MIST 5600 – Integrated Enterprise Wide-Systems
Make-to-order production
Name _____________________________________________
Exercise 4
Make-to-Order Production
with Prompt Delivery
This exercise shows the make-to-order production (assembly) of gasoline tanks for
motorbikes.
The exercise mainly focuses on a close integration of sales and distribution, production and
shipment to be able to dispatch the sales order to the customer as quickly as possible after the
production completion.
Process Chain

Creating a Sales Order for a product not kept in inventory. This will automatically
generate the relevant production order. In this case it is a red deluxe gas tank
that must be produced from an unpainted gas tank, red paint, and a gas cap.

We assume production is done ahead of schedule. After production has been
completed, you will confirm the Production Order as fully completed

Newly Determining the Availability of the Sales Order

Shipment

Creating the Transfer Order for the Delivery

Billing

Record the payment
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A. Creating a Sales Order
In this first process step you play the role of an employee in sales order processing working
in the sales organization Germany/Frankfurt. A customer orders goods that have to be specifically
produced in make-to-order production and is to be delivered as quickly as possible.
A1.
Select Logistics  Sales and Distribution  Sales  Order  Create.
A2.
On the Create Sales Order: Initial Screen, enter the following data:
Field
Data Description
Order type
OR Standard Order
Sales organization
1000 Frankfurt/Germany
Distribution channel
12
Sold for resale
Division
00
Cross-division
A3.
Confirm your entries
.
A4.
On the Create Standard Order: Overview - screen, on the Sales folder, enter the following
data:
Field
Data
Description
Sold-to party
1900
J & P, Duesseldorf
PO number
GTD-1XX
XX – Your group number
current date
MM/DD/YYYY
PO date
Req.deliv.date current date + 2 weeks
Pricing date
Material
Order quantity
A5.
current date
1400-700-1XX
XX – Your group number
1 (piece)
Confirm your entries. The system presents the information “Change in invoice date: The
billing date is redetermined” because the proposed Req.deliv.date has been changed.
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Press Enter. The following messages will be presented at the bottom of the screen: “Copy
routing”, “Copy BOM”, “Schedule order”, “Check material availability” and “Release carried
out”.
A7.
To determine the urgency of the order for a later delivery processing, select the material
(the item line will change color).
A8.
Select Goto  Item Shipping.
A9.
The system displays the Create Standard Order: Item data screen. In the section
Shipping, enter the value 1 (high priority) in the field Delivery prior. Confirm.
A10.
Select Goto Overview.
A11.
On the Create Standard Order: Overview screen, select the Shipping folder. In the table
All Items you can see the material availability date, the loading date, the delivering plant
and the shipping point among others.
A12.
Select Save.
The system issues a sales order number. Note this document number. _______________
A13.
Exit.
A14.
Select Logistics  Sales and Distribution  Sales  Order  Display.
A15.
On the Display Sales Order: Initial Screen confirm
the default number of the sales
order previously created. The system displays the Display Standard Order XXXX:
Overview screen.
A16.
Select the order item and then select
Schedule lines for item
. (You may have to scroll
down.)
A17.
On the Display Standard Order XXXX: Item data screen, mark the schedule line with the
confirmed quantity and then select Sched.
A18.
line-detail
..
On the Display Standard Order XXXX: Schedule Line Data screen select Procurement
folder. In the section Assembly/Process you find the corresponding production/assembly
order.
Production order number: __________________________
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The basic dates of this assembly order automatically determine the shipping date (material
staging or transportation planning) of the sales order. To display the assembly order and its
basic dates, select Header in the section Assembly/Process. The system displays the
Production order Display: Header screen.
When is production scheduled to start (date and time)? _______________ _______
When is it scheduled to finish (date and time)?
A20.
_______________ _______
Return to the SAP Easy Access menu.
B. Processing and Confirming a Production Order
After the production order has been processed and delivered to the warehouse, an
employee of the motorbike assembly reports the completion of the respective production
order. The production procedure is displayed in a short version on purpose.
B1.
Select Logistics  Production  Production control  Confirmation  Enter  For order.
B2.
On the Create Production Order Confirmation: Initial Screen, enter the following data:
Field Data
Order Your production order number,
not your sales order.
B3.
Press Enter to confirm.
The system displays the production order.
B4.
On the Confirmation of Production Order Create: Actual data screen, enter the
following data:
Field
Data
Personnel no. 1276 (Dirk Raudies)
Confirm. text
"Completed early, as requested" (optional)
B5.
Select Final conf. [DON'T OMIT THIS!]
B6.
Save your entries. The following messages will be displayed: “Calculate Costs”, “Post
goods movements” and “ Confirmation saved (goods movements:1; failed: 0)
B7.
To check whether the production order has been completed by now and has been send to
the warehouse, press Exit. Go back to Production control.
B8.
Select Order Display.
B9.
On the Production Order Display: Initial Screen, enter the following data:
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Field Data
Order Your production order number
B10.
Confirm your entry.
B11.
On the Production order Display: Header screen, please note the finish date of the
production order on the General folder for the ensuing comparison with the dates of the
sales order.
B12.
To check the order status, on the Production order Display: Header screen, click on
by the Status line. On the Display Status screen, you will find the status DLV in the section
System status, which shows that the order has been completely produced and delivered to
the warehouse. The respective sales order can therefore be dispatched.
B13.
Return to the main SAP Easy Access menu.
C. Newly Determining the Availability of the Sales
Order
In this exercise, we assume that the sales person converses with the customer and thus is
informed that the gasoline tanks are to be delivered as soon as possible. To determine the most
recent shipping date, the sales person executes an availability check and confirms (or modifies) the
newly calculated date. After that the shipment can take place.
C1.
Select Logistics  Sales and Distribution  Sales  Order  Change.
C2.
Enter your original sales order number. Press Enter.
C3.
On the Change Standard Order XXXX: Overview screen, mark the first order item
and select Schedule
lines for item
.
C4.
On the Change Standard Order XXXX: Item data screen, mark the schedule line that
contains a confirmed quantity and select Sched. Line-detail (the magnifying glass).
C5.
On the Change Standard Order XXXX: Schedule Line Data screen select the Sales
folder.
You can now see the planned delivery date. The Shipping folder shows the formerly
planned material availability date and the transportation planning date. You see that the
material availability has been planned in accordance to the former order finish date of
the production order.
C6.
Select Back to return to the Change Standard Order XXXX: Item data
C7.
To determine the shipping dates based on the new availability situation, change Deliv.
Date to the current date.
C8.
Select Item availability
. The system now checks the availability of the necessary
materials taking into consideration the confirmed actual dates of the respective
production order. Acknowledge the information message that is presented.
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After the availability check has been completed, you can see that the system created a
second schedule line and that the delivery can be dispatched earlier than planned.
C9.
To check the new material staging date, mark the schedule line with the confirmed
quantity on the Change Standard Order XXXX: Item data screen and then select
Sched. line – detail
C10.
On the Shipping folder, you can see the new dates. Set the Transport. plan. date to the
current date. The shipping point is 1000 in plant 1000 (Hamburg).
C11.
Save the sales order.
D. Shipment
After confirming the delivery date brought forward by the sales person, the delivery for the sales can
be created.
D1.
Select Logistics  Sales and Distribution  Shipping and Transportation  Outbound
delivery  Create Single Document With Reference to Sales Order
D2.
Enter the Shipping Point: 1000
D3.
Enter the order number: XXXX
D4.
Press Enter.
D5.
Save.
D6.
The delivery is created. Take note of the document number. ______________
D7.
Exit to the main menu.
E. Creating the Transfer Order for the Delivery
E1.
Select Logistics  Sales and Distribution  Shipping and Transportation  Picking 
Create Transfer Order Single Document
E2.
On the Create Transfer order for Delivery Note: Initial Screen, enter the following
data:
Field
Data
Whse number
010
Plant
1000
Delivery
Your document
Adopt pick.quantity 2
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E3.
Press Enter to confirm your entries. The system creates a transfer order for the picking
of the delivery quantities. The option 2 (adopt picking quantity) has the effect that the
goods issue posting for the delivery is done at the same time.
E4.
Save. Record the transfer order number:
_______________________________
E5.
Return to the SAP Easy Access menu.
F. Billing
To complete the business process, you need to create the billing document with reference
to the delivery created earlier.
F1.
Select Logistics  Sales and Distribution  Billing  Billing Document  Create
F2.
On the Create Billing Document screen, enter the following data:
Field
Data
Document number Delivery document number
F3.
Confirm your entry.
On the Invoice (F2): Overview of Billing Items screen, the system displays the billing
items for the gasoline tanks delivered.
F4.
Select Save. The system now automatically forwards the billing data to financial
accounting and profitability analysis and the make-to-order production has been
completed.
F5.
Return to the SAP Easy Access menu.
G. Displaying the Document Flow
To integrate all the information in the logistics chain, the individual Sales and
Distribution documents build on each other and form a network of interrelated documents.
You can access the document flow from any of the Sales and Distribution documents
involved in the entire business transaction. In the case below, the document flow is
accessed from the sales order.
G1.
Select Logistics  Sales and Distribution  Sales  Order  Display.
If the R/3 System does not automatically propose it, enter the sales order number from
the first transaction or search for the order using a matchcode.
G2.
On the Display Sales Order: Initial Screen, select Display Document flow.
The R/3 System displays the different documents involved in the business transaction
and their overall processing status. From this list, you can branch to any of the
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documents shown by placing the cursor on the corresponding line and pressing Display
document. Note that the accounting document for the invoice has an "open" status.
G3.
Return to the SAP Easy Access menu.
H. Payment
Locate the outstanding invoice records for Customer 1900 doing business in
Company code 1000. Verify that the delivery and associated accounting document for the
sales order you processed are displayed.
H1.
Select Accounting  Financial Accounting  Accounts receivable  Account 
Display/change line items
H2.
Enter 1900 for Customer and 1000 for Code company. Select Execute
H3.
On Customer Line Item Display, the delivery document is listed under the Assignment
column. The accounting document is listed under the Doc.no. column. Write it down.
H4.
Exit (to the level Accounts Receivable).
.
Post payment to the invoice you have been tracking and record payment document
number. Enter the requested information, verify the “Not assigned” value is zero and save
the transaction.
H5.
Select Document entry  Incoming payment
H6.
At the Post Incoming Payments: Header Data screen, enter the data shown below:
Field
Data
Document date Today’s date
Company code 1000
Posting date
Today’s date
Currency
EUR
In the section Bank data, enter:
Field
Data
Account
100009
Amount
340.6 (This is 348.0, less a cash discount)
Value date Today’s date
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The Value date is used in the Treasury application for defining the times of cash
inflow and outflow
In the section Open Item Selection, enter 1900 for Account.
In the section Additional Selections, mark Document number.
H7.
Select the button “Process open items”
H8.
On the Post Incoming Payments: Enter selection criteria, enter your accounting
document number in both fields “From” and “To”
H9.
Select the button “Process open items”
H10.
Select Save.
H11.
Exit.
H12.
How can you verify that the accounting document has been cleared?
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