Standard SOP Process flow...

Sales & Operations Planning (SOP) is a flexible 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 company’s sales and production operations.

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

SOP is made up of two components.

1. Standard SOP

2. Flexible planning..

Standard SOP

Standard SOP comes largely pre configured with the system. Standard SOP uses info structure S076.The planning method for the Standard SOP information structure (S076) is level-by-level planning. Standard SOP works on Product Groups.

Product group:  A product group combines other product groups and materials. This combination depends on whatever criteria best meet the needs of your company. Examples include the production cycle, product design, or market niche.

Product groups are classified according to whether they are multi-level or single-level.

A product group is multi-level if it contains other product groups. However, the lowest level in a product group hierarchy always consists of materials.

A product group is single-level if its members are materials only. A material or product group can be a member of more than one owner product group.

How to see Info structure S076

Click on Maintain self defined Information structures..

then click on display...

enter the info structure no as S076 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
5. Transfer SOP plan to Demand management. – MC75

Detailed flow with screen shots...

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

        Create product group MC84

Now enter the two materials and give the proportion factors as shown below....

Now Save. Product group is saved

2. Create plan in inactive version

  Now create production plan MC81

Enter sales qty as shown below

Now enter twice

Now save

3. Disaggregate product group plan - MC76

Click on inactive version

Now select your version

Now go to Edit and create Production plan and syn to Sales. Now you can observe that plan entered for product is disaggregated to members as per the proportion factors defined in Product group.

Now save

4. Convert Inactive version to active version

MC78

Enter the required details

Then click on copy

Click on yes

5. Transfer plan to Demand management - MC75

Now enter the required details

Now click on Transfer Now

Now save

Now save

Now check in MD04 to confirm the transfer of the SOP plan to demand Management.

Thanks

Kumar