRT is debited, in terms of capacity and
costs, when confirmation is made.
Alternative Modes in PPM
You can use the SAP APO system to schedule PRT capacities. When a routing is transferred from the SAP R/3 system to the SAP APO system, its
suboperations are mapped in the PPM as separate operations with an activity performed using the resource that corresponds to the work center of the
suboperation. The suboperation resource corresponds to the capacity of the PRT. When you create an order in the SAP APO system, the system checks, in
the course of scheduling, whether all required resources are available. The order is then either scheduled on the desired date or reschedule for a different date,
depending on when the resource is available.
In the SAP R/3 system you can create alternative routing sequences to the standard sequence. The operations/suboperations in the alternative sequences
can occupy other work centers and other PRTs.
When data is transferred from the SAP R/3 system via the Core Interface (CIF) to the SAP APO- system, the alternative sequences become alternative
modes. As a result, other resources can likewise be occupied by the operations.

The operations in the alternative sequences and the operations in the standard sequence must be identical between the branch operation and
the return operation. In other words, the alternative sequence must not contain any additional operations nor may it contain fewer operations.
Only the work centers used and their operating times may vary. If you want to use alternative sequences with different operations when
manufacturing a product, you must create two production versions; this leads to two different PPMs in the SAP APO system.
Logically related machine and PRT groups are created as a result of mode linkage in the SAP APO system. These groups remain intact even if an operation is
moved from one resource to another.

Note 576492 must be installed in the system if you want to be able to transfer alternative sequences to the SAP APO system.

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Production Resources and Tools in Orders


Use
This function enables you to:

display the production resources and tools (PRTs) that a given production order will use by entering that production order
display the orders that will use a given PRT by entering that PRT
display all the orders in a pool PRT that use that pool or its members
Display the planned capacity load of the pool or the PRT resulting from the orders
Replace a pool PRT with a physical PRT
Display the characteristics of classified PRTs
Display the components of the operation that uses the PRTs

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Prerequisites
You have created production resources and tools of the Equipment category and assigned a virtual work center to them. If you are using a PRT pool, you
are required to assign the virtual work center only to the PRT pool.
For each PRT/PRT pool in an operation, you have created a suboperation with the work center that is assigned to the PRT/PRT pool.
You must maintain the characteristic values for the PRTs in order to display their characteristics.

Features
Displaying PRTs
You can select PRTs and the orders assigned to them by entering:

order number
HR data
Material
work center
PRT

The system does not distinguish between pool PRTs and physical PRTs when making a selection.
You can limit selection by defining restrictions:
A search is to be made only for specific order categories
A search is to be made only for orders whose start date is within a specific time period.
A search is to be made only for orders whose start date is a certain number of days in the future starting from the present date.
You can also limit selection by entering a specific order status.
After the function has started, the system displays the orders that match your selection criteria and the PRTs assigned to these orders. You can then expand
display of the PRTs. By so doing, you not only display the PRTs found and their orders but also all the PRTs assigned to the PRT pool and their respective
orders. The system also displays those PRTs that have not yet been assigned to an order.
The characteristics of PRTs are displayed if you have classified the PRTs in the equipment master data. If you have selected several PRTs and not every
characteristic is available for every PRT, the corresponding cell in the display remains empty.
PRTs to which you have assigned a measuring point in the equipment master data are displayed in the overview together with their current measuring point
counter reading.
Replacing PRTs in Orders
In orders you can choose to replace a PRT pool with a physical PRT either manually or automatically.
If you opt for manual replacement, the system displays the PRTs that have already been planned, the usage dates and the remaining runtime in each case.
You select the PRT that you require. If you choose automatic replacement, the system selects the PRT with the lowest item number from the list of available
PRTs. You define the item number of a PRT in the PRT pool in the equipment master data. If you select automatic replacement for several operations in one
or more orders, the system replaces the PRTs in the sequence in which they appear in the display.
If a measuring point for entering the PRT capacity load has been assigned to the PRT (for example, the usage duration), the system increments the capacity
load of the PRT used in accordance with the formulas defined in the PRT master data when it confirms the operation.

Activities
To display the PRT for an order and to replace a PRT pool with a physical PRT:
1. In the SAP Easy Access menu, select Logistics Production Production Control Order Replace PRT in Order
2. Enter the required data and select

Execute.

3. To display all PRTs, select


All/Only Selected Values .
4. Replace the PRT pool automatically or manually.

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Scheduling Orders with Production Resources and Tools


Use
You can schedule production orders that use production resources and tools (PRTs) if the PRTs are available on the required date. If the PRT is unavailable
on the required date, you can either reschedule the production order or use a different PRT.

Prerequisites
You have created at least one PRT of the Equipment category in the equipment master data . If you wish to use a PRT pool, create the pool and the PRTs it
contains in the equipment master data.

All PRTs in a PRT pool must have the same properties if you want to interchange PRTs within the pool. The pool structure must be singlelevel; in other words, a pool member cannot also be a pool header of another PRT pool.

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Procedure
1. Create a new work center with work center category 0001 or a relevant work center of your own.

For a better overview, you can create your own work center category Production Resources and Tools and copy the characteristics from work
center category 0001.
2. Assign the work center its own control key (for example, PP19). Select the following properties for the control key on the Default Values tab page:
Schedule
Determine capacity requirements
Cost
Print confirmation
Print
3. Assign the work center you created in step 1 to the PRT in the equipment master data in the PRT Capacity column on the PRT Data tab page.
4. Create a suboperation for each PRT in the routing overview screen of operations that use PRTs. This suboperation uses the work centers of the PRT
that you created in step 1.

The numbers of the suboperations must differ from the number of the higher-level operation and must occur once only even across
operations.

Result
In the routing you have used suboperations to assign capacity data for PRTs used in the operations
When you schedule production orders, you receive a warning message if a PRT is not available on the production date.
When the suboperation is confirmed, the order is debited with the PRT usage costs.

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1.9.2 Capacity in the PRT Pool


Use
This function allows you to display the current number of individual capacities that you have entered in the PRT pool structure, and to compare this number
with the number of individual capacities currently entered in the assigned virtual work center for the PRT pool.

Prerequisites
You have created a PRT of the category Equipment as a pool PRT and assigned a virtual work center to it as a capacity bearer .
You have created all of the production resources and tools of the type Equipment that you intend to assign to this PRT pool.
You have entered the PRTs that are assigned to the particular pool in the relevant PRT pool structure.

Features
Displaying/Comparing Capacity in the PRT Pool
You can check if there are enough physical PRTs in a PRT pool to allow you to fill all the individual capacities in the assigned order. You can define the PRT
pool and, to restrict selection further, the system and user status as selection criteria.
You can control the traffic lights in the results list by entering threshold values in the form of percentages.

Activities
To display or compare the capacity of the PRT pool, proceed as follows:
1. In the SAP Easy Access menu, select Logistics Production Master Data Production Resources and Tools Production Resources and
Tools Compare PRT Pool
2. Enter the required data and select
Execute.
The system displays a list of all PRT pools and their current capacities. The traffic lights indicate whether the number of individual capacities that have
been entered in the capacity header of the work center assigned to the PRT pool matches the number of active (according to status) pool members
entered in the PRT pool structure.

Only the current status of the PRT pool and work center are compared, without reference to a future time.
3. To compare a capacity, select a line and choose
Change Capacity. The master data of the assigned work center appears. Here you enter the number
of PRT pool members that you had previously entered in the pool structure in the Number of Individual Capacities field on the Capacity tab page.

You can create a kind of hidden reserve by entering fewer individual capacities in the capacity header of the assigned work center for the
PRT pool than exist as pool members in the PRT pool structure.

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Goods Movements in the Confirmation Transaction


Use
In the Enter time ticket for production order transaction (CO11N; referred to below as the time ticket/confirmation transaction), you can post not only
confirmation data but also post goods movements without having to go to a different screen.

Prerequisites
If you want to use this function, you must make the following settings:

Define confirmation profile


In Customizing for Shop Floor Control , choose Operations Confirmation Single Screen Entry Define Single Screen Entry to define a
confirmation profile that includes at least the following detail areas:
Mill: Goods Issue (8490)
SAP recommends that you select Goods Issue as the pushbutton text.
Mill: Goods Receipt (8485)
SAP recommends that you select Goods Receipt as the pushbutton text.

If you have included both these detail areas in your confirmation profile, the system automatically hides the Goods movements pushbutton.
So that the system can use this confirmation profile in the time ticket/confirmation transaction, you must either define this confirmation profile as the standard
profile or assign it to the users with the help of user parameter CORUPROF.

Permit goods receipt for order item


You must permit goods receipts for order items in Customizing for Production under Shop Floor Control Master Data Order Define order typedependent parameters . You must also set the Goods receipt allowed for order item indicator on the Implementation tab page.

Integration
In the time ticket/confirmation transaction, automatic goods receipt and backflush are possible as long as you have not created process batches for the
production order. As soon as process batches exist for a production order, you must post all goods movement manually.
If you selected the Fixed quantity indicator in the production order for a component, the system automatically posts a goods receipt for the
total required quantity for this component when the first confirmation is made for the production order.

If you have included the detail areas Mill: Goods Issues and Mill: Goods Receipts in your confirmation profile, you cannot post automatic
goods movements for milestone confirmations nor goods movements for by-products.
In addition, you cannot post a goods issue and a goods receipt for co-products simultaneously in one confirmation. In other words, to post the
goods issue for a co-product, you have to save the confirmation before you can enter the goods receipt data.

Features
You can enter the data to be confirmed, and the related goods movement, without having to go to another screen.

Goods Issue detail area


In the Goods Issue detail area, the system displays the components of the confirmed production order that are needed in the operation in question (with the
exception of planned by-products). You can enter the data needed for goods issue (for example, quantity, batch, storage location) here. When you save the
confirmation, the system automatically posts the relevant goods movement.
The following functions are also available in this detail area:
Unplanned withdrawals
In the time ticket/confirmation transaction, if you want to post a goods issue for an unplanned component or alternative materials, you can generate a new
goods issue row by choosing the pushbutton
Goods Issue Row Unplanned . You must enter the material and quantity for this row manually.
Batch split for component
If you want to withdraw material from two input batches for a component, you can copy the goods issue row by choosing the pushbutton
Goods Issue
Row Planned and enter a second input batch in this.
Delete goods issue row
You can use the pushbutton
Delete Goods Issue Row to delete rows in the Goods Issue area.
Display input batch
You can use the pushbutton
Component Classification to display the classification of an input batch.
Batch determination for goods issue row
You can use the pushbutton

Stock Batch Determinat. GI to carry out a stock batch determination for a goods issue row.

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Extended input help for input batches


In the input help for input batches, if you use the tab page Goods issue batches for order (documented GIs) , the system only selects the batches for
which you have already posted a goods issue for the production order in question.

To be able to use this function, you must have selected the indicators Goods issue planned and Goods issue unplanned on the tab page
Implementation in the area Documentation of goods movements in Customizing for Shop Floor Control under Master Data Order
Define order-dependent parameters .

Goods Receipt detail area


In the Goods Receipt detail area, the system displays the order items of the production order that is to be confirmed. You can enter the data needed for
goods receipt (for example, quantity, batch, storage location) here. When you save the confirmation, the system automatically posts the relevant goods
movement.
When you create a goods receipt batch, the system copies the characteristic values from the configuration of the order item and/or the classification of the
process batch in line with the selected copying rules. For information on the copying rules, see Copying Rules for Characteristic Values.
The following functions are also available in this detail area:
Copy goods receipt rows
You can use the pushbutton
item.

Copy Goods Receipt Row to copy a goods receipt row in order to enter a further goods receipt batch for the same order

You can only use this function if no process batches exist for a production order, or if process batch management is not allowed for the
material in the goods receipt row. The production order is not changed as a result of this.
Delete goods receipt rows
You can use the pushbutton
Delete Goods Receipt Row to delete goods receipt rows that process batches have not been assigned to. The goods
receipt rows are not physically deleted. The next time you go into the time ticket/confirmation transaction, the system displays all goods receipt rows for
the order items, including those you deleted.
Sort goods receipt rows
You can use the pushbutton Sort Seq. to manipulate the sort sequence of the goods receipt rows in the Goods Receipt area. The system can sort the
goods receipt rows either by goods receipt batch (default setting), or it can put the goods receipt rows for which quantities have already been entered at
the top of the list. In both cases, the system also groups the goods receipt rows by order items.
Display configuration of an order item
You can use the pushbutton
Display goods receipt batch

Order Item Configuration to display the configuration of an order item.

You can use the pushbutton


GR Batch Classification to display the classification of a goods receipt batch and to change this if a goods receipt has
not already been posted for the goods receipt batch.
Batch determination for goods issue row
You can use the pushbutton
Stock Batch Determinat. GR to carry out a stock batch determination for a row in the order.
Internal number assignment for GR batches
If internal number assignment is permitted for stock batches, you can have the system assign an internal batch number by pressing the pushbutton
Generate Int Batch No. GR .

You can only use the pushbutton


Generate Int Batch No. GR in the Goods receipt area if you do not use process batches in the
confirmation function.
Extended Input Help for Goods Issue Batches
In the input help for input batches, if you use the tab page Goods receipt batches for order (documented GRs) , the system only selects the batches for
which you have already posted a goods receipt for the production order in question.

To be able to use this function, you must have selected the indicator Goods issue for Production Order on the tab page Implementation in
the area Documentation of goods movements in Customizing for Shop Floor Control , under Master Data Order Define orderdependent parameters.

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Quantity Distribution for Goods Receipts


Use
Quantity distribution lets you generate several goods receipt items for a purchase order or production order item on goods receipt. This may be necessary
when, for example, a delivery for a purchase order item consists of various batches.
For SAP Mill Products this function has been supplemented by the following functions to meet sector-specific requirements:
Fast entry of characteristics in the Distribute Quantity dialog box
Function for copying goods receipt items
This function can greatly reduce entry effort for quantity distribution over several goods receipt items and for classification of the corresponding batches.

Integration
This function is available to you in the Goods Movements (MIGO) transaction for goods receipts for purchase orders and production orders and also in the
Enter Time Ticket for Production Order transaction (CO11N Confirmation transaction) .

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Prerequisites
The function is implemented in the following Business Add-Ins (BAdI):
in the BAdI /SAPMP/SPLIT_POPUP for the Goods Movements (MIGO) transaction
in the BAdI /SAPMP/SPLIT_CO11N for the Enter Time Ticket for Production Order transaction (CO11N)
If you want to use the function, you must activate BAdI implementation /SAPMP/SPLIT_POPUP and/or /SAPMP/SPLIT_CO11N for this BAdI.
You are working with fast entry of characteristics in the Goods Movements and Enter Time Ticket for Production Order transactions.
See also:
Fast Entry of Characteristics in Goods Receipt
Fast Entry of Characteristics in Order Confirmation

Features
If you have to enter several goods receipt items for a purchase order or production order item, you can enter them in the Distribute Quantity dialog box. You
branch to this dialog box
using the

Distribute Quantity pushbutton in the Goods Movements transaction

using the

Splitting pushbutton in the Confirmation transaction in the Goods Movements screen

If you have selected a characteristic display in the item overview of the relevant transaction before you branch to this dialog box, fast entry of characteristics
is also available to you here. This means that you can classify the batch of a new goods receipt item directly when you enter the item without having to branch
to the characteristic value assignment screen.
If you have not selected a characteristic display or if fast entry of characteristics is not active for a material, the system branches to the standard dialog
screen for quantity distribution.
The Number field in the Distribute Quantity dialog box is a further entry aid. It allows you to copy items you have entered in the dialog box.

If you are working with length-based materials, the system automatically generates a matching number of goods receipt items in the Distribute
Quantity dialog box. The system calculates the number of items from the goods receipt quantity and the value of the individual length
characteristic.

You post a goods receipt for 1000 m of cable for a purchase order item. Each cable has an individual length of 100 m, so assign 100 m to the
individual length characteristic. On the basis of this data, the system automatically generates ten goods receipt items in the dialog box
Distribute Quantity .

Activities
If you want to copy a goods receipt item in the Distribute Quantity dialog box, you must proceed as follows:
1. Select the item you want to copy.
2. Enter the number of identical items you want in the Number field.

If you enter 6 in the Number field, the system generates five new items.
3. Choose ENTER.
The system generates the desired number of items. With the exception of the batch number, the data of the items is identical; in other words, the
quantity, storage location and characteristic value assignments are the same for all items.

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1.12 Process Batch


Definition
The process batch is a batch that you create for the production order so that you can document the properties of a material during the production process (for
example, after the individual process steps). It also establishes a connection between the input batch and goods receipt batch.

Use
In production, you can use the process batch not just to document the progress made in production on a quantity basis (confirmations) but also to record the
current properties of the material that is to be produced.
In addition, the process batch ensures end-to-end batch tracking, because with this function, the system can automatically record n:m relationships between
input and goods receipt batches.
As a rule, no stock exists for a process batch. However, the process batch may have stock for a short time if you want to remove the relevant material from
stock temporarily during the production process (see Prerequisites for Process Batch Management in the section Settings in the Material Master).

Prerequisites
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For information about the required settings for process batch management, see Prerequisites for Process Batch Management.

Structure
You can only create a process batch in the Enter time ticket for production order transaction (CO11N; abbreviated below to Time ticket/confirmation
transaction ) for a production order.
You can only create a process batch at order level; as a result, it is available for all production order operations. You can only use a process batch in the
production order for which you created the process batch.
You can create a process batch for the header material of the production order, the material of a co-product item, or the original batch reference material (OB
reference material), if you have defined an original batch reference material for the material in question.
When you edit (copy, split, or merge) a process batch, new process batches are created at the next process batch level up. Process batches that contain the
current properties of the material to be produced and are at the highest process batch level are described as highest-level process batches. As a rule, only
these process batches can then be edited further using the process batch management functions.

If you want to document the material properties for every operation, you must create new process batches for each operation. Alternatively,
you can adapt the characteristic values of the process batches in line with the current properties.
Once production is complete for a material, you must assign the highest-level process batch to an order item. These assigned process batches are also
referred to as item process batches (IPBs).
You can also define any process batch of a production order as the original batch.

Integration
In the Enter time ticket for production order transaction (CO11N), you can create and manage process batches for production orders.

Batches that were created outside the time ticket/confirmation transaction cannot be used as process batches.
You can only create process batches for production orders. However, you can also use process batch management for original batches and combined orders
from the order combination function.
Neither automatic goods receipt nor backflush nor milestone confirmation is possible for production orders that use process batch management.
Process batches are not displayed in the batch where-used list in batch management (transaction MB56) or in the Batch Information Cockpit, and you cannot
generate a quality certificate for process batches. A special where-used list for process batches and a target/actual comparison for process batches are
available in the time ticket/confirmation transaction and in the production order.

If you archive a production order for which you generated process batches, and set a deletion flag, the system also sets a deletion flag for the
process batches. Exceptions to this are the original batches that were created in process batch management.
Once the production order has been archived, all process batches for which a deletion flag has been set are physically deleted from the
system the next time a batch reorganization is run. These cannot be retrieved.

Example
Two bales of green fabric are to be produced with production order 1000185. Production involves three operations: weaving, dying, and cutting. After each
operation, the current properties of the fabric are documented in process batches:
1. In operation 10, one bale of undyed fabric is produced. Its properties (length, width, and color) are recorded in process batch (PB) 185_01.
2. In operation 20, this bale of fabric is dyed green. The new properties of the bale are documented in process batch 185_02. (You can also record the new
properties in process batch 185_01.)
3. In operation 30, the bale of fabric is split into two bales of 100 m. Therefore, process batch 185_02 is split into two process batches: 185_03_1 and
185_03_2. The properties of the final product are recorded in these two process batches.
The following graphic illustrates the production order with its operations and the process batches that were generated for the individual operations:
Example: Operations in a production order, with the related process batches

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Process Flow for Confirmation Using Process Batches


Process Flow
The following graphic provides an example of how the confirmation process is carried out for a production order if you work with process batches:
Process flow for confirmation using process batch management

1. Create process batches and assign to preceding batch


You can create process batches without reference, with reference to an input batch, or with reference to an order item. As a result, it is possible to adopt
the classification of the input batch or the configuration of the order item as the classification for the process batch.
A preceding batch must exist for each process batch to ensure a closed chain of batches. If you create process batches without reference, or with
reference to an order item, you must manually assign the preceding batch.
For more information, see Creating Process Batches.
2. Post goods issue
You can post goods issues directly for the components of the order directly in the time ticket/confirmation transaction or by using the Goods Movements
transaction (MIGO).
For further information, see Goods Movements in the Confirmation Transaction.
3. Confirm quantities and activities
You can confirm quantities and activities by process batch and by operation.
In the Process Batch area, you must enter data that you want to confirm for each process batch.
In the Operation quantity (quantities) or Oper./activity (activities) detail area, you enter the data that you want to confirm for each operation.

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You can only enter quantities and activities for highest-level process batches.
Once you have entered activity data for the process batch, the system marks the relevant process batch in the Activity column of the
Process batches detail area.
4. Edit process batches
You can copy, split or merge process batches, and thereby generate new process batches.
For more information, see Editing Process Batches.
5. Assign process batches to order items
If you have completed the production of a material, and therefore want to perform final confirmation for the last operation that requires confirmation, you
must have assigned all highest-level process batches to an order item. By doing this, you also create the n:m relationships between the input batches and
goods receipt batches, and ensure that the characteristics of the process batches are copied to the goods receipt batches.
To do this, select the appropriate process batch and order item and choose the pushbutton

PB -> GR .

Once you have assigned a process batch to an order item, you cannot copy, split, merge or delete it.
As long as you have not posted a goods receipt for a goods receipt batch that you have assigned to the item process batch, you can remove
the assignment between the process batch and order item. To do so, select the required process batch and choose
PB > < GR in the
Process batch area.
6. Assign goods receipt batch
You can assign goods receipt batches to the process batches and post goods receipts in the time ticket/confirmation transaction.
For this, you must assign a separate goods receipt batch for each highest-level process batch, because the system copies the characteristics of the
process batch to the goods receipt batch. (For further information, see Copying Rules for Characteristic Values.)
If several process batches are assigned to an order item, you must assign a goods receipt batch to each of these process batches in the Process batch
area. To do so, either enter a batch number manually, or choose
Generate Int Batch No. GR to assign an internal batch number. The system then
automatically generates the appropriate number of goods receipt rows in the Goods Receipts area.

If you work with process batches, you must always enter the batch number for the goods receipt batch for an order item in the Process batch
area.
The system only creates a batch master record for a goods receipt batch if:
You select the order item with the appropriate goods receipt batch and choose pushbutton
GR batch
You post a goods receipt for this goods receipt batch
The system has not found a suitable batch in batch determination and therefore you create a new batch as proposed by the system.
7. Post goods receipt
You can post goods receipts directly for the order items directly in the time ticket/confirmation transaction or by using the Goods Movements transaction
(MIGO).
For further information, see Goods Movements in the Confirmation Transaction.

If you want to post a goods receipt using the transaction Goods movements (MIGO), you must have already assigned the highest-level
process batches to an order item, because you can only assign the process batches to an order item in the time ticket/confirmation
transaction. You can assign the goods receipt batch in both transactions. However, if you have assigned several process batches to an order
item, SAP recommends that you assign the goods receipt batches in the time ticket/confirmation transaction.
8. Perform final confirmation for production order

You can use the business add-in MILL_PC_CHG_CLSF to have the system propose and change the classification of process and goods
receipt batches according to customer-specific rules, and carry out customer-specific checks, evaluations, and calculations.

If you want to cancel a confirmation, observe the following:


The system updates the confirmations for the operation and the process batches individually. Therefore, you must also reverse the
confirmations individually.
The system reverses the confirmed quantities and activities, and the posted goods movements. However, the system does not restore the
previous characteristic value assignments of a process batch, does not remove any assignments between process batches and order items,
and does not delete any process batches that were created in the confirmation. You must perform these activities manually, if necessary, to
recreate the original state of the confirmation for your production order.

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Prerequisites for Process Batch Management


If you want to use process batch management in the time ticket/confirmation transaction, you must make the following settings.

Customizing Settings
Define confirmation profile
In Customizing for Shop Floor Control , choose Operations Confirmation Single Screen Entry Define Single Screen Entry to define a confirmation
profile that includes at least the following detail areas:
Mill: Process Batch (8495)
SAP recommends that you select Process Batches as the pushbutton text.

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Note that the Process batch area must be the highest-level detail area.
Mill: Goods Issue (8490)
SAP recommends that you select Goods Issues as the pushbutton text.
Mill: Goods Receipt (8485)
SAP recommends that you select Goods Receipts as the pushbutton text.

If you include the Goods Issue and/or Goods Receipt detail areas in your confirmation profile, the system hides the Goods movements
pushbutton in the confirmation transaction, ass you post the goods movements for the production order in the selected detail areas.
If you work with process batches, and still want to enter quantities or activities for the operation, you must include the relevant additional detail areas in your
confirmation profile, for example,:
Quantities: Yield/Scrap/Rework/Cause (0200)
SAP recommends that you select Operation Quantity as the pushbutton text.
Activities Activity 1 Activity 6 (0300)
SAP recommends that you select Act./ Oper. as the pushbutton text.

If you work with process batches in the confirmation transaction, you should not allow automatic proposals for quantities and confirmations.
You make this setting in your confirmation profile. If you do allow this in your confirmation profile, the system automatically suppresses these
proposals if, in the confirmation transaction, you call an order that has a header material that allows process batch management.
So that the system can use this confirmation profile in the time ticket/confirmation transaction, you must either define this confirmation profile as the standard
profile or assign it to the users with the help of user parameter CORUPROF.

Permit goods receipt for order item


If you want to post goods receipts via the time ticket transaction, you must permit goods receipts for the order item in Customizing for Production by
choosing Shop Floor Control Master Data Order Define order type-dependent parameters . Then set the Goods receipt allowed for order item
indicator on the Implementation tab page.

Define copying rules


In Customizing for Batch Management, choose Batch Valuation Valuation for Goods Movements in Inventory Management Activate Batch
Classification for Goods Movements in IM to define copying rules for characteristic values. Using these copying rules, you define how characteristic values
are copied to a goods receipt batch.
For further information, see Copying Rules for Characteristic Values.

Material Master Settings


You must make the following settings in the material master of a particular material so that you can create process batches for that material:
The Batch requirement indicator must be selected.
Process batch management must be permitted via the field OB management .
If you need to be able to temporarily place the material in storage in the production process, you must enter a material, which is not MRP-relevant and
which is managed in stock, as the original batch reference material in the field OB ref.material .

You can make the settings for batch management and OB management on the General Plant Data/Storage and Work Scheduling views of
the material master.
These settings can be relevant for the following materials:

Header material of the production order


Materials of the co-product item
Original batch reference material of the header item
Original batch reference material of the materials in the co-product items

You can only create process batches for a production order if the settings described have been made for the header material of the production
order or its original batch reference material.

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Copying Rules for Characteristic Values


Use
You use the copying rules to define whether and from which sources the system copies characteristic values in order to adopt them in a new goods receipt
batch or to transfer them to batch determination. Possible sources are the order item configuration, the process batch classification, and the original batch
classification.

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Integration
The system takes account of the copying rules in the following cases:
Creation of a goods receipt batch in the transaction Enter time ticket for production order (CO11N)
Creation of a goods receipt batch in the transaction Goods movements (MIGO)
Execution of batch determination in the transaction Enter time ticket for production order (CO11N)

Features
The following settings are possible for a copying rule:

Do not copy any characteristics

The system does not adopt any characteristic values from the configuration of the order item or classification of the process or original batch.
Copy characteristics of the classification only
The system copies the values of the characteristics of the same name from the process batch.
If an original batch is assigned to the process batch, the system then adopts the values from the original batch for the characteristics that are still initial.
The system does not overwrite any characteristic values that were already copied from the process batch.
Copy characteristics of the configuration only

The system copies the values of the characteristics of the same name from the configuration of the order item.
Copy characteristics from the configuration (priority) and classification
The system copies the values of the characteristics of the same name from the configuration of the order item.
For the characteristics that are still initial, the system then copies the characteristics from

1. The process batch


2. The assigned original batch, if applicable

The system does not overwrite the characteristics that were already copied.
Copy characteristics from the classification (priority) and configuration
The system copies the values of the characteristics of the same name from the process batch.
For the characteristics that are still initial, the system then copies the characteristics from

1. The assigned original batch, if applicable


2. The configuration of the order item
The system does not overwrite the characteristics that were already copied.

Activities
You define the copying rules for a movement type in Customizing for Batch Management by choosing Batch Valuation Valuation for Goods Movements
in Inventory Management Activate Batch Classification for Goods Movements in IM .

Example
You created process batch PB1 for a production order, and have already assigned it to order item 1. Original batch OB1 is assigned to process batch PB1.
The following table shows the characteristic values for the process batch, original batch, and order item:
Characteristic name

Classification of PB1

Classification of OB1

Configuration of order item 1

Length

1100

1200

1300

Width

500

900

Thickness

1,5

Quality

red

green

Color

The following table shows which characteristic values the system copies if the various copying rules are applied:
Character-istic name

Do not copy any


characteristics

Copy characteristics of
the classification only

Copy characteristics of
the configuration only

Copy characteristics
from the configuration
(priority) and
classification

Copy characteristics
from the classification
(priority) and
configuration

Length

1100

1300

1300

1100

Width

500

900

900

500

Thickness

1,5

1,5

1,5

Quality

Color

red

green

green

red

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1.12.3 Creating Process Batches


Use
There are a number of ways of creating process batches:
With reference to an input batch
With reference to an order item
Without reference
Depending on which method you choose, you can copy characteristic values from the input batch or the order item to the process batch.

Create with reference to an input batch


You create a process batch with reference to an input batch when you want to copy the classification of the input batch (component batch) to the process
batch. You may want to do this, for example, if you want to map the components of the production order as process batches.
The system uses the batch class of the header material of the production order or the original batch reference material as the class for the process batch. In
addition, the system copies the values of the characteristics that have the same name in the class of the input batch and the class of the process batch.

Before you can create a process batch with reference to an input batch, you must assign the relevant input batch to the component in
question.
Proceed as follows to create a process batch with reference to an input batch:
1. In the Goods Issue area, select the component of the input batch for which you want to create a process batch.
2. Choose the pushbutton
PB .
The system takes you to the characteristic valuation screen. The system has copied the characteristics of the same name from the input batch to the
process batch.

Create with reference to an order item


You create a process batch with reference to an order item when you want to copy the configuration of the order item to the process batch.
The system uses the batch class of the material of the required order item as the class for the process batch. In addition, the system copies the values of the
characteristics that have the same name in the batch class for the order item and of the process batch.

The material of the order item that you want to create the process batch for must be configured in the production order.
You can use the pushbutton

Order Item Configuration in the Goods Receipt area to display the configuration of an order item.

Proceed as follows to create a process batch with reference to an order item:


1. In the Goods receipt area, select the order item that you want to create a process batch for.
2. Choose the pushbutton
PB .
The system takes you to the characteristic valuation screen. The system has copied the characteristics of the same name from the configuration of the
order item to the process batch.

Create without reference


If you create a process batch without reference, the system uses the batch class of the header material of the production order as the class for the process
batch.
Choose the pushbutton
Create process batch in the Process Batch area to create a process batch without reference. The system takes you to the
characteristic valuation screen.

Assign preceding batch


To ensure that the chain of batches within the production order is complete (from the input batch through to the goods receipt batch, and including all process
batches), a preceding batch must exist for each process batch. For process batches at the higher process batch levels (> 1), the system automatically uses
the process batch that the new process batch was generated from as the preceding batch.
If you created a process batch with reference to an input batch, the system automatically uses the input batch as the preceding batch.
If you created a process batch with reference to an order item, or without any reference, you must manually assign an input batch as a preceding batch for this
process batch.
Proceed as follows to assign a preceding batch to a process batch:
1. Select the process batch in the Process Batch area and the component with the required input batch in the Goods Issue area.
2. Choose the pushbutton
PrecB .
The system assigns the preceding batch to the process batch and selects the indicator PB (preceding batch) for the process batch.

If you assign the preceding batch subsequently, the system does not pass on the characteristic values of the preceding batch to the process
batch.

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1.12.4 Editing Process Batches


Use
You can use the functions described here to generate new process batches, at a new process batch level, for existing process batches by copying, splitting,
or merging these existing process batches.

You can only perform these functions for highest-level process batches.

Features
Copy process batches
You can use the pushbutton

Copy Process Batch in the Process Batches area to copy a process batch.

The system generates a process batch with the batch number of the copy template (copy with the same name), and a new process batch with its own batch
number. The process batch that you used as the copy template is no longer displayed. The system copies the characteristic values from the copy template to
the new process batches. The characteristic values are therfore identical, but you can adjust them subsequently.

As a result of this copy operation, the system contains two process batches with identical batch numbers. Their only difference is the process
batch level: the copy template and the copy of the same name. However, in the Process batch area of the time ticket/confirmation
transaction, you only see the process batch that is at the higher process batch level.
However, the batch where-used list for process batches differentiates between the copy template and the same-name copy. In a top-down
approach, the system starts with the same-name copy, for bottom-up it uses the copy template. In both cases, both the copy template and the
same-name copy appear in the batch where-used list. You can tell them apart by the different process batch levels.
Example
Action
You execute the function

Copy process batch for process batch PB 1-1 (process batch level 1).

Result
The system generates a new process batch (PB 2-1) at process batch level 2. In addition, the system copies process batch PB 1-1 from process batch level 1
to process batch level 2. As a result, both process batches are at the highest level and can be edited further.
The following graphic illustrates this example:
Example of copying process batches

Split process batches


You can use the pushbutton
Split Process Batch in the Process Batches area to split a process batch. In a dialog window, you can define the number of
process batches that the selected process batch (preceding batch) is to be split into.
The system generates the required number of new process batches at the next process batch level up. The preceding batch remains at its original process
batch level. As a result, only the new process batches are at the highest level and can be edited further. The system copies the characteristic values from the
preceding batch to the new process batches. The characteristic values are then identical, but you can change them.

If you want to document the properties of the material to be produced in a separate process batch for each operation, you can generate a new
process batch at the next process batch level up by entering 1 as the required number.
Example
Action
You execute the function
Split for process batch PB 1-1 (process batch level 1). A dialog window is displayed, in which you enter that process batch PB
1-1 is to be split into three process batches.
Result
The system generates three new process batch (PB 2-1, PB 2-2, PB 2-3) at process batch level 2. Process batch PB 1-1 remains at process batch level 1. As
a result, only the three newly-generated process batches are at the highest level and can be edited further.

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The following graphic illustrates this example:


Example of splitting process batches

Merge process batches


You can use the pushbutton

Merge in the Process Batch area to merge several process batches.

The system generates a new process batch at the next process batch level up. The preceding batches remain at their original process batch level. As a result,
only the new process batch is at the highest level and can be edited further. When you merge process batches, the system does not copy the characteristic
values from the preceding batches.

You can merge process batches that are at different process batch levels.
Example
Action
You perform the function

Merge for process batches PB 1-1 and PB 1-2 (process batch level 1).

Result
The system generates a new process batch (PB 2-1) at process batch level 2. The process batches PB 1-1 and PB 1-2 remain at process batch level 1.
The following graphic illustrates this example:
Example of merging process batches (with two process batches at the same process batch level)

Delete process batches


You can delete a process batch by using the pushbutton
has not yet been assigned to an order item.

Delete process batch in the Process batch area if the process batch is at the highest level, and

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Further Functions for Process Batch Management


Use
In the time ticket/confirmation, there are a number of other functions for process batch management in addition to the features already described.

Features
Send message
You can use the pushbutton
production order.

Message to last person who changed order to send a short message (50 characters) to the person who last changed the

Display or change batch characteristics


You can display the classification of every process batch, input batch or goods receipt batch (

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Usually, you can only display the characteristics of a batch. You can only change the classification of a batch if the following requirements have been met:
The process batch is on the highest level and no goods receipt batch has been created for the process batch.
A goods receipt has not yet been posted for a goods receipt batch.

Find process batch


You can use the
Position Process Batch pushbutton, you can search for process batches in the Process Batch area. You can enter either the complete
batch number or just the first few characters of the batch number.

Display actual quantity


In the confirmation transaction, there are two ways of having the system propose the quantity to be confirmed:
If you press the
ActQty pushbutton, the system proposes in the Process Batch area the quantity that you entered in the previous operation for this
process batch. If you have confirmed quantities in the current operation, the system displays the difference between the quantity that was confirmed in
the previous operation and the quantity that you already confirmed in the current operation.
If you press the

Actual data pushbutton, the system proposes the order quantity in the Operation quantity area.

Error log for quantity check


In the confirmation for production orders, the system carries out quantity checks in which it compares the quantities confirmed via the process batches with
the quantity from the production order. If the system issues warnings as a result of these quantity checks, the system enters all these messages in an error
log.
You can call up this error log by pressing the

Error log quantity check pushbutton.

Error messages that are generated in connection with this are not entered in the error log; they must be processed directly.

Batch where-used list for process batches


In the time ticket/confirmation transaction, you can use the
the production order that is to be confirmed.

PB where-used list pushbutton to display a batch where-used list for the process batches of

If you do not select a process batch, the system displays all the process batches for the production order.
If you select a process batch, the system only uses the selected batch to access the batch where-used list.
You can also display the batch where-used list for process batches in the production order by choosing Header Process/Original batch Process
batches Display usage .

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Batch Determination in Process Batch Management


Use
In the time ticket/confirmation transaction, you can use batch determination to search for stock batches with certain properties, in order to use these as input
batches or goods receipt batches in process batch management.

You can use the copying rules to control which characteristics the system uses for batch management. For further information, see Copying
Rules for Characteristic Values.

Features
Batch determination for goods receipt batches
Depending on which characteristics the stock batch should have, you can execute batch determination for a goods receipt batch in the following areas of the
confirmation:
In the Process Batch area
Select a process batch and choose the pushbutton
Stock Batch Determination GR in the Process Batch area to find a suitable, existing goods
receipt batch.
If the process batch has not yet been assigned to an order item, the system uses the characteristic values of the process batch (classification) and its
material number for batch determination.
If the process batch has already been assigned to an order item, the system uses the characteristic values of the process batch and of the order item (in
accordance with the copying rules) for batch determination.

If an original batch has been assigned to the process batch, the characteristics of the original batch are also taken into consideration.
In the Goods Receipt area
Select a goods receipt row and choose the pushbutton
Stock Batch Determination GR in the Goods Receipt area to execute batch determination for
a goods receipt batch.
If no process batch has not been assigned to the order item, the system uses the characteristic values of the order item (configuration) for batch
determination.

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If you have assigned a process batch to an order item, you can only execute batch determination for this order item in the Process Batch
area.
If an original batch has been assigned to the process batch, the characteristics of the original batch are also taken into consideration.
If the system cannot find a batch that matches the selection criteria, it advises you to create a new batch. The system then adopts the selection criteria as
the characteristic values for the new goods receipt batch. These characteristics values are suggested values and can be changed.

Batch determination for input batches


In the Goods Issue area, you can search for a suitable input batch. To do this, select a component and choose the pushbutton
Determination GI in the Goods Issue area to execute batch management for an input batch.

Stock Batch

If an input batch has not been assigned to the component, the system selects all stock batches for the material of the component for which stock exists.
If an input batch has already been assigned to the component, the system uses the characteristic values of the input batch for batch determination.

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Original Batches in Process Batch Management


Use
You can use an original batch to store the original properties (characteristics) of a production lot. You can therefore store the properties of a material that do
not change during the production process, for example.

Integration
If you have already created process batches for a production order, you can only define original batches within the confirmation. Therefore, you cannot use the
transaction Original Batches for Process/Production Order (BMOBPRO) in combination with process batch management.
Similarly, you cannot generate any process batches for a production order if you have already used this transaction to create original batches for the
production order.

Features
In the confirmation, you can define a process batch as an original batch. To do this, you enter the batch number of an existing process batch in the Assigned
original batch field.
You can assign an original batch to a process batch until you assign this process batch to an order item. Before item assignment, the original batch is marked
as a provisional original batch.
Once you have assigned the process batch (with assigned original batch) to an order item, the system assigns the original batch to the relevant order item.
The original batch is then no longer provisional. The system then selects the OB indicator for the original batch.
If you remove the assignment of a process batch to an order item, the system automatically removes the assignment between the original batch and the order
item as well. If several process batches with the same original batch are assigned to an order item, the system does not remove the assignment between the
original batch and order item until you remove the assignment for all process batches.
You can assign process batches with different original batches to one order item, and you can also assign process batches with the same original batch to
various order items.

Example
Process batches PB-1-A and PB-1-B exist for a production order. Both were generated from process batch PB-1. You therefore want to define process batch
PB-1 as the original batch for PB-1-A and PB-1-B. Once you have entered PB-1 in the Assigned original batch field for the two process batches, PB-1 is a
provisional original batch.
The following graphic illustrates this situation:
PB-1 as provisional original batch before item assignment

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You then assign process batch PB-1-A to order item 1 for material A. With this item assignment, the provisional original batch PB-1 becomes an original batch
for order item 1. The system therefore selects the OB indicator for PB-1.
The following graphic illustrates the situation after item assignment:
PB-1 as original batch after item assignment

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Order Combination in Process Batch Management


Use
You can also generate process batches for combined production orders and the related original orders. However, there are a few factors that need to be taken
into consideration if you do this, and these are discussed here.
For further information on order combination, see Combining Production and Process Orders.

Integration
You can only post goods receipts for original orders. You cannot post goods receipts for combined orders.
In process batch management, the system does not support automatic goods receipts for original orders from the combined orders.

We recommend that you post goods movements for production orders with process batches using the transaction Goods movement (MIGO).

Features
Combination by order

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If you have combined a production order by order, you confirm all operations for this order via the combined order.
In the combined order, you create process batches, edit them, and assign them to items.
In the last operation requiring confirmation in the combined order, you must assign the process batches to the original orders. As order combination is not
allowed for operations with co-product items, the system is able to uniquely assign the process batches to an order item in the original orders.
You can also assign goods receipt batches to the process batches. The system then proposes these goods receipt batches in the transaction Goods
movements (MIGO) if you want to post goods receipts for the original orders.

Combination by operation
If you combined a production order by operation, you confirm the combined operations via the combined order, and the non-combined operations via the
original orders.
The process batches of the original order are transferred to the combined order as follows: The system automatically transfers the highest-level process
batches that are not yet assigned to an item from the original order to the combined order. However, process batches that were created for an operation that
comes after the last combined operation are not transferred to the combined order.
The process batches of the combined order are transferred to the original order as follows: The process batches that you assigned to this original order in the
combined order are transferred from the combined order to the original order. An assignment to the original order is created by assigning a process batch to an
order item. The system automatically transfers the process batches from the combined order to the original order.
Once the last operation requiring confirmation has been combined, the system automatically assigns the process batches to the order item in the original
order. In this case, you can also assign a goods receipt batch to a process batch. The system then proposes these goods receipt batches in the transaction
Goods movements (MIGO) if you post goods receipts for the original order.
If the last operation requiring confirmation in the original order is not combined, you must assign the process batches to the order items manually in the original
order.

Constraints
The following constrains must be taken into consideration when using process batch management together with order combination:
Operations involving co-product items cannot be combined.
You can only delete a process batch in the order that you created it for.
In the combined order, process batches can only be created with reference to an input batch or without reference. They cannot be created with reference to
an order item.
In the last operation requiring confirmation in the combined order, the process batches must be assigned to an order item. After you have saved, the
assignment cannot be removed. The reason for this is that, when you save, the assigned process batches and the confirmed quantities are automatically
transferred to the original orders. If you want to remove the assignment, you must reverse the confirmation for the combined order.

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Target/Actual Comparison for Process Batches


Use
You can use this function to compare the characteristic values in the classification characteristics of the process batch (actual properties of the material) with
the configuration characteristics of the order item (target properties of the material).
This comparison is particularly useful for helping to assign the individual process batches of a production order to the order items.

Integration
The target/actual comparison is available in the transactions Display production order (CO03) and Enter time ticket for production order (CO11N).

In the production order information system, you can display production orders in which the characteristic values of the process batch differ
from those of the order item.
To do this, on the selection screen select the indicator Only orders with PB deviation.

Prerequisites
Before you can carry out a target/actual comparison for a production order, you must have created process batches for it.

Features
In the target/actual comparison, you can compare the characteristic values for combinations of process batches and order items of a production order.
However, for the comparison, the system only uses highest-level process batches and order items with configured materials.
All possible combinations of process batches and order items are displayed in an overview tree on the left-hand side of the screen. You can sort the overview
tree by the following criteria:
Process batch

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If you sort the overview tree by process batches, all configured order items are displayed under the process batch.

If you have already assigned a process batch to an order item, only the order items you assigned the process batch to are displayed for
comparison.
Order item
If you sort the overview tree by order item, all highest-level process batches are displayed under the item.
The status of a combination is indicated as follows:
All characteristic values of the process batch and order item agree.
Some of the characteristic values of the process batch and order item do not agree:
One or more characteristics do not have a value assigned in either the process batch or the order item.
The characteristic values for one or more characteristics are not the same in the process batch and order item. The deviations are within the
defined tolerance.
Some of the characteristic values of the process batch and order item do not agree. The deviations are outside the defined tolerance.

You define tolerances for the target/actual comparison using the business add-in MILL_SOLL_IST_COMP.
If you have not implemented this business add-in in your system, all deviations between process batch and order item are marked with

If you double click on the status for a combination, the characteristics of the process batch and order item are displayed in an overview on the right-hand side
of the screen. Only the characteristics of the process batch class (class type 022 or 023) are displayed.
You use

Display mode to control what information this overview contains:

All characteristics

All deviating characteristics

Deviating characteristics outside tolerance Tolerance


In the status column, the deviations between process batch and order item for the individual characteristics are indicated as follows:
The characteristic value of the process batch agrees with the characteristic value of the order item.
The characteristic value of the process deviates from the characteristic value of the order item, but the deviation is within the defined tolerance.
The characteristic value of the process deviates from the characteristic value of the order item, and the deviation is outside the defined tolerance.

In the case of combined orders, a target/actual comparison can only be carried out for the original orders.
In the target/actual comparison, the system only takes account of process batches for which no goods receipts have been posted.

Activities
You starts the target/actual comparison by
Choosing Header Process/Original batch Process batches
comparison in the transaction Display production order (CO03).
Choosing the pushbutton

Target/actual comparison or the pushbutton

Process batches target/actual

Target/actual comparison in the Create time ticket for production order transaction (CO11N).

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