KSPP hours split to FY periods

[Former Member]

Hi,

When I run KSPP with Period Adjustment checkbox - it does not fill in the last Period of Fiscal year for any cost centre. This only happens when I use LTP planning scenario which does not have Gross Lot size selected.

When I run KSPP for LTP planning scenario with Gross Lots size turned on - it distributes hours to all periods including period 12, but total number of hours is roughly 10% smaller than in previous planning scenario (without Gross Lot size).

Which LTP planning scenario should I use for Standard Product Costing and Budgeting - with or without Gross Lot Size. The number of hours seems to be correct without Gross lot size, but it does not split to all periods in KSPP.

Thank you,

Karol

[ajaycwa1981]

Hi Karol

If I can recollect properly, we used to upload demand for 13th & 14th month also i.e. same as 12th month.. This enabled to populate the requirement in 12th period also...

Normally, due to the lead time specified in the material master, the demand gets shifted...

Can you try this>?

br, Ajay M

[Former Member]

Hi Ajay,

Thank you for your reply. Yes it is all caused by lead times set for Products.

By copying demand to periods 13 and 14 did you mean copy Sales plan from period 12 to the 2 first periods of new fiscal year? Isn't it going to make our sales plan not real and as a result give us too many hours in total?

Our controllers are preparing initial budgets and need to somehow get the required number of hours per cost centre.

Based on the planned number of hours - they can make assumptions on Labor costs for Direct production cost centres.

Do you know of any other way of obtaining that information (hours assigned to proper periods in SAP for bugeting)?

I know that if we create 2 planning scenarios for the same sales plan version (the same demant plan) in MS31:

- one planning scenario with Gross Lot Size

- another planning scenario without Gross Lot Size

and when we run LTP (MS01) for both of them, The first one it gives less hours in Total than scenario without Gross Lot Size. When I run KSPP (with adjustment periods) for Scenario with Gross Lot Size - it gives me a split of total hours to all periods from 1 to 12 (however total hours are around 10% lower than with the one without Gross Lot Size).

For Scenario withouth Gross Lot Size - total number seems correct in KSPP, but it does not populate last period (even with Adjust period option).

Have you used Gross Lot Size in your Planning scenario that was used for Budgeting and Costing? Do you know how Gross Lot Size should be properly configured for Bugdeting and Product costing (OMI4 transaction).

Thanks,

Karol

[ajaycwa1981]

Hi

I did LTP longback, cant recollect fully

But we uploaded Demand of P12 intp P13 & P14 i.e. Month 1 & 2 of next Fiscal year...

Try this once.. It is what usually done.. It does not dilute the results because the demand you upload in P1 would get skipped because of lead time

br, Ajay M

[Former Member]

Ajay,

When I run KSPP with 'Execute Period Adjustment' Checkbox option turned on, it actually considers all the requirements that appear in periods prior to the Planned Fiscal Year and places them in the first periods of Fiscal Year. I don't know the logic of this adjustment but actually it considers all hours. In this case if we add extra 2 periods in sales plan - we impact the total number of hours (unless we run KSPP without Period Adjustment option).

I wonder if it is a good idea to load the sales plat with P+1 option. So the January Month Sales plan would be loaded with the date of 1st February instead of 1st January. This would somehow consider the lead time which is on average one month. I know it is an asumption, but I cannot think of anything else.

Thank you for your help,

Karol