Aggregated Planning with SNP

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus,

We are planning to use Aggregated Planning. We have requirement of only Product Aggregation. We have only one location ( Factory ). Requirement is we shud plan on product aggregate level and then dis aggregate plan to SKU level on short term.

Following Master data element created;-

1) Aggregate product created in /sapapo/mat1

2) Product Hierchy created using /sapapo/relhshow

4) PPM created for aggregate Product using /sapapo/scc03

3) PPM Hierchy created using /sapapo/relhshow

Questions and problem faced-

1) Do we have to create a Aggregated location and create a location hierchy?? We dont need any aggregated location as we hv only 1 location.

2) While generating a Location Product Hierchy, it seems Location hierchy is important. With out that system is giving error. Do we have to create mandatory??

3) If we have to create a aggregate location , then we have to create a Resource in the ne aggregate location. That leads us to create a resource hierchy?? is it true??

4) What all hierchy to be used for generating location product hierchy??

5) While we run aggregation heuristic , system does not addup forecast for indivisual product, any thought?/

Any help will be appreciated.

jaideep

[former_member187488 · Accepted solution]

Hello,

To use SNP aggregated planning, you must have a location product hierarchy, instead of only location hierarchy or product hierarchy. If you want to use product hierarchy for a certain location only, you can create the location product hierarchy like the following:

1)Create product hierarchy as you already done it. Suppose you have it as:

   Head Product  
       |__ Sub Product 1
       |__ Sub Product 2
    

2)Create a loction hierarchy in /sapapo/relhshow.

You only need to set the location ( say, Head Location) which is used for the products as header location in this hierarchy and no need to create another header location. Just make sure that you have the material master data for the the header product and the two sub products in this location. The hierarchy just contains one entry:

   Head Location 
    

3)Change the below customizing setting: (This is important)

> SAP Implementation Guide

> Advance Planning and Optimization

> Master Data

> Hierarchy

> Define Hierarchy Structure

Select entry 'RELS_LOKATIONSPRODUKT' (or your own customizing one), and double click "Level Assignment for Generation Hierarchy Struct." in the left. (If popup screen appears, just click the green tick to continue.)

The current settings maybe:

RELS_LOKATIONSPRODUKT 101 RELS_LOKATION 102

RELS_LOKATIONSPRODUKT 101 RELS_PRODUKT 101

RELS_LOKATIONSPRODUKT 102 RELS_LOKATION 102

RELS_LOKATIONSPRODUKT 102 RELS_PRODUKT 102

Please change it to:

RELS_LOKATIONSPRODUKT 101 RELS_LOKATION 101

RELS_LOKATIONSPRODUKT 101 RELS_PRODUKT 101

RELS_LOKATIONSPRODUKT 102 RELS_LOKATION 101

RELS_LOKATIONSPRODUKT 102 RELS_PRODUKT 102

4)Create the location product hierarchy in /sapapo/relhshow. It should be generated from the location hierarchy and product hierarchy. You should get the hierarchy like below:

   Head Product  @ Header Location
       |__ Sub Product 1 @ Header Location
       |__ Sub Product 2 @ Header Location
    

This hierarchy will work for your aggregated planning scenario.

Best Regards,

Ada

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hallo Ada Lv,

I have everything applied as you have written. my problem: I can  add under the hierarchy (SNP_LOCPROD) the SNP_LOCATION and SNP_PRODUCT, but I can  not save the hierarchies under the hierarchy (SNP_LOCPROD).

Best Regards,

Haydar

Message was edited by: Haydar Coskun

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Please change the Hierarchy structure setting in SPRO Customizing of "Loc Product" from "Generated Hierarchy " to " Hierarchy".

Sublevels are getting saved..

Try & Let me know.

Regards,

B.Arun.

[aparna_ranganathan]

Hi Jaideep

In general you have to maintain a product hierarchy and location hierarchy and the location product hierarchy will be created automatically based on these two provided you have maintained the correct configuration settings (check hierarchy config in spro) . That said , it is possible to create a type 1 location product hierarchy . All you have to do is maintain config settings and then directly add elements to the location product hierarchy. In this case location hierarhcy / product hierarchy is not required. But this process is little bit complicated.

Regarding the other question about your forecast not getting aggregated , you should check the aggregation settings for forecast key figure in your planning area

Thanks

Aparna

[former_member209769]

Hi Jaideep,

You are correct in saying that location hierarchy is mandatory when you use location product hierarchy.

Check out SAP help regarding setup required for aggregated planning for SCM 5.0 (quite detailed):

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_scm50/helpdata/en/e6/83320a52280b4f94d45122483aa118/frameset.htm

In the end, there's also a clear statement regarding resource hierarchy:

"Resource Hierarchy

If you want to display the resource consumption at header level and you are not using the same resources at header and sub level in the PPMs or PDS, you should create a resource hierarchy so that the resource consumption is displayed correctly. This hierarchy should be consistent with the PPM/PDS hierarchy used."

Hope this is helpful.

Thanks - Pawan