Product Allocation

Use

Being able to deliver the required quantity of a material to the customer at the requested time demands precise planning and control mechanisms. Unpredictable problems, such as breakdowns in production or increased demand, can lead to critical situations in order processing and must be avoided wherever possible. In Advanced Available-to-Promise in SAP S/4HANA, product allocations enable you to avoid critical situations in demand and procurement by allocating materials in short supply to, for example, specific regions and customers for a specific time period. This can help avoid the situation whereby, for example, the entire available quantity of a material in short supply is allocated to a single customer and makes it impossible for you to confirm subsequent sales orders for the same material from other customers.

Features

Advanced Available-to-Promise in SAP S/4HANA offers three apps for setting up, configuring and displaying data for product availability checks against product allocation for sales orders:

Feature

F2119_S4OP

F2120_S4OP

F2121_S4OP

App name

Configure Product Allocation

Assign Product to Product Allocation

Manage Product Allocation Planning Data

Key features

  • Create, edit and display product allocation objects.

  • Define the period types for product allocation objects.

  • Define and order the characteristics for product allocation objects.

  • Deactivate and delete product allocation objects and their characteristics.

  • Assign materials or material-plant combinations to product allocation objects.

  • Define validity periods for any assignments.

  • Define the consumption range, the consumption unit and allocation factor for assignments.

  • Maintain characteristic values and planning allocation quantities for time periods.

  • Change the activation status and constraint status of product allocation objects.

  • Display the availability situation of the materials in the product allocation objects.

  • Release product allocation objects and their planning data for active usage.

Each app contains in-app documentation that provides additional information on the on-screen elements and concepts used.

Prerequisites

You have made the required Customizing settings as detailed in Customizing for Product Allocation.