Product Split 

Use

The use of a product split allows you to separate out different kinds of demand; for example, unpromoted demand and promoted demand. You can use a product split in the following situations:

Activities

Release of the Demand Plan to Supply Network Planning

A product split allows you to separate out different kinds of demand in Supply Network Planning. This example explains how to differentiate unpromoted demand and promoted demand:

  1. Create two product master records, one for the unpromoted product, the other for the promoted product.
  2. In Demand Planning, you have one characteristic value in the basis planning object structure to represent the unpromoted product and promoted product together.
  3. Define the product split by choosing Demand Planning ® Environment ® Product Split from the SAP Easy Access menu. If the split is the same for all locations, leave the Location field blank. You also define a time range; data that does not fall within this time range is not split.

The following example shows how the demand plan of product A is split into 80% for product A-pro and 20% for product A-unpro. Product master records exist for A-pro and A-unpro. Product A exists in the DP master data. The time range for the release is the twelve months starting 1st January 2000.

Location

Product

Planning version

From

No.

Period

FYV

Product splitting

Proportion

0001

A

000

1.1.00

12

M

  

A-pro

0.8

0001

A

000

1.1.00

12

M

  

A-unpro

0.2

 

To exclude a planning area, key figure, product and/or location from the product split, use functional enhancement APODM014 (transaction CMOD).

Release of the SNP Plan to Demand Planning

At the time of writing it is not certain whether this function will be supported in Release 3.0A Support Package 5.

When you release the SNP plan from Supply Network Planning to Demand Planning, you must process both product master records (in the example below, B-pro and B-unpro) at the same time. If you release them separately, the results of the second release will overwrite the results of the first one.

The following example shows how the SNP plans of products B-pro and B-unpro are aggregated when they are released to Demand Planning. Product B exists in the DP master data. Product master records exist for B-pro and B-unpro.

Location

Product

Planning version

From

No.

Period

FYV

Product splitting

Proportion

0001

B

000

        

B-pro

  

0001

B

000

        

B-unpro

  
 

B

000

        

B-pro

  
 

B

000

        

B-unpro

  

 

The following quantities have been planned in Supply Network Planning:

Product

Location

Quantity

B-pro

0001

100

B-pro

0002

30

B-pro

0003

75

B-unpro

0001

110

B-unpro

0002

40

B-unpro

0003

75

 

The following quantities are created in Demand Planning:

Product

Location

Quantity

B

0001

100 + 110 = 210

B

0002

30 + 40 = 70

B

0003

75 + 75 = 150

 

Release of the Demand Plan to R/3 Demand Management

Proceed as for the release of the demand plan to Supply Network Planning (see above).