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PPC Planning Production Cockpit

Production Planning Cockpit (PPC)

Integrated Production Planning – Seamless integration with the SCM Business Suite

PPC: Scalable, Customizable, Enterprise-Ready

Production planning is a central pillar of effective supply chain management — but its true value is only realized when it operates in orchestration with the broader planning landscapes. msg’s Production Planning Cockpit (PPC) is a fully integrated, end-to-end planning solution designed to bridge operational supply planning and manufacturing execution within the SAP business suite.

Can be integrated seamlessly into the entire SCM business suite - S/4HANA , ePP/DS and,EWM,  the PPC offers a complete package of advanced planning functions — from availability checks and capacity levelling to detailed sequencing and cost simulation — all in one cohesive, user-friendly environment.

Why Choose PPC?

  • Unify planning and execution in a central cockpit
  • React quickly to constraints and customer commitments
  • Improve planning accuracy and on-time delivery performance
  • Reduce manual effort and enhance transparency across the value chain
  • Simulate what-if scenarios with cost and capacity insights

Your contact

Joschka Argast

Joschka Argast

Senior Sales Manager

One Solution – End-to-End Capabilities

The Production Planning Cockpit is delivered as a complete, fully integrated S/4HANA SCM add-on package. Every customer benefits from the full range of capabilities, enabling comprehensive planning coverage across:

  • Dynamic multi-level availability checks
  • Capacity-aware rescheduling and order confirmations

  • Strategic and medium-term planning with period-based levelling
  • Preparation for detailed scheduling and execution

  • Operation-level sequencing with constraint consideration
  • Setup time reduction and capacity smoothing

  • MRP with integrated capacity bottleneck simulation
  • Planning scenario management and what-if analysis

  • Status tracking and booking of production confirmations
  • Material provision via kanban or JIT/JIS
  • Short-term rescheduling for real-time agility

  • Cost-based planning analysis
  • Real-time simulation and visualisation of cost impacts
  • Performance indicators to support decision-making

  • Easy modelling of capacity limits and period constraints
  • Mass maintenance tools for efficient data management

  • The PPC is seamlessly embedded within SAP S/4HANA. It runs natively with SAP S/4HANA Core and ePP/DS for operational and detailed planning.
  • This tight integration ensures a consistent data foundation and supports a unified planning experience within your SAP landscape.

"Whether your focus is capacity levelling, order commitment, or constraint based planning control, the PPC enables agile decision-making and end-to-end planning transparency — all within a framework aligned with SAP’s vision for intelligent, connected enterprises."

Alexander Iglesias msg

Dr. Alexander Iglesias

Head of Manufacturing

PPC Modules Detailed Breakdown

PPC Product

Availability Check and Order Network Simulation: Transparent, Feasible, Real-Time Planning.

PPC Product

Strategic Capacity Planning Across Time Horizons – Integrated, Flexible, Efficient

PPC Product

Constraint-Based Detailed Planning and Sequencing – Efficient, Transparent, Aligned

PPC Product

Efficient modelling of capacity and planning constraints to ensure realistic and feasible production plans.

PPC Product

Multi-Level Procurement Planning with Clarity and Control.

PPC Product

Bridging Planning and Execution on the Shop Floor.

PPC Product

Cost-aware scenario planning for production strategies.

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Joschka Argast

Joschka Argast

Senior Sales Manager

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