Run your SAP PP system like a finely tuned machine! Learn how to configure SAP ERP Production Planning for discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing and master BOM status definitions, process message characteristics, and master data. Dive into SAP PP workflows and use Process Management, release production orders, and create planning tables. Covering everything from S&OP and MRP to SAP Demand Management and the Early Warning System, this book will help you get your production process to maximum efficiency! *Master SAP ERP Production Planning for discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing *Streamline your SAP PP processes using tools like S&OP *Configure master data, manufacturing profiles, work centers, and more Configuration Get step-by-step instructions for configuring SAP PP, from master data shared by all manufacturing types to specific settings and control keys for discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing. Workflow Tools Learn to use sales and operations planning, material requirements planning, SAP Demand Management, and long-term planning throughout your production workflow. Reporting and Optimization Get more out of your production system with capacity requirements planning, co-products, by-products, and more. Then evaluate and monitor your system using built-in reports and the Early Warning System. *Discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing *Configuration *Sales and operations planning (S&OP) *Material requirements planning (MRP) *SAP Demand Management *Long-term planning (LTP) *Special procurement types *Capacity requirements planning (CRP) *Digital signatures *Early Warning System (EWS) Jawad Akhtar is the SAP leader for business sales and delivery at IBM Pakistan. He earned a chemical engineering degree from the Missouri University of Science and Technology (USA) in 1996. He has more than 18 years of professional experience and has completed several large-scale SAP implementations and rollout lifecycles. He has led large teams in his roles as an SAP integration manager and SAP project manager, and has also been actively involved in business development and solution architect roles.