Product Allocation in APO-GATP

Product Allocation in APO-GATP APO-GATP

Product Allocation

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What is Product Allocation?

 Managing

Demand when there is Constrained Supply.

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check against product allocations is used in situations where supply is smaller than demand

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preents one customer !or a "ew customers# "rom $uying the complete %uantity and other re%uirements not $eing satis"ied.

 Con"irms

Sales Order to the e&tent that particular customer has an allocation.

Product Allocation

Product Allocation Overview  The

product master  determines the product allocation procedure.

 The

product allocation procedure contains a se%uence o" steps. 'ach step represents a product allocation group with the associated product allocation o$(ect and a set o" characteristics "or planning a time series o" product allocation %uantities.

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planning area is where you plan the planned product allocation %uantities "or the characteristics o" the product allocation group. This data has to $e copied to the product allocation group on an on-going $asis.

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can assign seeral product allocation o$(ects to the product allocation procedure.

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alidity period e&ists "or each o$(ect.

 The

system determines the releant o$(ect on the $asis o" the check date. The system allows three types o" check dates* Delivery date, Material availability date, Planned goods issue date.

etting up o! Product allocation

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Create Master Planning O$(ect Structure

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Create Planning Area

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Creating Product Allocation O$(ect

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Creating Product Allocation Group

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Creating Product Allocation Procedure

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Creating Se%uence o" Product Allocation Procedures

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Creating Characteristic +alue Com$inations

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Creating Connection to Planning Area

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Copy Characteristics Com$ination "rom Planning Area

Product allocation "on!iguration

Master Data Prere#uisites !or setting up Product Allocation ,n APO Product Master  maintain the Allocation procedure and the procedure Se%uence under the ATP Data ta$.

,n $"" Material Master  maintain the Allocation procedure and the procedure Se%uence under the ATO Data ta$

Planning Area and Planning Ob%ect tructure  Planning

Area and Planning O$(ect structure should $e created.

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"M Menu & Advanced Planning and Optimization → Demand Planning  → Environment → Administration of Demand Planning and Supply Network Planning  'ransaction

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Product Allocation Ob%ect  The

product allocation o$(ect is the reason "or allocating %uantities0 and can $e Product or a product group0 Component0 Production line. The product allocations o$(ect is assigned to a product allocations procedure.

 SAP

SCM  !mplementation "uide → Advanced Planning and Optimization→ "lo#al  Availa#letoPromise $"lo#al A%P& → Product Allocation → Maintain Product Allocation O#'ect 

Product allocation group Product

allocation group contains a group o" Characteristics and 1ey "igures

 2Characteristics* de"ine product allocation criteria  2 1ey "igures* planned and committed %uantities The

product allocation group de"ines the data container used $y product allocation. 3ithin the product allocation group0 you de"ine the characteristics releant "or product allocation. The characteristics o" the product allocation group will $e linked later on to characteristics o" the planning area. The product allocation group has two de"ault key "igures0 order %uantity and allocation %uantity0 which will $e linked against two key "igures o" the planning area later on. SAP

SCM  !mplementation "uide → Advanced Planning and Optimization→ "lo#al  Availa#letoPromise $"lo#al A%P& → Product Allocation → Maintain Product Allocation "roup

Product Allocation Procedure The

product allocation procedure links the product allocation o$(ect against the product allocation group0 and de"ines alidation hori4ons. The product allocation procedure is maintained in the material master. SAP

SCM ,MG Menu→ Advanced Planning and Optimization→ "lo#al   Availa#letoPromise $"lo#al A%P& → Product Allocation → Maintain Product  Allocation Procedure

e#uence o! Product Allocation procedure  3hen

more than one product allocation procedure determines allocation %uantity0 they can $e com$ined in a se%uence o" product allocation procedures. The se%uence de"ines the order o" com$ination o" the product allocation procedures.

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se%uence o" product allocation procedures is maintained in the material master.

 SAP

SCM  !mplementation "uide → Advanced Planning and Optimization→ "lo#al  Availa#letoPromise $"lo#al A%P& → Product Allocation → Maintain Se(uence of Product Allocation Procedures

Create Characteristic +alue Com$ination !C+C# Create

Characteristic alue com$ination using T-code* sapapoMC56 The purpose o" this actiity is to determine the master data on which you want to create the allocationdemand plans.  Advanced

Planning and Optimization → Master Data → Application Specific Master data → Demand Planning → Maintain C)aracteristic *alues T-code*

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"onnection to Planning Area The

purpose o" this actiity is to de"ine the assignment o" the planning area in"o o$(ects to characteristics and key "eatures o" the production allocation group. All characteristics and key "igures o" the product allocation group must $e linked to in"o o$(ects o" the planning area. The

assignment o" the planning area is re%uired $ecause the characteristics o! the product allocation group have di!!erent names than those o! the (n!oOb%ects in the planning area. )ou must assign all characteristics o" a product allocation group to an ,n"oO$(ect. SAP

SCM  !mplementation "uide → Advanced Planning and Optimization → "lo#al  Availa#letoPromise $"lo#al A%P& → Product  Allocation → Maintain Connection to Planning Area

"opy "haracteristic combination !rom Planning Area The

purpose o" this actiity is to copy the characteristic com$inations "rom the planning area to the product allocation group .  Advanced

Planning and Optimization → "lo#al A%P  → Environment → Product Allocations → Connection → C)aracteristics Com#ination from Planning Area T-

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characteristic com$inations o" the planning area are trans"erred to the product allocation group and actiated.

Maintain Allocation #uantity in the planning book Maintain

Allocation 7uantity in Planning $ook and sae.

"opy Product Allocations !rom Planning Area Once

the allocation %uantity is entered in the planning $ook "or the C+C9s 0 it has to $e trans"erred "rom the planning area to the product allocation area. Trans"er

the alue through the T-code *

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"reate and con!irm ales Order in $""

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Create sales order in 'CC.

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Per"orm Aaila$ility Check in the sales Order 

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The Product Allocations ta$ is displayed in the APO Aaila$ility Check* Deliery proposal +iew o" the sales order.