SNP Optimizer Issue

Hi Experts,
We are working on SNP Optimization scenario with Transportation, Procurement, Strorage and penalty Cost. Our business process trading industry (we procure and sell).
We maintained Optmizaion profile with linear and Primal simplex Algorithm. We took a sample scenario where our product has four suppliers with diffrent transportation costs maintained in transportation lanes.
In SDP94, Optimizer behaving diffrently.
Case 1: When we run directly at destination location (product + Destination) level optimization running smoothly with out picking any transportation lanes, costs. Subsequently no purchase requistions are created.
Case 2: When we select all locations (Product + Source and Destination) and run optimization the following errors are coming which we are not able to identify the origin.
Error 1: Cost function 051MhWG07j6MwgLZXQcXSm not found
Error 2: Conversion from STD to EA for product WDE-MATL1A not maintained
Error 3: Error occurred when reading data
We checked CCR no errors are identified. Also there is no UOM called STD. We couldn't understand why Optimizer is proposing STD to EA conversion error.
Can you please throw some light.
Thanks in advance

Hi Ugameswara Rao
When you run optimizer,you need to run as a whole including all teh Network...So,the first observation is standard
Regarding teh second issue,It is a Master data inconsistency,So,please identify the 'concerned location product' and maintain the cost accordingly(Check teh log to find the concerned location product)
Regarding error "Error occurred when reading data",please raise a seperate thread,as the raesons for this are multiple...but try this first run //om17,model consistency check and correct the data model set...but,the reason for this could also be a softwre error....hence,if the above don't help,please rasise a seperate thread with all details like: STEP in which thi serror occur,and also teh message log details
Thanks and Regards
Suresh

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