Analysis of the CTM Planning Results

Use

When analyzing the results of the CTM planning run, there are two aspects to consider: ensuring that the technical side of the planning run was completed successfully, and evaluating the actual planning results in the various tools and planning tables of SAP APO.

Features

Technical Aspects of the CTM Planning Run
Evaluations

One of the following icons on the Planning Run tab page notifies you if any CTM messages exist:

The CTM run was completed successfully.

There is at least one warning.

There is at least one error. You must therefore correct the planning result.

For more information about CTM messages, see the section CTM Messages and Application Log .

Log Files

When searching for errors, you can display the log files for your planning runs to show the history and status of all optimization runs. To do this, in the CTM profile, choose Start of the navigation path Results Analysis Next navigation step Display Log Files End of the navigation path .

qRFC Monitor

If you write the orders created by CTM asynchronously in the live Cache and you determine a deceleration in live Cache processing, you can call the qRFC monitor and display the outbound queues with their destinations and entries.

Note Note

You cannot execute a CTM planning run for the same profile until the queue for this profile is empty.

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Evaluating the CTM Planning Results
Demand

You can display a list of all demands that CTM planning has attempted to fulfill, and further details about the corresponding demand-dependent constraints and substitution rules that were used for fulfillment. For this, in the CTM profile, choose the Demand pushbutton on the Demands tab page.

CTM Messages and Application Log

After the CTM planning run, you can display messages that have been generated for the various CTM planning steps of the current run. For example, you can see how many orders were deleted, how many demands or supplies were transferred to the CTM engine, or how many orders and pegging relationships were created. If you are using supply distribution, you also can see how many orders were created.

To display the CTM messages, in the CTM profile, choose the Evaluations pushbutton on the Planning Run tab page.

Note Note

The CTM messages for the current run are deleted after you exit the CTM profile. However, you can save the CTM messages for each run in the application log, which you can then call up again.

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When you save the CTM messages in the application log , you can also display explanations and measured values. For more information, see Explanation of Planning Results and Display of Results Indicators .

Alert Monitor

If alerts appeared during the CTM run, you can display them in the Alert Monitor .

  1. On the Planning Run tab page, choose the Evaluations pushbutton.

    The CTM: Results Analysis screen appears.In the upper area of the screen, you can see the Alert Monito r pushbutton. A prerequisite is that you have specified a PP/DS and/or a SDP alert profile on the Start of the navigation path Settings Next navigation step Basic Settings End of the navigation path tab page in the CTM profile.

  2. Choose the Alert Monitor pushbutton

Plan Monitor

In the Plan Monitor , you can display information about key figures, such as delays with the demand or resource consumption.

  1. For this, in the CTM profile, choose the Evaluations pushbutton on the Planning Run tab page.

    The CTM: Results Analysis screen appears. In the upper area of the screen, you can see the Plan Monitor pushbutton. A prerequisite is that you have determined a Key Figure Schema on the Start of the navigation path Settings Next navigation step Basic Settings End of the navigation path tab page of the CTM profile.

  2. Choose the Plan Monitor pushbutton.

Supply Chain Viewer

If you use the Supply Chain Viewer , you receive a graphical overview of all planning objects (such as demands, supplies, stock transfers, production orders, order trees, and so on).

Product View

In the Product View , you can display the demand and supply information about your location products. You can also display pegging structures, period views, and detailed order information.

Planning Tables

Supply Network Planning - Interactive Planning: Here you can display information about your bucket resources, for example. For more information, see Desktop in Interactive SNP Planning .

Detailed Scheduling Planning Board : Here you can display information about your time-continuous resources, for example.

Product Planning Table : Here you can display your time-continuous resources in bucket intervals, for example.