APO DP BOM (PDS) usage as single level (not multi level) issue

[Former Member]

Hi,

In our production system, we are facing the issue that the DP PDS is having components from the multilevel, though the expectation is single level BOM. The component BOM is being planned by SNP.

So, for a product P in ECC, the components are A, and B and B has the components X & Y. Our expectation is DP PDS (as in SNP and PPDS PDS) should have component A & B only.

P

  A

  B

     X

     Y

The generate DP PDS program from SNP or, PPDS PDS is generating DP PDS with all the components including X and Y. Though, our expectation is that, DP BOM should have only A and B. This expectation is aligned to SNP & PPDS PDS, as these PDS have only A and B as component in the system.

We were not able to find any SAP note for this.

Please suggest, if you have any idea on how to solve this?

Thanks,

Amit   

[rajkj · Accepted solution]

Hi Amit,

If you set 'SDP Relevance' to 3 (i.e. Relevant for SNP; Not relevant for DP) in product master settings (e.g. X and Y products), t.code /SAPAPO/CURTO_GEN_DP will exclude these products while generating DP PDS.

Thanks,
Rajesh

[former_member197994 · Accepted solution]

Hi Amit,

I'm not sure when reading "our expectation is DP PDS (as in SNP and PPDS PDS) should have component A & B only.". If you don't need them in any PDS, why you need them to be in APO at all?

Best regards,

Tiemin

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Rajesh,

Thanks for your reply!

But, we are working for a hi-tech clients with thousands of components and there is no identifier to group the products at lower level. So, there is no difference in the product characteristics between B & X. Though, P can be identified as differently from A, B, X & Y. If I will put SDP relv indicator to all of them, then the DP BOM (PDS) will not have any component. The requirement here is, P should have A & B as components so that dependent planning can be done through DP. Adter the DP planning and plan adjustment by the planner for requirements of A & B, the ingoing components X & Y will be planned in SNP. All A, B, X and Y are components with same material type and characteristics and are dynamic, so that X can move to a higher level as a part of similar product as P and will go out of as component of B. Please suggest, if you can think of a way out to perform this.

Best Regards,

Amit

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Tiemin,

Thanks for your note!

The requirement here is, A & B is part of P and are relevant for DP dependent planning. So, for demand forecast of P, forecast is generated for A and B through DP PDS.

Then the planners verify the forecast at A & B and change if required. Then A & B is planned in SNP and if A or, B has any BOM the dependent demand is also planned here.

So, PPDS PDS of P which is used to generate DP PDS is having A and B. But, as soon as we generate DP PDS from PPDS PDS it gets the components X and Y too. this is our issue.

Please suggest.

Best regards,

Amit

[former_member197994 · Accepted solution]

Hi Amit,

I was wondering why you don't have X Y in your PPDS PDS.

Anyway, you can see if BAdI /SAPAPO/CURTO_DP can help you here.

Best regards,

Tiemin

[rajkj · Accepted solution]

Hi Amit,

From your posts, I noticed that you're using PP/DS PDS to generate your DP PDS. Have you tried generating DP PDS with SNP PDS? If not, please use SNP PDS as template and generate the DP PDS. Verify the PDS and check the number of levels. I believe DP PDS will have same levels as that of SNP PDS.

If this is not solved your issue, the last recourse will be customization. I have not found any BAdI or user exit referred in the DP PDS generation report. Your ABAP expert needs to examine the following ABAP stuff.

• Report - /SAPAPO/CURTO_CREATE_DP_RTO
• Table - /SAPAPO/RTOBOM (probably the field RTO_LEVEL might help you)
• Class - /SAPAPO/CL_DP_RTO_GENERATE (method SAVE_RTO_DP)
• Function - /SAPAPO/SAVE_RTOBOM

Thanks,
Rajesh

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Rajesh,

I had tried the SNP PDS too and it has the same behavior.

I also now think that the only option available is through enhancement or, business process change in which DP will perform the planning for lower level also. I have marked your answer as the correct answer.

Regards,

Amit