Helpful SAP PP module contents to assist those supporting the SAP Production Planning Module.  There are samples certification, interview questions and answers as well as common tcodes used in SAP PP.  If you have any SAP Production Planning and Control question, please feel free to raise it in the SAP PP Forum.

The SAP PP modules are use mainly in the Manufacturing industry.  This component allow you to create BOM, routing, work center, plan orders, production order and confirmation.  It is tightly integrated with modules such as SAP MM and SAP SD thru the used of MRP which is also part of PP.
 

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• S/4HANA Production Planning Module

 
• PP Master Data Overview

 
• Production Order Processing
• Production Orders and Planning

 
• MRP Run
• Material Supply Planning

• Schedule MRP Run

• mySAP Certification - Criteria
• SAP PP Certification – Sharing My Exam Experience
• SAP PP Certification Sample Questions and Answers
• SAP PP Self Test Certification Questions

• What is SAP Production Planning
• Overall Goal of Production Planning
• SAP PP Questions and Answers
• Sample Questions on SAP PP
• SAP PP Test Questions (MCQ)
• Steps of a Typical Production Process
• SAP Production Execution Process
• Production Resources Tools Self Review Questions and Answers
• Randomly Pick Multiple Choice Questions and Answers #1
• Randomly Pick Multiple Choice Questions and Answers #2

• Interview Questions and Anwsers on SAP PP
• SAP PP Interview Questions

• Transaction Code To View All SAP Tables
• Commonly Used Tcodes in PP Module Part 1
• Commonly Used Tcodes in PP Module Part 2
• Commonly Used Tcodes in PP Module Part 3
• SAP ECM Transaction Codes
• Tcodes of Common SAP PP Process
• SAP PP Customizing Transaction Codes
• OPJS - Defining Reduction Strategy

• SAP Production Planning Table
• SAP PP Master Data Tables
• Table of the Order Production Operation
• Cost Analysis Table In Production Order
• MRP Area Forecast Table

• Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
• MRP Report
• The Concept Of MRP In ERP
• Why used Planning tools like APO or I2?
• Difference between MRP vs MPS
• Factory Calendar
• GR processing time in PP and MM
• Calculation to determine the delivery date and release date
• Purchasing processing Time - OPPQ
• Define Safety Stock Availability
• Defining MRP Groups
• Questions on MRP Group and MRP Controller
• Daily Task Of MRP Planner Using MD06
• Explain MRP profile, MRP group, MRP controller, MRP type
• How to Take The MRP Run for Individual MRP Controller
• Individual Collective Requirement Indicator
• The Common Planning Strategy used
• Why Planning file entry still Exists
• Planning File Entry Not Created
• Total Planning ? Netch, Netpl, Neupl
• How The MRP Planning File Works
• Processing Keys In TC MD02
• Planning Strategy Selection
• MRP Monthly lot size
• Reservation Not Created During MRP Run
• How to Configure Range Of Coverage Profile
• Lose of link between sales order and production order
• Batch Characteristics while Running MRP
• What is Firming Type in the MRP Types
• How MRP Type In MM MRP View 1 Works
• MRP Types Procedure Description
• Functions of Production Version
• Steps To Do Repetative Manufacturing
• What The Use of Reorder Planning
• What Is Planned and Unplanned Consumption
• Planning separately via Storage Loc or Vendor MRP Area
• MRP Area Customizing and Mass Updating
• What is MRP Area And How Is It defined
• MD04 - Inconsistencies after PGI - SDRQCR21
• MD04 MD05 MD06 MD07 Differences
• MD04 Material Consumption Tab Not Appearing
• What Is Safety Stock In MRP ERP
• Explain Rounding Profile In MRP
• Difference Between MTO and MTS
• Checking Groups and Checking Rules
• MRP Not Creating Purchase Requisition
• How And When To Use MDAB Transaction
• Step by Step Process Of MRP Flow
• Usage Probability For MRP Run
• MRP To Generate PR Once In No Of days
• Planned Order Split For Material During MRP RUN
• Splitting Of The Forecast Requirements
• Pre Requisites Before Running MRP
• Creating Planning Scenario MS31
• MRP And SOP Definition And Flow
• Take Planning Run with MS01
• MRP Setting For ERSA Material Type
• Production Planning Material Requirement Planning
• Fixed Vendor Not defaulted in Purchase Requisition Generated from MRP
• Number Range 01 for Object MDTB Nearly Exhausted

• Rescheduling date not take in account the GR Process Time
• Schedule Margin Key in Production Scheduling
• Work Scheduling View in Material Master
• Scheduling Background Jobs for MRP
• What is Finite and Infinite Scheduling
• What Is Mean By Schedule Lines
• Difference Between Basic and Lead Time Scheduling
• What Is Work Scheduling
• What Is The Rescheduling Horizon
• Scheduling For Planned Order

• What Is Production Order
• Production Setup Time
• Material Stock in Production Order
• Automatic Conversion to Production Orders
• Regarding Production Order Confirmation
• Add An Entry Field In CO11N
• What is Backflushing
• How Costing takes place in Production Orders
• SAP flow for REWORK activity
• Rework Thru Trigger Point
• Serial Number For Component
• Serial Number Concept And Scenario In PP
• Procedure For Printing The Production Order
• Issue and Receipt Storage Location in Production
• Process Order (COR1) Batch Management
• No GR and GI Posting After TECO
• Change Not Allowed When Order Status TECO
• Production Order Inspection Lot
• Yield Of Operation for Next Operation
• Production Order External Operation Processing
• Account Assignment Of Production Order
• MFBF REM Back Flushing
• Production Operations Orders And Scheduling

• Checking Costs and Revenues from the Sales Order
• List of Confirmation on a Particular Work Center
• Collective Report For Production Variance
• Explain Reporting Point Backflush

• Exact data from the MRP Table
• Production Order Quantity Change Daily Checklist
• Compare Prod. Confirm against Planned by Work Centre
• Customized Work Center List

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• Flow of Production Planning
• Mass Change of Production Times
• PDF: SAP Integration Model: MM PP SD FI
• PDF: PP QM Flow in SAP
• PDF: PP SD MM QM Tcode Flow

• PP Year End To Do List
• Production Planning and Control FAQ
• List of PP Transport Request and their IMG Path
• The Overall Flow For SAP PP
• Production Planning Process Industries Flow
• Planning / Production Alternate Plant
• How To Do Master Record Mass Maintenance
• Manufacturing Environment Relevant Questions and Answers
• Questions and Answers for Manufacturing Execution
• SAP PP Master Data Questions And Answers
• Material Planning SAP Questions and Answers

• What Is BOM
• How to link BOM component to storage location
• When is a Material BOM Not Exploded
• Simple BOM / Group BOM
• Explode BOM
• Where used list for BOM
• Controlling data for your Bill of Materials
• Allocating BOM to Other Plant 
• Mass Change Bill of Materials
• Multi-level configuration with variants
• Explain What Is Material Variants
• What exactly is a Phantom item or Assembly means
• Attachment Of Drawings in BOMs
• Steps To Create Material BOM
• How To Do Process Scrap Recycling
• Fixed Waste For Finished Goods
• CS03 To Display Alternative BOM
• Types of BOM
• Differences Between Sales BOM and Production BOM
• Explain Detached Order Assembly
• Bill Of Materials Self-Review Multiple Choice Questions Answers #1
• Bill Of Materials Self-Review Multiple Choice Questions Answers #2
• Select Alternative BOM in Sales order

• Define the default components reservation movement type
• Goods Receipt (101) for Process Order
• Goods receipt and goods issue through a PI sheet
• Transactional Flow Of PP-PI
• Steps for Subcontracting
• Two Types of Subcontracting Relevant for PP
• Stock in Transit - liquidation or remove stk which in transit
• Restricting GR Unless Production Order Confirmed
• Goods Receipt of a Production Order
• Functionality Usage And Limitations Of COGI

• Changing warning msgs to error msg n vice-versa
• Production Control System Messages
• Production Order System Status
• Explain System and User Status In Production Order

• What is Discrete Manufacturing, REM, Demand Mgt
• Discrete Manufacturing - The Made To Order Cycle
• Discrete Manufacturing - The Made To Stock Cycle
• Discrete Manufacturing - The Step By Step Tcodes
• Split The Order Qty In Discrete Manufacturing

• What Is Repetitive Manufacturing

• Capacity Planning
• Capacity Leveling Profile Setup
• Rough Cut Capacity Load In Standard SOP
• Operation Dispatching and Deallocation

• Guide To Mass Replace Work Center
• Set Parameter and Work Center Formula
• Delete Or Archive Work Centers
• Work Center Relevant Questions and Answers
• Work Center Basic Data View And Formula
• Cost Center and Activity Type in SAP PP

• How to “permanently” delete new planned orders?
• Assign Multiple Planned Order to a Purchase Requistion
• Planned Order Conversion to Process Orders
• Planned Order To Production Order Conversion
• Planning Table Data MF50
• MF50 Capacity Leveling With Production Order
• Define Scheduling Parameters for Planned Orders

• A basic Engineering Change Management Setup

• Split In Routing / Diff Between Alternative And Parallel Seq
• What and How To Create Routing
• Display of all Routings for All Materials at a Time
• Forward and Backward Scheduling In Routing
• Routing Self Evaluation Questions and Answers
• Production Processes in Rate Routing
• Routing For Configurable Material

• Authorization Object For BOM

• How To Delete Old Production Orders
• Unable To Delete Production Order
• BOM Archiving Object CS_BOM In CS28
• PP Archiving Object Self-Evaluation Questions Answers

• Routing AS-IT and TO-BE
• Production Planning Demand Management AS-IS TO-BE

• Demand Forecast Excerise of End-Users

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