Demand planning and SNP

[Former Member]

Dear Friends,

Right now we are using APO 5 and ECC.6

We are in make to order with sap DIMP mill products , we use apo since we are in length based planning

so we <b>use only PPDS </b>

but there is a new requirement for Demand planning and SNP

Can some one help me how to activate basic configuration of Demand planning and SNP planning

we used demand planning for manual forecasting

i know this is a big topic , just give some basic ideas

Thanks

Raj

[Former Member]

Hi,

As you told i maintained

Master Planning Object Structure (MPOS)

Planning area

Planning book

forecast profile

univariate profile

but when i run the transcation code /n/SAPAPO/SDP94

system is proposing a message stating that " <b>No valid version exist for planning area 9ADP01, do u want to initialize a planning version</b> but actually i created planing area Demand _T

can you please throw some lights to move further

Thanks in advance

Raj

[Former Member]

HI Raj.

A quick way round that:

transaction: /SAPAPO/SDPPLBK

Against your user name enter the planning book that you created.

/SAPAPO/SDP94 will now open with you plannign book.

regards, M

[Former Member]

Hi,

Even i done as you said , i assigned to my used id

still the i got the same message

is there any other config needed

Thanks

Raj

[former_member788297]

hi,

When a user enters interactive planning for the first time, a pop-up

appears prompting the initialisation of 9ADP01. when No is selected,

it takes you to the interactive planning book screen .

in your case :

this problem happens when the standard POS 9ADP01 is inactive.

Please actviate it, even you don't want to use it at //MSDP_ADMIN.

Regards,

Chava

[Former Member]

Dear Chava,

Exactly you are right i checked it is not activated i can see the red light ,when i want to activate by right click i don't see any thing like activate or de activate i can see only display only

but where as in planning area i can see those activate and de activate

is there any other way to activate and de - activate the MPOS

Thanks

Raj

[Former Member]

Hi Raj.

To activate POS goto //MSDP_ADMIN.

There is a drop down where it says planning areas to switch to planning object structures.

Rgds, M

[Former Member]

Dear Somnath,

You deserve to be a moderator , you always give me a very clear path what to do further

i appreciate your style of answering

Thanks

Raj

[somnath_manna]

Hi Rajkumar,

The best reference I can suggest is the Configuration Guides under Best Practice section of help.sap.com. The link for SCM 5.0 documentation is <a href="http://help.sap.com/bp_scmv150/BBLibrary/HTML/BBLibrary_EN_DE.htm">this</a>.

You need to go through DPL Demand Planning, S28 and B06 SNP.

The basic configuration for DP and SNP share the same structure as mentioned below.

You need to create a Master Planning Object Structure (MPOS) where you define the plannable characteristics. Next you create a Planning Area linked to this MPOS where you assign the keyfigures for which you want to manage planning data. Next you need to create Planning Books linked to this Planning Area where you define the keyfigures and planning characteristics you want access through the Data View. Data View an integral part of Planning Book defines the Time Horizon and can further restrcit the keyfigures available for planning.

Planning Book / Data View are used for Interactive Planning and hence can be considered as the end-user interface while MPOS and Planning Area are basic config required in backend (not visible to end-users).

For SNP you copy standard SAP provided Planing Area and Planning Books.

For DP additionally you will need to setup master data in form of Characteristic Value Combinations (CVCs) and other relevant Profiles like Master Forecast Profile, Univariate Profile etc. for demand planning functionalities you want to use.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Somnath

[Former Member]

Hi,

Check the following link for DP

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_apo/helpdata/en/7e/63fc37004d0a1ee10000009b38f8cf/frameset.htm

Valavan