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May 01, 2018 at 11:13 PM

Modeling printing plate in SAP PP

190 Views Last edit May 02, 2018 at 02:31 PM 3 rev

Hello,

I am currently trying to find the right model for printing plates in SAP PP with the following criteria:

  • Each plate can be used 20,000 - 35,000 times for printing. Our production order size is 10,000. So, it can used in 2-4 production orders.
  • Usage of plate in production order must be able to be tracked. Each plate has its own serial number.
  • Plates are internally produced. Planning for them is based on printing orders, but the planning run must consider remaining usages of existing plates. Let’s say for planning purpose we use 30,000 times as the standard usage.

I am thinking of using batch characteristics to store the usage and use exits during confirmation and MRP run to update and consider it for calculation. I would like to explore other possibilities, especially using standard features as much as possible.