Modeling production processes to include intermediate products

A method comprising:

• receiving user input to define an intermediate product;
• responsive to receiving the user input to define the intermediate product, generating, within an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, a master data record for the intermediate product;
• receiving user input to include the intermediate product in a production model within the ERP system that is associated with a real-world production process;
• responsive to receiving the user input to include the intermediate product in the production model, updating the production model based on the master data record to integrate the intermediate product into a sequence of activities, wherein the sequence of activities comprises a first activity that produces the intermediate product and a second activity that consumes the intermediate product;
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• executing a production order based on the production model, wherein execution of the production order comprises tracking, within the ERP system, state information of the intermediate product.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving user input to define an intermediate product;
• responsive to receiving the user input to define the intermediate product, generating, within an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, a master data record for the intermediate product;
• receiving user input to include the intermediate product in a production model within the ERP system that is associated with a real-world production process;
• responsive to receiving the user input to include the intermediate product in the production model, updating the production model based on the master data record to integrate the intermediate product into a sequence of activities, wherein the sequence of activities comprises a first activity that produces the intermediate product and a second activity that consumes the intermediate product;
• and
• executing a production order based on the production model, wherein execution of the production order comprises tracking, within the ERP system, state information of the intermediate product.