Dr. Schneider | PP/DS joint production

At Dr. Schneider, joint production should not be processed via one order, but via several orders, as otherwise the costs would also be reported back to Controlling via one order instead of separate orders. In addition, product manufacturing results in different levels of scrap, which also cannot be mapped in one order.

It was therefore necessary to realise an individual joint production in PP/DS that does not use the standard means of the SAP production process, so that costs and scrap quantities for individual products can be considered and defined separately.

Dr. Schneider's individual requirements resulted in an extremely complex scenario: separate orders had to be synchronised so that the individually planned products could run simultaneously on the resource and thus be manufactured in the injection moulding process at the same time. Planned and production orders were linked together via several external relationships, thus implementing simultaneous scheduling.

In addition, machine setters were scheduled to the last minute so that they would be available at the right time and ensure optimal set-up. Finally, a sequence that optimised set-up times was achieved using dynamic set-up times and matrices.

The synchronisation of the relevant planning and production orders for the process also had to be maintained when quantities were changed, implemented and reported.

The decisive advantage of the CONSILIO solution lies in the separate mapping of the joint production via product-specific in-house production orders, which makes it possible to view the costs individually in FI/CO and the scrap and batch sizes in procurement.

In the overall view, the factors mentioned were not only relevant for joint production, but also for the subsequent S/4HANA project. The realisation of joint production took place immediately, but the implementation with S/4HANA Go-live.