Inbound Delivery Monitor

Use

The Inbound Delivery Monitor automatically monitors inbound deliveries from a ship-from location (supplier or distribution center) to a ship-to location (distribution center). The Inbound Delivery Monitor determines the processing time for the subprocesses within the inbound delivery and compares the time determined with the standard times specified. It also evaluates the status information in the ASN. If a delay occurs, it triggers the alert Standard Processing Time Exceeded . The system also periodically checks inbound deliveries that are not yet completed to see whether there is a Shortage of the delivered product and, if necessary, triggers the alert Critical Product (Inbound Delivery Monitor) (Alert Type 7801). For inbound delivery items that are in processing, the system can also calculate priority points. Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) can use these priority points to determine the unpacking sequence of the delivered products.

The supply chain analyst can view the alerts in the Alert Monitor and take any measures required.

Note Note

For the Inbound Delivery Monitor, the location described as the ship-to location is the location to which the goods are physically delivered. This ship-to location can be a customer location in the SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC), for example, or a contract packager (CP) in SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO).

End of the note.

Integration

The Inbound Delivery Monitor provides two extractors for the transferal of data to SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence.

  • Details from the shipping notification relevant for the Inbound Delivery Monitor (DataSource 0SPL_INB_DETAILS_1)

  • Overview of critical products (DataSource 0SPL_INB_CRITICAL_1)

Ensure that this data is transferred from the Inbound Delivery Monitor to SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence.

For more information, see the documentation for SAP NetWeaver release 04 in the Business Content of Business Intelligence under Start of the navigation path Supply Chain Management Next navigation step Service Parts Logistics Next navigation step Inbound Delivery Monitor End of the navigation path .

Prerequisites

System Landscape

An integrated system landscape exists with the following systems and components:

  • SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM)

  • SAP R/3 DIMP for Service Parts Planning (SPP)

  • SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence

  • Extended Warehouse Management (EWM)

Integration Model

For inbound deliveries, an active integration model exists that considers all the location products that are to be monitored in the Inbound Delivery Monitor.

Master Data

  • The following master data is available in the connected systems:

    • products

    • locations

    • suppliers

  • Between ship-from locations and ship-to locations, transportation lanes are available in which the transportation calendar is maintained.

  • A location hierarchy is available for defining regions.

SAP Easy Access Menu

You have defined standard times for the Inbound Delivery Monitor.

Customizing

You have made all Customizing settings for the inbound delivery monitor. For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Advanced Planning and Optimization under Start of the navigation path Supply Chain Planning Next navigation step Service Parts Planning (SPP) Next navigation step Monitoring Next navigation step Inbound Delivery Monitor End of the navigation path .

Planning Service Manager

In the Planning Service Manager (PSM), you have scheduled the planning service “SPP: Priority Determination Service” (SPP_PRIORITY_POINTS_CALC) so that the system performs this planning service regularly, for example, daily. This planning service checks whether a product must be classified as critical and calculates priority points.

You have defined the selection as follows:

  • You have chosen the selection type Expected Inbound Del. Item .

  • You have restricted the selection by product, location, or location product.

  • In the Expected Inbound Delivery Item area, you have specified one or more of the following:

    • You have specified one or more delivery statuses and a number of days to expected status change.

      Example Example

      You have specified the delivery statuses YRD and ROD , and entered 5 Days . The system then checks the advanced shipping notification items that should reach the status YRD or ROD in the next 5 days.

      End of the example.

    • You have chosen the option Process Asynchronous Requests . In this case, each time the planning service is executed, the system checks the advanced shipping notification items that an external system has requested. (SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM), for example, requires priority points in this way.)

    • You have chosen the option Flgd Alert 7801 . In this case, the system generates the alert Critical Product (7801) for all products that the system has determined to be critical.

For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for SCM Basis under Start of the navigation path Planning Service Manager Next navigation step Define Selections. End of the navigation path

For more information about the PSM, see Use of the Planning Service Manager in SPP and PSM Services for Analysis, Reporting, and Monitoring .

Features

  • When an ASN arrives in SAP APO, the system checks whether the inbound delivery complies with the standard times defined by you. In doing so, the system compares the time between two consecutive processing steps with the standard times defined by you. If a process step is missing from the status sequence, the system calculates this processing step. If the time between two processing steps is greater than the standard time defined by you, the system marks the advanced shipping notification item as delayed. Furthermore, the system also marks the corresponding processing step as delayed. For more information about how the system determines standard times and how you can define these, see Determination of Standard Times .

  • If a processing step of the inbound delivery is late compared to the reference time, the system generates the alert Standard Processing Time Exceeded .

  • When the first processing step starts, the system calculates an availability period for the advnaced shipping notification item from the status time plus the standard times. If the processing steps end earlier than planned, the system adjusts the availability period. If, however, the processing steps end later than planned, the system does not adjust the availability period. The availability period that the system determines for the inbound delivery monitor is not based on procurement lead times , but on standard times that you have defined for the inbound delivery monitor.

  • The planning service “SPP: Priority Determination Service” processes all changed and new ASNs that arrive in SAP APO depending on the selection criteria that you defined (see Prerequisites ). The system checks whether the products in these ASNs are critical products. Depending on your settings, the system generates the alert Critical Product (Alert Monitor) for the products that it has determined to be critical. The planning service also calculates priority points for all products for which EWM requires this.

  • This system displays comparison values from previous inbound deliveries. For more information, see Define and Display Standard Times .

  • The inbound delivery monitor provides the service-loss analysis with data about delayed processing steps.

Activities

  • You can define standard times in the SAP Easy Access menu under Start of the navigation path Advanced Planning and Optimization Next navigation step Service Parts Planning (SPP) Next navigation step Reporting/Monitoring Next navigation step Inbound Delivery Monitor - Standard Times End of the navigation path .

  • The Supply Chain Analyst checks whether there are any alerts from the Inbound Delivery Monitor in the Alert Monitor , and takes any measures required.