With QPPD, an Add-On designed by the company Secat GmbH, you can manage regulations, standards, and quality data centrally in SAP ECC or S/4HANA – 100% flexible, fully integrated, and immediately productive.
Maintain control over your product and process data – from specification to quality assurance.
A Smart Add-On for Complex Manufacturing Environments
For companies with highly variable manufacturing processes – such as those in the metal, steel, and aluminum industries – concircle offers a solution by the company Secat GmbH: QPPD – the add-on for SAP S/4HANA & SAP Cloud ERP.
With QPPD, you can design product- and order-specific manufacturing processes directly in SAP and connect your variant logic with production planning.
This enables end-to-end, variant-capable processes – from quotation configuration to production.
concircle is the preferred project partner of Secat GmbH, the developer of the QPPD core applications. concircle has developed several add-ons and extensions to the QPPD core functionality. These include, for example, the integration of SAP standard business objects and/or concircle’s workflow engine, which is used for the orchestration and atomization of QPPD processes.
The add-on enables:
Full transparency over production-specific parameters and process dependencies
Flexible mapping of customer requirements without complex custom developments
Optimal integration into your SAP variant configuration and manufacturing processes
Industry-specific extensions for variable products in steel, aluminum, and metal
What is QPPD?
QPPD is an SAP add-on implemented by concircle that supports you in managing regulations, standards, and master data – customized, scalable, and fully integrated into SAP.
The tool serves as a universal regulation and master data system for all logistics modules.
Thanks to its user-friendly interface and ABAP-based extensibility, it is ideally suited for manufacturing companies in industries such as chemicals, pharmaceuticals, automotive, or metal processing.
Technical requirements:
- SAP ECC 6.0 or SAP S/4HANA
- Integration with QM, SD, and PP
QPPD can be seamlessly integrated into your SAP interface:
- Display of all specifications and regulations in a central cockpit
- Clear tabs for documents, inspections, and versions
- Compatible with SAP Fiori for a modern user experience
What are the benefits of QPPD?
Central data management
Product, process, and quality information in one place.
Quick access
Direct integration into SAP transactions for all relevant roles.
Better data quality
Uniform standards and validated master data.
Full traceability
Complete history of all specifications and changes.
Time and cost savings
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Compliance & audit security
Meets regulatory requirements (ISO, GMP, etc.).
Scalable & future-proof
Available for SAP ECC and S/4HANA.
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what are the functions of QPPD?
Central Functions
- Easy management of additional product and process master data directly in the ERP system
- Unlimited expansion of fields via customizing (no Z development)
- Direct maintenance of QPPD additional master data via SAP standard transactions (e.g., material master via MM02)
- Flexible structuring of data in QPPD according to user requirements
- Integrated status and version management
- Option to link, inherit, and reference data between SAP objects
- Dynamic and rule-based resolution of master data in customer order cases (order dressing)
- Supply of MES systems with all necessary process parameters
- Seamless integration and use in SAP order processing from customer order to production and QM processing to packaging and shipping
Detail Functions
Flexible cockpit for specification management
- Powerful yet flexible user cockpit (GUI)
- Enrichment of existing SAP master data (material master/customer) with unlimited data
- Create, change, display, and archive specifications and master data
- Mapping of hierarchical structures and objects
- Versioning, object comparison, and status management
- SAP change documents
Integration into all relevant SAP standard modules
- Example processes supported by QPPD: quotation, customer order, order processing, costing, production orders, test instructions, certificates
- Open for customer-specific extensions
- Development know-how and customizing decoupled from SAP standard modules (MM, SD, PP, QM)
Integrated, user-friendly rule management with SAP BRF+
- Use of standard BRF+ for defining business rules
- Maintenance of business rules directly within the respective departments
- Dynamic input control and value validation
- Dynamic application of rules in order cases (order dressing)
Modular standard integration of additional concircle products
| QPPD Module | Functional Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Core | QPPD.core | MDM basic functionality |
| QPPD.api | Digital access and mass processing | |
| QPPD.ale | Master data distribution | |
| Integration | QPPD.int | Integration into SAP standard objects |
| QPPD.rules | Integration into SAP BRF+ | |
| QPPD.plan | Integration into routing and bill of material resolution | |
| QPPD.io | Integration into external MES systems | |
| Workflow Automation | QPPD.flow | Automation of workflows |
| QPPD.mob | Mobility package for lightweight mobile UIs (JQM & UI5 elements) | |
| QPPD.qeasy | Results recording and certificate creation process interface |
QPPD - our customers
QPPD – Industry solution for variable products in metal, steel, and aluminum
QPPD is successfully used in the following industries:
Steel & Non-ferrous metals
Automotive Supplier
Machine & Plant Construction
Consumer Goods
Life Sciences
Your industry is missing? QPPD is flexibly configurable and can be adapted to any process.
Frequently Asked Questions – FAQ
What is QPPD?
QPPD is an add-on by Secat GmbH for managing quality and product data in SAP S/4HANA and SAP Cloud ERP.
QPPD is available for SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA systems.
QPPD is compatible with SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA.
What advantages does QPPD offer compared to standard SAP?
QPPD enhances the SAP standard with practical functions for specification management, quality planning, and process integration.
Can QPPD be adapted to customer-specific processes?
Yes – QPPD is fully configurable and can be flexibly adapted to your company’s processes.
How quickly can QPPD be implemented?
Depending on the system landscape, implementation can be completed within a few weeks.
Amrit Khanna
Product Manager QPPD
If you have any questions about this solution, feel free to contact me!