Independent, reasoning-first practice for the SAP® C_TS422 Production Planning and Manufacturing certification, built for the 2026 System-Based Assessment format.
Who it's for: Manufacturing and production-planning consultants — and business users stepping into an SAP S/4HANA manufacturing role — who want a recognized associate credential proving they can set up master data and run discrete and process production, planning, capacity, and advanced PP/DS processes as a mentored member of an implementation project team.
The SAP® C_TS422 certification confirms that you can operate and support the production planning and manufacturing line of business in SAP S/4HANA, not merely describe it. It spans the manufacturing consultant's core toolkit — master data such as materials, bills of material, work centers and routings; supply chain planning and demand management; material requirements planning with MRP Live and predictive MRP; capacity evaluation and leveling; discrete and process shopfloor control through production and process orders; and advanced planning with embedded PP/DS including detailed scheduling and optimization. Delivered as a System-Based Assessment, the exam rewards applied execution: you complete configuration and transaction tasks in a live system rather than answering isolated recall items. The credential is relevant across both the cloud private edition and the traditional on-premise deployment of S/4HANA, and it targets the consultant profile at an entry-level, project-contribution depth.
The blueprint areas to focus your preparation on.
Creating and maintaining the master data that manufacturing depends on — material and product master, bills of material with advanced functions like phantoms, co-products and variant BOMs, work centers and capacities, and routings or task lists including reference operation sets and engineering change management.
Understanding how supply chain planning is structured and executed, setting up demand programs, and applying make-to-stock and make-to-order planning strategies so that requirements flow correctly into the downstream planning run.
Running material requirements planning with MRP Live and the classic planning run, working with predictive MRP (pMRP) and demand-driven replenishment (DDMRP), and evaluating planning results to manage the generated procurement and production proposals.
Using capacity evaluation reports such as the work center load report and the Manage Work Center Capacity app, and performing capacity leveling with the tabular planning table, capacity scheduling table, and scheduling board for discrete manufacturing.
Managing the production order lifecycle for discrete manufacturing — order creation and scheduling, material availability checks, releasing orders, and executing goods issues, confirmations, and goods receipts, together with the integration back to production planning.
Handling process-industry manufacturing through the process order lifecycle — analyzing process master data, creating process orders, and executing releasing, goods issues, confirmations, and goods receipts for process production.
Applying embedded Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling — PP/DS master data and the alert monitor, planning strategies and heuristics, detailed scheduling on the planning board, supply-creation-based confirmation, optimization, and combining a multistep PP/DS run with MRP Live.
The SAP learning-journey courses this certification draws on.
Implementing SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
Builds the implementation foundation — system landscapes, users and authorizations, fit-to-standard workshops, business-process configuration, the Fiori launchpad, extensibility, integrations, data migration, and testing — for both conversion and new-implementation projects.
Introducing RISE with SAP Methodology for SAP Partners and Customers
Introduces the RISE with SAP methodology — its phases, key components, recommended tooling, and the methodology dashboard — providing the delivery framing for a cloud private edition transformation.
Discovering the Basics of SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing
A beginner overview of the core manufacturing processes — supply chain planning, demand management, MRP and capacity planning basics, production types, and the structure and processing of production orders.
Exploring Business Processes in SAP S/4HANA Production Planning
Teaches planning techniques — supply chain planning, demand-program creation with make-to-stock and make-to-order, planned receipts through MRP Live, and evaluating planning results.
Exploring Business Processes in SAP S/4HANA Discrete Shopfloor Control
Covers the fundamentals of discrete shopfloor control — discrete master data, integration with production planning, the production order lifecycle, order creation, and execution steps such as goods issues, confirmations, and goods receipts.
Exploring Business Processes in SAP S/4HANA Process Shopfloor Control
Introduces process-industry shopfloor control — process master data, integration with production planning, the process order lifecycle, and executing process orders through releasing, goods issues, confirmations, and goods receipts.
Exploring Basic Data for Manufacturing and Product Management in SAP S/4HANA
A deep dive into manufacturing master data — material and product master, bills of material including advanced and variant functions, work centers and capacities, task lists and routings, and change management through engineering change management.
Exploring Production Planning in SAP S/4HANA
Covers production planning essentials — supply chain planning, demand management and planning strategies, predictive MRP, MRP Live and capacity evaluation, demand-driven replenishment, and a multistep planning run in PP/DS.
Exploring Advanced Production Planning with SAP S/4HANA PP/DS
Focuses on embedded PP/DS — advanced master data and the alert monitor, planning strategies and heuristics, executing the PP/DS planning run, detailed scheduling and the planning board, optimization, and combining PP/DS with MRP Live.
Exploring Capacity Planning in SAP S/4HANA
Teaches capacity planning for discrete manufacturing — capacity evaluation with load reports and the Manage Work Center Capacity app, and capacity leveling using the tabular planning table, capacity scheduling table, and scheduling board.
Manage Production Orders in SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing
Walks through the production order lifecycle — order integration and master data, creating and scheduling orders, material availability checks and release, and executing goods issues, confirmations, and goods receipts.
Reading is step one — the 2026 System-Based Assessment rewards hands-on fluency. Train with original, performance-style scenarios and skill drills built for this exam.
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