Industrial Software Applications

2 Focus on Production Planning Systems (PPS)

This chapter focuses on Production Planning Systems (PPS), which represent the core application for manufacturing companies. After this chapter, you should be able to …

• – … sketch the basic functions of a PPS system and the MRP II concept.
• – … describe the three main master data needed for production planning.
• – … explode a BoM.
• – … schedule the start of production steps.
• – … explain the necessity of capacity leveling.
• – … know the functions of a production order.
• – … tell the difference and the relationship between PPS-systems and sub-ERP systems like MES and below.

2.1 PPS at the Core of Industrial Manufacturing

2.1.1 Manufacturing Process and Materials Management

Manufacturing is a core-process ...