Shift Related Confirmation: a Breakthrough in Manufacturing

Applies to:
SAP Logistics modules ECC 6.00, EHP3. For more information, visit the Manufacturing homepage.

Summary
This is a functionality SAP has developed and released in Enhancement Package number 3 which enables the user to enter shift related confirmation while confirming the production. Author: Y M REDDY

Company: Intelligroup Asia private Ltd Created on: 29 July 2009

Author Bio
YM Reddy has thirty years of work experience including ten years of SAP Logistic modules experience. He has been working with Intelligroup for the last four years in Supply Chain Management and currently Designated as Principal Consultant

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Table of Contents
Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................3 Configuration Required.......................................................................................................................................3 Master Data ........................................................................................................................................................6 Confirmation Transaction....................................................................................................................................8 Business Benefits .............................................................................................................................................11 Disclaimer and Liability Notice..........................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
It was the long felt need of the manufacturing industry to have shift wise confirmation. To have better control and accountability in the shop floor, industry is very much in need of this functionality. SAP recognized the need of the industry and included the same in enhancement package number 3. In this package one can use shift related confirmation while making production order / Process order confirmation.

Configuration Required
Shift Sequence: Create at least one shift grouping with shift definition and shift sequence in the following path Path: Production-->Basic data-->work center-->Capacity Planning-->Available capacity-->define shift sequence

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Configuration required for shift confirmation: Production-->Shop floor control-->Operation-->confirmation-->Define confirmation parameters

In the above screen in the field "Proposal" one can specify which shift the system is to propose (set as the default value) in a confirmation. The setting made here is effective in the confirmation transaction CO15.

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You have to set the header confirmation check box in the above screen. Similar settings can be made for process order confirmation also which will be effective in confirmation transaction CORK One can choose between the following options in the Proposal (default value) field: Shift not used With this setting, the Shift field is not visible on the entry screen for the confirmation. No shift With this setting, the Shift field is visible in the confirmation but there is no default (proposed) value. You must manually choose a shift when entering the confirmation. Current shift With this setting, the system proposes the shift that best suits the current local date and time. Previous shift With this setting, the system proposes the shift that lies before the current shift. Shift for planned date Finish Execution With this setting, the system proposes a shift that matches up with the planned date Latest Scheduled Finish: Execution (Date) if this date lies in the future, the shift that matches up with the current local date and time is proposed. If the system finds more than one suitable shift, it does not propose any shift.

In this particular case 'No shift" option is selected.

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Master Data
To use this functionality a specific master data requirement needs to be complied. Work center maintenance: Capacity header screen you have to fill the grouping like below:

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Then the shift sequence maintained in the grouping will take effect

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Confirmation Transaction

Here shift is not a default because in the configuration we have selected "No shift" option.

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User can fill the shift required of his choice

After confirming as above you can get the report in COOIS by selecting the confirmations as below:

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You can see in CO14 also as shown below:

In the same way we can have operation wise confirmation also by configuring in OPKO( Single screen entry) and can be used in CO11N. The other functionalities included in EHP3 are: Shift Note: A shift note is a brief comment on an event. Such a comment cannot be entered elsewhere (for example, in a confirmation or a maintenance notification). Examples of such events that have to be reported include: Comments on a work center Change of material

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Shift Report: The shift report is created by the shift manager or production supervisor in relation to a work center in order to collect all important information on the current shift. At the end of a shift, the user can manually generate a PDF document. The PDF document of the shift report can consist of the following parts: Header data and company logo Shift notes Confirmation data including activity confirmations goods movements Maintenance notifications Graphical evaluations You can flexibly specify which of this information is to be part of the shift report and what the layout of the shift report is to look like in Customizing for the shift report.

Business Benefits
The user can report shift wise production quantities precisely and also scrap quantities during production confirmation. One can have the shift wise production quantities and scrap quantities in the form of customized Report. By having the report of production quantities and scrap quantities accountability can be fixed. Monitoring will be effective. There is a scope for improvement in the efficiency. This improvement will finally result in increased productivity.

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Disclaimer and Liability Notice

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