Procurement Planning in BPC

Hey Guys,
Can we do Procurement Planning (Material Planning) in BPC System?
This is something new for me... I know we do Income/expense planning, Headcount plnning and CAPEX planning as these all r financial planning (Account based). but doing the procurement planning in BPC System is entirely new for me..
can we do that in BPC or should we keep it safe for APO only??
Suggestions needed guys

Any Suggestions from experts???

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What is the meaning of Procurement Planning

Dear SAP Experts,
Can anyone tell me full details about Procurement planning.
Thanks n regards,
ramanar.

Hi,
Procurement planning helps to create requirement automatically in system ,this is called as MRP Process.
Please read this document for the same.
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/print46c/en/data/pdf/PPMRP/PPMRP.pdf
Regards,
Sandesh Sawant

Planning in BPC /outlooksoft ?

Hi all,
Can any body tell me what is Planning in BPC, if you can send me any info . on Planning to (santigulla at gmail ) it will be grateful.
Thanking you,
Sandy.

Hi,
You can use these sites.
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/epm-elearning
https://websmp205.sap-ag.de/partnerportal/home
SAP Support Portal> Top Menu > Release & Upgrade Info> Installation & Upgrade Guides > SAP Solution Extensions > SAP Solutions for Performance Management>
SAP Business Planning and Consolidation> Release 5.1 (there is also ino for 5.0, 70M , and 70NW as well
or-
Go to: https://websmp203.sap-ag.de/instguidescpm-bpc
Installation & Upgrade Guides > SAP Solution Extensions > SAP Solutions for Performance Management>
SAP Business Planning and Consolidation> Release
You will find:
For BPC5.1:
SAP BPC 5.1 for Office User's Guide
SAP BPC 5.0 and 5.1 Best Practices for Reporting
SAP BPC 5.1 Administration User's Guide
SAP BPC 5.1 Backup Information
SAP BPC 5.1 Data Manager User's Guide
SAP BPC 5.1 Master & Installation Guide
SAP BPC 5.1 Release Notes
SAP BPC 5.1 SP01 Release Notes
SAP BPC 5.1 Web User's Guide
SAP BPC 5.1 for Office User's Guide
BPC70NW:
SAP BPC 7.0 SP00 NW Configuration Guide
BPC70M:
SAP BPC 7.0 SP00 M Configuration Guide
ALso, you will need a Service Marketplace ID....
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Procurement planning

Hi experts
what are the config. steps involved when it comes to procurement planning in SNP and PP part of PPDS ,in product master we have that procurement tab aprt from that where all in SNP and PPDS screens we need to invoke procurement related parameters -the scenario is like 30 units come from supplier A and 20 units comes from supplier B ,10 units comes from external contactor and 50 units are produced as inhouse production all these together make a FERT so i need material from supplier A and B and contractor along with inhouse produced (HALB) material ...
the issue boils down to --like--.I want to execute procurement planning separately for this FERT material .
.system wise where do i start and where will i end up ?
would you please help me with some material to gain insight into this procurement planning part in APO

Hi Rahul,
As suggested by Ada, you need to set the procurement type to X since you are procuring it externally as well as making it inhouse.
You will have to create quota arrangement and include all the four sources of supply in the quota. So three of them will be based on the external procurement relationships (2 vendors and 1 Subcontractor) and fourth one will be based on "In House Production".
Regards,
Mitesh

Starter Kit for liquidity planning in BPC

Hi to all,
Anyone has information or documentation about the starter kit for liquidity planning in BPC?
What functionalities does it have?
What integration with transactional SAP?
Where can I get it for installation?
Thanks,

The starter kit comes with pre-defined templates and tools for maintaining cash-calculation rules and currency-conversion rates, automating reporting, simulating liquidity strategies and importing aggregated liquidity data from SAP NetWeaver BW into SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation. Customers also have the ability to create executive dashboards with SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius Enterprise software, providing them with insight into working capital and cashflow.
Besides new implementations, it can also be incorporated into existing installments of SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, version for SAP NetWeaver u2013 exactly the type of thing clients want.
Check link for more information - http://www.sap.com/press.epx?pressid=14306

Consider tolerance during procurement planning in MTS

Hi Gurus,
Our net requirement calculation is considering Under delivery tolerance sourcing from Sales requirement, this is working fine in the net requirement calculation but we would also require to similarly consider the Sales tolerance as tolerated material shortage in MTS procurement planning, for example:
Sales order (S1) is requesting finished product P1 for 891 Kg on February, 01st, with a tolerance of -/+ 10%
Receipt (R1) is covering S1with 891 Kg as receipt qty
R1 has a dependant requirement on material P2 for 891 Kg
P2 is configured in a Make To Stock strategy.
Available stock (AS) on P2 is 850 Kg
Stock replenishment order (R2) with 1500 Kg planned on March, 1st
Actual procurement planning is pegging (AS) and (R2) on (R1) dependant requirement, leading then to have R1 with a planned start date on March, 1st (corresponding to latest pst), resulting into a delay covering customer requirement!
We would expext as a result of the procurement planning of above example to get (R1) dependant requirement only peg on (AS) as 850 Kg is within S1 tolerance.
Is there a way to achieve this ?
BR,
Pascal.

Pascal,
Your requirement is illogical for MTS. You are jumping to the conclusion that P2 is only supporting your lone P1 Sales order. In fact, in a MTS environment, P2 must generically supply any/all demand for the P2 material, including, but not limited to, dependent demand from P1. This flexibility is a major reason one uses MTS, The production is anonymous, and can be used for any demand..
Consider the situation where there are 10 different sales orders for P1, or for any other parent part of P2. Consider that each of these orders has a different Underdelivery tolerance. Which UD Tolerance should be used for P2? .
Using Underdelivery tolerances for planning only works the way you want in MTO scenario, where there is a distinct planning segment for each sales order/item.
Best Regards,
DB49

Convert procurement plan from I2 into purchase requisitions

Hello Greetings,
Trying to findout if anyone has experience in converting procurement plan from I2 into purchase requisitions, without having to build a custom interface.
Thanks Very Much
Moorthy Mahadevan

Hi Ahmad,
If you want to firm planned orders, then use MRP type P1,P2,P3,P4 and P5. The firming logic of already existing and new planned orders are differs for the MRP type P1 to P5. You can select as per your requirement.
Then if you want the system do not generarate new Planned order if PR exist already, please select the Individual/Collective indicator in MRP 4 view to Collective requirement (02).
Thanks and regards
Murugesan

Direct procurement & plan driven procurement

Hello experts,
i have the following basic questions -
1- is the local PO in extended classic scenario contain Purchase org info? how the Purchase Org is determined ?
2- is Direct material procuremnt can only be used in case of Extended classic scenario?
3 - is Local Purchase group is mandatory for plan-driven procurement ? can i assign the entry channel to a Purchase group which is linked to R/3 Purchase grp ?
Thanks in advance

> Hello experts,
>
> i have the following basic questions -
>
> 1- is the local PO in extended classic scenario
> contain Purchase org info? how the Purchase Org is
> determined ?
>
> 2- is Direct material procuremnt can only be used in
> case of Extended classic scenario?
>
> 3 - is Local Purchase group is mandatory for
> plan-driven procurement ? can i assign the entry
> channel to a Purchase group which is linked to R/3
> Purchase grp ?
>
>
> Thanks in advance
Hi,
for 2) direct material works like an ext. classic scenario. However it is not exactly the same since ECS could have accounting assignment where direct material excluded that.
for 3) Local purchasing grp is mandatory for direct material and ECS scenario. Other than that, it is not required. The user can exists anywhere in the org structure as long as a responsible P.Org and Grp have been assigned for that user.
Regards.

Revenue planning in bpc

Is it possible with bpc to use excel-cells both as input and output cells?
When planning the revenue, I want to plan amount and price to calculate the revenue, but when changing the value of the revenue, I want to have the amount/ price value adjusted.
Example:
When I plan an amount of 4, price 5 the revenue will be calculated with 20.
When changing revenue to 35, the amount should be adjusted automatically to 7.
How could it be solved?

Is it possible with bpc to use excel-cells both as input and output cells?
When planning the revenue, I want to plan amount and price to calculate the revenue, but when changing the value of the revenue, I want to have the amount/ price value adjusted.
Example:
When I plan an amount of 4, price 5 the revenue will be calculated with 20.
When changing revenue to 35, the amount should be adjusted automatically to 7.
How could it be solved?
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Hi Jean-Marc,
There is no way to implement that both way unitprice in BPC, only be able to calculate unitprice as a single way using dim formula or script logic.
BUT BPC is based on Excel, and all excel native function is working with BPC EV-function. You can make that logic with VBA and send the update using Ev-function. You will need to implement the calcuation range as VBA and the result should be copied in the behind of scene by VBA and call MNU macro in VBA to send the update to BPC.
I know it is not that easy just like what I described since you should consider all possible cases that could happen to customer with the template. But I can say it is fully capable with VBA and EV-Function.
Regards,
YH Seo

How to produce to the point in the procurement plan

HI:
At present, our material purchase plan is delivery schedules of Outline Agreement delivery plan line generated by running the MRP , but the delivery schedule line there is a problem, that scheme is at a certain date, we hope to generate a delivery schedule can be accurate to one day of the a point in time, such as 2009-12-20 10:30 , how to do ?

In your example, your BigDecimals will always be accurate to exactly one decimal place. The string you construct the object with determines this. If you need accuracy to 4 decimal places, say so:
BigDecimal preciseToFourPlaces = new BigDecimal("4.0000");

BW Planning component related to SAP Procurement for Public Sector?

Hi all,
is there any BW/BI component (content?) related to procurement planning (anual) at SAP Procurement for Public Sector package?
Kind regards, Josko.

Josko, as far as I'm familiar following is available in this area:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_NW70EHP1/helpdata/en/47/ac463c9c9ffc3ae10000000a114084/frameset.htm
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BPC Balance sheet , Profit loss and cash flow planning

Hi Friends,
Can anybody have the documents or links for BPC balance sheet and Profit loass and cash flowing for data flow from R/3 to BW abd BW to BPC as wells as what is process form business point of view. what are the EVdre reports and input scdules and we deelope and also data source for balancesheet and Profie and loss and Cash flow planning in BPC/
PLease share any documents if you hae.
Thanks
Best regards
SG

Hi SG,
What Raghu has shared are the best practices. However, what you need is the understanding of the these financial statements from a general perspective (not BPC). These documents are just financial statements. BPC is just a tool, in which you can create these statements. But, in order to create these statements in BPC, you need to understand the basic terminologies of the financial statements.
You can search them directly. on the internet.
Hope this helps.

Capturing Expense Detail for BPC Planning

Does anyone have recommendations on how to capture expense detail when creating an Outlook or plan in BPC. For example, if a Cost Center owner wants to capture the detail behind her "Promotions" or "Events" expense by month, what are the some options. I thought about Comments, but would like to plan expense by "event" by month...and not put a comment in each month. I know the requirements are high level, but would like to be aware of some options before finalizing the design.

Hi Mike,
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Sales forecasting scenario for production and procurement

Hello Gurus
We have currently one scenario need your inputs and expertise
We have a requirement for the Sales forecast for the production and procurement planning. More over its like demand planning but sales needs to have a 6 months or yearly sales forecast in the system.
Is there any option or functionality available for the same.in SAP-SD
Thanks inadvance
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Venkat

Hi KV chalapathi
check this link
How to maintain Sales forecast or projection in SAP
hope clear your issue
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SAP PP-Planning at Assembly level(70)u201D & u201C Planning at Assembly level witho

Hello SAP-Guruu2019s
Pls explain the Strategy u201C Planning at Assembly level(70)u201D & u201C Planning at Assembly level without final Assembly (74)u201D and pls give any examples if possible.
Thanks in advance

Hi,
Planning at Assembly Level (70)
Purpose
This planning strategy is particularly useful for manufacturers of products with variants if a more
reliable forecast can be produced for certain assemblies than for the multitude of product
variants.
Prerequisites
You must maintain the master data of the assembly as follows:
Strategy group 70 on the MRP screen.
Set the indicator for assembly planning, the Mixed MRP indicator, to 1 on the MRP
screen.
Consumption parameters (Consumption mode, Bwd consumption, Fwd consumption on
the MRP screen) to allow for consumption of planned independent requirements.
If you are using this strategy in a make-to-stock environment, you also must set the
Individual/coll. indicator to 2 on the MRP screen.
Reduction
Consumption
This strategy is very similar to Planning with Final Assembly (40) However, planned
independent requirements are consumed by production order requirements (or schedule lines in
repetitive manufacturing) and not to requirements of sales orders.
1. Stock for the assembly usually exists.
2. Planned independent requirements are entered at assembly level. Procurement (planned
by means of the planned independent requirements) is therefore triggered before the
production order stage (or schedule line in repetitive manufacturing).
3. The planned orders for the assembly/components are convertible.
4. Procurement smoothing according to order demand is possible. In this strategy,
however, the ability to react flexibly to customer requirements is more important.
5. An accurate availability check is performed according to ATP logic during production
order processing.
6. Requirements from production orders (or schedule lines) are passed on to production
and can lead to changes to procurement after the sales order stage, if the order
quantities exceed the planned independent requirement quantities. However the order
quantities cannot be confirmed if there is insufficient coverage of components. The
system automatically adjusts the master plan. For more information see Coping with
Insufficient Coverage of Components .
7. The planned independent requirements are consumed during the production stage. This
means that you can compare the planned independent requirements situation with the
actual order requirements.
Unconsumed planned independent requirement quantities increase the warehouse stock of the
component, and cause procurement to be decreased or not to take place at all in the next period.
This procedure is called "netting."
Sample Scenario: Strategy 70
Process Flow
This example is based on a production plan in which 100 pieces are planned for <reqdat1>,
<reqdat2>, and <reqdat1>.
Stage 1: Demand Management
1.In this scenario, planned independent requirements are created as follows for the
production plan.
Period indicator Reqmts date Planned qty Value
T (= day) <reqdat1> 100 10,000.00
T (= day) <reqdat2> 100 10,000.00
T (= day) <reqdat3> 100 10,000.00
The system will find requirements type VSFB because the strategy group has been set
to 70.
2. The requirements are passed on to MRP. The stock/requirements list (Logistics
Production   MRP   Evaluations   Stock/reqmts list) displays the following
information:
Date MRP element MRP element data Received/
required
quantity
Available quantity
<today> Stock 0
<reqdat1> IndReq VSFB 100 - 100 -
<reqdat2> IndReq VSFB 100 - 200 -
<reqdat3> IndReq VSFB 100 - 300 -
Stage 2: Procurement Before Use in Production
1. A procurement requisition is created in the MRP run (Logistics   Production   MRP
Total planning). The stock/requirements list displays the following information:
Date MRP element MRP element data Received/
required
quantity
Available quantity
<today> Stock 0
<reqdat1> PlOrd. 123/STCK 100 100
<reqdat1> IndReq VSFB 100 - 0
<reqdat2> PlOrd. 124/STCK 100 100
<reqdat2> IndReq VSFB 100 - 0
<reqdat3> PlOrd. 125/STCK 100 100
<reqdat3> IndReq VSFB 100 - 0
This procurement requisition is the starting point for production or external procurement.
You have a variety of options for handling the procurement process in the R/3 System.
One possibility would be to convert the planned order into a production order, release of
the production order and a goods receipt of the yield quantity. It is also possible,
however, to use returns or other goods movements for make-to-stock production.
2. After goods receipt for the order, the stock/requirements list displays the following
information:
Date MRP element MRP element data Received/
required
quantity
Available quantity
<today> Stock 200
<reqdat1> IndReq VSFB 100 - 100
<reqdat2> IndReq VSFB 100 - 0
<reqdat3> PlOrd. 125/SDeb 100 100
<reqdat3> IndReq VSFB 100 - 0
Stage 3: Production Order and Allocation
A production order that uses the planned component is created (Logistics   Production
Production control   Order   Create).
An availability check is performed in the order (Component   Availability   Check availability).
In this example, it is assumed that production is 50 pieces of the material and the
material has an in-house production time of zero.
A popup appears containing the following information:
Requirements date <today>
Requirements quantity 50
Availability check (checking group) 02
ATP quantity 200
Confirmation date <today>
Confirmation quantity 50
This availability check is always performed according to ATP logic. See Availability Check [Page
157].
The production order quantity, which is not visible in the production order, is allocated to the
component quantity. You can, however, control the allocation in the stock/requirements list or in
the total requirements list. The total requirements list displays the following information:
Requirements type Date Allocated quantity Total quantity
VSFB 300
<reqdat1> 100
RESE <reqdat1> 50
<today> 50
<reqdat2> 100
<reqdat3> 100
After creation of the production order, the stock/requirements list displays the following
information:
Date MRP element MRP element data Received/
required
quantity
Available quantity
<today> Stock 200
<today> OrdRes SZ-10 50 - 150
<reqdat1> IndReq VSFB 50 - 100
<reqdat2> IndReq VSFB 100 - 0
<reqdat3> PlOrd. 125/STCK 100 100
<reqdat3> IndReq VSFB 100 - 0
Any parent material that consists of this component is automatically allocated to this plan. In
practice, there are several header materials (like SZ-10 in this example) that allocate this
material.
Stage 4: Procurement After Production
This does not apply to this strategy.
Stage 5: Goods Issue for Production Order
After goods issue for the production order (Logistics   Materials management   Inventory
management   Goods movement   Goods issue), the stock/requirements list displays the
following information:
Date MRP element MRP element data Received/
required
quantity
Available quantity
<today> Stock 150
< reqdat1> IndReq VSFB 50 - 100
<reqdat2> IndReq VSFB 100 - 0
<reqdat3> PlOrd. 125/STCK 100 100
<reqdat3> IndReq VSFB 100 - 0
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Tejas

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