Demand Management Through SOP

Hello Everyone,
I have a scenario where I receive an 8 week rolling forecast from marketing. This is transferred to production. 2 weeks before actual production the plan is firmed.
I was hoping to implement this using SOP transfer to demand management. I was also planning to use an MRP type with a planning time fence. But am not exactly sure of the best practice to transfer Rough cut plann data to demand management. Do I directly transfer the Rough cut plan to a "requirements plan" version?
If not what would be the best possible solution to run SOP?
Also Please suggest as to any specific configuration settings to be maintained for SOP.
Any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Aji Kurian Mani

Hi
It depends on at which aggregation level you are receiving the Forecast.
if you are receiving at Plant -Material level. I would advice you to directly upload in to MD61.
SOP is required, if you need to do any forecasting in SAP.
or if you need to publish , analsyse the Historical and Forecasting Values at diffrent Org Levels(Plant, cutomer, Material,Sales org....etc)
using the planning tables you can maintain the Figures at one Level, which gets aggregated automatically.
Regards
Ratan

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Hello All,
is it possible to send data from demand management (eg.MD61) to SOP - standard information structure S076 or flexible planning ?
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thanks a lot
KS

Dear,
It is not possible. In sap, the planning cycle will be SOP -> Demand management -> MRP
SOPu2019 is a forecasting tool enabling you to set up sales, production, and other supply chain targets based on existing, future, or historical data. SOP is most suitable for planning finished goods. SOP plans are passed on to Demand Management in the form of independent requirements (MD61), which in turn is fed in to MRP (Material Requirements Planning).
Hope it clear your doubt
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Sop to demand management

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In SOP Single level product group value can be transferred to demand management (mc81 - extras - transfer to demand management). But for multi level product group - how to transfer to demand management from SOP?
regards
v.senthilkumar

Hi,
This is not possible, since in SOP, values for only the lowest level in a product group, can be transferred to demand management. In case of sinlge level product group, automatically you have the lowest level, which you are transferring (basically the material). But, in case of multi-level, there are PGs below PG.
So, you first need to disaggregate your requirements from a higher level product group to a lower level one. You need to disaggregate to the lowest level (the material) in the hierarchy.
Use transaction MC76 for the same. After that you would be able to transfer the requirements to demand management.
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SOP to Demand Management - Mass Transfer -RMCA0766 - Program does not exist

Dear Experts,
I am configuring the mass transfer from SOP to Demand Management. I want to maintain the variant for the program RMCA0766 so that I can create the Mass transfer job.
But I get the message RMCA0766 does not exist. So, How do I generate this program in the client?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Tom

Hi,
Please refer the below document. It speaks about the mass processing on SOP.
http://help.sap.com/bestpractices/BBLibrary/documentation/M06_BPP_22_EN_NO.doc
Hope you will get the answer you needed.
Regards,
Manimaran M.
Edited by: M Manimaran on Aug 9, 2011 8:01 AM

SOP and transfer to Demand management for MTO material

Hi all,
I have the following situation:
I have a material, a finished goods product with planning strategy 20 Make to order defined in the material master. I enter a sales forecast for the material in SOP in SAPECC (transaction MC87), works fine.
But when I try to release the forecast to Demand Management (MC74), I get the following error message: "No requirements type exists for material 110100 1 in plant 2". I can see that planning strategy 20 MTO does not have any requirement type defined.
But what is the best practice then to forecast on MTO materials (with strategy 20 MTO)?
What I want to do is to bring down the requirements of the MTO material to Long term planning to get a BOM explosion for the components. I realize that I should not start a production plan for the MTO material, but I want to plan the requirements for components several months ahead.
What is the best practice? Should I use a different production strategy? Am I missing config or any fundamental thinking here?
I need to have the material as a MTO strategy, but I want to plan the components.
Please, give me input on this if you have any solution.
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Lars

Hi Lars,
Here's what you need to do:
1. Instead of pure 20, customize a strategy group that has in it 20 and 10, and attach this strategy group to your material.
2. In MC74 specify requirements type LSF, demand management version, and make sure to uncheck the "active" box (otherwise you will get requirements in the operative system, and not only in LTP).
3. Do the transfer, and include the version in a LTP scenario.
Regards,
Mario

Demand Management based on SOP

<b>What do you mean by Demand Management based on SOP for Forecasting?</b>

Hi,
May be this link will help you to get the information.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/cb/7f93cc43b711d189410000e829fbbd/frameset.htm
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SOP and Demand Management!

Hello SAP Gurus, I need a litle help,
I have created a SOP in transaction MC87 for a material/plant with quantity 100 for month 10. Then I make a copy to Demand Management and in MD04 I have the requirements. So far so good.
The problem is: when I change the quantity in MC88 for the material/plant to 0, the system doesn't copy to demand management the 0 quantity.
Is there any way to put this to work this way or do I have to go in MD61 and delete the requirements for the material/plant?
Thanks in advance,
Adelmo Silva

Hello again SAP friends,
Maybe I can explain myself beter:
SAP v4.6C
1. MC88 - I change de Rough-Cut Plan for my material/plant with production values equal to 0 (zero).
2. I transfer to demand management and everything works fine!
SAP ECC 6.0
I do the same as SAP V4.6C and I get the error: "No data maintained for material ARS_PA_01 plant 1000 in transfer period Message no. MA640"
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SOP - Flexible Planning u2013 Demand Management.

Hello Gurus
Can any one guide me SOP - Long term plannng / Flexible Planning - Transfer to demand managment Process
Thanks
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Edited by: JJ_SAP_S on Jul 28, 2008 12:24 AM

Hi,
Transferring SOP to Demand Management :
Use:
You can pass on data planned in Flexible Planning or Standard SOP to Demand Management.
Demand Management determines the requirement dates and requirement quantities for important assemblies and specifies the strategies for planning and producing/procuring finished products. The result of Demand Management is the demand program. The demand program differentiates planned independent requirements and customer independent requirements. It gives the information needed in MPS and MRP for planning at SKU level. The placing of sales orders eventually consumes planned requirements and triggers updating to the Sales Information System. This actual data can then be used as input for future sales planning. For more information, see PP Demand Management.
Prerequisites:
The system distributes the data to the appropriate plants in Demand Management on the basis of the quotas you set in Customizing (in Define proportional distribution across plants). You can also make these settings in the Flexible Planning or Standard SOP menu by choosing Settings ® Plant distribution. Plant distribution works as follows:
If a plant or plants can be found for the material in the planning hierarchy, data is transferred to Demand Management for these plants.
If no plant can be found in the planning hierarchy, the system checks to see which plants have been maintained for the material in the material master record. It then checks to see whether distribution quotas have been maintained for the material. If quotas have been maintained, the transfer to Demand Management is based on these quotas.
If no distribution quotas are found for the material, the system checks to see whether you have set generic distribution quotas; that is, distribution quotas that apply to all materials. If so, the transfer to Demand Management is based on these quotas. If generic quotas exist for some but not all plants maintained in the material master record, the system assumes that the distribution quotas of plants without generic quotas are 0.
If no distribution quotas are found at allu2014neither material-specific nor generic onesu2014, the system splits the data equally among all the plants in the material master record.
See also:
Plant Distribution Quotas
Features
Independent requirements are created in Demand Management for all materials whose data has been transferred. These independent requirements are created in the base unit of measure of the material. The base unit of measure of the material is not necessarily the same as the base unit of measure of the information structure or the unit in which you planned the material. See also Switching Units in the Planning Table.
You can transfer SOP data to Demand Management in the following ways:
Transferring Online, Synchronously and Automatically:
You set the following information structure parameters in Customizing for Sales & Operations Planning (in Set parameters of info structures and key figures).
Field name of the key figure whose values are to be transferred
Planning version from which the data is to be transferred
Demand version to which the data is to be transferred
The system creates or overwrites independent requirements in Demand Management every time you save this planning version of the information structure in Flexible Planning.
Transferring Online, Asynchronously and Manually
You choose between the following options:
Transfer of the planning data of all members of a single-level product group from standard SOP (a single-level product group is a product group whose members are materials)
Transfer of the planning data created for one material from standard SOP
Transfer of key figure values from an information structure
You make the following general settings:
The material or product group whose data you want to be transferred
The plant of this material or product group
The planning version of the information structure in which the data is stored
The dates for which you want the data to be transferred
Whether you want to check what the data looks like as independent requirements before you transfer it
The requirements type
If you do not make an entry, the system sets the requirements type via the MRP group which is maintained in the material master record.
The version of the demand program to which you want the data to be transferred
Whether this version of the demand program is active and therefore relevant to MRP
Depending on the option you chose in step 1, you set one of the following strategies.
Transferring Planning Data from a Single-Level Product Group:
You transfer the sales plans of the materials direct.
You transfer the sales plans of the materials as proportions of their owner product group (using the proportional factors defined in the product group master record).
You transfer the production plans of the materials direct.
You transfer the production plans of the materials as proportions of their owner product group (using the proportional factors defined in the product group master record).
Transferring Planning Data of One Material from Standard SOP:
You transfer the sales plan of the material direct
You transfer the sales plan of the material as a proportion of the product group of which it is a member (using the proportional factor defined in the product group master record)
You transfer the production plan of the material direct
You transfer the production plan of the material as a proportion of the product group of which it is a member (using the proportional factor defined in the product group master record)
Transferring Key Figure Data of One Material from Flexible Planning
The information structure from which you want the key figure data to be transferred
The key figure whose values you want to be transferred
This key figure must be a quantity key figure.
For more details go to the following link :
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_03/helpdata/EN/a5/63238b43a211d189410000e829fbbd/frameset.htm
Hope this helps.
Reward if useful.
Regards,
Tejas
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How requirements from SOP are transferred to Demand Management

How requirements from SOP are transferred to Demand Management? what is transaction code for it ?
Madan S. Rode

Hi,
In mc82 view, after checking the capacity situation(By choosing view, capacity situation, show) you can check the load for that particular resource. Once the load is 100 %. You can save it.
Use mc78, copy the inactive version no to active no. (a00).
Then in mc82 view, go to Extras,
transfer to demand management,
Choose the strategy as LSF/VSF... according to your scenario & then click transfer.
Regards,
Senthilkumar SD

Planning 200 materials through SOP??

Hi Gurus,
I have 200 different products which needs to be planned through SOP and then the production plan should be transferred to demand management. I know an option is to plan through Flexible planning.
But i am not sure about Flexible planning and want an option without Flexible planning.
Please guide me in this issue. even i am ready for new development.( please guide me how to proceed)
Thanks in advance.
Naveen.a

Hi vivek,
Thanks for your reply.
My products cannot be mapped as product groups. as every product planning is sindependent irrespective of proportional factor.
Please suggest any new ways of uploading sales values to SOP all at a time.
Thank you.
Naveen.

Error during transfer to demand management in tcode MC88

Hi Expert,
I am getting an error 'No data maintained for material F1475078 plant 2000 in transfer period' during processing transfer to demand management in tcode MC88. Anybody know what is the root caused behind?
I try to search in internet and no solutions have been found so far, I plan to inform basis to restart the SAP server and try whether can solve the problem or not, which is my last option.
Hope to get a solutions from you guys soon.
Thanks.

Hi,
Refer to the below threads, it should resolve your query, else revert.
Error "No data maintained for material XXX plant YY in transfer period"
No data maintained for material MAT1_AJ plant 0001 in transfer period
Re: SOP transfer to Demand Management
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Can anyone share how to integrate Demantra Demand Management to EBS R12?

Hi all,
Can anyone suggest how to integrate Demantra Demand Management to EBS R12?
I use Demantra 7.2 and EBS R12.
I search in Manual and in some blogs but not much data support. If possible, I want step-by-step starting from set up such as setup the instance.
More of my concern are;
- Is Demantra can integrate with MRP, without APS or ASCP?
- Is that necessary to integrate by using seed data? If I implement my series with all new series, how can I suppose to link them to EBS?
Thank you in advance.
Best Regards,
Tanya T.

Hi Tanya,
To begin with, you can refer to the Metalink doc 434991.1 for an in-depth explanation on the integration from a technical perspective. Apart from this, there is an ocean of knowledge in the Demantra Documentation libraby in the metalink.The Implementation Guide provides an overview of the integration processes that synchronize or move data between Oracle Demantra and E-Business Suite applications.
Now coming to your concerns:
- Can Demantra be integrated with MRP, without APS or ASCP?
After going through the above mentioned documents on Demantra, if you still want an integrated instance of Demantra and MRP without using APS, then it will have to be a highly customized solution.This scenario will obviously have a great impact on various business aspects,which is out of scope of this discussion.
- Is it necessary to integrate by using seeded data?How to link new series to EBS?
The Demantra - EBS integration adds two new responsibilities for Demand Management viz. i)Demand Management System Administrator and ii)Demand Analyst.
The System Administrator creates a new user in the E-Business Suite with the relevant responsibility for which the user is automatically created in Oracle Demantra.
The user with "Demand management system Administrator" responsibility can create new series that get added in the Demand management component on creation. This series can then be used as per requirement.
I hope my comments help.Feel free for further discussions.
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Shekhar

Demand management table

Sir,
We are following the process of SOP in REM as follows:-
1) Creation of Product group.
2) Upload the Sales plan for product group
3) Desagregation of products
4) Copy to active version from inactive version
5) Transfer to demand management
we reqire the table for Sales and operation plan and also after transherring to demand management which table is updated. This is required as we are preparing a report for Sales Plan v/s Production plan.
Thanks & Regards,
Nilesh

Dear Nilesh,
Check these tables,
P445V                            Sales and Operations Planning: Versions
PGMI                             Product Group/Member Allocation
PGPL                             Sales & Operations Planning (SOP)
PGPLE                            SOP Characteristic Values
PGZU                             Product Group/Member Quantity Conversions
Regards
Mangalraj.S

Sales Planning vs Demand management

Can any body explain how to process the sales planning vs Demand management !

Hi,
Demand Management : The function of Demand Management is to determine requirement quantities and delivery dates for finished products assemblies. Customer requirements are created in sales order management. To create a demand program, Demand Management uses planned independent requirements and customer requirements.
To create the demand program, you must define the planning strategy for a product. Planning strategies represent the methods of production for planning and manufacturing or procuring a product.
Using these strategies, you can decide if production is triggered by sales orders (make-to-order production), or if it is not triggered by sales orders (make-to-stock production).You can have sales orders and stock orders in the demand program. If the production time is long in relation to the standard market delivery time, you can produce the product or certain assemblies before there are sales orders. In this case, sales quantities are planned, for example, with the aid of a sales forecast.
Sales & Operations Planning (SOP) is a flexible forecasting and planning tool with which sales, production, and other supply chain targets can be set on the basis of historical, existing, and estimated future data. Rough-cut planning can also be carried out to determine the amounts of the capacities and other resources required to meet these targets.
Use SOP to streamline and consolidate your companys sales and production operations.
SOP is particularly suitable for long- and medium-term planning
SOP constitutes the planning functionality of the LIS information systems.
You pass on SOP plans to Demand Management (PP-MP-DEM) in the form of independent requirements. In turn, this data is fed to Master Production Scheduling (PP-MP-MPS) and Material Requirements Planning (PP-MRP).
An interface with Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) allows you to use CO-PA data as the basis for sales planning in SOP.
You can also pass on the results of SOP to Profitability Analysis (CO-PA), Cost Center Accounting (CO-OM-CCA), and Activity-Based Costing (CO-OM-CCA).
Application Link Enabling (CA-BFA-ALE) supports the distribution of data to different operating units in your enterprise
I hope this information will help you.
kiran.

Demand Management tables

Hi all,
I want to know the Demand Management tables. Please if anybody can speify SOP tables, will be very much needed & hence helpful to me.
Regards,
MHP

Dear MHP,
LPDX
M60I
PBED
PBHI
PBIC
PBID
PBIM
PBIV
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T450F
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T459A
T459C
T459K
T459R
T459S
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T459V
T459W
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T459Y
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