CIF SD Orders and GATP Filter

[Former Member]

Hello Guru´s,

My client has this situation: In one specific center, it receives Customer Orders from huge clients and really small clients.

The GATP must run only for the Orders from the big clients, whereas the small clients must run simple ECC ATP check.

Is there anyway of filtering the orders that goes to APO to perform ATP? Any EXIT or BADI? And theses filtered orders, perform the ECC check?

thank you for the support.

Rafael

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Yes, I do understand the risks, my concern is with performance issues. The small clients scenario demands thousands of small orders being checked and being confirmed online, all using one specific Storage Location. Our plan B is to use MRP Area for this. We are currently investigating this idea. Any thoughts?

thanks for the support!

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Rafael,

I don't know how much MRP areas will help you. MRP areas are planning structures, not ATP structures.

I have never tried what you have proposed. Just off the top of my head, here are a few thoughts.

You need to ensure that all elements that will affect the ATP checks will exist in both systems at the time of each ATP check. With most ATP checks, this means all inventory, all dependent reqmnts, all confirmed sales orders, all production orders, all purchase orders, etc etc. MUST exist in SCM at all times, even in the case where only a subset of Sales orders are to be ATPd in SCM.

You need to ensure that the differences between the R/3 ATP method and the SCM ATP method(s) will work in harmony for a given material, eg commitments made in SCM will be respected by a R/3 ATP checks,; and vice versa.

My head hurts just thinking about it.

RBA design will require lots of thought.

Right now I can't think of a way to make BOP work.

If I were making a recommendation to a client, and I had determined that the SCM system was inadequate to manage the entire load (do you know this, by the way?) , I would first suggest that he increase the system capabilities (probably mostly Livecache). If this were not possible, I would suggest that he limit ATP check by part number, not by customer.

That being said, as long as the client is paying the bills, he gets whatever he says he wants.

Regards,

DB49

[pavan_verma2 · Accepted solution]

Hi Rafeal,

I agree with DB49 you need a sold business reason for not doing ATP in APO for certain customers.

MRP area can be linked to storage locations, when you CIF MRP Area ,it will become location type 1007 in APO. You need to assign your Product to a MRP area (MRP1 View)

In the sales order if you populate that storage location then ATP will done against that storage location (MRP Area) only.

SNP will also consider demand elements and receipt elements in that MRP Area only.

Regards,

Pavan Verma

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Pavan,

thats exactly what I am trying to do, but even with the MRP area and the SO in the right deposit, the check is being done on the center. I have found a few notes regarding changes in CIF to accept MRP Area but not enough information.

Just for information, the reason of this requirement is due to the fiscal laws in brazil and ways company saves millions of tax with strange "non-german" transactions...

thanks again for the support..

cheers

Rafael

[pavan_verma2 · Accepted solution]

Hi Rafael,

You mean even if you have defined MRP Area(eg. storage location S001) , the system is doing ATP against the Plant (all of the storage locations).

some thing is missing..

Please find below the steps

1.First activate the MRP for MRP areas (Customizing IMG activity "Activate MRP for MRP areas") and create MRP areas (Customizing IMG activity "Define MRP areas").

2.In the Customizing IMG activity "Define MRP areas", you then define the MRP area including the type and to which plant it belongs. For storage location MRP areas(02 type), you can define a receiving storage location. You complete the definition of the storage location MRP areas by assigning one or more storage locations.

3.The materials that are to be planned in different areas to the plant MRP area, must be assigned to these MRP areas by creating the corresponding MRP area segment in the material master in the view "MRP 1".

4. CIF MRP Area to APO.

5.Populate storage location (eg. S001) at the line item in sales order.

Regards,

Pavan Verma

Edited by: Pavan Verma on Oct 6, 2009 10:47 PM

[Former Member]

Rafael,

I hope you have properly advised your client of the risks he will be taking. Depending on what you set up for ATPs in both systems, there is the possibility that both the R/3 ATP and the APO ATP will over-commit or under-commit the customer orders. This custom process will need to be well thought out, and all possible scenarios fully tested.

I think I would either define the Statement of Work in terms of what you will do, and exactly what the finished product will do. I would not make any warranties of usability.

Or, perhaps you can just bill the client by the hour.

Rgds,

DB49

[pavan_verma2]

Hi,

ATP check is specific to material and Plant attributes.

You can try exit EXIT_SAPLCSLS_002 (Customer Exit Immediately Before Dispatching Sales Orders)

and then you need to do development in EXIT_SAPLCID3_001 (Deltareport3: User Exit for Sales Order Comparison)

cheers

Pavan Verma