Product hierarchy and Product allocation

Dear SD Gurus,
Can I have some good docs on Product hierarchy and Product allocation related to SAP SD.
my mail id is [email protected]
Regards,
Rakesh

Hi
Product allocation helps in allocating prodects based on customer requirement.
Please go through this link for product allocation
http://www.sap-img.com/sap-sd/implement-the-product-allocation-functionality.htm
For product hierarchy go through this link
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/77/1a39516e36d1118b3f0060b03ca329/frameset.htm
give points if this useful
Thanks
Anil

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APO product allocation and customer hierarchy groups

Hi,
we have customer hierarchy groups. In the future we want to use product allocation in APO.
The values of the customer hierarchy groups will be changed often.
How can we map the customer hierarchy group to a product allocation group?
Thanks,
Michael

Hi Michael,
Not sure it is the only way but you can try the following,
1. maintain the field catalogue and the product allocation group in APO
SPRO
Advanced Planning and Optimization
> Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP)
> Product Allocation
2. Maintain the planning area accordingly
(+ the connection to the PA - still in SPRO...)
Now start the real thing:
3. pass the customer hierachy to the sales order in R/3
You can use exit: MV45AFZZ u2013 form USEREXIT_MOVE_FIELD_TO_VBAK
4. Pass the information to APO
A new exit: FV45VFZY form USEREXIT_CATALOG_VALU - Adding to the APO field Catalogue
Now you mentioned frequent hierarchy changes... that I don't know how to handle. When you change the hierarchy how do you want the consumption to happen? I guess the new sales order should consume the new hierarchy, but what about the old assignment?
If somebody know ho the system handle that, that would be great!
Thanks and Regards
Julien

Product Allocation: Planning Hierarchy

hello, friends.
in tests, product allocation is performing as required. it is now time to set the data in PRD.
the hierarchy involves Material, Plant and Sold-to. all-in-all, this translates to a large number of nodes (in the thousands, due to the many possible combinations of the 3 levels). it is not practical to do MC61/MC62 manually.
is there any BAPI that would allow uploading of the planning hierarchy? can the database table accomodate potentially 1 million line items in the table SxxxE?
thanks.
jy

Hello Jonathan
I am not aware of any BADIs, BAPIs to do this. But if there are programs for deleting, regeneration (RMC**, MC**), so there could be programs for creation/generation also. So check the OSS notes blow.
I am also wondering if you could use SE16 since an infostructure is essentially a table and SAP kind of alluded to it in OSS note 674719 - Planning hierarchy: Highest level is deleted.
Also may be you could use Copy From functionality available within the Transactions MC61 and MC62?
I beleive the recommended largest size of the database is 500, 000 ( 1/2 Million) entries. Take a look at OSS note 631323 which talks about this and provides some useful tips. Also check out the notes mentioned within.
631323 - Planning hierarchy: Known problems
624731 - MC62: Bad performance with large hierarchies
Hope this helps.
ps: did my reply help you in resolving the retrobilling issue you posted on August 3rd?

WANTED: Function Module (Product Allocation Planning Hierarchy Upload Tool)

Hi,
I would like to seek assistance in utilizing the right function module in uploading Product Allocation Planning Hierarchy to MC62.
I've tried direct table update and BDC but to no avial.
Points will be rewarded.
Thanks in advance

Hi,
I'm having trouble using the FM 'MCP_GET_HIERARCHY'.
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IMPORTING
RETURN =
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I'm very new with this.
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Can I use the fields Product allocation and Basic material for bifurcation of material

Dear Users,
We have a requirement for bifurcation of material so we need two field in material master for fulfilling the requirement. First requirement is material category like insurance or revenue etc., second requirement is department wise like electrical, maintenance etc, so i have choosen the fields 'Product allocation' in basic data 1 screen in material master for fulfilling department requirement and then in basic data 2 i have choosen 'Basic Material' field for fulfilling material category requirement. My doubt is whether this change will effect the reports and i need to know the effects of such changes.
Thanks,
Manoj

As you are trying to use the standard fields, so you can read the F1 help for these fields.
Also check in which table and program, the fields are used.
Read the F1 help and find the table and program by using this document How to find Table name for a Field which is shown structure name on press F1.
After reading this, If these fields are suitable for your requirement, then you can continue.
Regards
Dev

GATP Product allocation status report and backorder processing

Dear Experts,
We are using product allocation as the first and only step in GATP check.
The scenario is like this:
Sales order total quantity = 200
Planned allocation quantity=150
Thus
Confirmed sales order quantity=150
Questions:
1.Now how can see the confirmed/unconfirmed situation for all sales orders.
Is there any standard report.
I understand that this report need to show the planned allocation quantity,total sales order quantity and the confirmed sales order quantity may be bucket wise.Also this report can show the details of all sales orders in the bucket.
The GATP planning book only shows confirmed sales orders in the "sales order" keyfigure until you have introduced another order series key figure for sales order(not related to GATP) which has sales order/scheduling agreement category group assigned to it.
2.Can I do backorder processing of sales orders assuming that after the above report is run,I have changed the planned allocation quantity from 150 to 200 and I need that the sales order can be confirmed now by this program rather than by going into ECC and triggering the GATP check again.
Note that the stock availability situation may remain the same.
Request you to kindly suggest if this is possible in backorder processing.If yes,then what are the settings and the transactions to execute this.
Thanks,
Chandan

Thanks so much Michael for a prompt reply.
Couple of points.
1./sapapo/ac42-This report is helpful but this has 2 issues.
It has to be run at individual CVC level.Thus it is not a comprehensive report.
It does not provide sales order original quantity.It just provides the planned allocation quantity,confirmed sales order quantity and the remaining quantity.This is normally already available in interactive planning of GATP planning area.
What we need is a report which must say what is the original sales order quantity and how much has been confirmed and how much is the bucket planned allocation quantity.
2.Running ATP in product view or interactive backorder processing view may not help as they seem to be working with ATP group and not with check mode.Note that product allocation gets triggered when check mode comes into play.
Do you know if we can make it work with check mode.
3.The batch backorder processing is working when I am using the "update changes" option.I am still evaluating the results as I don't understand many settings here.It will be nice if you can elaborate on some of the settings used in this transaction please.
Thanks again.
Regards,
Chandan

Daily and Monthly Production Allocations

Does anyone out there have experience with using PRA for daily production allocations?
I know there are lots of companies using PRA for their monthly production allocations but I was hoping to get some feedback as to why companies have avoided doing their daily allocations in PRA. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
I am working on a project that is considering moving their daily and monthly allocation from TOW (Landmark Graphics) to SAP.

Hi Polaris,
Instead of hard coding the HRS as 8 in PCR please try to read the hours from Info type 0007. Sample PCR is as below.
where EG-1 is intern
Z105-Time type
For permanent employee complete calculation will be based on the IT0008.
Please explain with an example if you still have any queries.
Hope this helps:)
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Global ATP with product allocations and SD returns

Dear all,
We have been setting up an implementation scenario with an ECC 6.0 and SCM 5.0 system which verifies SD orders versus SCM product allocations.
With SD orders and SD contracts everything works fine. But we have a problem with using SD returns (same material and plant used like the SD orders): We would expect the system also to check the returns for product allocation quantities but it seems that the SCM availability check does not enter the product allocation procedure at all (we have some user-exits in use but these are only accessed when we go via SD orders, no access at all for SD returns).
Is there any special setting which we have to activate in order to have the SD returns properly processed with product allocations? (Customizing "Set the Transfer of Returns to SAP APO" within ECC is activated) The system somewhere gets stuck during the check within the SCM system.
Thanks for providing assistance regarding this matter.
Kind regards,
Klemens

Hi folks, did you resolve your issue here? I assume what you are wanting is for the Returns order to free up allocations qtys that had previously been consumed by the originating sales order, that is, incoming orders qty should be reduced by the amount of the returns order. I know that when a sales order line item is rejected the incoming order qty is reduced, but I'm not sure it is possible for a returns order to do this.
ATP Man, are you saying that as category BZ is not supported by Allocations that it is therefore not possible for the Incoming Orders Qty to be reduced by a Returns Order? I have a business reequirement to do exactly that.
If it is not possible to do this through the automatically via the ATP check, the only way I can think to address this, would be to try and transfer the Returns qty to SCM after the order is saved and then to have a macro that reads the returns qty and reduces the Incoming Orders qty by the qty of the return.
Paul.

Third Party Drop ship and availability check against Product Allocations.

Dear All -
We are facing a situation where we need to create a third party drop ship Sales Order with an item category which still reaches out to APO and confirms against the product allocation quantities. This is not supported by standard SAP.
Has anyone come across such a requirement and how has it been handled. I would really appreciate any suggestions.
Regards
Mandar

Vladimir,
I want the drop ship in which when you create SO, before selecting the vendor, system should perform availability check for plants. If material is not available in the plants ( nearest plant) then system should select the vendor who will ship the material to customer directly.
_pat

Customer Hierarchy and product Hierarchy

Hi friends what is customer Hierarchy and what is product hierarchy?
please explain step by step with examples.
mail id: [email protected]
Thanx.

Hi Sirivas,
CUSTOMER HIERARCHY:
Customer hierarchies are available in Sales and Distribution, so that you can create flexible hierarchies to reflect the structure of customer organizations. If your customer base includes multi-level buying groups, cooperatives, or chains of retail outlets, for example, you can create hierarchies to reflect the structure of these groups. Use customer hierarchies during sales order processing and billing for determining pricing and running statistics.
 A customer hierarchy consists of nodes.
 To create a customer hierarchy:
1. Create master records for each node.
2. Assign the nodes to each other.
3. Assign the customer master records to the relevant nodes.
 Hierarchy nodes are only valid for a certain period of time. They may also be moved. If a node is moved, the system automatically reassigns all related nodes and customer master records.
With customer hierarchies, you can assign price or rebate agreements to a higher level node. The agreements are then valid for customers at all subordinate levels to this node. You can create pricing condition records for each node indicated as relevant for pricing. If one or more nodes in the hierarchy path of a sales order contain pricing information, the system takes them into account automatically during pricing.
'How to check'
All the customizing is in SD/Master Data/Business Partner/Customers/Customers hierarchy
All the customizing is in SD/Master Data/Business Partner/Customers/Customers hierarchy
1) Define hierarchy type: just put and ID and a name to the new hierarchy.
2) Set partner determination: if you want to user the hierarchy in price determination, then, in the orders, at the header level, you have to have a Partner Procedure with a partner function for each level. In the partner procedure, in each partner function you must indicate the source partner function. With this information, in the order, you obtain the business partner for each partner function.
3) Assign account groups: you indicate which accounts groups are allowed for being part or your hierarchy.
4) Assign sales areas: simple you indicate which sales areas are allowed in your hierarchy. (Here you can customize common sales areas, just for not having to build de hierarchy in all the different sales areas).
5) Assigning hierarchy type for pricing: you indicate which classes of documents uses hierarchy in pricing determination.
It is possible to maintain so called customer hierarchies. This might be useful when for example you create a condition discount for a customer that is part of such a hierarchy structure. All subnodes in the hierarchy below that customer, will thus receive the same discount.
Customer hierarchy setup, firstly decide the hierarchy type to be used.
The standard is type A.
You can also assign a partner function to the customer so that the higher level customer in the hierarchy is copied into a sales order as a partner function - but you don't need that right?
Next assign your customer account group to the hierarchy type. And enter the combinations that will be allowed for creating the hierarchy.
You want to assign a ship-to to a payer. So enter the ship to account group and enter the payer account group as the higher level.
You must also make an entry for permitted sales area assignments. So if you want to a hierarchy for customers in the same sales area then enter the sales area and enter the same one as the higher level sales area.
All these settings can be found in the IMG. Under SD - master data - business partners - customers - customer hierarchy
You use for example customer hierarchy when you have an company like Unilever and you agree both on a discount. Unilever does have different locations / businesses and you have to maintain the discount for all customers. If you use a customer hierarchy you can maintain the discount for the partner in the top of the hierarchy and in this way it will be valid for all customers in the hierarchy.
Product Hierarchy:
The product hierarchy on the Basic Data screen is used to depict the competitive materials of competitor 1 in relation to those of competitor 2. Here, your own company and its materials are also regarded as a competitor and as competitive materials respectively. You can use this representation as a basis for market analyses.
Normally we enter competitive materials using material type WETT. When entering your own materials as competitive materials, you can, however, display the product hierarchy on the Basic Data screen for other material types too.
Requirement type determination is based on the "Origin of requirement type in requirement type determination"
In this field you can select an alternative search strategy (source):
Source 0 = Material master strategy, then item category and MRP type
Source 1 = Item type and MRP type strategy
Source 2 = Item type and MRP type strategy (as for source 1) with additional check of the allowed requirements type
e.g. If you set value "0" system will first strategy group in material master based on that it will determine requirement type and no value found then it will determine requirement type based on item category and MRP type.
Above settings can be found at SD --> Basic Functions --> Availability Check and transfer of requirement --> Transfer of Requirement --> Determination of Requirement type using Transaction
For make to order std strategy group 20 is used to which req type KE is assigned.
Check
Check in Tcode OVZH, what requirement class is assigned to your requirement type
Check in Tcode OVZG, what value is assigned to field "Consumption" in requirement class because that determines consumption posting.
The product hierarchy is used to group materials by combining different features. It is used for analyses and pricing. A product hierarchy can consist of up to Eighteen characters. Its features can be combined in various ways.
Example: A dishwasher can be described by product hierarchy 000010000200000002. This series of characters states that dishwashers belong to the category electrical appliances (series of characters 00001, position 1-5), and also to wet appliances (series of characters 00002, position 6-10) and, finally, to dishwashers (series of characters 00000002, position 11-18).
One can maintain the product hierarchy via transaction "OVSV" and "V/76.
Path = IMG-Logistics General-Material master-Setting for Key fields-Data relevant to SD-Define Product hierarchy.
The product hierarchy is maintained in the Basic Data view of the material master record, and is used for evaluation as well as price determination in materials management.
The standard SAP allows only 3 levels, but you can go up to 6 levels, for additional 3 levels u will have to take abapper help and add 3 more fields and corresponding data element into structure. So that in material master drop down you will see 6 levels.
The transaction which will be useful to change product hierarchies for material master will be V/76.
Yes, You can print the levels of the product hierarchy through a report.
Use the view SE16 - V_T179 (Table Name) to display Product hierarchy with level numbers.
Field Name is PRODH
Please Reward If Really Helpful,
Thanks and Regards,
Sateesh.Kandula

MATP and product allocation

Hi,
I am trying to carry out product allocation check at component level during sales order creation.
But during the allocation check system is checking allocation quantities of the parent material (sales order material).
What is the governing factor (e.g. product allocation procedure) at component level which triggers the consideration of allocation quantities maintained at component level (in DP planning book).
e.g. In APO availability check shows following
ATP / material A
       >> schedule line 0001
            >> Components of ATP
                  >> material B              >> Product allocation = 100.
As mentioned, here the allocation quantity 100 is maintained against parent material A where as as per my understanding it should consider allocations maintained at component material B which is required.
For information : The same allocations are getting considered when I create sales order for the component. (Check Mode is 011) just to ensure if the settings are correct.
Regards,
RS

Hi,
In the allocation DP planning book, you maintained the allocation quantity at material A level and you have maintained the product allocation procedure at material B level....right?
Then the allocation is actually to the component material for the production of material A. So, the system behavior is correct only.
Also please check whether is CTP is active in the check instruction of the header material A.
Please check and revert.
Regards,
Manimaran M.

Product Hierarchy and Assortment Module?

Hi,
Can anyone throw some light on Product Hierarchy and Assortment Module?
Regrds,
Binayak

Hi,
Product Hierarchy:
Product Hierarchy is used to group the materails by combining features. It is used for analyses and pricicng. A produch hierarchy can consist of upto 18 characters. Its features can be combined in various ways, the following figure gives an example of how materials can be grouped using product hierarchy.
Product Hierarchy: Electrical Appliances(00001): 1. Dry Appliances(00001), 1.1 Electri Stoves(00000001), 1.2 Food Processors(00000002); 2. Wet Appliances(00002), 2.1 Washing Machine(00000001), 2.2 Dish washer(00000002).
In this case, a dish washer can be describered by product hierarchy 000010000200000002.
This is called as Product Hierarchy.
Assortment Module:
This is one type of Value contract using assortment module (Contract Type: WK1). Firstly we have to create Assortment Module using T.code: WSO1, and enter the group of material in the assortment module and save. and then create contract and assign the Assortment module number in the contract and enter the value and save the document. after that is same like other contract.
Hope i have answer your question
Reward if it helps
Regards
Prasanna R

Product allocation is not working after setting all required config!

Hello SD gurus, Would you please help me to resolve this issue?
I followed and configured all the required steps for product allocation in ECC 6.0 Version still the product allocation is not working as expected.
Here are the steps performed
1. Created procedure through OV1Z
Maintained Product allocation procedureT.code OV1Z
2. Maintain product allocation object Transaction code: OV2Z
3. Create required info structure as per requirement T.code MC21
4. Specify Hierarchy and Define the “Product allocation planning structure”
Transaction code: OV3Z
5.Define Consumption periods
6. Control product allocation
T. code: OV4Z
Selected the product allocation procedure and given the required criteria and assigned to Info. Structure S991. Activated ‘Requirement category’ for product allocation
8. T.code OVZ0
Activate schedule line category for product allocation
S991 Info structure Planning parameters updated
Mc7F
Create update
T.code MC24
Activate the update
T.code OMO1
Create planning Hierarchy
T.code: MC61/62
Maintain planning type
. T.Code: MC8A/B
Created the product allocation plan for required quantity through MC94 IN spite of reserving stock as shown against the product allocation material specific and customer specific product allocation is not worked and the regular Atp check allocated stock to some other customer when created SO.
Thanks for your help in advance
Srini

Hi Sumitra,
Thanks a lot for your quick response!
Actually to say availability check is working but not product allocation.
I checked the settings in Material master MRP 3 view for strategy group and it is 40.
Availability check is 02 assigned. OVZ9 settings are assigned correctly 02-A- SD Order.
Not knowing what is preventing to reserve the stock against product allocation!
Do you or any one know where to see the product allocation stock?
Best Regards& Thanks a lot for your help!
Srini

Complications in the Product Allocation

Dear SAP Gurus,
I am facing lot of problems in configuring the Product Allocation.
Problem-01
I started creating new Info Structure S561 copying the existing Info Structure S140 as the Info Structure is to be assigned in OV3Z (Specify hierarchy).
The problem is that the Table MCVOBJECT is not appearing in the u201CCharacteristics for 0001 Incoming Orders Quantityu201D in the transaction code MC25. I tried to insert the Table name as MCVOBJECT and Field name as KONOB against the characteristics u201CProd Allocation obj.u201D but I got the error message as u201COnly source fields from MC Communication structures allowedu201D
Only few Table names are available after pressing F4.
Please help me how I can put the Table name MCVOBJECT and field name KONOB in the Characteristics for MC25.
Problem-02
In OVZ0 (Define Flow according to requirement category) I am not able to create new Requirement even in the change Mode. But I found some of them started with Z i.e. it has been created by somebody. I am in IDES system.
Problem-03
The same issue in OVZ8 (Process flow for each Schedule line Category) I am not able to create new Requirement even in the change Mode. But I found some of them started with Z i.e. it has been created by somebody.
Please guide me how to create a new requirement and assign it.
Problem-04
When I am checking in OV8Z (Check setting in Product Allocationu201D, the following comments appear. If anybody guide me on this basis I will be grateful to him.
u201CProd.alloc.detmtn prod: PRODUCT Description: Various Items
Use for following materials:
    1478
Method:
    Cumulative check
      Step: 01 Description: First step Info struct.: S561
        Info struct.
          Planning version 000 is defined for info structure S561 .
          Periodicity M ( ) is set for info structure S561 .
        Update
          Updating is not defined for S561 at schedule line level!
          The update date is not permitted for S561 (permitted; MBDAT , WADAT , EDATU )!
          The period settings for info structure S561 agree
          The info structure is updated synchronously.
          Formula 146 is used for the order incoming quantity
          Not every characteristic has a formula
        Plng
          No allocation quantities have been defined for product allocation object MCA1 !
          End of allocation validity is always end of a period (PRODUCT ,01 ).
          The product allocation objects are entered in the planning hierarchy.u201D
Problem-05
Where should I put the quantity because when I am creating Sales Order no Product Allocation function is working.
Problem-06
I have used Transaction code MC8A for creating Planning type but every time I put some value and save but after that in change mode I am not finding those values.
Regards,
Jans

Hi Lakshmpathi,
Please help me in solving these problems,
Thanks,
Jans

Product Allocation: Removing a Material from Product Allocation

Hey folks!
I am new to the forums, so hopefully some of you sharks will bite on this one. I work for a consumer products company and we're having issues with product allocations.
We have had a material on product allocation for the past 3 months. We used a allocation rule that is modeled off of the S140 rule on the basic data of the material view. However, our production has now ramped up sufficiently to produce this product and provide normally.
1) How do we remove the material from product allocation?
We deleted the rule from the basic data view, but is there anything else we need to do? There are many remaining open sales orders that get the error "No Feature Combination exists for this selection error". I have ran rescheduling (V_V2) and have also ran the SDRQCR21 to rebuild requirements, but it still remains with this error.
2) Is there something we have to do with the infostructures? Something we have to do in MC64 or MC94?
3) Do we need to go through each sales order and delete the line item and replace the line item to get the normal ATP to function (we would rather not do this as we have EDI information connected to each line item)
4) Is there another report out there I need to run that I just do not know about?
Any help would be great. We are on ECC5.0 Hotpack 15. I will reward points if I can figure out how to.

Use MC94 to remove the quantities allocated.
Use MC62 to remove the planning hierarchy.
I believe that in your situation MC94 will work.

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