ERP Processes SAP in the manufacturing industry

This is an overview of the business processes in the SAP ERP manufacturing industry. I will adjust the posting to include the transaction codes of the SAP ERP system for this processes. I will provide separate postings with the way for customizing the system for perforing these processes.

• Sales Plan CO PA (controlling Profitability analysis). Transaction codes:  KE11, KE1G, KEPP, KE1E .
• Sales and operating plan (SOP)
• PP (production planning)
• Cost and Revenue Processing CO (Controlling product cosing)
• Cost Center Processing CO (Overhead calculation)
• Activity types processing CO (for activity related costs)
• Cost center planning (flexible)
• Material master record processing (the accounting view)
• Plan product costing with BOM (bill of material)
• Plan the contribution margin
• Material master data creation (PP)
• Material BOM processing
• Work place processing
• Work plan processing
• RP (requirements plan)
• RP
• Primary requirements
• MRP (material requirements plan) total
• Purchase requisitions
• Material master
• Vendor master
• PO (purchase order)
• Vendor Master Financials
• IR invoice receipt
• GR (goods receipt)
• GR Quality
• Automatic vendor payment
• Planning order release
• Production order
• Costing the order
• Release the order
• Execute the order
• GI (goods issue) for the PO (purchase order )
• WIP  (work in prossess )
• Variances

These are the most critical process in a manufactoring company for the repetitive manufactoring scenario. The scenario will include several more process if it would include the sales part. The scenario simplifies and does not refer to the HR part of the process.

Combinations of SAP software cover several business process in almost all industries.