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Lesson: Creating Production Orders

Figure 18: Production Order Processing

● In the figure, Production Order Processing, functions with the key 1 can be automated via
customizing and functions with the key 2 can be executed via background processing.
● The following periodic work for Cost Object Controlling (COC) is usually processed in the
background:
- WIP determination (work in process)
- Variance calculation
- Settlement

You can use the quality management (QM) tools during the production process and for the
goods receipt. Various interfaces for process integration are available for downloading orders
and uploading process messages.

Elements of a Production Order

Principally, a production order in SAP ERP offers the structure shown in the figure, Elements
of a Production Order.

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