customer replenishment

[Former Member]

hi gurus,

can you please tell me what the customer replenishment program is for? tcode is WVM1 and program name is RWVMIPRO.

thanks!

paul

[Former Member]

1. You plan replenishments either manually (online) or in the background (in batch) for selected customers and articles.

2. The system determines those articles requiring replenishing and calculates the replenishment quantities using the stock and sales data.

3. If you have triggered replenishment manually, you can change the replenishment requirements. You also have the option of carrying out replenishment in a test mode.

4. The system passes on the replenishment quantities for further processing, and sales orders are created. The system can, if required, also round off order quantities.

5. The replenishment stock figure is corrected in line with the document quantities (rounded figures).

The replenishment planning run results in sales orders that you transfer to the customer by EDI in the form of an order acknowledgment.

[Lakshmipathi]

Dear Paul

Replenishment for external customers is used in Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI) to run requirements planning as a service to customers. To run replenishment for external customers, you must have access to customer sales and stock data

You can use this process to plan replenishments for customers using vendor-managed inventory (VMI).

Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) is one of the strategies aimed at enhancing the efficiency of the supply chain under the umbrella of Efficient Consumer Response (ECR). VMI is a service that manufacturers offer retailers, whereby manufacturers take over the task of replenishing their products at retail outlets.

Prerequisites

The process is based on customer stock and sales data. The customer must have sent you this data beforehand, and it must be available in your system. Data can be transferred to your SAP system using the EDI messages PROACT, WPUBON (from POS systems) and WPUUMS (from POS systems). You can also maintain customer stock and sales figures manually in the system.

If the target stock is to be based on future sales (dynamic target stock), you first have to forecast the sales data.

Procedure

1. You plan replenishments either manually (online) or in the background (in batch) for selected customers and articles.

2. The system determines those articles requiring replenishing and calculates the replenishment quantities using the stock and sales data.

3. If you have triggered replenishment manually, you can change the replenishment requirements. You also have the option of carrying out replenishment in a test mode.

4. The system passes on the replenishment quantities for further processing, and sales orders are created. The system can, if required, also round off order quantities.

5. The replenishment stock figure is corrected in line with the document quantities (rounded figures).

The replenishment planning run results in sales orders that you transfer to the customer by EDI in the form of an order acknowledgment.

thanks

G. Lakshmipathi