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SOP: Events ( RELN30A_PP_SOP_EVENT )

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SOP: Events

Description

Release 3.0 of Sales & Operations Planning comes with a function that allows you to predict the impact of one-time events such as promotions and deals. You can therefore plan for situations that cannot be deduced from historical patterns.

Event Types

An event can be one of two types:

• cumulative

You define the event as a whole number or numbers, which are then added to or subtracted from a key figure.

• proportional

You define the event as a percentage of a key figure.

Event Periods

An event always exists with reference to one or more time periods. The length of this period is freely definable; for example, 2 days, 3 weeks, 2 months, or 1 posting period. In the event master record, you enter cumulative or proportional values for as many time periods as you expect to be affected by the event.

Assignment to an Information Structure

You always specify the information structure to which the event applies as well as the characteristic value(s), key figure(s), and planning version(s) of the information structure which you expect to be affected by the event.

Note

An event cannot be assigned to an information structure whose planning method is delta planning.

You also enter an assignment date. This is the date on which you want the event to come into effect, that is, the beginning of the first event period. The default assignment date is the current date. If you enter several assignment dates, the impact of the event becomes visible in all the selected planning versions on all these dates.

You can also define whether the event is active or inactive, and enter a description of the assignment for each planning version.

Assignment to a Planning Type

To make the event visible while you are planning this information structure, you need to assign it to the key figure in a planning type based on the information structure. The planning type then includes lines for cumulative events, proportional events, and the corrected key figure values.

Viewing an Event in the Planning Table

The results of an event become visible when you plan using the planning type to which the event is assigned and enter data for the key figure(s) defined in the event master record.

In consistent planning, the Details view on the planning table must be visible. In level-by-level planning, the view on the characteristic value to which the event is assigned must be visible.

The system applies the event starting on the assignment date specified in the event master record. If the event period is different from the period split in which the planning table is displayed (normally the storage periodicity), the event values are distributed automatically to the correct periods.

Examples of Events

Cumulative Event

Your event type is cumulative and your period length is two weeks. You forecast normal sales in sales organization MAINE at 5,000 tonnes for each two-week period of the next quarter. In the fifth period, you also expect to do a deal with a major customer and make an extra sale of 2,000 tonnes. Therefore, your sales predictions for the quarter are as follows:

	W1+2	W3+4	W5+6	W7+8	W9+10	w11+12		Unit
Sales	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000		Tonne
Event		-	-	-		-	2,000	-			Tonne
Total sales	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	7,000	5,000		Tonne

Proportional Event

Your event type is proportional and your period length is two weeks. You forecast normal sales in sales organization TEXAS at 1,000 tonnes for each two-week period of the next quarter. In the first three periods, you also intend to run a promotion and increase your sales by
20 %, 30 %, and 10 % respectively. In the two periods following the promotion, you expect demand to be 10 % less than normal. Therefore, your sales predictions for the quarter are as follows:

	W1+2	W3+4	W5+6	W7+8	W9+10	W11+12		Unit
Sales	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000		Tonne
Event		+20% +30%	+10%	-10%	-10%	-
Total sales	1,200	1,300	1,100	900	900	1,000		Tonne

Effects on Customizing

You configure the number range of events in Number range for events.

Changes to the Interface

You create, change, and display an event in the Tools menu.

You assign an event to a planning type in the Tools menu with the Planning type -> Create or -> Change function.

You view the effects of an event in the Planning menu.

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