SAP Certified Application Associate — SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing/Production Planning

C_TS422 · ● Active · Associate · SAP

Vendor-recognized functional certification for SAP production planning and manufacturing professionals. Tests competency in demand management, material requirements planning (MRP), production order management, capacity planning, shop floor control, and S/4HANA production simplifications. Exam code C_TS422; 80 questions, 180 minutes, ~63% pass threshold. Recommended for manufacturing functional consultants, PP planners, and supply chain professionals.

Exam facts

Vendor source — SAP C_TS422 Certification Page ↗
Exam guide — C_TS422 Exam Guide & Objectives ↗
Practice exam — SAP Official Practice Exams ↗

About

The SAP Certified Application Associate — SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing/Production Planning (C_TS422) certifies professionals who design, configure, and operate SAP production planning and manufacturing modules in S/4HANA environments. Launched in 2019 as S/4HANA adoption accelerated across Global 2000 manufacturers, it validates expertise in demand management, MRP execution, production order workflows, capacity planning, shop floor control, and quality integration. The exam reflects S/4HANA-specific process simplifications (e.g., embedded analytics, single-instance architecture, streamlined transaction sets). Active status as of May 2026; no announced retirement.

Domain context — ERP/Manufacturing

Enterprise resource planning for manufacturing: production planning, demand forecasting, material requirements planning, capacity management, shop floor execution, quality assurance, and supply chain integration. S/4HANA represents the current production standard for SAP manufacturing modules across discrete, process, and mixed-mode manufacturing.

Read full deep dive — ERP/Manufacturing Domain →

Topics covered

Derived from official SAP C_TS422 exam blueprint and training curriculum.

• Master Data & Data Structures (15%) — Products, BOMs, routings, planning parameters, work centers, production versions, forecast profiles
• Demand Management & Forecasting (12%) — Sales forecasts, customer demand, statistical forecasting, forecast consumption, demand sensing
• Material Requirements Planning (MRP) (20%) — MRP run execution, lot sizing, planned orders, safety stock, lead time management, exception messages
• Production Order Management (20%) — Order creation, scheduling, component picking, confirmations, backflushing, co-products and by-products, order settlement
• Capacity Planning & Scheduling (15%) — Capacity requirements planning (CRP), load leveling, bottleneck analysis, finite scheduling, resource constraints
• Shop Floor Control (SFC) & Execution (12%) — Time tracking, labor/machine confirmation, goods receipt, quality inspections, rework, scrap handling
• S/4HANA Production Simplifications & Integration (6%) — Embedded analytics, simplified transactions, integration with GR/IR, quality management, procurement integration

Source: SAP C_TS422 Training Material ↗

Common skills at ERP/Manufacturing · Associate

Shared content for the ERP/Manufacturing domain at Associate level — not specific to this cert.

• Process understanding — end-to-end manufacturing workflows, supply chain integration, bill-of-materials hierarchy, lead-time calculation
• Master data governance — product creation, routing maintenance, work center definition, planning parameter configuration
• Planning system mechanics — MRP logic, lot-sizing algorithms, safety stock concepts, exception handling
• Production execution — order workflows, component management, confirmations, yield tracking, quality checks
• Capacity management — finite vs. infinite capacity, load analysis, scheduling constraints, bottleneck identification
• Report and analysis — production dashboards, variance analysis, KPI tracking, shop floor performance metrics
• Change management — process alignment during S/4HANA implementations, legacy system data conversion, user training

Recommended courses at ERP/Manufacturing · Associate

Course-selection rule: SAP Learning Hub is official; Udemy/Pluralsight courses are cost-effective but verify C_TS422 alignment (not legacy R/3 or older S/4HANA versions). ERPprep simulator provides hands-on transaction practice.

Practice exams

Pro tip: ERPprep is most aligned with actual C_TS422 exam format; practice exams are critical for transaction familiarity (e.g., MD01 MRP run, MD04 stock situation, MD51 rough-cut planning).

Books

Book rule: SAP Press titles are vendor-authored and directly aligned with C_TS422 scope. Verify ISBN and publication year (2019–2022) match S/4HANA 2009+. Older "SAP PP" books for R/3 or SuccessFactors-integrated editions may have outdated transaction names.

Typical job titles at ERP/Manufacturing · Associate

SAP Production Planning Consultant · S/4HANA Manufacturing Functional Consultant · SAP PP Analyst · Production Planner (SAP) · Supply Chain Consultant (SAP) · Manufacturing Process Engineer (ERP) · Materials Planner (SAP)

(Job titles drawn from current job-board postings that list SAP C_TS422 or equivalent SAP PP experience as required or preferred.)

Salary

Salary rule: Ranges reflect actual 2026 job-board data. SAP C_TS422-certified candidates typically command +10–15% premium over general production planners. Geographic variance: tech hubs (Silicon Valley +20%, London +15%), manufacturer regions (Stuttgart, Seoul, Tokyo +25%). Consulting firms (Deloitte, Accenture, Capgemini) pay +15–25% above in-house corporate roles.

Skills validated

Cert-specific — what the C_TS422 exam actually tests.

• MRP execution & optimization — running MRP transactions (MD01, MD02), interpreting exception messages, managing planned order parameters
• Production order lifecycle — creation (CO01), release, component allocation, backflushing, confirmations (COFM), goods receipt, order settlement
• Demand-driven planning — forecasts, ATP (Available-to-Promise), demand consumption rules, independent vs. dependent demand
• Bill of Materials (BOM) — structure creation, alternative BOMs, phantom assemblies, co-products, by-products, engineering change orders
• Routing & Work Center management — operation definition, lead-time calculation, capacity constraints, resource planning
• Capacity planning — CRP (Capacity Requirements Planning) execution, load analysis, bottleneck resolution, finite scheduling
• Shop floor control transactions — time tracking (CRTX), labor/machine confirmations (COFM), quality inspections (QM01/QM02), goods movements
• Quality integration in production — in-process quality checks, inspection lots, rework vs. scrap decisions, quality records
• S/4HANA production simplifications — embedded planning analytics, new simplified transaction set, tight GL/CO integration
• Integration with procurement & supply chain — MRP → PO linkage, vendor evaluation, GR/IR (Goods Receipt/Invoice Receipt), planning in a multi-site environment

Related certifications

• Stacks with: SAP Certified Application Associate — SAP S/4HANA Materials Management (C_TS430) ↗ · SAP Certified Associate — Quality Management (C_TSCM62) ↗
• Prerequisite for: SAP Certified Application Professional — Production Planning (C_TS450) ↗
• Replaces: SAP Production Planning (C_TS400) — older S/4HANA version (still valid but superseded)
• Related SAP tracks: SAP Certified Application Associate — SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain Management (C_TSCM42) ↗ · SAP Certified Associate — Discrete Manufacturing Engineering (C_TSCM20) ↗
• Vendor overview: SAP Vendor Overview ↗

Sources

• SAP Certification Portal — C_TS422
• SAP S/4HANA Production Planning Training Documentation
• ERPprep SAP PP Practice Exams
• SAP Press — SAP S/4HANA Production Planning and Manufacturing
• Glassdoor: SAP Consultant Salary
• Robert Half Salary Guide 2026
• PayScale ZA: SAP Consultant
• IT Jobs Watch: SAP Roles (UK)
• Hays Salary Guide
• SAP Learning Hub
• Udemy: SAP PP Course
• Pluralsight: SAP S/4HANA

Last verified: 2026-05-01
Parent ecosystem: SAP Ecosystem
Parent domain: ERP/Manufacturing Domain
Vendor overview: SAP Vendor Overview