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  TLB Procedures for Remaining Quantities

Use

If the Transport Load Builder (TLB) has not been able to load one of the TLB shipmentto the upper limits defined with the deployment stock transfersor replenishment orders of the current period, the TLB first redistributes product quantities. The TLB tries to ensure that all shipments lie within the valid upper and lower parameter limits by only loading some shipments to the defined lower limits. To do this, the TLB rebuilds all transport loads, taking the loading method into account.

If the TLB does not produce a valid solution this way either, it uses the following shipment sizing methods.

  • Shipment Upsizing

  • Shipment Downsizing

Features

Shipment Upsizing

The TLB upsizes the product quantities to be transported by including further deployment stock transfers or replenishment orders that lie within the pull-in-horizon . The TLB also sorts the stock transfers within this horizon according to their days’ supply.

You can also define a coverage period for a product in the master data for location product. The TLB is then only allowed to bring forward as many products that are necessary to cover demand within this time period. You can also rule our shipment upsizing for a product.

The TLB system upsizes the shipment quantities with individual rounding values of the product until all shipments lie within the valid upper and lower parameter limits.

Shipment Downsizing

Taking days’ supply into account, the TLB downsizes the product quantities to be transported by prioritizing and reducing deployment stock transfers or replenishment orders in the current period.

Shipment Upsizing or Downsizing Decision

The TLB decides whether the to upsize or downsize a shipment based on a threshold value and a decision basis for shipment sizing. In SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC), the TLB can also make the decision based on costs. You make these settings in the transportation lane for the means of transport. For more information, see Master Data Setup for the Transport Load Builder .

Detailed Setting

You can also make detailed settings for shipment sizing by creating your own profile for the TLB basic settings in SAP SNC, or Supply Network Planning (SNP) Customizing (see Prerequisites section under Transport Load Builder ). For example, for shipment upsizing, you can specify that you want the shipments to be loaded, as far as possible, to the upper parameter limit.