PP / M2D Senior Consultant / Solution Lead – 90 Days

Overview

An advanced PP / M2D roadmap focused on architecture, integration, migration/modernization, production operations and senior interview judgment.

Topics covered

Week-wise plan

1. Week 1

   Embedded PP/DS in S/4HANA — senior depth

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   • Review advanced design trade-offs, integration boundaries and production risks for Embedded PP/DS in S/4HANA
   • Solve the advanced scenario and explain how you would prove the root cause with evidence
   • Practice architect/senior interview questions and define a production-readiness checklist
2. Week 2

   Demand Management, MRP, Capacity and Advanced Planning — senior depth

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   • Review advanced design trade-offs, integration boundaries and production risks for Demand Management, MRP, Capacity and Advanced Planning
   • Solve the advanced scenario and explain how you would prove the root cause with evidence
   • Practice architect/senior interview questions and define a production-readiness checklist
3. Week 3

   Manufacturing Costing, WIP, Variance, Integration and Support — senior depth

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   • Review advanced design trade-offs, integration boundaries and production risks for Manufacturing Costing, WIP, Variance, Integration and Support
   • Solve the advanced scenario and explain how you would prove the root cause with evidence
   • Practice architect/senior interview questions and define a production-readiness checklist
4. Week 4

   PP Foundation and Manufacturing Master Data — senior depth

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   • Review advanced design trade-offs, integration boundaries and production risks for PP Foundation and Manufacturing Master Data
   • Solve the advanced scenario and explain how you would prove the root cause with evidence
   • Practice architect/senior interview questions and define a production-readiness checklist
5. Week 5

   Production Orders, Process Orders and Shop-Floor Execution — senior depth

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   • Review advanced design trade-offs, integration boundaries and production risks for Production Orders, Process Orders and Shop-Floor Execution
   • Solve the advanced scenario and explain how you would prove the root cause with evidence
   • Practice architect/senior interview questions and define a production-readiness checklist
6. Week 6

   S/4HANA Manufacturing, PP/DS, IBP, Migration and Architecture — senior depth

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   • Review advanced design trade-offs, integration boundaries and production risks for S/4HANA Manufacturing, PP/DS, IBP, Migration and Architecture
   • Solve the advanced scenario and explain how you would prove the root cause with evidence
   • Practice architect/senior interview questions and define a production-readiness checklist
7. Week 7

   PP Master Data — senior depth

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   • Review advanced design trade-offs, integration boundaries and production risks for PP Master Data
   • Solve the advanced scenario and explain how you would prove the root cause with evidence
   • Practice architect/senior interview questions and define a production-readiness checklist
8. Week 8

   Bill of Materials — senior depth

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   • Review advanced design trade-offs, integration boundaries and production risks for Bill of Materials
   • Solve the advanced scenario and explain how you would prove the root cause with evidence
   • Practice architect/senior interview questions and define a production-readiness checklist
9. Week 9

   Routing — senior depth

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   • Review advanced design trade-offs, integration boundaries and production risks for Routing
   • Solve the advanced scenario and explain how you would prove the root cause with evidence
   • Practice architect/senior interview questions and define a production-readiness checklist
10. Week 10

    Work Centers — senior depth

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    • Review advanced design trade-offs, integration boundaries and production risks for Work Centers
    • Solve the advanced scenario and explain how you would prove the root cause with evidence
    • Practice architect/senior interview questions and define a production-readiness checklist
11. Week 11

    Production Versions — senior depth

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    • Review advanced design trade-offs, integration boundaries and production risks for Production Versions
    • Solve the advanced scenario and explain how you would prove the root cause with evidence
    • Practice architect/senior interview questions and define a production-readiness checklist
12. Week 12

    MRP — senior depth

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    • Review advanced design trade-offs, integration boundaries and production risks for MRP
    • Solve the advanced scenario and explain how you would prove the root cause with evidence
    • Practice architect/senior interview questions and define a production-readiness checklist

Practice tasks

• Produce architecture and integration diagrams for the major process areas
• Review at least five production failure scenarios and define evidence-driven RCA steps
• Create a design-decision log with alternatives and trade-offs
• Run senior/architect mock and interview questions and refine weak areas

Interview preparation

• Defend design choices with business, technical and operational evidence
• Explain failure isolation across application, integration, security and data layers
• Discuss clean-core, upgrade, performance and supportability implications where applicable
• Define cutover, monitoring, rollback and ownership for critical changes

• Can lead solution/design reviews
• Can separate symptom from root cause across integrated systems
• Can define measurable production-readiness criteria
• Can coach junior consultants using reusable troubleshooting patterns

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