Product (SAP Library - SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (SAP APO))

Product

Use

The integration of the product master data is described in this section.

Integration

To be able to plan a product, the following master data is transferred from SAP R/3:

Basic Data

This involves location-independent master data.

Identification

A product is identified using the EAN number and the SAP R/3 material number. The latter is described in SAP APO as External Product Number.

Unit Conversion

Classification

This master data from SAP R/3 involves data for characteristic determination.

The data belonging to the product master in SAP APO is maintained in SAP APO and is independent of SAP R/3:

Phase in/Phase out

Part of SAP APO; contains data for Demand Planning

SNP1

Part of SAP APO; contains cost specifications for the Optimizer: penalty costs for non-delivery or late delivery.

ATP

Product allocation procedure and sequence of product allocation procedures: are maintained in SAP APO customizing and selected using the input help (F4).