Quantity Allocation

Question

Hi,
We are in the process of finalizing our blue print,Need more
clarification on the "Procurement Quantity Allocation". It has been
identified as not a standard feature of SAP,would like to know the
possibilities from experts.
Our core business falls in the category of tyres trading,facing a problem in
allcating quantities since supply is less than demand. As a business
practice our procurement department collect the orders from all the
sales man every month,consolidate it as a single order and pass it on
to supplier.Our lead time is normally 90 days from the date of order .
The same practice will be followed every month. Supplier will come back
to us based on the availability and many times the quantities are less
than requested. We need to allocate this quantity to various salesman
based on various factors and make sure that this is the qty available
for him for the 4 th month(if we are ordering in November it is for
march month sales).
If this practice is not followed strictly , many times the person
requested the quantity will not be getting his allotment since the
sames is already booked by the other sales persons.
Either the person who has ordered is not selling it ends up in
increase of stock or the person who has not ordered selling it with out
allotment.
We expect our system will be accessed from more than 15 countries
it is not practially possible to control it manually. Would like to
hear it from you how the same business process can be mapped into SAP
and controlled effectively. The following depicts step wise details
1) Purchase requisition from multiple Sales man
2) Consolidated as a single RFQ and pass it on to supplier
3) Based on qty allocation from supplier allocate it to multiple
sales man
4) Send P.O to supplier and follow up with shipments
5) When the sales people are trying to book Sales order against the
pending P.O control it from allocation
Thanking You
Karuna

Answer 1

Hi,
This is possible in standard SAP via Product Allocation settings.
Regards,
Shailendra