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… that most process industry manufacturing is too complex for the scheduling applications put out by the major vendors.
I recently had an interesting experience at a process industry manufacturing client. I was surprised to learn that they were satisfied with the scheduling they performed solely with several enhancements to SAP ERP (that is not even the SAP PP/DS advanced planning scheduling application).
After speaking with them at some length, I learned some interesting things about their production process.

There are no leading and lagging operations (much like discrete manufacturing)
All materials are mixed in a mixer/vat
All jobs …

Executive Summary

A recipe is the process industry name for a bill of materials.
We cover recipes in SAP ERP, how the recipe with the Production Version of SAP ERP works, and how to create and copy Production Versions and recipe management.

Video Introduction: Considering Recipes for Process Industry Manufacturing
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Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video)
Recipes are a central object in process industry manufacturing, describing what makes up the finished product. This article will learn the contrast between recipes, formulas, and the bill of materials while explaining these items in SAP.
Background on …