Ways to Aggregate and Disaggregate in Standard SOP 

Selection of Product Group Members

You can carry out disaggregation of a product group either for all its members (product groups or materials) or for selected members only. This second option is particularly useful if you want to plan different branches of the product group hierarchy at different times. You select product group members in the dialog box via which you access the split planning screen. As a default, the system offers you all members of the owner product group, but you can change this selection in the checkboxes to their left.

Creation of Members’ Sales Plans

You can set your disaggregation parameters for creation of members’ sales plans in the dialog box that appears before you reach the planning table. To have the system create members’ sales plans, check the box Create sales plans and select one of the two disaggregation strategies:

You can also create members’ sales plans in the planning table using a function and/or a macro.

Creation of Members’ Production Plans

You can set your disaggregation parameters for creation of members’ production plans in the dialog box that appears before you reach the planning table. Five strategies are available for this purpose:

No production plans are created for the product group members.

The production quantities of the product group members are calculated such that a target days’ supply is met. To obtain this target days’ supply, you copy the days’ supply of the owner product group by checking the box Copy target days’ supply.

The production quantities of the product group members are calculated such that a target stock level is met. To obtain this target stock level, you copy the stock level of the owner product group by checking the box Disaggregate target stock.

The production quantities of the product group members are calculated such that their stock levels at the end of each period are zero.

The production quantities of the product group members are calculated such that they are the same as the sales quantities.

You can also create members’ production plans in the planning table using a function and/or a macro.

Macros to Perform Aggregation and Disaggregation

Once you are in the planning table, you can perform aggregation or disaggregation between the owner product group and product group members using one of the standard macros (Edit ® Macro). For a detailed description of each of these macros, see Macros.