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In previous post entitled SAP Transactions with Syncade in Life Sciences – Overview the basics behind the SAP to Syncade interface and transaction was provided. This post provides more detail on the general requirements associated with the Production orders download transaction.

Production orders (aka process orders) are created in SAP.  A production order generally contains, but is not limited to, the item to be produced, Bill of Materials, Order status, and start and end dates.  Generally once each day (or other frequency) the interface will transmit to Syncade the production orders that have been created during the intervening period.  Included with the production order information is the product to be produced.  Additional information such as quantity of product to be produced along with start and finish dates for the production order is also captured.   

When the SAP production order is downloaded to Syncade it can automatically create a Syncade Process Order of spawn multiple Syncade process orders depending on the configuration of the interface.  Process orders created in Syncade can also be created with a number of different statuses depending on the business requirements.  For example, we've seen situations where every process order in Syncade that was dowloaded from SAP was approved and released to production by Quality Assurance in spite of the order being approved in SAP. The following two cases provide additional considerations when downloading production orders:

• For recipes where the user wishes to select between multiple Bills-of-Material (BOMs), the BOM information is held in SAP and provided along with the production order.  The BOM information is used to dynamically update the Syncade recipe to include the desired list of materials and quantities.  Each stage of the manufacturing process will have its own Process Order number and a discrete BOM.
• The product material code guides the selection of the recipe.  If alternate recipes are available for a product, the primary recipe is assigned.  To select an alternate recipe, the user must manually create the Syncade production order and assign the alternate.
• Once created, changes in a Syncade process order is limited to changes in start and finish dates and in some cases to the quantity of the product to be produced.
• The interface also has the ability to confirm that the BOM passed down with the production order matches the BOM in the recipe.  Notification is provided in the event the BOMs do not match.

The following links provide further information on Syncade to SAP transactions.

SAP Transactions with Syncade in Life Sciences – Overview

SAP Transactions with Syncade in Life Sciences – Material Master Downloads and Updates

SAP Transactions with Syncade in Life Sciences – Transfer Order Download

SAP Transactions with Syncade in Life Sciences – Quality Status Verification

SAP Transactions with Syncade in Life Sciences – Goods Issue

SAP Transactions with Syncade in Life Sciences – Miscellaneous Goods Issue

SAP Transactions with Syncade in Life Sciences – Goods Receipt