Enforcing Business Rules at Order Entry

[Former Member]

We have some very complex business rules that must be enforced at order entry. Any advice on the best way to do this without writing a lot of code? Anyone have any experience using a rules server such as Ruleburst and integrating it into the SD module?

[rmazzali]

Hi, wich kind of biz rules ?Roberto

[Former Member]

A few examples of the business rules are related to load sizing (minimum quantites, % or vehicle etc), rules around broken units (allowed for some customers, not for others), rules around lead time (can vary by customer by order type). It is a very long list and would require significant ABAP to enforce if code is the answer.

[rmazzali]

minimum quantities and delivery tolerances can be managed in customer/material inforecord.

incomplete pallet surcharge can be managed using the standard condition types KP01 and KP00.

other rule require abap and I think that even integration with external rule systems would require a lot of code and lot more of testing.

pls. reward if helpful

Roberto

[Former Member]

Unfortunately it's not that simple. Minimums are not limited to quantities but can be based on % of vehicle. For example a customer may be required to order 90% of a truckload.

Broken pallets are not a matter of surcharges but of how many are allowed. A level customers may be allowed unlimited broken units but C level customers may only be allowed 1 or 2.