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:
Discrete Manufacturing