Operations are carried out at a work center.

In the R/3 System work

centers are business objects that can represent the following real work
centers, for example:

Machines

Assembly Work Centers

Work centers are used in task list operations and work orders. Task

Lists are for example routings, maintenance task lists.

Data in work centers is used for

Scheduling

Operating times and formulas are entered in the work center, so

that the duration of an operation can be calculated.

Costing

Formulas are entered in the work center, so that the costs of an

operation can be calculated. A Work Center is also assigned to a cost

center.

Routings
Definition

Routing is a sequence of operations necessary to be performed in

order to produce the required product.

In a Routing it is possible to plan

The operations (process steps) to be carried out during

production.

The activities to be performed in the operations as a basis for

determining dates.

The use of materials during production.

The use of Work Centers.

PLANNING

Demand Management

The function of Demand Management is to determine requirement quantities

and delivery dates for finished product assemblies.

To create a demand program, Demand Management uses Planned

Independent Requirements (PIRs).

Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

The main function of MRP is to guarantee material availability, that is, it is

used to procure or produce the requirement quantities on time both for
internal purposes and for sales and distribution. This process involves the
monitoring of stocks and, in particular, the automatic creation of procurement
proposals for purchasing and production.

Process Flow:

In Demand Management, sales are planned in advance via planned

independent requirements. The result is the independent requirement, that is,

the requirement for the finished product. This result triggers material
requirements planning.

In order to cover these requirements, MRP calculates procurement

quantities and dates as well as plans the corresponding procurement

elements. The procurement element in the planning run is the planned order
or, for external procurement, the purchase requisition. Both procurement
elements are internal planning elements that can be changed, rescheduled or
deleted at any time.
If the material is produced in-house, the system also calculates the dependent
requirements, that is, the quantity of components required to produce the finished
product or the assembly, by exploding the BOM. If a material shortage exists, p