APO product allocation and customer hierarchy groups

[Former Member]

Hi,

we have customer hierarchy groups. In the future we want to use product allocation in APO.

The values of the customer hierarchy groups will be changed often.

How can we map the customer hierarchy group to a product allocation group?

Thanks,

Michael

[Former Member]

Hi Michael,

Not sure it is the only way but you can try the following,

1. maintain the field catalogue and the product allocation group in APO

SPRO

Advanced Planning and Optimization

> Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP)

> Product Allocation

2. Maintain the planning area accordingly

(+ the connection to the PA - still in SPRO...)

Now start the real thing:

3. pass the customer hierachy to the sales order in R/3

You can use exit: MV45AFZZ u2013 form USEREXIT_MOVE_FIELD_TO_VBAK

4. Pass the information to APO

A new exit: FV45VFZY form USEREXIT_CATALOG_VALU - Adding to the APO field Catalogue

Now you mentioned frequent hierarchy changes... that I don't know how to handle. When you change the hierarchy how do you want the consumption to happen? I guess the new sales order should consume the new hierarchy, but what about the old assignment?

If somebody know ho the system handle that, that would be great!

Thanks and Regards

Julien