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Production types in SAP Production Planning - SAP ERP Tutorial
From the course: Learning SAP Production Planning
Production types in SAP Production Planning
- [Instructor] There are so many different products in our world today. The way these products are manufactured is also unique. The SAP production planning module is generally configured to support three production types, repetitive manufacturing, discrete manufacturing, and process manufacturing. Let's take a deeper look at these production types and when companies would choose to use them. We'll start with repetitive manufacturing. Repetitive manufacturing is the production type used by businesses making large quantities of relatively simple products. We're talking high volume production runs. The products being manufactured are also quite stable, meaning they won't be changed for long periods of time. With repetitive manufacturing, production also tends to be stable with quantities being made at fairly uniform levels over the longterm. Some examples of products include hardware, like nails or screws or office supplies…
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