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S/4HANA Manufacturing - Big Picture
Under S/4HANA there are fundamental changes in the area of manufacturing.
Learn more about the advantages and changes of the new components
The Advanced Variant Configuration is the logical and consistent further development of LO-VC. A completely new engine is used to process Variant Configuration and forms the basis for configuring products in a new way.
Highlights of the latest release:
- Easier relations
- Value-adding relations
- State-of-the art modeling environment
- SAP PEO connects different stages of the production process from design to production control in an integrated SAP solution using the latest FIORI Apps
- It includes change management, bill of material management, production process planning, production order management and the management of complex production execution processes
- DDMRP enables planning based on current customer needs and promotes the decoupling of value-adding material flows to overcome supply chain disruptions
- Inventory buffers are dynamically adjusted to maintain this flow and efficiently manage inventory levels
- MRP Live accelerates business processes by using faster scheduling and planning
- The massively improved performance enables fast reactions to demand fluctuations and offers an efficient comparison of receipts and requirements
- Monitor the capacity utilization of your resources and identify workload deviations for both PP workstations and PP/DS resources
- Create a feasible production plan using the "Advanced Planning" tool in the production planning board
- Visual Manufacturing Planner helps you to transfer parts lists from design to production and offers visual structuring options
- Improve your production planning with 3D visualization and the ability to manage different scenarios for your planning scope
- Eliminate the system boundary between development and production and integrate additional areas such as quality management, maintenance or change management
- Create, maintain and monitor external requirements and ensure that enough inventory is planned to meet your needs to meet the needs of your customers
- Monitor security of supply for a list of materials and easily take action to prevent shortages or unnecessary inventory
- Create or edit production orders, obtain details about components and solve problems by using cockpits that provide you with the necessary functionalities at a glance
- Monitor production execution, report back operations and perform material provisioning quickly using the information you have available (such as work center)
- Predictive MRP is a long-term planning tool to identify shortages in capacity or inventory and evaluate alternative solutions
- Improve customer satisfaction and reduce unnecessary inventory by identifying and recognizing potential problems early, taking into account current trends and seasonal conditions
- Avoid demolition scenarios by analyzing production figures in consideration of capacities and sources of supply and react in time with appropriate measures such as changing shift schedules or supplier relationships
- The extended production planning offers numerous algorithms and functions for complex planning situations and different industries
- Improve MRP planning results by smoothing capacities and deliver to customers on time using heuristics and the optimizer for finite planning
- Use various planning boards and monitor transactions that show you quantity and terminal values and capacity overloads at a glance
It is widely discussed that although the latest version of SAP ERP represents a technical advance and provides the basis for applications in the context of IoT and Industry 4.0, it is not clear whether and if so, what advantages it brings for the business departments. The search for an ROI is therefore often difficult.
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