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

Frank-F. Meyer, Business Processes Senior Consultant (SAP Consulting)
19th September 2014

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 doesnt execute any ATP-Check and therefore doesnt 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 DeltaHandling) and follow up processes (BOP/BOPI)
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The Challenge
3rd party setup in standard SAP ECC doesnt 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
Create 3rd Party
Sales Order

Modification
Execute ATP
Check

PurchReq
automatically
created
Create PO

Create GR

Configuration
Trigger ATP
Check

SD dummy
Delivery

Userexit PReq:
Confirmed qty
according to
ATP-Check of
SO

CIF Userexit
Requirement not
relevant for Planning

Online ATP Userexit

Change ATP-category to
make 3rd party order
invisible for other
checks
Change Business Event

SCM-APO
Create 3rd Party
Sales Order
Standard allocation
check in APO
Already used by
mainstream

Planning
data

PGI Delivery
MM Invoice

Standard Usage

SD Invoice

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BOP / BOPI
CIF Userexit
Accept new ATP-Cat

CCR Report

Details ECC-Konfiguration

Setup of relevant ItemCategories

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)

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Appendix

Thank You !
Marc Hoppe
Consulting Manager Supply Chain Management
SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG
T +49 / 40 / 22707 -402
F +49 / 40 / 22707 -25664
E marc.hoppe@sap.com

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