Sales and Operations Planning in SAP

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Sales & Operations Planning (SOP) is a f lexible forecasting and planning tool with which sales, production, and

other supply chain targets can be set on the basis of historical, existing, and estimated future data.

Use SOP to streamline and consolidate your companys sales and production operations.

SOP is particularly suitable for long! and medium!term planning.

SOP is made up of two components.

". Standard SOP

#. $lexible planning..

Standard SOP

Standard SOP comes largely pre configured with the system. Standard SOP uses info structure S%'.he

planning method for the Standard SOP information structure (S%') is level-by-level planning. Standard

SOP wors on Product *roups.

Product group+ product group combines other product groups and materials. his combination depends onwhate-er criteria best meet the needs of your company. xamples include the production cycle, product design,

or maret niche.

Product groups are classified according to whether they are multi!le-el or single!le-el.

product group is multi!le-el if it contains other product groups. /owe-er, the lowest le-el in a product group

hierarchy always consists of materials.

product group is single!le-el if its members are materials only. material or product group can be a member of

more than one owner product group.

/ow to see 0nfo structure S%'


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1lic on 2aintain self defined 0nformation structures..

then clic on display...


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enter the info structure no as S%' then enter...

Process Flow of Standard SOP:

1. Creation of Product group MC84

2. Create plan in inactive version MC81

3. Disaggregate product group plan MC76

4. Convert Inactive version to active version MC78

. !ransfer "#P plan to De$and $anage$ent. MC7

Detailed ow with screen shots...

1. Creation of Product group : Materials used% 2121 and 2122

Create product group MC84


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3ow enter the two materials and gi-e the proportion factors as shown below....

3ow Sa-e. Product group is sa-ed

. Create plan in inactive version - !C"#

&o' create "ales plan for t(e Product group as s(o'n )elo'.


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nter sales 4ty as shown below


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3ow enter twice

3ow sa-e

$. Disaggregate product group plan - !C%&


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3ow disaggregate the Plan of the product group to members as shown below...

1lic on inacti-e -ersion

3ow select your -ersion


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3ow go to dit and create Production plan and syn to Sales as shown below...

3ow you can obser-e that plan entered for product group is disaggregated to members ( 2aterials ) as per theproportion factors defined in Product group.


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3ow sa-e

'. Convert (nactive version to active version- !C%"

1opy the plan in inacti-e -ersion (%%5) to acti-e -ersion %% as shown below....


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nter the re4uired details

hen clic on copy

1lic on yes

). *ransfer plan to De+and +anage+ent - !C%)


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&o' enter t(e re*uired details

3ow clic on ransfer 3ow

3ow sa-e


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3ow sa-e

3ow chec in 26%7 for the planned independent re4uirements of the material as shown below....

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Sales and Operations Planning in SAP