Configuring an Additional Activity Type in PP

Additional Activities Type for Work Center

The following are the steps to configure an additional activities type:-

• OP51 - Check Settings for formulas
• OP54 - Check formulas for Costing
• Ensure that usage of the parameters are indicated. Some parameters are appropriate for capacity calculation but not for schedule calculation. If you like to find out the parameter id, you could use the Search Fld. for Param. pull down button to do so.
• KLH2 - Maintain hierarchy of Activity type group.
• OP19 - Define standard value key
• The purpose of standard value keys is to group together a set of parameters for the purpose of ensuring that the standard values for the parameters are supplied in the operations of the routing. This is so that the formula (for calculating cost, schedule, and capacity) could have the necessary figures to work with. Once the parameters are associated with the standard value keys, work centers quoting this standard values will be able to dictate whether or not the parameter values are optional or mandatory entry in the operations of the routing. The pre-requisite for using this transaction is that the parameters must have been pre-created.
• KA01 - Create Primary Cost Element for the new activities type.
• KL01 - Create Activity Type tied to the primary cost element. (the Cost element field)
• KP26 - Change Activity Type/Activity Price Planning - maintain the Variable price

If the user include the additional activities in their work center, the routing that used the work center will required more time to finished the jobs.

The operations Start and Finish date will be extended due to the extra time spent on the work center. The cost of production increases in line with the extra activity which will be reflected in the Factory Output when you do a cost analysis in the production order. The new activity will have a price attached to it and the moving average price will increase.