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Descriptive Characteristics for Use in Order LiveCache ( RELNAPO_310_FCS_DES_CHAR )

Descriptive Characteristics for Use in Order LiveCache ( RELNAPO_310_FCS_DES_CHAR )

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Descriptive Characteristics for Use in Order LiveCache

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Before Release 3.1 product and location were the only characteristics that could be transferred from Demand Planning to SNP and Production Planning /Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS). As of this release it is possible to define descriptive characteristics for use in applications that use Order LiveCache . These characteristics permit more detailed planning in several applications. The following functions are affected:

  • Demand Planning
  • Release of Unconstrained Demand from DP to Order LiveCache

This process transports the descriptive characteristics with their values from DP to order LiveCache. This enables you to release data at any characteristic level. Note that descriptive characteristics are then only added to the independent requirements that are generated.
  • Release of Constrained Forecast from Order LiveCache back to DP

This process recognizes the characteristics attached to the LiveCache order and transports the constrained forecast back to DP with the same characteristic values.
  • CTM
  • Demand Prioritization

It is possible to assign prioirities based on descriptive characteristics. For example you can specify that one customer or customer group is given preferential treatment if the demand cannot be completetly satisfied.
  • Rule Application

Currently rules can be found for a few attributes of the forecast (product, location, category). With descriptive characteristics it is possible to perform the rule finding process on any characteristic level in DP. For example including the customer in the descriptive characteristics enables the identification of customer specific rules for the same location/product forecasts.
  • Consumption
In previous releases forecast consumption was restricted to a few attributes of the forecast (product, location) that could be matched to sales order attributes. With descriptive characteristics it is now possible to perform forecast consumption on any characteristic in DP that can be matched to an R/3 attribute of a sales order. For example including the customer in the descriptive characteristics enables the identification of customer specific forecasts for the same location/product that can be consumed by a sales order for that customer.

Effects on Existing Data

Effects on Data Transfer

Effects on System Administration

Effects on Customizing

To specify that a DP characteristic is to be used as a descriptive characteristic in Order LiveCache, you assign it to a consumption group. In the consumption group you link the DP chararcteristic with a field in the ATP field catalog. You enter the consumption group in various objects or transactions, for example the location product, the release profile, or the demand profile.

You maintain consumption groups in Customizing for Demand Planning under SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (SAP APO) -> Supply Chain Planning -> Demand Planning -> Basic Settings -> Maintain Consumption Group.

If you use fields that have been assigned to descriptive characteristics and want to use special sorting in CTM Demand Prioritization, you specify the priorities in Customizing under SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (SAP APO) -> Supply Chain Planning -> Supply Network Planning (SNP) -> Capable-to-Match (CTM) -> Demand Prioritization -> Maintain Special Sorting or Maintain Special Sorting of Descriptive Characteristics. Read these two IMG topics for information on which activity to use.

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