SAP PP (Production Planning)
Master discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing control on SAP S/4HANA. Build deep expertise in Bill of Materials (BOM), Work Centers, Routing, Material Requirements Planning (MRP), capacity scheduling, and shop floor execution.
Who Is This Program Ideal For?
Designed for production managers, manufacturing engineers, and aspiring ERP consultants wanting to master SAP Production Planning.
Manufacturing & Plant Pros
Production supervisors, plant engineers, and operations managers looking to transition into high-paying SAP PP consulting roles.
Engineering Freshers
Mechanical, industrial, and production engineering graduates wanting to launch rewarding tech careers in enterprise manufacturing systems.
Domain Consultants
Professionals seeking to upgrade their expertise to SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing and Advanced Planning modules.
Core Skills You Will Build
Comprehensive technical mastery across master data creation, MRP execution, capacity leveling, and shop floor control.
Configure multi-level Bill of Materials, operational routings, work center formulas, capacities, and cost centers.
Master multi-level MRP runs, lot-sizing procedures, reorder point planning, and planned order conversions.
Manage production orders, order release, material staging, confirmations, goods receipts, and technical completion (TECO).
Configure discrete manufacturing cycles, repetitive manufacturing profiles, product cost collectors, and Kanban systems.
Curriculum & Modular Syllabus
A structured 5-module progression from plant enterprise structure setup to advanced shop floor execution.
- Enterprise Structure in PP: Defining Plant, Storage Locations, Planning Plants, and Production Schedulers
- Work Center configuration: Basic data, capacities, scheduling formulas, costing parameters, and formulas
- Bill of Materials (BOM): BOM usage, item categories, alternative BOMs, multi-level BOM structures, and engineering change management
- Routing configuration: Task lists, operation control keys, standard values, and work center linkages
- Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP): Product groups, flexible planning, and aggregate demand forecasting
- Demand Management: Planned independent requirements (PIR), customer requirements, and requirement types
- Planning Strategies: Make-to-Stock (MTS) and Make-to-Order (MTO) strategy configurations
- Verifying demand availability and transfer of requirements to production planning
- Material Requirements Planning (MRP): MRP types, lot-sizing procedures, safety stock, and planning horizons
- Running MRP (Single-item interactive, multi-item total planning, background jobs)
- Evaluation of MRP results: Stock/requirements list, planning result lists, and exception messages
- Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP): Capacity evaluation, capacity leveling, and finite scheduling configurations
- Production Order Creation, conversion of planned orders, and order types configuration
- Order Release process, availability check (material and capacity), and print control
- Shop Floor Activities: Material staging, goods issue for production, order confirmation, and goods receipt of finished goods
- Order status management: Created, Released, Printed, Confirmed, Delivered, and Technically Completed (TECO)
- Repetitive Manufacturing (REM): Planning table, pull-list, backflush operations, and product cost collectors
- Kanban Principle: Control cycles, Kanban board, signal boards, and demand replenishment
- SAP S/4HANA PP Innovations: Advanced Planning and Scheduling (PP/DS), MRP Live high-speed processing, and Fiori apps
- Certification exam preparation, mock question banks, and technical interview grooming
Real-World Enterprise Capstone Projects
Build rich portfolio project scenarios simulating live global client manufacturing implementations.
Greenfield Plant Master Data & Routing Design
Configure multi-level Bills of Materials, complex work center formulas, and operational routings for an automotive assembly plant.
Multi-Level MRP Run & Capacity Leveling Execution
Execute comprehensive MRP runs, resolve exception messages, and perform finite capacity leveling on overloaded work centers.
Discrete Production Order Lifecycle & Backflush
Manage the complete order lifecycle from planned order conversion to material staging, operation confirmation, and goods receipt.
Repetitive Manufacturing (REM) & Kanban Setup
Configure REM profiles, pull-lists, backflushing mechanisms, and Kanban control cycles for a continuous assembly plant.
Learner Success & Reviews
See how our alumni transitioned into high-growth SAP PP Consultant roles.
"The hands-on configuration training on work centers, routings, MRP runs, and production order execution helped me crack Cognizant on my first attempt."
"Mastering BOM structures, capacity leveling, and shop floor goods movements gave me immediate job-ready skills for top IT consulting roles."
Frequently Asked Questions
Common queries regarding prerequisites, server access, batch schedules, and placements.
No coding or programming experience is required. SAP PP is a functional enterprise configuration module focused on plant manufacturing logic and production operations.
Yes. Every student receives 24/7 dedicated remote desktop access to a live SAP S/4HANA server for practicing production configurations and transactions.
Yes. The curriculum maps directly to the official SAP S/4HANA Production Planning and Manufacturing certification exam blueprints, complete with mock exam question reviews.
Tools & Modules Covered
Master the core manufacturing, planning, and shop floor components of the SAP landscape.
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