adding KFs to supply algorithm

[Former Member]

Hi,

Our client has a requirement, where we need to add Marketing Forecast Qty KF as an input to Supply Algorithm. Is it possible?

One more question, can we add customized KFs as input for Supply Planning algorithm?

Regards,

[Former Member]

Hi Suprio,

You can default CONSENSUSDEMAND@PERPRODCUST to marketing forecast qty and use it as Input to supply planning. Make sure you mark it as stored and calculated both.

Also, supply planning only takes standard set KFs as input. However depending upon your requirement you can model your custom KF as standard supply KF.

Thanks,

Rohit

[Former Member]

Hi Rohit,

Can you please elaborate a bit. Could not understand:

1) "default CONSENSUSDEMAND@PERPRODCUST to marketing forecast qty"

2) "model your custom KF as standard supply KF"

Regards,

[Former Member]

Hi Suprio,

1) By defaulting i mean putting value of marketing forecast into consensus demand and then use this as Input to supply planning

CONSENSUSDEMAND@PERPRODCUST= IF(ISNULL("CONSENSUSDEMAND@PERPRODCUST" ), "MARKETINGFCSTQTY@PERPRODCUST" , "CONSENSUSDEMAND@PERPRODCUST" )

2) Using a key figure not known to supply planning algorithm is not allowed currently. If you have any custom key figure which you want to enter as Input then you can put this key figure value in any standard supply planning key figure which is available(see SAP4 model). This again depends on what value custom key figure holds. For instance you can check below link where past sales order needed to be considered and it was modeled using INDEPENDENTDEMAND key figure

Thanks,

Rohit

[Former Member]

Hi Rohit,

Thanks for the clarification.

In SAP4, Definition of InventoryTarget is given as InventoryTarget@PerProdLoc=TargetSafetyStock@PerProdLoc+InventoryAdd@PerProdLoc.

But in SAP2, there is no such definition for Inventory taget. Moreover, there is no KF called targetSafetyStock. Will the execution, of Supply Run in SAP 2 PA be impacted, in case I incorporate the above definition of Inventorytarget in the KF InventoryTarget present in PA SAP2?

Is such type of customization allowed in case of supply plan run?

Regards,

[Former Member]

Hi Suprio,

I don't think algorithm will have any impact due to this. It will work fine even if you define your own planning area and create all these KFs with standard naming convention. So in this case also, you can include INVENTORYTARGET in SAP2 and create target safety stock and additional inventory KFs as defined in SAP4.

Thanks,

Rohit

[former_member123657]

Hi

You may want to take a look at the message 16271595 in SCN

Secondly the algorithm will not take additional KFs.

Vivek

[Former Member]

Hi Vivek,

Can you please share the link?

Regards,