What is production engineer in SAP PP-BD - Basic Data?

SAP Term: production engineer

• Component: PP-BD

• Component Name: Basic Data

• Description: A business role assigned to a person who maintains master data that is relevant for manufacturing, such as work instructions, routings, work centers, and manufacturing BOMs. The production engineer's goal is to optimize complex production processes regarding time, throughput, costs, quality, and sustainability. The production engineer cooperates with design engineers and production supervisors, for example.

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• Key Concepts: 
  Production engineers are responsible for the planning, design, and implementation of production processes. They are responsible for ensuring that production processes are efficient, cost-effective, and safe. In SAP, production engineers use the PP-BD Basic Data component to manage and maintain production data. 
  
  How to use it: 
  The PP-BD Basic Data component in SAP allows production engineers to create and maintain master data related to production processes. This includes creating and maintaining material master data, bill of materials (BOMs), routing information, and work centers. It also allows them to define the sequence of operations for each process and assign resources to each operation. 
  
  Tips & Tricks: 
  When creating master data in the PP-BD Basic Data component, it is important to ensure that all data is accurate and up-to-date. This will help ensure that production processes run smoothly and efficiently. Additionally, it is important to keep track of changes made to master data so that any issues can be quickly identified and resolved. 
  
  Related Information: 
  For more information on the PP-BD Basic Data component in SAP, please refer to the official SAP documentation at https://help.sap.com/viewer/product/SAP_ERP_6.0_EHPs_6/6.0/en-US/f3d8f9a7c2b04d8a9f3e7c2b8e9f3d8f.html