Transfer of Requirement & Availability Check

[Former Member]

Dear All,

In simple words can anybody tell me the concept of Transfer of Requirement & Availability Check..

I am not looking for Configuration details but want to know the basic things like......

What is Transfer of Requirement & Availability Check?

Where we are using ?

How it help us ?

etc...........

Points will definately awarded.

Regards

SAGAR

[reazuddin_md · Accepted solution]

Hi,

let me explain in brief,

TOR & Availability check is used in SD/mm & PP.

Whenever customer places order for any material-

system should determined whether this particular material is avaialable on

request delivery date specified by customer.

schedule lines which is determined for each item,gives the confirmed delivery

date & the qtty.

TOR & Availability check will be linked with schedule line category.

once the order placed for the material, the required order qtty will be transferred to

production ( linked in MMR - MRP views, MRP Group,purchasing-in house/external production,

time to take for processing,planned del dates,transport lead time etc..,)

then system check for the availability ( individual req/daily req)-

which gives checks and gives the results, when exactly material become

available( Material availability Date = Total stock + incoming stock + outgoing stock)

as you know, incoming stock - includes, purch req,purch orders,planned orders,production orders, process orders &

outgoing stock includes- sales requirements,agreements,planned deliveries etc..,

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[Former Member]

Controlling the Transfer of Requirements in Sales and Distribution Documents

Essentially, the same control elements are used for the transfer of requirements as are used for the availability check.

The following control elements are of significance:

Requirements type

Requirements Class

Checking group

Schedule line category

For further information on these control elements which are also important for the availability check, see Controlling the Availability Check in Sales and Distribution Processing.

Prerequisites

Transfer of requirements can be performed if the following prerequisites have been met:

The control elements described above must be maintained in Customizing for Sales and the relevant assignments made to the sales transactions

The transfer of requirements must be switched on at requirements class level and, in the case of transfer of requirements in the sales documents, at schedule line level

A plant must be defined at document item level. This plant is either proposed from the material master record or you can enter it manually

A checking group must be defined in the material master record on the Sales/plant data screen in the Availability check field

Global and Fine Control in Customizing

When the transfer of requirements is switched on at requirements class level, it can be switched off at schedule line level. However, you cannot switch on the transfer of requirements at schedule line level if it is switched off at requirements class level. You can make this setting at schedule line level. But the system ignores it and the setting for the requirements class applies. The settings for the requirements class are proposed at schedule line level.

Settings for the transfer of requirements specific to schedule lines are only relevant for sales documents. In the shipping documents, the settings for the requirements class apply. The requirements class is determined from the requirements type of the material.

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[Lakshmipathi]

Dear Sagar

1) Transfer of Requirements

Transfer of Requirements determine whether and how requirements should be transferred and if they should be checked against planned requirements. The transfer of requirements in sales can be switched on or off by transaction as required. For example, you can switch off the transfer of requirements for inquiries and quotations, whereas you can switch it on for sales orders and deliveries.

2) Availability Check

There are three types of availability check:

--> Check on the basis of the ATP quantities

--> Check against product allocation

--> Check against planning

In Customizing, you determine whether an availability check is to be carried out against the ATP quanitity or against planning. The check against product allocations is controlled in the material master and elsewhere in the system.

a) Check on the Basis of the ATP Quantities

The ATP quantity (ATP = Available To Promise) is calculated from the warehouse stock, the planned inward movements of stock (production orders, purchase orders, planned orders) and the planned outward movements of stock (sales orders, deliveries, reservations). This type of check is performed dynamically for each transaction, taking into account the relevant stock and planned goods movements with or without replenishment lead time. Planned independent requirements are not taken into account here.

b) Check against Product Allocation

Product allocation facilitates period-based distribution of products for certain customers or regions. As of Release 3.0F, you can carry out an availability check against product allocation. This ensures, for example, that when production is low, the first customer does not get the full amount, resulting in following sales orders not being confirmed or being confirmed far too late.

c) Check against planning

The check against planning is performed against independent requirements which are usually created for an ‘anonymous’ market rather than being customer-specific (for example, in the strategy ‘Planning without assembly’, when production occurs only up to the stocking level). The planned independent requirements result from demand program planning and are used for planning expected sales quantities independent of orders

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G. Lakshmipathi

[Former Member]

hi

AVAILABILITY CHECK

When you enter a sales order, you can only confirm the delivery of the goods for the required delivery date if the goods are available for all the necessary processing activities which take place before delivery:

The shipping department must ensure that freight forwarding or another shipping company is advised early enough so that sufficient time remains for packing and loading to be carried out. An availability check can be carried out on the deadline date for availability for the goods.

The procurement department must ensure that the production and purchasing departments are advised of inadequate stock quantities so that goods can either be produced punctually or ordered. Sales transfers the information on materials ordered as requirements to material requirements planning. Requirements are planned outward movements of stock. The transfer of requirements informs production that goods must be produced, or advises purchasing that purchase requisitions have been created for which purchase orders must be created and sent to the suppliers. An availability check can only be carried out if these requirements are transferred.

TOR

The MRP department is informed about the quantities and deadlines by which incoming orders

should be delivered. The system checks the availability of the goods based on the requested

delivery date of the customer and creates MRP records which contain all necessary information

for passing on to planning. It ensures that the goods are available in time for the delivery.

Materials planning transfers the reported requirements and creates orders or purchase

requisitions from them etc.

RAGHU