• Materials, BOMs, and resources
• Production versions
• Work centers (linked as resources)
• PDS (Production Data Structure) or PPM (Production Process Model)
• Transfer demand from SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA
• Use Planned Independent Requirements (PIRs) or sales orders
• Align demand with planning strategies
• Create planned orders to cover shortages
• Examples:
  • SAP_PP_001 (Standard heuristic)
  • SAP_PP_002 (Multi-level planning)
• Assign operations to specific resources and times
• Consider:
  • Capacity constraints
  • Setup times
  • Sequence dependencies
• Use PP/DS optimizer to improve plans based on objectives:
  • Minimize delays
  • Reduce setup times
  • Balance resource utilization
• Use graphical tools:
  • Product View
  • Resource View
  • Detailed Scheduling Planning Board
• Drag & drop orders
• Resolve conflicts manually
• Simulate scenarios
• Identify issues automatically:
  • Capacity overloads
  • Late orders
  • Missing components
• Convert planned orders → production orders
• Send to execution in ERP (e.g., shop floor)
• Works with:
  • PP (Production Planning)
  • MM (Materials Management)
  • SD (Sales & Distribution)

A PP/DS planner might:

1. Check alerts
2. Run heuristics
3. Review product/resource views
4. Adjust schedule manually
5. Run optimizer (if needed)
6. Release orders

• Finite vs infinite scheduling
• Pegging (link between supply & demand)
• Setup matrix
• Planning horizon