Forecast quantities in MD04

Hi ,
For finished material i used MRP type, VV - forecast based planning and executed the forecast.
The MRP type has "MRP Ind Forecast = Total requirements.
All the forecast qty's are seen in MD04.
Can we control that only specific period forecast qty's are seen in MD04.
Regards
ShankarR

No. It makes more sense to work with SOP and do forecasting there. Then you can copy to DM only specific periods.

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Forecast reduction in MD04

I am trying to understand exactly what requirements are reducing my Forecast in MD04. We are using VSFB and have consumption Mode 2 (Backwards / Forwards), Mixed MRP = 1, consumption indicator 3 (Consume customer reqmts, reserv., dependent reqmts), and consumption indicator 1 (Consume planning with assembly). We have set Bwd consumption period 20 days, and Fwd consumption period 10 days, but when adjusting these settings and refresh the MD04 screen I cannot see exactly what is included / excluded from the reduction. Please see the screenshots for more detail. If anyone can explain exactly what, and how these numbers are being reduced it would be a great help. I have some offline data that mimics the MD04 screen data, and I need to understand how to reduce the forecast in this data to match the corresponding VSFB lines in MD04.
The VSFB requirements are a weekly forecast split into weekly buckets.
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Hi Lan,
Are you using the planning strategy 70 Planning at assembly level?
In strategy 70, the forecast for the components is not consumed by sales orders, but is consumed by either dependent requirements from the planned orders from the parent, or the reservations of the production orders from the parent. So, for the consumption to be shown at the component level, you must first run MRP at the parent, and then the component.
Please run the MRP and check the results
Normally whenever we use planning at assembly level strategy Fert or higher level should consume the requirement this is possible if u use mixed indicator 1.
Please refer the SAP help link and OSS note
SAP Library - Demand Management (PP-MP-DEM)
496480 - Planning consumption during subassembly planning
Regards,
R.Brahmankar

How to cancel Forecast in Production Planning

Dear Sappers,
I've a forecast for 100 quantities which is available in MD04.
If I receive delivery order for 80 quantities, in MD04 I get the requirement as 80 against delivery order and 20 against forecast.
My requirement is to cancel forecast quantities in MD04 once I receive the delivery order.
Thanks
PKB

Hi,
I'm not sure what you mean by forecast; is it PIR? or material forecast.
If you say that sales orders consume "forecast", my guess is that you mean PIR, with a planning strategy like 40.
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What are theSNP Settings required for Forecast Consumption with Sales Order

Hello APO Folks,
I have one SNP scenario: (We don't have GATP)
Forecast for Finsihed Product - "PNG_Fert" in Location "1000".
I have forecast quantity of 500, now our requirement is - when SNP heuristic run will take place (without any sales order quantity) then there should not be any planned orders creation.
Planned order creation should happen Only if any one places sales order from ECC , which comes to APO then against that sales order forecast quantity should consume and should create the planned orders equal to the nos. of sales order quantity.
So if I have forecast of 500 qtys and sales order of 90 qtys then heuristic run should yield/create the planned order of 90 qtys and there should be 500-90 = 410 forecast quantities remaning.
Please let me know which strategy will be used and other setting in ECC and APO for SNP. I
The setting with strategy 50 in ECC and 30 in APO worked properly with PPDS - RRP3 view but from interactive planning /sapapo/sdp94 it is not working, so there will be different setting for SNP.
Thanks in Advance,
Regards,
Vishal
Edited by: Vishal24a on Oct 13, 2011 9:15 AM

Vishal
Can you please explain what issue you are facing when you load the product in planning book. First thing is do you see 410 against forecast and 90 against sales order key figure ? If yes then it means the forecast is getting consumed properly by SO.
As far as your other requirement goes (planned order should only be created for sale order quantity) you have to change your total demand macro calclation logic. Your total demand key figure should show 90 instead of 500 - so just include sales order in your total demand calculation (stock balance macro) and run heuristic. Your requirement will be satisfied
Thanks
Aparna

MDS and forecast spreading

Hi Folks,
Is is possible to spread the forecast in ASCP when the demand source is an MDS with forecast entries.
If I use the forecast set as the demand source in the plan, forecast spreading works correctly. However when I use my MDS which uses the same forecast as a source and consume sales orders, the ASCP plan does not spread the forecast quantities.
Many Thanks.

Abhishek,
That is the correct Global Order Promising behavior. Forecast demand will be ignored in your Available To Promise (ATP) results. The intent is to show current sales order demands and the amount of supply that is available to promise to new sales orders. Your forecast is intended to drive these supplies until those sales orders are entered.
Regards,
Kevin

Cross-location forecast consumption

Hi experts,
Is there any possibility to influence the forecast consumption logic in order to have a cross-location forecast consumption?
Let me explain the requirement with an example:
PROD 1 - LOC A -> FCST = 10
PROD 1 - LOC B -> FCST = 20
The situation is...if a new requirement for the first combination (PROD 1 - LOC A) of 15 is entered in the system we will consume the entire forecast in LOC A.
APO WAY:
PROD 1 - LOC A -> CONSUMED FCST = 10 --> REMAINING FORECAST = 0
PROD 1 - LOC B -> COMSUMED FCST = 0 --> REMAINING FORECAST = 20
In that case we would like to consume all forecast for LOC A (10) but also consume the remaining requirement quantity for LOC B (5).
DESIRED WAY:
PROD 1 - LOC A -> CONSUMED FCST = 10 --> REMAINING FORECAST = 0
PROD 1 - LOC B -> COMSUMED FCST = 5 --> REMAINING FORECAST = 15
We have been looking for user exits in order to influence withdrawal quantities stored in /SAPAPO/DP_SCHED table...is that correct procedure?
We are looking at BAdI "/SAPAPO/SDP_RELDATA" in order to influence the release, and change the the forecast quantities based on the withdrawal quantities, but this would force as to release forecast on daily basis.
Finally, we know that GATP functionality could be used, but it is moving sales orders in case that allocation is not possible, and we are not allowed to move sales orders across locations.
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Thanks in advance,
Raul

Thanks for your quick answer, do you think it is possible to use /SAPAPO/SDP_RELDATA in order to influence forecast distribution and "simulate" a cross-location consumption?
Example:
PROD 1 - LOC A -> FCST = 10
PROD 1 - LOC B -> FCST = 20
Sales Order in A for 15. After Sales Order creation my situation is:
PROD 1 - LOC A -> CONSUMED FCST = 10 --> REMAINING FORECAST = 0 (RELEASED = 10)
PROD 1 - LOC B -> COMSUMED FCST = 0 --> REMAINING FORECAST = 20 (RELASED = 20)
If I use /SAPAPO/SDP_RELDATA in order to check consumed quantities and redistribute forecast from B to A it would be possible to have:
PROD 1 - LOC A -> CONSUMED FCST = 15 --> REMAINING FORECAST = 0 (RELEASED = 15)
PROD 1 - LOC B -> COMSUMED FCST = 0 --> REMAINING FORECAST = 15 (RELEASED = 15)
Has someone experience on that BAdI? Is there any other possible solutions?
Thanks in advance,
Raul

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I want oracle will "round" the forcast Qty.Is there any Profile Option? Or setup ?
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Lokesh

You can try to use the round order quantities item attribute.
The ASCP UG says :
For items under rounding control, the planning engine rounds a spread forecast quantity up and applies its cumulative remainder to the next bucket. It uses the item-organization item attribute.
However, ASCP dev did say recently that they do not support rounding during spreading of forecast.
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It's a bit contradictory to what development says and as to what is in the UG. They will probably say is a Doc bug.
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Actual sales qty forecast quantity in a single period calculation

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i have a report requirement to display the report in below format in bex.
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ACT     ACT+FC     FC     FC     FC     FC     FC     FC     FC     FC
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Settings required for Forecast Consumption with Sales Order

Hello Folks,
I have one scenario:
Forecast for Finsihed Product - "PNG_Fert" in Location "1000".
I have forecast quantity of 500, now our requirement is - when SNP heuristic run will take place (without any sales order quantity) then there should not be any planned orders creation.
Planned order creation should happen Only if any one places sales order from ECC , which comes to APO then against that sales order forecast quantity should consume and should create the planned orders equal to the nos. of sales order quantity.
So if I have forecast of 500 qtys and sales order of 90 qtys then heuristic run should yield/create the planned order of 90 qtys and there should be 500-90 = 410 forecast quantities remaning.
Please let me know which strategy will be used and other setting in ECC and APO.
Thanks in Advance,
Regards,
Vishal

Hi,
Please use planning strategy "PLANNING WITHOUT FINAL ASSEMBLY". Strategy 50 in ECC and 30 in APO. In this you can have forecasts and you can do the planning for the forecasts. But the planned orders created cannot be converted to production order. When the sales order comes in the forecast will be consumed and only for the sales order quantity a new convertible planned order will be created.
Also the forecast and sales orders will be handled in different segments. This will help you to clearly track the changes.
If you don't want to handle the sales orders in MTO segment, then the same can be achieved by using strategy 52.
For more information please check the below link,
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/en/cb/7f9b7043b711d189410000e829fbbd/frameset.htm
Regards,
Manimaran M.

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      2
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      3
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      4
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Issue with Product Allocation Scenario

I am Trying out Product Allocation in APO (SCM 5.0).
Relevant setup in SPRO - Product Allocation Object, Group, Procedure, Sequence etc., Planning Object Structure, Planning Area, CVC generation, Connection between Planning Area and Product Allocation object in GATP, assignment in Location Product Master (at Customer Location) Product Allocation Procedure, Check mode, ATP Group has been done in APO.
After entering data in appropriate keyfigures (Allocated Qty) it shows up under GATP>> Reporting >> Product Allocations >> Time Series per CVC
Have carried out ATP Simulation to check that for a given product at Customer the Product Allocation against a Required Quantity takes place correctly.
Now trying to carry out the Product Allocation check by creating a Sales Order in ECC. In that case during the material availability check screen in APO, the product allocation does not show up.
I believe it is related to master data settings for the product in ECC. My questions are as follows:
1. In ECC the product exists at the manufacturing plant only (and not at customer as in APO). There in MRP3 tab Strategy Group is maintained. Is this along with Availability Check field responsible for determining the check instruction (combination of check mode + business event) in APO for the Product Allocation check.
2. If so (which I guess it is) I can see the check instruction picked up in APO while creation of sales order in ECC is different from the check instruction I ran simulation with. How can I ensure the same check instruction is chosen (in which case I believe the availability check result will be same as the ATP Simulation carried out in APO).
3. In APO I ran simulation for the product at customer location (and maintained the required ATP settings in the product master). In case of Sales Order creation in ECC how does system pick up the Check Mode and Business Event for the product (having Sold-to as customer and Supply Plant as the plant code) and use it in APO.
4. Any other setting/configuration that is missed causing this behaviour.
I guess some of the questions is a bit hazy but I would appreciate if someone can outline the Product Allocation Scenario. I am trying out based on Building Block S59 Demand Planning for Product Allocation but of course it does not detail out enough.
Disclaimer: My knowledge of GATP is almost nil but am exploring.
Thanks,
Somnath

Hi Somnath,
It will be a pleasure to help you out.
Firstly I will list out all the steps which I can think of:
(1) R3-You have moved all the ATP customizing from R3 to APO via ATP integration model.
(2) APO- goto SPRO>APO>GATP>General Settings>Maintain Check Instructions
Here go to Check Mode- 041 and Business Event- A and maintain the following settings manually in development and migrate it all the way to Production
I am assuming here that you want to first do an allocation check and then availability check**
Product Allocation: Change from NO CHECK to First Check
Product Check: Change from First Check to Second Check
This check mode and business event is the most common one which is triggered while placing a sales order
See the following blog for DETERMINATION OF CHECK MODE
http://solution-timezone-issue.blogspot.com/
There might be other check modes( 030, 050) which might also require this change. However you can judge that while placing a sales order and when you go to the availability screen, You have the tab - SCOPE OF CHECK CONTROL where you can see the Check Mode + Business Event
Following guidelines can be used to modify Check Instrctions after Customizing Import from R/3
1. Business Event A* is Sales Order Entry (The main scope of GATP) so define check instructions for all check modes since it is not possible to identify the requirement class that may come over on an order. For Business Event A* if availability check was being done in R3, then define check instructions with Allocation as first step, then Availability check as second step. Else if no availablity check in R3 then define check instructions with no availability and no allocation checks.
2. Business Event B* is normally for deliveries but is also required for Rush Sales Orders. An R/3 configuration showed that 041 is the only requirement class that will come across for this business event. Hence defined only for 041 check mode. For Business Event B* if availability check was being done in R3, then define check instructions with Allocation as first step, then Availability check as second step. Else if no availablity check in R3 then define check instructions with no availability and no allocation checks.
3. Business Event 03 required for Inventory Transaction availability check such as MB1C. For such transactions, the APO Product Master Check Mode is used. Hence check instructions for all Check Modes are maintained. For Business Event 03 if availability check was being done in R3, then define check instructions with Availability check as first step. Else if no availablity check in R3 then define check instructions with no availability checks.
(3) Maintain the Product Alllocation Procedure:
a- Create a Product Alloc Object -- Example: PAO-001
In this step, we define the product allocations objects - product allocations are saved per object for a characteristics combination in the product allocation group.
Product Allocation Procedures can be used to maintain different Product Allocation Objects for different time validity periods.
Generally Product Allocation Objects are used to model the different reasons for the need for allocation material shortage, capacity constraint, etc.
b- Product Alloc Group--PAO-1234
A product allocation group defines a group of characteristics against which allocation checking is done.
 Creating a Product Allocation Group creates a characteristics directory in the APO database and an area in Live Cache where the key figures are maintained.
 If Check Planning Area is set to No then allocation and incoming order quantitiy data can be seen in table /SAPAPO/QTTAB. If the Check Planning Area is set to Yes then no data is stored in this table and the allocation check is done directly against the data in the Planning area.
 Detials of allocationconsumption by sales orders are maintained in table /SAPAPO/QTVB in APO and in QTVB in R/3.
If Check Planning Area is set to Yes and if there are users are in the change mode in the Planning Book, Sales Order Entry can get locked out.
If Check Planning Area is initially set to yes and then deactivated later you will no longer see data in /SAPAPO/AC42.
Settings:
Check Planning Area Yes. The reason being that users are not expected to lock planning books as they would be defaulted into the display mode (through a development object). Also most allocation uploads will be through batch jobs. Setting it to Yes reduces one step of moving data between the planning area and the allocation group.
Check Date - Material Availability Date. Consumption of allocation quantity and checking of available allocation quantities is determined by the check date.
Time Bucket Profile Week
Characteristics Product Allocation Object (1), Product (2), Plant(3), Customer(4)
Consumption Period Bwd Consumption 1
Meaning that first the order will consume from current week allocation and then go 1 week backward to consume.
c- Product Allocation Procedure --- PAO-4567
Step Sequence:
Step -
Step Name- -
Prod Alloc Group -
Wild card
1 First Step PAO-1234 9
Alloc Procudure - PAO-4567
Prod Alloc Step -1
Control
Valid from -
Valid to---- -
Object -
Active -
Factor
 12/31/2037 PAO-001 Check the Box 1
d- Maintain Connection to Planning Area (APO)
In this step, we maintain the assignment of the planning area to the product allocation group. We must make this assignment because characteristics of the product allocation group have different names from the info objects of the planning area.
All characteristics of a product allocation group must be assigned to an info object. But multiple info objects can be assigned to one info object. It is not always necessary to assign every info object to a characteristic. It is possible for aggregation and disaggregation (depending on the direction of transfer) to take place with info objects that are not assigned.
Product Alloc Group -
Planning Area -
Version -
Time Buckets
PAO-1234 xxxxx 000 W
Characteristic
KONOB - Prod Alloc Obj
MATNR --- Material
WERK -
Plant
XXXXX---- Customer
Key Figures
Order Qty - AMENGE
Alloc Qty - KCQTY
e- Check the Product Alloc Settings
This is only a check- Everything should be green and OK .
(4) You have planned the Characteristic Combination on which you want to do ALLOCATION.
Create a new POS- Which has your chracateristics as PRODUCT, PLANT,CUSTOMER, Product Alloc Object ( 9AKONOB)
Planning Area,- Key figures required are Alloc Qty, Order Qty( Sales Order Qty)
PLannig Book, Data View which has the following characteristics- Product, PLant
Assuming you are allocating at the following CVC level- Product, PLant,Customer
Step 1:
/n/sapapo/MC62-Create Time Series- Basicallly your CVCs -
Example: Product 1234, Plant INDIA, CUstomer WALKART
Step 2:
Move Characteristic Values Combination to Allocation Group (APO)
/SAPAPO/ATPQ_PAREA_K
INput :
Planning Area: xxxx
Prod Alloc Group: PAO-1234
(5) In the INtegration MOdel - Activate the ATP CHECK Integration model for the Plant and material
THis is the KEY which decides whether availability should be done in R3 or APO
Material Active in the integration model -- Means Availability( GLOBAL AVAILABILITY: Prod Alloc+Prod Availability) is done in APO
Material not active in the integration model --- Means Availability Check is done in R3
(6) APO MASTER DATA SETTINGS:
Material Master: On the ATP Tab, Assign Loc Dep Procedure ( Prod Alloc Procedure)
Location Master: Calendar Tab> Create a shipping time stream calendar
Additional Info: Please contact your R3-SD people as this involves a lot of understanding and I have not listed all the details here.
This config shown here is a very basic one which not even 25% of the companies might be using.
If you have any questions on this part- please see my business card and email me**
(7) SCHEDULING: This is a major task which determines the route and transit times for calculating the
Material Availability date
Goods Issue Date
Delivery Date
on the sales order line item- schedule line
I dont know whether you need info on this**There are many ways of doing this
a- Configurable Scheduling
b- COndition records
c- User Exit
You can find documentation in SPRO or else let me know*
For simplicity- Let me take the easiest to create and difficult to maintain master data- Condition Records
Step1 --Define Field Catalog for Condition Table (APO)
/SAPCND/AU01
Require Plant and Route defined here in the field catalog
Step 2- Define Condition Table for Scheduling (APO)
/SAPCND/AU03
Create a new table- 901
901 - Pick Time based on Route with key as Route
902- Route Time based on route
Step 3- Maintain Access for Scheduling (APO)
/SAPCND/AU07
Take the important ones- PICK and TRAN
I am assuming again as I dont know what kind of Scheduling is maintained on R3 Side. Mostly 80% companies have only two lead times- Pick and Route Transit time.**
PICK- Select pick and click on accesses > Acno-10-- Table-901
 >> Then save it > and go in again
Select PICK and click on Fields> A popup will appear > Enter the access sequence as PICK--- Enter the access as 10 and click on the GREEn ARROW and save it
TRAN- Select TRAN and click on accesses > Acno-10-- Table-902
 >> Then save it > and go in again
Select TRAN and click on Fields> A popup will appear > Enter the access sequence as TRAN--- Enter the access as 10 and click on the GREEn ARROW and save it
Now coming to maintaining the Condition records in APO EASY ACCESS
/SAPCND/AU11
Create SCheduling Step for PICK : Enter condition type- PICK
Enter Route- USCAN --- Duration -24:00 (Hrs)
Create SCheduling Step for TRAN: Enter condition type- TRAN
Enter Route- USCAN --- Duration -48:00 (Hrs)
Now Let me answer your questions:
(1) Question 1- In ECC the product exists at the manufacturing plant only (and not at customer as in APO).
I did not undertsand what you mean here. As we can create a Material at the following locations in APO( Dist Center(DC), Manu Plant(PL), Cusomter, Vendor, etc)
For GATP all we need is the material at a PLant location
STrategy Group on MRP3 tab: This is purely used for determining the CHECK MODE value on APO Product Master.
When this is blank on R3, the check mode will be blank on APO.
However SAP recommends Putting in a strategy group value on R3 Material Master
or
a default Check MOde value for all those Products who have blank check mode- 041 is the best value * This piece SAP hasnt recommended but I found that there is No harm in anyway and it is MANDATORYfor inventory transactions like GOODS ISSUE otherwise you will get a QUEUE in SYSFAIL **
Even if this is blank this has no effect on the GLOBAL ATP as the Check mode for a SD transaction is determined as follows
98% of the SD transactions will generate a CHeck mode of 041 and Business Event- A ***
Through the item category and the MRP type in the MRP view
The item category is derived from the item category group in the Sales view of the material master record and from the order type of the sales document. Together with the MRP type in the MRP view of the material master record, the item category determines what requirements type is selected. The advantage of this method is that the selection of the requirements type depends on the business process (such as quotation, sales order, or repair).
(2) Question 2 - I guess now you must have understood why when you do a simulation in APO, it is taking the Check mode from APO product Master
and when you do a ATP Check from R3, the check mode(041) is different
You dont need to ensure that they are the same- It doesnt matter in anyway.
(3) Question 3- In APO I ran simulation for the product at customer location (and maintained the required ATP settings in the product master).I
When you run ATP simulation- AC04, you generally run it for the plant as that is the supplying location and not the customer.
In case of Sales Order creation in ECC how does system pick up the Check Mode and Business Event for the product (having Sold-to as customer and Supply Plant as the plant code) and use it in APO.
PLease look above for this answer.
(4) Question 4 - Any other setting/configuration that is missed causing this behaviour.
To my best knowledge, whatever I could remember I have listed out. However there are some more steps which might be needed.
Follow all the steps as I have mentioned and whenever you get struck somewhere, shoot me a message and I will help you.
ONe more pointer here to what you have mentioned
Relevant setup in SPRO - Product Allocation Object, Group, Procedure, Sequence etc., Planning Object Structure, Planning Area, CVC generation, Connection between Planning Area and Product Allocation object in GATP, assignment in Location Product Master (at Customer Location) Product Allocation Procedure, Check mode, ATP Group has been done in APO.
After entering data in appropriate keyfigures (Allocated Qty) it shows up under GATP>> Reporting >> Product Allocations >> Time Series per CVC
Have carried out ATP Simulation to check that for a given product at Customer the Product Allocation against a Required Quantity takes place correctly.
Somnath, I believe you might have a wrong picture here. The concept of allocation is Controlling Supply against huge Demand which is in this case coming from SALES ORDER
When you place a sales order, the supplying location is your plant and that is where you would like to put in allocation quantities
Say for example for a material 12345 - You have stock of 100 Qty in Plant KING fo this week and it shows as follows in the planning book
Customers say are WALKART, GE-FUG, MACROGUN
The CVCs which we have to create are as follows
Similar to Demand PLanning**
Material 12345 -PLant KING-Cust WALKART-Prod Alloc Obj
Material 12345 -PLant KING-Cust GE-FUG-Prod Alloc Obj
Material 12345 -PLant KING-Cust MACROGUN-Prod Alloc Obj
And this is how it appears in the planing book when you go into DETAILS ALL
You basically enter the Allocation Quantities just as how you enter forecast quantities in DP Book*
 Wk1 | WK2 WK3 WK4 WK5
Alloc Qty |
Material 12345 |
Plant KING |
Cust WALKART 50 |
Cust GE-FUG 30 |
Cust MACROGUN 20 |
Incoming Order Qty |
Material 12345 |
Plant KING |
Cust WALKART 50|
Cust GE-FUG 25 |
Cust MACROGUN 20 |
50 : Say the Cust WALKART has ordered 250 for this week, however only the allocated quantity -50 will be confirmed for him and the remaining 200 qty will be confirme at a later week when he is given the allocated amount.
25 :Similarily say this customer GE-FUG has ordered 20 qty. So his remaining allocation is basically 5 which cannot be used by any other customer.
20 : Say this customer MACROGUN has ordered exactly the allocated amount of 20. So his remaining allocation will be 0.
This is the basic idea of how Allocation Concept is used in GATP.
Ofcourse you can add the other functionalities like
Rules Based ATP(LOcation Substitution, Product Substitution)
Multi ATP( BOM-COmponents)
Check Aginst Forecast
Etc Etc
Like any other module of SAP- this module has much to offer which unfortunately I cannot list here**
GOOD LUCK and let me know If you need additional help.
Regards
KUMAR AYYAGARI
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 Kumar P Ayyagari

Transfer of Requirements for Return Orders

Hi,
Please I need help on TOR management with Return Orders in SD.
I've already red all the threads realted to TOR and ATP but I couldn't find a solution. As we know TOR is dependent on the following data: reqts type, reqts class, checking group and schedule line category.
The reqts type and class are determined in the strategy group (material master - MRP3).
Now if I switch on Transfer of Requirements for Returns, at Schedule Line level and Reqts Class level, the result is that I can see requirements related to Returns in the availability check overview of Sales Orders (ATP count) but if I check in the requirements list (i.e. transaction MD04) these requirements related to Returns are not recorded. Why?
And also another point please: requirements generated from Return Orders, into ATP count are considered as normal Sales Orders (negative sign, reducing ATP quantity, when it should be the contrary because a goods receipt is expected).
Can you help me please on these 2 points (perhaps something related with Sales Document Category)?
Thank you very much
Kind Regards
AP

I practically did a sample order / returns order to see your requirements and these are my observations
a)
If you create a standard sales order, then the availability check registers a minus sign with stock required in Rec./reqd qty field.
Once you save the sales order, this is not seen again as the total quantity is reduced by sales order quantity.
It was indicating a minus sign when you created a returns order because you checked the Transfer of requirements and availability check indicators in schedule line category.
It was simulating a requirement as you checked the indicators in schedule line category.
If you create returns order with standard DN (i.e. Transfer of requirements and availability check indicators are not checked), then you would not see any requirement for stock i.e. you don't see any new entry in availability overview screen.
b)
You are not seeing returned quantities in MD04 because of Movement types. This has nothing to do with Transfer of requirements.
Schedule line DN uses movement type 651.
Using movement type 651, you post returns from a customer with returns delivery to blocked stock returns.
The blocked stock returns are are neither valuated nor part of "unrestricted-use" stock.
Hence you are not seeing the returned stock in your available stock.
If you click the magnifying glass on total stock i.e. top line of your stock/requirements list (transaction MD04), you could see the returned quantity in 'Returns field'.
If you want to post returns from a customer with returns delivery directly to the valuated stock, you could use the following movement types in schedule line category.
653 Returns from customer to unrestricted-use stock
655 Returns from customer to stock in quality inspection
With these movement types, you could see returned quantities in stock/requirements list.

Data Collection in APS

Hi,
We have both the APS and OPM applications on the same instance. We have run data pull program. The required data such as organizations, items & formulas are coming into APS. But, item forecasts entered in Forecasting form of OPM Process Planning are not being pulled. In other words there's no demand schedule.
We have checked every bit of setup involved. Yet we have no idea what's going wrong?
Is this a bug or are we doing something wrong?
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Hello Ashok,
At the risk of repetition let me explain the set-up for use of forecast
in OPM-APS and you should be able to determine the source of the problem
you're encountering while transferring the forecast data.
1. Have a forecast in OPM for the required item in the "required
warehouse"
2. Have a Schedule (in MPS of OPM) which has this forecast associated
with it.
3. Ensure that the Make to Stock indicator is turned ON for this
schedule
4. Ensure that if the make to order indicator is also turned on then the
forecast quantities are not "consumed" by sales order quantities.
5. Ensure that the plant for which planning is being done has the
warehouse (mentioned in forecast) as a replenishment warehouse
(Plant-Warehouse Effectivities) for the forecasted items
6. Do a data collection and try the LOV for MDS. - You should see a MDS
with a name which starts with the letters in the name of the schedule
and thw warehouse code.
This MDS is generated by the data extract program (while doing data
extraction) and during the generation of this MDS the forecast is
adjusted for the sales orders quantities for the required warehouses.
Please fee free to get intouch with me or [email protected]
for any further queries.
Rgds
Abhay
PS : Just one more simple confirmation, though the forecast is NOT being
seen on the APS side , are you able to get the forecasted items across
to APS ?
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Stock In transit..Suggestions Please

Hello,
Can anyone tell me how to reconcile stock in transit in MB5T and PchOrd quantities in MD04 that are not showing in MB5T
Thanks in Advance
Regards,
Kris
Edited by: krisjohn on Sep 15, 2011 8:56 AM

Hi,
Once you made delivery(641) then surely it will reflects in MB5T as Stock in Transit , you can reconcile the transit Qty by checking GRN in other plant where the GR is not entered yet by movement type-101 in MB51.
Regards,
Sandesh Sawant

Forecast quantities in MD04

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