SAP S/4HANA Production Planning and Manufacturing Certification Guide - Application Associate Exam

Preparing for your production planning and manufacturing exam? Make the grade with this SAP S/4HANA Production Planning and Manufacturing certification study guide! From supply chain planning to process and production orders, this guide will review the key technical and functional knowledge you need to pass with flying colors. Explore test methodology, key concepts for each topic area, and practice questions and answers. Your path to production planning and manufacturing certification begins here!

Highlights include:
1) Exams C_TS422_1909 and C_TS422_2020
2) Master data
3) Demand management
4) Materials requirements planning
5) Production orders
6) Lean manufacturing
7) Process orders
8) Capacity planning
9) Production planning and detailed scheduling
10) Demand-driven development

List of contents

... Preface ... 15

... How This Book Is Organized ... 15

... Acknowledgments ... 17

... Summary ... 18

... Introduction: The Path to Certification ... 19

... Who This Book Is For ... 20

... Certifications the Book Is Designed For ... 21

... SAP Training and Adoption Courses ... 25

... Tips for Taking the Certification Exam ... 30

... Summary ... 35

1 ... Introduction to Supply Chain Planning ... 37

1.1 ... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 38

1.2 ... Digital Transformation and the Intelligent Enterprise ... 39

1.3 ... SAP S/4HANA ... 41

1.4 ... SAP User Experience ... 44

1.5 ... SAP Activate Framework ... 49

1.6 ... Supply Chain Planning ... 52

1.7 ... Important Terminology ... 57

1.8 ... Practice Questions ... 58

1.9 ... Practice Answers and Explanations ... 60

1.10 ... Test Takeaway ... 61

1.11 ... Summary ... 62

2 ... Master Data for Production ... 63

2.1 ... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 64

2.2 ... Organizational Structure ... 65

2.3 ... Material Master ... 66

2.4 ... Bill of Materials ... 82

2.5 ... Work Centers ... 92

2.6 ... Routings/Task Lists ... 100

2.7 ... Production Versions ... 110

2.8 ... Engineering Change Management ... 112

2.9 ... Important Terminology ... 113

2.10 ... Practice Questions ... 114

2.11 ... Practice Answers and Explanations ... 119

2.12 ... Test Takeaway ... 123

2.13 ... Summary ... 123

3 ... Demand Management ... 125

3.1 ... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 126

3.2 ... Consumption Process and Logic ... 127

3.3 ... Planning Strategy ... 128

3.4 ... Strategies for Make-to-Stock Production ... 130

3.5 ... Strategies for Make-to-Order Production ... 134

3.6 ... Planning for Components ... 137

3.7 ... Assemble-to-Order Production ... 139

3.8 ... Creation of Demand Plan ... 140

3.9 ... Important Terminology ... 141

3.10 ... Practice Questions ... 143

3.11 ... Practice Answers and Explanations ... 145

3.12 ... Test Takeaway ... 147

3.13 ... Summary ... 147

4 ... Material Requirements Planning ... 149

4.1 ... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 150

4.2 ... Material Requirements Planning Procedures ... 151

4.3 ... Planning Process ... 154

4.4 ... Master Data for Material Requirements Planning ... 164

4.5 ... Material Requirements Planning Customization ... 168

4.6 ... Carrying out Planning Run (Classic MRP) ... 178

4.7 ... Carrying out Planning Run Using MRP Live ... 183

4.8 ... Evaluating MRP Results ... 186

4.9 ... Important Terminology ... 190

4.10 ... Practice Questions ... 192

4.11 ... Practice Answers and Explanations ... 194

4.12 ... Test Takeaway ... 195

4.13 ... Summary ... 195

5 ... Production Orders ... 197

5.1 ... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 198

5.2 ... Process Overview ... 199

5.3 ... Master Data ... 205

5.4 ... Production Order Configuration ... 207

5.5 ... Production Order Preparation ... 217

5.6 ... Production Order Execution ... 224

5.7 ... Settlement and Order Completion ... 239

5.8 ... Additional Topics in Production Orders ... 242

5.9 ... Important Terminology ... 246

5.10 ... Practice Questions ... 247

5.11 ... Practice Answers and Explanations ... 252

5.12 ... Test Takeaway ... 255

5.13 ... Summary ... 255

6 ... Lean Manufacturing ... 257

6.1 ... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 258

6.2 ... Repetitive Manufacturing Overview ... 259

6.3 ... Configuring Repetitive Manufacturing ... 273

6.4 ... Kanban ... 282

6.5 ... Important Terminology ... 289

6.6 ... Practice Questions ... 291

6.7 ... Practice Answers and Explanations ... 294

6.8 ... Test Takeaway ... 296

6.9 ... Summary ... 296

7 ... Process Orders ... 297

7.1 ... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 298

7.2 ... Process Order Overview ... 299

7.3 ... Master Data for Process Orders ... 300

7.4 ... Process Order Configuration ... 310

7.5 ... Process Order Processing ... 317

7.6 ... Goods Manufacturing Practices ... 338

7.7 ... Additional and Advanced Functions ... 340

7.8 ... Important Terminology ... 342

7.9 ... Practice Questions ... 343

7.10 ... Practice Question Answers and Explanations ... 345

7.11 ... Test Takeaway ... 347

7.12 ... Summary ... 347

8 ... Capacity Planning ... 349

8.1 ... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 350

8.2 ... Capacity Process Overview ... 351

8.3 ... Master Data and Capacity Planning Settings ... 353

8.4 ... Capacity Evaluation ... 356

8.5 ... Capacity Leveling ... 360

8.6 ... Capacity Availability Check ... 369

8.7 ... Important Terminology ... 372

8.8 ... Practice Questions ... 373

8.9 ... Practice Answers and Explanations ... 375

8.10 ... Test Takeaway ... 376

8.11 ... Summary ... 377

9 ... Advanced Planning ... 379

9.1 ... Objectives of This Portion of the Test ... 381

9.2 ... Overview of Advanced Planning and Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP-DS) ... 381

9.3 ... Master Data for Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling ... 382

9.4 ... Configuration ... 397

9.5 ... Advanced Planning with Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling ... 406

9.6 ... Detailed Scheduling with Embedded Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling ... 416

9.7 ... Alert Monitor ... 429

9.8 ... Predictive Material and Resource Planning ... 433

9.9 ... Demand-Driven Replenishment ... 437

9.10 ... Important Terminology ... 447

9.11 ... Practice Questions ... 449

9.12 ... Practice Answers and Explanations ... 453

9.13 ... Test Takeaway ... 455

9.14 ... Summary ... 456

... The Author ... 457

... Index ... 459

About the author

Siva Kumar Mutnuru is a certified SAP S/4HANA Production Planning and Manufacturing 1909 practitioner with more than 22 years of IT experience, 16 of which have been in the SAP ecosystem. As a consultant, solution architect, and a project manager (and in various other roles), he has accumulated consulting experience across many industry verticals.

Summary

Preparing for your production planning and manufacturing exam? Make the grade with this SAP S/4HANA Production Planning and Manufacturing certification study guide! From supply chain planning to process and production orders, this guide will review the key technical and functional knowledge you need to pass with flying colors. Explore test methodology, key concepts for each topic area, and practice questions and answers. Your path to production planning and manufacturing certification begins here!

Highlights include:
1) Exams C_TS422_1909 and C_TS422_2020
2) Master data
3) Demand management
4) Materials requirements planning
5) Production orders
6) Lean manufacturing
7) Process orders
8) Capacity planning
9) Production planning and detailed scheduling
10) Demand-driven development

Product details

• Authors: Siva Kumar Mutnuru
• Publisher: Rheinwerk Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.05.2022
• EAN: 9781493220830
• ISBN: 978-1-4932-2083-0
• No. of pages: 468
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 27 mm x 255 mm
• Weight: 1001 g
• Series: SAP PRESS Englisch
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; SAP S4/HANA, SAP S4 HANA, SAP S4HANA, SAP S/4 HANA, SAP PP, SAP Production Planning, SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement (S&P), SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing, Capacity planning, Production planning and detailed scheduling (PP-DS)