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APO-PPS-PRE: New Features in the Product View ( RELNAPO_30A_SP1_PPS-PRE5 )

APO-PPS-PRE: New Features in the Product View ( RELNAPO_30A_SP1_PPS-PRE5 )

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APO-PPS-PRE: New Features in the Product View

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As of Release 3.0A (First Customer Shipment - FCS and Support Package 1), the Product View has been further enhanced to include several new functions. You are now able to:

  • Set a conversion indicator for planned orders and purchase requisitions
  • Firm orders and extend the length of the product-specific planning time fence
  • Change the source of an order
  • Display four different types of alerts in the Individual elements tab
  • Create scheduling agreement releases
  • Execute heuristics
  • Display and change user settings for Product View
  • Limit the selection of products to characteristics
  • Branch to the Context for Order screen

These functions are described in more detail in the respective sections:

Conversion Indicator for Planned Orders and Purchase Requisitions

In the Product View, it is now possible for you to trigger the conversion of planned orders and purchase requisitions into production orders and purchase orders respectively. You select the orders that you would like to convert and then choose the Set conversion indicator. Once you save the planning results, the orders designated for conversion are transferred to the connected OLTP System, where the conversion is automatically triggered. The converted orders are sent back to the APO System with a changed ATP category, for example, PReq for purchase requisition becomes PchOrd for purchase order.

Note: If you create an order for external procurement and immediately set the conversion indicator for this order, once you have saved the data, the OLTP System automatically creates a purchase order, without reference to the purchase requisition. If you would like to create a purchase order with reference to a purchase requisition, you must firstly save the order and wait until the order is transferred back to APO from the OLTP System with the order number and then set the conversion indicator.

For more information, see the Release Information: Conversion of Planned Orders and Purchase Requisitions.

Firming Orders and Extending/Shortening the Planning Time Fence

Previously, you were only able to manually firm orders in the Process Order screen. As of Release 3.0A (FCS and Support Package 1), you are now able to firm orders and undo firming of orders in the Product View. In addition to this function, you are also able to define a product-specific planning time fence in the Product Master - for more information, see the Release Information Product-Specific Planning Time Fence. You are able to extend/shorten the length of the planning time fence defined in the Product Master by setting the planning time fence interactively in the Individual Elements tab. This setting overwrites the defined setting in the Product Master.

Changing the Source of Supply

Previously, you were only able to change the source of an order in the Process Order screen. As of Release 3.0A (FCS and Support Package 1), you are now able to change the source of orders in the Product View.

Alerts Types in the Product View

In Release 2.0A, two types of alerts were displayed in the Product View: quantity and date alerts. These alerts were in the form of a traffic light and were not the same alerts that were displayed from the Alert Monitor. As of Release 3.0A (FCS and Support Package 1), four types of alerts are displayed in the Product View, which originate from the Alert Monitor. The alerts are thus no longer in the form of a traffic light but according to the settings made in the PP/DS Alert Monitor Profile. The four alert types are:

  • Quantity
Quantity alerts are generated when there is a product shortage or suplus.
  • Date
Date alerts are generated when the due-date of an order is violated, that is, the receipt element is available too late to cover the requirement on the desired date.
  • Characteristics
Characteristic mismatch alerts are created when the characteristics of a receipt and requirement element are not the same.
  • Network
Network alerts are generated when alerts for dependent requirements exist in the pegging network. An example could be that a top level product that is planned automatically does not have an alert as it is available on time. However, dependent requirements that are planned manually have not yet been planned and therefore have an alert for date and quantity. The network alert would then be displayed at top product level to indicate that action is required to ensure the order can be achieved by the due-date.

For more information on new types of alerts, see the Release Information Alert Monitor Profiles.

Creating Scheduling Agreement Releases

As of Release 3.0A (FCS and Support Package 1), you are now able to process scheduling agreements in APO. In the Periods tab of the Product View, you can create scheduling agreement releases manually for selected schedule lines. This is also possible in the Product Planning Table.

For more information, see the Release Information: Scheduling Agreement Processing in APO.

Executing Heuristics

As of Release 3.0A (FCS and Support Package 1), heuristics are used to execute planning in Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling. You can interactively execute a heuristic for a product in the Product View by choosing:

  • Product Heuristic
This function executes planning for the product using the heuristic that has been defined for the product in the Product Master.
  • Variable Heuristic
Using this function, you are able to execute a different heuristic to the one defined in the Product Master for this product. You are also able to change the parameters for the heuristic.
  • A heuritistic from the menu
You are able to define in Customizing which heuristics are to be displayed in the interactive menus. These heuristics can be executed for the product during interactive planning.

For more information, see the Release Information Heuristics in Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling.

Displaying and Changing User Settings

As of Release 3.0A (FCS and Support Package 1), you are able to display the user settings for the Product View, simply by choosing the User settings icon. These settings are defined in various IMG activities in Customizing and affect how and what data is to be displayed in the Product View and other order view screens. The user settings are divided into the following categories:

  • Profiles
The overall profile is used to define which profiles are to be used for planning in the order view screens. The individual profiles include, for example, heuristic, optimization and time profiles. You define the general profile in in Customizing for Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling, under Order View -> Define Overall Settings for the Order View.
  • General
The general profile defines what type of information is to be displayed in the order view screens. You define the general profile in in Customizing for Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling, under Order View -> Create Periodic Planning.
  • Periods
The period profile defines with which type of period the Periods tab of the Product View is to be displayed. You define period profiles in Customizing for Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling, under Order View -> Set Layout.
  • Product 1
The product view profile defines what type of information and how this information is to be displayed in the Periods tab of the Product View, for example, whether available quantity, days' supply, current stock, and so on, are displayed. You can define the product view profile in in Customizing for Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling, under Order View -> Create Periodic Planning.
  • Product 2
The product view profile defines what type of information and how this information is to be displayed in the Periods tab of the Product View, for example, in aggregated format. You can define the product view profile in in Customizing for Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling, under Order View -> Create Periodic Planning.
  • Orders
You can define the order view - general settings profile in Customizing for Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling, under Order View -> Create Periodic Planning.

The profiles are displayed that the profiles that are entered in the overall profile for the order view. You are able to change these settings during interactive planning and save them as user-specific settings.

Characteristics-Dependent Selection

As of Release 3.0A (First Customer Shipment and Support Package 1), you can select the receipts and requirements that should be displayed for configured products on a characteristics-dependent basis in the Product View. To do this, define the selection criteria for the products in the selection screen of the Product View, set the indicator Selection via characteristics, and choose Continue. Use the indicator Requirements = Value Assignments to define whether the selection of receipts and requirements should remain the same, or whether you want to define different characteristic values for receipts and requirements. If you want to select receipts and requirements independently of one another, do not set the indicator Requirements = Value assignments, and define the selection criteria for requirements on the tab Value assignments, and those for receipts on the tab Requirements.

Branching to the Context for Order Screen

Previously, you could only branch into the Context for Order screen from the Process Order screen and the Requirements View. As of Release 3.0A (FCS and Support Package 1), you can also branch to the Context for Order screen from the Product View by selecting the desired order and choosing Context.

See also

Release Information:






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