Interfaces

Question 1

I_SC022

Answer 1

Material master info is sent from SAP to Shop Floor System

Question 2

I_SC015

Answer 2

Released process orders are sent from SAP to Shop Floor System

Question 3

I_SC018

Answer 3

Shop Floor System sends details of materials produced and consumed to SAP.
Material is received or issued on the proper process order

Question 4

SC018 Ack

Answer 4

SAP sends an acknowledgement to Shop Floor System for each handling unit as to
whether it was received to inventory in SAP

Question 5

I_LG021

Answer 5

Shop Floor System sends details of products transferred directly from manufacturing
to an offsite warehouse or separate plant. STO and outbound delivery are created
and processed

Question 6

LG021 Ack

Answer 6

SAP sends an acknowledgement to Shop Floor System for each handling unit as to
whether it was successfully processed/transferred

Question 7

I_SC020

Answer 7

Shop Floor System sends updates for handling units to (a) update the stock status,
(b) change the material and/or batch,( c) add or change a release code, and (d) add a
relabel flag – which will trigger a transfer order to a relabel bin in the WH.

Question 8

I_SC021

Answer 8

Shop Floor System sends updates to batch characteristics and/or updates to the stock
status of the batch

Question 9

I_LG013

Answer 9

SAP sends the HU details of a transfer to the manufacturing location. Each child HU is
included, with associated parent, material/batch, net/gross weight, number of tubes,
and associated process order/production run

Question 10

I_SC034

Answer 10

Shop Floor System sends a request to do rework. A process order is created and
released, the components are updated based on the HU’s to be reworked, an STO and
delivery are created, and if WH-managed a transfer order created for the HU’s

Question 11

Availability

Check

Answer 11

SAP check to determine whether the components or

capacities required for a production order are available.

Question 12

Backflush

Answer 12

Automatic consumption of material against a process order.

Question 13

Batch

Determination

Answer 13

The process in SAP to determine the correct batch of the

material to issue to the process order.

Question 14

Bill of Material

BOM

Answer 14

BOM is a formally structured list of the components that
make up a product or assembly. BOM get copied to process
order of in-house manufactured materials.

Question 15

Capacity

Planning

Answer 15

The process in which the capacity requirements are

determined and compared with each other.

Question 16

Confirmation

Answer 16

Confirmation of the materials consumed in producing a
certain quantity of the product. Also, the transaction that
issues the backflushed materials to the process order.

Question 17

Goods Issue

Answer 17

Manual Consumption of material against a process order.

Question 18

Goods Receipt

Answer 18

Increase in inventory of the material being produced /

procured / recorded to the Process Order.

Question 19

Material Master

Answer 19

Material master is maintained with all the details of MRP
and Work Scheduling view related to manufacturing
activities.

Question 20

Master Recipe

Answer 20

In the Master Recipe, the processes to be used for
producing materials in the plant as well as the resources
and ingredients required for production is described.

Question 21

Material
Requirement
Planning (MRP)

Answer 21

The Material Requirements Planning is a component of
Supply Chain Planning used to manage the manufacturing
processes such as ensuring materials are available for
production, plan manufacturing activities, delivery schedules
and purchasing activities etc.

Question 22

Material Type

Answer 22

Characteristic of a part that groups together materials with
the same basic attributes, such as plant stock or a semifinished
product.

Question 23

Order

Confirmation

Answer 23

The confirmations that document the processing status of
operations or sub-operations associated with manufacturing.
The SAP system distinguishes between the partial and final
confirmations.

Question 24

Planned Order

Answer 24

An interim order resulting from an MRP run. Planned Orders
are either changed or turned into a Purchase Order for
external procurement or Process Order for internal
production.

Question 25

Process Order

Answer 25

An order that contains the details such as number of
material components and required dates, for producing an
end product.

Question 26

Production

Execution

Answer 26

A portion that controls the production operations and
captures all the costs that are involved in transforming raw
materials into semi-or finished products.

Question 27

Resources

Answer 27

Resources are like work station on the production floor
which is used to manage the objects and persons involved
in the production process. In Resources, data related to
capacity and scheduling of planned order/process order are
defined along with parameter for costing of Process Order.