SCM Consulting Solutions Product Allocation in SCM-APO-gATP for ECC 3rd Party Order

Frank-F. Meyer, Business Processes Senior Consultant (SAP Consulting)

19th September 2014

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Agenda

1. The Starting Point

2. The Challenge

3. The Solution: SCM-APO-GATP Allocation Check for ECC 3rd Party

Sales Order

4. Details about SCM-APO-GATP Allocation Check for ECC 3rd Party Sales

Order

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The Starting Point

For standard sales order processing the GATP allocation check in APO is already

used or intended to be used.

Allocation planning is done in SCM-APO and is expected to cover all sales

processes to external customers. Unfortunately the standard ECC 3rd party sales

process doesn’t execute any ATP-Check and therefore doesn’t consume any

allocation. This is due to the fact that the SCM-APO core is basically designed as

system for planning internal requirements. As 3rd party is an external procurement it

is not foreseen to be transferred from ECC to APO.

Result is that in standard SAP for the direction to customer not all sales can be

controlled by product allocation

The expectation for the ECC 3rd party process integrated with APO is

that a product allocation check can be executed inside APO

that the 3rd party requirements – as they are externally procured - are not

influencing any planning of internal requirements

that 3rd party requirements are fully integrated into CIF (CIF Transfer and Delta-

Handling) and follow up processes (BOP/BOPI)

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The Challenge

3rd party setup in standard SAP ECC doesn’t allow ATP-Check

– Enhancement needed to bypass that block

– Flexible configuration needed to customize the process

● Process-wise (SD Item-Category)

● Product-wise (SD Item-Category-Group)

Several implications to be recognized inside ECC

– Confirmation of GATP PAL Check might be partially

● Partial confirmation to be transferred to dependent ECC purchase requisition (standard

only transfers requested quantity)

– Process to be integrated into Credit-Limit-Check

● E.g. Release of credit blocked orders executes new ATP-Check – loosing confirmation

possible

– Process to be integrated into complex logic of ATP-Check

Several implications to be recognized inside APO

– Requirements to be separated from internal planned requirements

– Requirements must not be planned inside APO (e.g. PP/DS Heuristic)

– Full integration into SCM-APO backorder-processing expected (BOP / BOPI)

– Full integration into delta management tools expected (Delta Report CCR)

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The Solution: SCM-APO-GATP Allocation Check for ECC 3rd Party Sales Order

Following functions are provided

Flexible additional and standard Customizing for process configuration in ECC

and APO

Enhancement to allow ATP-Check of 3rd party orders

Enhancement to exclude 3rd party requirement from internal planning

Enhancement to separate 3rd party requirement from standard sales

requirements

Enhancement to transfer confirmed quantities instead of requested to purchase

requisition

Enhancement for CIF Delta-Report to handle this new type of requirement

Several Enhancements inside ECC to cover the special process for ATP-Logic

and Credit Limit Logic

Standard Customizing in SCM-APO for using new process inside standard BOP /

BOPI

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The Solution: SCM-APO-GATP Allocation Check for ECC 3rd Party Sales Order

Functional restrictions of the solution

– Only SCM-APO-GATP Product Allocation check is supported for the moment

– Other Check-Methods like Forecast Consumption (FCS) or Product Availability Check

(PAC) might be also possible but have not been tested / implemented.

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Details: SCM-APO-GATP Allocation Check for ECC 3rd Party Sales Order

Overview about the Enhancements

R/3 ECC SCM-APO

Create 3rd Party

Sales Order

PurchReq

automatically

created

Create PO

MM Invoice

SD Invoice

Create GR SD “dummy”

Delivery

PGI Delivery

• Modification

Execute ATP

Check Standard allocation

check in APO

Already used by

mainstream

Create 3rd Party

Sales Order

• Online ATP Userexit

Change ATP-category to

make 3rd party order

“invisible” for other

checks

Change Business Event

Planning

data

BOP / BOPI

• Standard Usage

• Userexit PReq:

Confirmed qty

according to

ATP-Check of

SO

• Configuration

Trigger ATP

Check

CCR Report

• CIF Userexit

Accept new ATP-Cat

• CIF Userexit

Requirement not

relevant for Planning

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Details ECC-Konfiguration

Setup of relevant Item-

Categories

Setup of relevant

Schedule line

Categories by

characteristics

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Example for a Product-View in APO: Element-Tab

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Example for a Product-View in APO: : ATP-Tab

Following the customizing in different setups the different requirement categories

are shown / hidden.

Standard

View

Special

View

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Examples for Allocation visualization in APO

Allocation situation

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Integration into Backorder Processing

Backorder Processing BOP, BOPI(N)

Appendix

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Thank You !

Marc Hoppe

Consulting Manager Supply Chain Management

SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG

T +49 / 40 / 22707 -402

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