Production Planning Fundamentals with SAP S/4HANA

Course Category : Digital Transformation

Develop a structured understanding of production planning in SAP S/4HANA, integrating demand, materials, capacity, and production orders within an interconnected enterprise planning environment.
Duration: 5 Days
Level: Foundation to Intermediate

Introduction

Modern manufacturing environments require systematic alignment between anticipated demand, material availability, production resources, and capacity constraints while maintaining consistent information flows across planning, procurement, inventory, and execution functions. SAP S/4HANA supports this integration through a unified enterprise environment for production and material planning.
This course introduces the fundamental concepts of Production Planning in SAP S/4HANA, covering master data, demand management, Material Requirements Planning, capacity planning, and production orders. It also explains how production planning interacts with related SAP functions to support coordinated manufacturing operations and informed planning decisions..

Targeted Audience

Production and Manufacturing Planners
Material and Demand Planning Professionals
Supply Chain Professionals
Manufacturing and Operations Personnel
Business Analysts Working with SAP
SAP S/4HANA Project Team Members
Procurement and Inventory Personnel Involved in Planning
Managers and Supervisors Requiring an Understanding of Production Planning

Targeted Skills

Understanding SAP S/4HANA Production Planning Architecture
Interpreting Production-Related Master Data
Demand and Planned Independent Requirements Management
Understanding Material Requirements Planning Logic
Analysing Capacity Requirements
Understanding the Production Order Lifecycle
Integrating Planning with Production, Inventory, and Procurement
Interpreting Core Production Planning Information

Expected Outcomes

Explain the role of Production Planning within SAP S/4HANA.
Identify the master data required to support production planning processes.
Explain the relationship between demand management and material planning.
Analyse fundamental MRP concepts and interpret planning results.
Understand the role of work centres and capacity in production planning.
Describe the principal stages of the production order lifecycle.
Explain integration between production planning, inventory, procurement, and related processes.
Interpret core planning information to support operational decisions.

Training Topics Index

Position of Production Planning within integrated SAP S/4HANA processes
Core organisational structures supporting manufacturing operations
Material master and production planning data
Bills of Material (BOM) and product structures
Work centres, routings, and their planning relevance

Fundamentals of demand management
Planned Independent Requirements
Relationship between forecasts and customer requirements
Core planning strategy concepts in SAP
Translation of anticipated demand into production and material requirements

Objectives and logic of Material Requirements Planning
Supply and demand elements affecting planning
MRP parameters and planning procedures in SAP S/4HANA
Procurement proposals and planned orders
Stock/requirements information and interpretation of planning results

Capacity concepts and work centre relationships
Capacity requirements and potential bottlenecks
Relationship between planned orders and production orders
Production order structure and lifecycle
Scheduling, availability, release, and order status

Production orders and component consumption
Operation confirmations and production quantities
Finished-product receipt and inventory updates
Integration with materials management, procurement, and inventory
Planning information and production process monitoring

Course Features

Updated and Interactive Content
Hypothetical Examples and Case Studies
Pre- and Post-assessments to Measure Impact
Verified Certificate with a QR Verification Code

Production Planning Fundamentals with SAP S/4HANA