How to consider time for repacking when calculating material availability date in sales order

[mfrankel]

We have a scenario where we need to consider time for repacking spare part material from pallets into boxes as part of the outbound delivery process for one customer. We use same material in in-house production without repacking. But, when procuring the material to fulfill the customer demand we need to purchase the material n days before normal case.

Where can we store the information about the repacking time needed per customer/material, and how can we use this information during ATP check so material availability date is correct and procurement started n days in advance of normal case?

[phanikumar_v3]

when the scenarios of repacking is needed? could you bit explain more--also one query if one customer orders this material from X plant-will there be any situations demands for repacking for the same customer & plant combination?