Introduction
Before you understand how SAP processes being developed we make an excursus about the tasks of an industrial manufacturer.
- Technical-orientated tasks:

- Economic-orientated tasks:

- The combination is better known as Y-Model by Scheer:

- Another possible perspective is following:

- To achieve those tasks SAP has created its ERP on different modules:

- The SAP Production Planning main processes are:

- For SAP setting it is important that the production type of the manufacturing plant is known. Here is the overview of the three major types:

