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Sales Plan in SD Module.

Former Member
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Hai SD Gurus,

Where Sales plan arrived in SD Module ? How it is transferred to PP Module.

Regards,

Mohanraju

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Former Member
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In SD, we normally do not maintain Sales Plan. This is normally used in APO module.

Sales Plan are used for PP, which normally is available to them outside SAP.

Regards,

Rajesh Banka

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Hi Mohanraju,

Sales Plans in Standard SOP

Various functions are available for creating and modifying sales plans in standard SOP:

Manual data entry

Arithmetic distribution functions

Copying data from SIS

Copying data from CO-PA

Forecasting sales quantities on the basis of past usage

Transferring product group proportions

Interactive graphics

For example : Forecasting Sales Quantities on basis of past usage

The forecast is one way to obtain planning data in Sales & Operations Planning (SOP). If necessary, you can change the forecast results after you have copied them to the planning table.

Place the cursor in the planning table on the key figure (if you are planning the characteristic view) or the characteristic (if you are planning the key figure view) for which you want to carry out a forecast.

Select the columns of the periods you want to be forecasted by choosing Edit ® Select.

See also Selecting Columns in the Planning Table.

Choose Edit ® Forecast. Or, if you are planning product group or material sales quantities in the standard planning table, choose Edit ® Sales plan ® Forecast ® Execute.

The Model Selection dialog box appears.

Specify the start and finish dates of the period for which you want to forecast data.

Specify the start and finish dates of the historical period on which the forecast is to be based.

In standard SOP, the forecast is based on consumption data (historical usage data). In flexible planning, the historical values on which the forecast is based are actual data; that is, the forecast is based on the key figure values updated to information structures from the operational applications. In the case of level-by-level planning, you can define the forecast profile such that the forecast is based on consumption data or on the consumption data of a reference material. You maintain the reference material in the material master record.

Analyze the time series and, if necessary, correct the historical values (see Analyzing the Time Series and Modifying the Historical Values). Alternatively, you can base the forecast on the corrected historical values of the previous forecast version by setting the Corr. vals indicator in the forecast profile.

Check to see if the forecast profile displays settings you want to use. If not, choose a different forecast profile with Forecast profile.

Do not try to choose a different forecast profile by using the possible entries button in the field Profile.

Choose Perform forecast.

The Forecast Parameters dialog box appears.

Define the forecast parameters for the selected model.

Choose Perform forecast.

A dialog box displaying the forecast results appears (see Interpreting the Forecast Results).

If the forecast results are not what you expected, check the settings in your forecast profile.

If necessary, change the forecast results (see Changing the Forecast Results).

Flag the forecast results for saving in one of two ways:

– Choose Copy results if you want to copy the forecast results into the planning table.

– Choose Save if you want to save the forecast results in the forecast versions database but do not want to copy the forecast results into the planning table. The prerequisite for saving the results to the forecast database is that you have not set the indicator Do not save to forecast DB in Customizing (the Customizing activity is Set parameters of info structures and key figures).

To save the forecast version, you must save the planning version by choosing Planning ® Save in the planning table.

Hope this helps you.

Regards

Srikanth.A

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Hi Mohan

i can understand two scenarios from ur question

1>If Sales can come from sales order, you can transfer this to PP by running the MRP using MD50.

2>If using sales forecast you are trying to take sales plan you need to complete sales an operation cycle(SOP cycle) and if sales forecast is somewhere near to ur figures then u have to run MRP through which it will go to PP module.

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javed_ihsan
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Hi

Check transaction code MC90. If helpful then dont forget to reward points.

rmazzali
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Sales plans can be managed with scheduling agreements (Tcode VA31)

This order type has 2 kind of schedule lines:

forecast schedule lines, that trasfer requirements to PP but cannot be shipped, and JIT (executive) schedule lines that can be shipped and transfer requirements to PP too.

Also you can use SOP or create some indipendent requirements manually.

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Roberto