Check against product allocations is used in situations where supply is smaller than demand. The product master determines the Product Allocation procedure. Each step represents a Product Allocation group with the associated Product Allocation object and a set of characteristics for planning a time series of Product Allocation quantities. The Planning Area is where you plan the planned Product Allocation quantities for the characteristics of the Product Allocation group.
Check against product allocations is used in situations where supply is smaller than demand. The product master determines the Product Allocation procedure. Each step represents a Product Allocation group with the associated Product Allocation object and a set of characteristics for planning a time series of Product Allocation quantities. The Planning Area is where you plan the planned Product Allocation quantities for the characteristics of the Product Allocation group.
Check against product allocations is used in situations where supply is smaller than demand. The product master determines the Product Allocation procedure. Each step represents a Product Allocation group with the associated Product Allocation object and a set of characteristics for planning a time series of Product Allocation quantities. The Planning Area is where you plan the planned Product Allocation quantities for the characteristics of the Product Allocation group.
Managing Demand when there is Constrained Supply. The check against product allocations is used in situations where supply is smaller than demand This prevents one customer (or a few customers) from buying the complete quantity and other requirements not being satisfied. Confirms Sales Order to the extent that particular customer has an allocation.
Product Allocation
Product Allocation Overview
The product master determines the product allocation procedure. The product allocation procedure contains a sequence of steps. Each step represents a product allocation group with the associated product allocation object and a set of characteristics for planning a time series of product allocation quantities. The planning area is where you plan the planned product allocation quantities for the characteristics of the product allocation group. This data has to be copied to the product allocation group on an on-going basis. You can assign several product allocation objects to the product allocation procedure. A validity period exists for each object. The system determines the relevant object on the basis of the check date. The system allows three types of check dates: Delivery date, Material availability date, Planned goods issue date.
Setting up of Product allocation
Create Master Planning Object Structure
Create Planning Area Creating Product Allocation Object Creating Product Allocation Group Creating Product Allocation Procedure Creating Sequence of Product Allocation Procedures Creating Characteristic Value Combinations Creating Connection to Planning Area Copy Characteristics Combination from Planning Area
Product allocation Configuration
Master Data Prerequisites for setting up Product Allocation
In APO Product Master maintain the Allocation procedure and the procedure Sequence under the ATP Data tab.
In ECC Material Master maintain the Allocation procedure and the
procedure Sequence under the ATO Data tab
Planning Area and Planning Object Structure
Planning Area and Planning Object structure should be created. SAP SCM Menu -Advanced Planning and Optimization Demand Planning Environment Administration of Demand Planning and Supply Network Planning Transaction Code/SAPAPO/MSDP_ADMIN
Product Allocation Object
The product allocation object is the reason for allocating quantities, and can be Product or a product group, Component, Production line. The product allocations object is assigned to a product allocations procedure. SAP SCM - Implementation Guide Advanced Planning and Optimization Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP) Product Allocation Maintain Product Allocation Object
Product allocation group
Product allocation group contains a group of Characteristics and Key figures Characteristics: define product allocation criteria Key figures: planned and committed quantities The product allocation group defines the data container used by product allocation. Within the product allocation group, you define the characteristics relevant for product allocation. The characteristics of the product allocation group will be linked later on to characteristics of the planning area. The product allocation group has two default key figures, order quantity and allocation quantity, which will be linked against two key figures of the planning area later on. SAP SCM - Implementation Guide Advanced Planning and Optimization Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP) Product Allocation Maintain Product Allocation Group
Product Allocation Procedure
The product allocation procedure links the product allocation object against the product allocation group, and defines validation horizons. The product allocation procedure is maintained in the material master. SAP SCM IMG Menu Advanced Planning and Optimization Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP) Product Allocation Maintain Product Allocation Procedure
Sequence of Product Allocation procedure
When more than one product allocation procedure determines allocation quantity, they can be combined in a sequence of product allocation procedures. The sequence defines the order of combination of the product allocation procedures. The sequence of product allocation procedures is maintained in the material master. SAP SCM - Implementation Guide Advanced Planning and Optimization Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP) Product Allocation Maintain Sequence of Product Allocation Procedures
Create Characteristic Value Combination (CVC)
Create Characteristic value combination using T-code: /sapapo/MC62 The purpose of this activity is to determine the master data on which you want to create the allocation/demand plans. Advanced Planning and Optimization Master Data Application Specific Master data Demand Planning Maintain Characteristic Values T-code: /sapapo/MC62
Connection to Planning Area
The purpose of this activity is to define the assignment of the planning area info objects to characteristics and key features of the production allocation group. All characteristics and key figures of the product allocation group must be linked to info objects of the planning area. The assignment of the planning area is required because the characteristics of the product allocation group have different names than those of the InfoObjects in the planning area. You must assign all characteristics of a product allocation group to an InfoObject. SAP SCM - Implementation Guide Advanced Planning and Optimization Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP) Product Allocation Maintain Connection to Planning Area
Copy Characteristic combination from Planning Area
The purpose of this activity is to copy the characteristic combinations from the planning area to the product allocation group . Advanced Planning and Optimization Global ATP Environment Product Allocations Connection Characteristics Combination from Planning Area T- code: /SAPAPO/ATPQ_PAREA_K The characteristic combinations of the planning area are transferred to the product allocation group and activated.
Maintain Allocation quantity in the planning book
Maintain Allocation Quantity in Planning book and save.
Copy Product Allocations from Planning Area
Once the allocation quantity is entered in the planning book for the CVCs , it has to be transferred from the planning area to the product allocation area. Transfer the value through the T-code :
/SAPAPO/ATPQ_PAREA_R
Create and confirm Sales Order in ECC
1.
Create sales order in ECC.
2.
Perform Availability Check in the sales Order
3.
The Product Allocations tab is displayed in
the APO Availability Check: Delivery proposal View of the sales order.
4.
The sales order Qty is confirmed as per the
allocation maintained for customer/material.
Transfer incoming order Qty to APO
Once the Sales Order is created in ECC ,transfer the incoming order Quantity from ECC to APO Planning Area. The Sales Order Qty gets updated in the Planning Book. T-code : /SAPAPO/ATPQ_PAREA_W
Important transactions /SAPAPO/AC42-----Display Product Allocation Situation