Activating sites

To create sites and site related master data, you must activate the Sites concept in the Multisite Concepts Activation (tcemm4600m000) workbench session.

Prerequisites

Before activating the Sites concept, these parameters must be set to Active:

  • Item Type Product
  • Standard Cost by Enterprise Unit
  • Planning Cluster Mandatory

The Sites concept includes the settings displayed in the procedure steps below. For each setting, the user activities are briefly outlined. Details are provided in subsequent topics.

The step titles refer to the activation activity options in the Multisite Concepts Activation (tcemm4600m000) workbench session. The sessions referred to in each step are accessed from the Activation Activity (tcemm4610m000) session. See Activating multisite concepts and The Multisite Concepts Activation (tcemm4600m000) workbench.

  1. Enterprise Model in Preparation

    The first stage of the site activation process involves adding sites to the enterprise model.

    1. Enterprise Model in Preparation
      Set the Sites concept to Enterprise Model in Preparation in the Multisite Concepts Activation (tcemm4600m000) workbench session.
    2. Create Sites

      1. Define sites using the Sites (tcemm0150m000) and Site (tcemm0650m000) sessions.
      2. Generate subentity settings by site, for example, warehousing settings by site.
    3. Assign Sites

      1. Assign sites to entities using the Assign Sites (tcemm0250m000) session.
      2. Verify the results of the site assignment process.
    4. Relate Machines to Sites
      Optionally, manually link machines that are not related to work centers to sites using the Machines (Machine Types) (tirou0102m000) session.
    5. Generate Master Data by Office
      Generate global default data by office in the Generate Master Data by Office (tccom0232m000) session.
    6. Validate Enterprise Model
      Use the Validate Enterprise Model for Multisite (tccom0230m000) session to validate the enterprise model defined in the previous steps.
    See Activate sites - Enterprise model in preparation.
  2. In Preparation

    The second stage of the site activation process involves adding sites to items and other master data.

    1. In Preparation
      Set the Sites concept to In Preparation in the Multisite Concepts Activation (tcemm4600m000) workbench session.
    2. Optionally, generate default item data by site, office, or by site and subentity in the Generate Master Data (tccom0231m000) session using these options in the Multisite Concepts Activation (tcemm4600m000) workbench session:

      1. Generate Item Defaults
      2. Generate Item Planning Defaults

        See Activate sites - In preparation, generate item default data.

      3. Validate the data using the Validate Master Data for Multisite (tccom0230m100) session.
    3. Generate item data by site, office, by site and subentity, or by office in the Generate Master Data (tccom0231m000) session using these options in the Multisite Concepts Activation (tcemm4600m000) workbench session:

      1. Generate Item Data
      2. Generate Warehousing Item Data
      3. Generate Planning Item Data
      4. Generate Production Item Data
      5. Generate Procurement Item Data
      6. Generate Sales Item Data
      7. Generate Service Item Data

      See Activate sites - In preparation, generate item data.

    4. Validate Item Data
      Validate the data using the Validate Master Data for Multisite (tccom0230m100) session.
    5. Define additional master data by site in the Generate Master Data (tccom0231m000) session using these options in the Multisite Concepts Activation (tcemm4600m000) workbench session:

      1. Generate Common Master Data
      2. Generate Production Master Data
      3. Generate Procurement Master Data
      4. Generate Sales Master Data
      5. Generate Service Master Data
      6. Generate Project Master Data
      7. Generate Quality Master Data
      8. Generate Warehousing Master Data

      See Activate sites - In preparation, generate other site related master data

    6. Validate Other Master Data
      Validate all data using the Validate Master Data for Multisite (tccom0230m100) session.
  3. Active
    Set the Sites concept to Active in the Multisite Concepts Activation (tcemm4600m000) workbench session. See Activate sites - Activating the Sites parameter.