pp interview

1. PPInterviewQuestions
PART-A
1) Describe standardProductionPlanningandControl Cycle
SOPDemandmanagementPIRsMRPPlannedOrdersProduction
OrdersProductionExecutionSettlementof Prodorders
2) Describe SOPandFlexible Planninganddifferences
3) Differenttypesof Productionscenariosavailable-
a. Discrete Mfg
b. REM
c. ProcessMfg
d. Kanban
e. ETO
4) DifferencesbetweenREMand Discrete mfg
5) What isPSA (ProductionsupplyArea)-UsedinKANBAN.A control cycle isdefinedforPSA for
obtainingmaterial fromthisPSA.
6) What isthe masterdata usedinDiscrete mfg-Material Master,WC,BOM,Routing
7) What isthe masterdata usedinPP-PI-MaterialMaster,BOM,Resource,MasterRecipe
8) What isBack flush andwhere all youcan setit
a. Material master
b. WC
c. ProductionOrder
d. ProductionSchedulingProfile
e. In OrderConfirmationParameters-GoodsMovementsall Components
9) What are the standardinterfacesbetweenPPandothermodulesinSAP
a. SD
b. MM
c. CO
d. PS
e. HCM
f. QM
g. WM
10) What isASAPand ASAPtools
11) What are the tasksthat can be performedatPlantLevel—INVENTORY
MANAGEMENT,DEMANDMANAGEMENT & PRODUCTION PLANNING,PRODUCTION
CONTROL,REQUIREMENT PLANNING,PLANTMAINTENANCE.
12) Describe MRP Controller,Capacity PlannerandProductionScheduler.
13) What is CrossPlantplanningandhow it is possible-SPK
14) If we don’twantuserto knowthe standard value during CONFIRMATION,how dowe do-In
the parametersforOrderConfirmationtick ”ACTUALDATA”
PART-B (Masterdata)

2. 1. What are the differentviews ina Material Master whichbelongtoPP.
2. ExplainMRP1 to MRP4 views
a. MRP1-How Productionneedsare tobe met-MRPtype andController
b. MRP2-Specifieshowthe material istobe procured,has Schedulingmarginkey,GR
processTime,Issue Storage location.
c. MRP3-StrategyGroup,Consumptionmode,AvailabilityCheck
d. MRP4-Planningof dependentcomponents,Productionversions,Methodof
explosion
3. What are the differenttypesof Scraps
a. AssemblyScrap-materialMaster(MRP-1)
b. ComponentScrap-material Master(MRP4),BOM
c. OperationScrap- ROUTING
4. What are the differenttypesof BOMsthat can be createdinSAP
a. Material BOM
b. EquipmentBOM
c. Functional LocationBOM
d. DocumentBOM
e. WBS BOM
5. What isa PhantomAssembly
6. What isthe significanceof IndandCollectiveRequirementsinMRP4view
7. If a BOMComponentqty isto be fixedirrespectiveof Headerqtywhatisto be done-FIXED
QTY INDICATOR(Notapplicable if itisaAlternative itemorCo-Product)
8. What isPLANNINGTIME FENCE and itssignificance(UsefulforMasterSchedulingItems).
9. Technical BOMs are of twotypes
a. VariantBOM-Groupsseveral BOMshavinga large no of commoncomponents
b. Multiple BOM(AlsocalledasAlternative BOM)-One objectwithdifferent
combinationof materials
10. How doyou knowif a BOM iscreatedfrom external source(ALE)- InheaderdatainFurther
data tab there wouldbe ALEindicator
11. How doyou knowif a itemina BOMis an assembly.
12. ImportantTablesinBOM-MAST,STKO, STOP,STAS.
13. What are the variousitemcategoriesinaBOM –
a. D-Doc Item
b. I PMstructural Item
c. K ClassItem
d. L Stock Item
e. M PhantomAssy
f. N Nonstock Item (Purchasingdatashouldbe maintained)
g. R variable size item
h. T Text item
14. What isOver andUnder deliverytolerance-Where all youcanmaintain,--SO,material
Master WS view,Prod Order
15. AutoGR-Thiscan be done thru“Prod SchedulingProfileorControl Keyof Routing”
16. Describe PPCosting

3. 17. What isa ProductionVersion-Combinationof BOMand Routingandcan be usedinREM and
Discrete mfg.
18. Describe variousPlanningStrategies MTOand MTS
19. What isa triggerpoint, Use and where doyouassignit
20. BOM explosionforDependentRequirements –Where doyoumaintain-MRP4view.Theyare
–By Order qty,ByExplosiondate, ByProdversion, ByProdversiononly.
21.
PART-C (SOP)
1. At whatlevelsPlanningcanbe done-ProductGroup andMaterial Level
2. Can the Operationsplanbe distributedtovariousplants-ThruDistributionkey
3. What are the variousPlanningMethods-Consistent.Level byLevel,Delta
4. What isPlanningHierarchy-Itisacombinationof Characteristicvalues.
5. Flexible Planning–WorksonlyinConsistemtorLevel byLevel
6. What are the Planninglevelsavailable inSOP-PRODUCTGROUPor MATERIAL,PLANT,PROD
VERSION.
7. PlanningHierarchyisrelatedtoINFOSTRUCTURE
8. What isan EVENT?
9. How EVENTSare assignedtoSOP—TCMC8B
10. On whatBasisResource levellingcalculatesthe RESOURCELOAD-ThruRoughcut planning
profiles
11. Describe Annual Planning
12. What are the differentForecastingModels- Constant,Trend,Seasonal,Mixed.
13.
PART-D (DEMAND MANAGEMENT)
1. What isthe goal of Demandmanagement
2. Whendo yougo for MTS andMTO
3. How doyou assigna demandtobe adjustedbetweentwoproductionlines-EditPIRinMD62
and thru MENU optiondistribute betweentwoprodlines
4. PlanningStrategiesforMTS and MTO.
5.
PART-E (MRP)
1. What isthe functionalityof MRPand how doesit behave inthe case of Master Schedule
Items
2. What are the InputsforMRP
a. PIRs
b. CustomerRequirements
c. SecondaryRequirements
d. Stocks

4. e. FixedReceipts
3. Out putof MRP-PlannedOrdersandPurchase Requisitions
4. What isthe difference betweenConsumptionBasedPlanningandDeterministicPlanning-
Past orientedandFuture Oriented.
5. What isSafetyStock-Absolute andSafetydays
6. If a material istobe deliveredonaParticularday ,thenhow do yougo about it-Time Phased
PlanningP1—
7. What isRegenerative Planning,NetChange PlanningandNetChange PlanninginPlanning
Horizon.
8. What isthe difference betweenBasicdate(Material master) andLeadtime(FromRouting)
Scheduling
9.
PART-F (LTP)
1. What isthe purpose of LTP
2. What isthe firststepin executingLTP-Releaseof PlanningScenario
3. What can be Evaluatedinthe LTP Simulation
a. ComparisonwithOperativePlanning
b. Analysisof capacity
c. RequirementsandInventoryAnalysis
d. Cost CenterPlanning
4. What isthe basisforcarrying outLTP-Inactive PIRs.
5. What isthe difference betweenSimulationRunandMRP.
6. What isthe significanceof BOMselectionIDinLTP-
PART-G (Capacity Planning)
1. Whenis CapacityRequirementsdetermined-InLeadtime Scheduling.
2. How are the CapacityRequirementsReduced-TECO,LockingOrder, DeletionFlag, Operation
Confirmation
PART-H (ProductionOrders)
1. What isCheckControl-ItisforCheckingMatl Availability,Capacity Availabilty,PRT
availability.
a. Thiscan be done at Ordercreation
b. OrderRelease
2. How is Production Version Selected-Manual orAutomaticisdefinedinthe Ordertype
dependentParameters.
3. Is itpossible toreadMaster data afteran ProductionOrderisreleased-Possible if noGoods
Movementshave takenplace