Prerequisites Note Before using this case study in your classroom please make sure that all technical end closing, user management etc.) and didactic prerequisites are fulfilled. Such prerequisites are briefly pointed out below. Detailed documentation can be displayed at and downloaded from the or the SAP University Alliances Community (UAC) portal UCC web sites. Technical Prerequisites The Production Planning and Execution case is based on a standard SAP ERP client with the current GBI dataset. Before processing the case study on your own or with your students all general setting should be checked. This includes month-end closing in Materials Management (transaction Month-end closing in MM MMPV MMPV) which is documented on the UCC web sites. Note With the current version of the GBI client a year-end closing is not Year-end closing necessary, because it has already been automated or because it is not needed for the process described in the curriculum material. User accounts in the SAP system need to be created or unlocked. User management Product MOTIVATION SAP ERP Theoretical lectures explain The main goal of this document is to G.B.I. concepts, principles, and theories help instructors prepare the SAP Release 6.07 through reading and discussion. system for the Production Planning They, therefore, enable students to and Execution case study process Level acquire knowledge and gain and to support them trouble-shoot theoretical insights. problems that might occur during the Instructor In contrast, case studies allow course. them to develop their abilities to Focus analyze enterprise problems, learn Beside technical and didactic Production Planning and and develop possible solutions, prerequisites, the lecturer notes list Execution and make sound decisions. SAP transactions for testing and correcting student results in the SAP Author The main objective of the GBI case system. In addition, this document studies in general is for students to describes common problems and Stefan Weidner understand the concept of explains their reason and solution. Michael Boldau integration. These descriptive and explanatory case studies will allow Version students to understand the 2.30 importance and the advantages of integrating enterprise areas using Last Update an ERP system. June 2014
Product SAP ERP G.B.I. Release 6.07 Level Instructor Focus Production Planning and Execution Author Stefan Weidner Michael Boldau Version 2.30 Last Update June 2014 MOTIVATION Theoretical lectures explain concepts, principles, and theories through reading and discussion. They, therefore, enable students to acquire knowledge and gain theoretical insights. In contrast, case studies allow them to develop their abilities to analyze enterprise problems, learn and develop possible solutions, and make sound decisions. The main objective of the GBI case studies in general is for students to understand the concept of integration. These descriptive and explanatory case studies will allow students to understand the importance and the advantages of integrating enterprise areas using an ERP system. The main goal of this document is to help instructors prepare the SAP system for the Production Planning and Execution case study process and to support them trouble-shoot problems that might occur during the course. Beside technical and didactic prerequisites, the lecturer notes list SAP transactions for testing and correcting student results in the SAP system. In addition, this document describes common problems and explains their reason and solution. Prerequisites Note Before using this case study in your classroom please make sure that all technical closing, user management etc.) and didactic prerequisites are fulfilled. Such prerequisites are briefly pointed out below. Detailed documentation can be displayed at and downloaded from the SAP University Alliances Community (UAC) portal or the UCC web sites. Technical Prerequisites The Production Planning and Execution case is based on a standard SAP ERP client with the current GBI dataset. Before processing the case study on your own or with your students all general setting should be checked. This includes month-end closing in Materials Management (transaction MMPV) which is documented on the UCC web sites. Month-end closing in MM MMPV Note With the current version of the GBI client a year-end closing is not necessary, because it has already been automated or because it is not needed for the process described in the curriculum material. Year-end closing User accounts in the SAP system need to be created or unlocked. User management end