AvailabilityCheck(ATP)andTransferofRequirement(TOR)

ERPOperations
ATP
TypesofAvailabilityCheckinSalesandDistribution
ProcessingTherearethreetypesofavailabilitycheck:
_CheckonthebasisoftheATPquantities
_Checkagainstproductallocation
_Checkagainstplanning

ThefollowingSDspecificcontrolfeaturesneedtobemaintainedinCustomizing:
_Checkinggroup
Thecheckinggroupcontrolswhetherthesystemistocreateindividualorcollective
requirementsinsalesandshippingprocessing.Inaddition,amaterialblockforthe
availabilitycheckwithtransferofrequirementscanbesethere.Thecheckinggroupcan
alsobeusedtodeactivatetheavailabilitycheck.Thisoptionwascreatedespeciallyfor
theassemblyordersothatwhenthebillofmaterialisexplodedintheassemblyorder,
theindividualcomponents,ifnecessary,canbeclassifiedasnoncriticalpartsasfaras
procurementisconcerned.
Thecheckinggroupspecifiesincombinationwiththecheckingrulethescopeofthe
availabilitycheck.Itisproposedinthematerialmasterrecordonthebasisofthematerial
typeandtheplant,andcopiedintothesalesanddistributiondocuments.ItisspecifiedinMMRinMRP3
screen,availabilitychecktab.
_CheckingRule
Youusethecheckingruletocontrolthescopeoftheavailabilitycheckforeach
transactioninsalesanddistribution.Youalsospecifywhetherthecheckshouldbe
carriedoutincludingorexcludingreplenishmentleadtime.Theindividualcheckingrules

definebytransaction,whichkindsofstocksandinwardoutwardmovement(receiptsandissues)ofgoods
should
betakenintoaccountfortheavailabilitycheck.
_Schedulelinecategory
Youcancontrolwiththeschedulelinecategorywhetheranavailabilitycheckand
transferofrequirementsshouldbecarriedoutinthesalesdocuments.Thepossible
settingsforthisatschedulelinelevelaredependentonthesettingsintherequirements
classwhichisdeterminedfromtherequirementstypeofthematerial.
_Deliveryitemcategory
Thedeliveryitemcategorycanbeusedtocontrolwhetheranavailabilitychecktakes
placeindeliveries.
Requirementstype
Thevariousrequirementsareidentifiedbytheirrequirementstype.Therequirements
typereferstotherequirementsclassanditscontrolfeatures.itisassignedtorequirementclass.
_RequirementsClass
Therequirementsclasscontainsallcontrolfeaturesforplanningsuchasrelevancefor
planning,requirementsplanningstrategyandrequirementsconsumptionstrategy.In
addition,itisspecifiedatagloballevelwhetheranavailabilitycheckistotakeplacefor
thematerialinthesalesanddistributiondocumentsonthebasisoftheATPquantity
(ATP=availabletopromise)andwhetherrequirementsaretobepassedon.Afiner
degreeofcontrolcanbeobtainedforsalesdocumentsusingtheschedulelinecategory.
Replenishmentleadtimeisonlyincludedinthecheckperformedonthebasisofthe
ATPquantity.
Prerequisites
Anavailabilitycheckcanonlybecarriedoutifthefollowingprerequisiteshavebeenfulfilled:
_Thecontrolelementsdescribedabovefortheavailabilitycheckmustbemaintainedin
CustomizingforSalesandtherelevantassignmentsmadetothesalestransactions

_Theavailabilitycheckmustbeswitchedonatrequirementsclasslevelandfortheavailabilitycheckinthe
salesdocumentsatschedulelinecategorylevel
Arequirementstypemustexistbywhichtherequirementsclasscanbefound
_Aplantmustbedefined.Itcaneitherbeproposedfromthecustomerormaterialmaster
recordorcanbeenteredmanuallyinthedocument._Acheckinggroupmustbedefinedinthematerialmaster
recordontheSales/plantdata
screenintheAvailabilitycheckfield
ConfiguringentriesoftheAvailabilityCheckIMGSDBasicfncsAvailabilitycheckandTORAvailability
checkAvailabilitycheckwithATPlogicoragainstplanningDefinecheckinggroups
YoucanuseSAPstdcheckinggroupsof01forsummarizedreqtsor02fordailyreqtsorucancreateurown.
Thecolumnstotalsalesandtotaldeliveriesareselectionoptionswherebyucanconfigureacheckingruleto
sumupreqtstoposttoMRPeitherindividuallyorbydayorweek.
Column5,Blockqtysetthisblockifuwantseveraluserstobeabletoprocessthematerialsimultaneouslyin
differenttransactionswithoutblockingeachother.TheNoCheckindicatorisusedwhenuwantamaterialtonot
berelevantforanATPcheck.
Definingamaterialblockforotherusers.TheBlockcheckboxisanindicatorthatenablesutoblockthe
particularmaterialfrombeingcheckedforavailabilityifitisalreadybeingcheckedatthesametimebyanother
user.Definingthedefaultvalueforcheckinggroups.Howevershouldnoentryexistforthecheckinggroup
inthematerialmasterrecord,onecansetadefaultvaluepermaterialtypeandplant.
Controllingtheavailabilitycheck.Inthissection,utellthesystemwhatstockonhandandwhatinwardand
outwardmovementsofstockitmusttakeintoaccountwhenperformingtheavailabilitycheck.Thesesettings
arebasedonthecheckinggroupthatisassignedtothematerialmasterrecordandthecheckingrulethatis
predefinedandassignedtothesdtransaction.Thecarryoutcontrolfortheavailabilitycheckmustbe
maintainedforboththesalesorderanddelivery.

TOR
IMGSDBasicfncsAvailabilitycheckandTORTOR
Alineiteminthesalesordercreatesascheduleline.Theschedulelinesinthesalesordertransferthe
requirementsthroughtoMRP.YoucanselectthedocsonwhichyouwanttheTORtohappen.Forex,notfor
quotations.
TheTORaimstoensuretheorderedmaterialsareavailablefortherequesteddeliverydate.TheTORcanbe
setforindividualorforcollectiverequirements(materialsmastersales/plantview).
TheTORisdependentonthefollowingdata:

Thereqtstype,reqtsclass,checkinggroupandschedulelinecategory.
Thereqtstypeandclassaredeterminedinthestrategygroup(materialmasterMRP3)
ForTORtobecarriedout,afewcriterianeedtobemet:
Plantassignedtolineitemlevel,schedulelinecategoryshouldbeswitchedonatTOR,TORmustbeswitched
onatthereqtsclasslevel,checkinggroupmustbedefinedandallocatedtothematerialmasterrecord
(sales/plantviewintheavailabilitycheckfield)
ThereqtsclassisthecontrollingfactorfortheavailabilitycheckandtheTORforallsdtypes.
ConfiguringtheTOR:
1)Usestd041reqtsclassorcopyandrenameit.Usetheindicatorstoselectifthisreqtsclassmust
carryoutanavailabilitycheckand/oraTOR.
2)Definethereqtstypes.Areqtstypeisallocatedtoasinglereqtsclassandnotviceversa.Itis
basedontheitemcategoryandtheMRPtypeofthematerial.
3)AssigntherqtstypetotherelevantitemcategoryinthesalesorderandtheMRPtypefoundon
thematerialmasterrecord.
YoucanselectanalternativesearchstrategywhereuassignthereqtstypetoitemcategoryandMRP
type.Canselectsourceas0,1or2.(1=ItemtypeandMRPtypestrategy).
4)TheTORandAvailabilitycheckcanbeselected/deselectedattheschedulelinecategorylevel.
5)Blockqtyconfirmationindeliveryblocks.ThisisusedtoblockthereservationoftheTORfrom
MRP.
6)MaintainrequirementsforTOR.RequirementscanbeusedtodeterminethattheTORtoMRPis
notcarriedoutunlessanumberofconditionsaremet.
AvailabilityOverview=CO09orderqty,sddocno,itemno,requirementsclass.
Stockrequirementslist=MD04sdnoordlyno,lineitem,schedulelineplacingthedemand
Stockoverview=MMBEtotalstockpercompany,thenplantfollowedbystoragelocation,andfinally
abreakdownperbatch.