How to use Stock of Product-A at Source for Demand of Product-C at Destination in SNP ?

[Former Member]

Dear Friends,

Refer the below image.

There is a business requirement where in Supersession Interchangeability is defined ( as "Full") for:-

Product-A & Product -B at Factory

Product-A & Product -B at Depot-1

Product-A & Product -C at Depot-2

Given:-

Stock : Product A at Factory = 15,000

Demand : Product B at Depot-1 = 5,000

Demand : Product C at Depot-2 = 6,000

How to ensure stock of Product A at Factory is used to satisfy demand of Product C at Depot-2 ...?

Thanks & Regards

Mahesh

SAP APO Consultant

[Former Member]

Any of you had dealt with this business requirement friends ?

[Former Member]

You need to include this IC group in a rule in RBATP.

This a source determination problem in the context of product availability in planning. !

[Former Member]

Hi Borat Sagdiyev,

You meant to say that a substitution rule has to be created for the Product-Locations ?

If so could you kindly brief how this can be achieved.

Thank you

Regards,

Mahesh

[Former Member]

Hello Mahesh,

Please use supply use up in CTM. where system uses stock at location 1 even if demand is at location 2 and there is no stock at location 2. In this case, we need to have relevant master data (t. lanes etc) and t lane priority.

Supply use up is available as a standard functionality as of SCM 720 EHP 2.

[Former Member]

Hello Ashutush,

But stock can exist not only at Factory, but also at Depot-1 & Depot-2. The net requirement for the depot should be calculated after netting the existing stock only. Can this still be possible ?

Also about 'supply use-up' in CTM, are you talking about Use-up Quantity in Interchangeability Master ?

Regards,

Mahesh

[rajkj]

Hi Mahesh,

If only SNP needs to be used, you need to setup interchangeability master data for depot locations i.e. B->A and C->A respectively. When you execute the heuristics, the system generates the substitution demand for product A (based on your useup strategy). If you maintain t.lanes between depot and factory locations, you can have distribution demand at factory for product A.

Thanks,
Rajesh

[Former Member]

Hi Rajesh,

Thank you for you reply.

The problem is at Depot-2 which has Product-A & Product-C are part of Supersession chain.

When there's no stock of Product-A at Depot-2 but excess stock of Product-A at Factory, need  to make use of this stock for deploying to Depot-2 to satisfy the demand for Product-C at Depot-2.

Thanks & Regards

Mahesh

SAP APO Consultant

[m_manimaran]

Hi Mahesh,

Try to maintain one more IC for C-->A at factory level. So, when there is no A is available at depot-2, it will create a substitution to C, but in factory it will change back to A.

Just a wild idea to try.

Regards,

Manimaran M.

[Former Member]

Hi Manimaran,

Thank you for your response.

It works well for demands of Depot-2.

Consider Depot-1 in this case.

When I maintained C<->A at Factory (apart from existing A<->B), when factory gets a demand for Product-C from Depot-1, substitution happens at factory & stock of Product-A is given to Depot-1 which is not desired as Depot-1 needs only Product-C.

Request your comments on this.

Regards,

Mahesh

[m_manimaran]

Hi Mahesh,

As per my understanding, the scenario, you are expecting will not work with SNP, but will work with Rule based ATP only.

Because in this case we need to subsitute location/products not simply products. For example, you want to subsitute C@depot2 with A@factory, but not sbstitute C@depot1 with A@factory. Location-product substitution is supported for ATP only not for planning.

Regards,

Manimaran M.

[Former Member]

Hi Manimaran,

Exactly the substitution should happen between location products, not just products.

Could you kindly brief the approach for achieving this rule-based substitution so that the requirement can be achieved through a CTM run.

Regards,

Mahesh