SAP PP (beginner to advanced)

SAP PP (Production Planning) is a component of SAP ECC that allows the businesses to plan the manufacturing, sale and distribution of goods. SAP PP module handles the master data required for Bill of Materials (BOMs) activity, work center and routing, and keeps it in a separate component. SAP Production Planning is one of the most important modules of SAP dealing with processes such as material planning, capacity planning, production planning, goods movement, and billing of goods. SAP PP facilitates the process of meeting the demand and manufacturing capacity of an organization as well as helps an organization schedule the procurement and manufacturing of products. SAP PP is fully integrated with other modules of SAP such as SAP MM, QM, PM, FICO. SAP PP sub-modules vary as per industry type for e.g. discrete production, repetitive production, or production industries. SAP PP module manages the key steps in executing a production order viz.