You can transfer SOP data to Demand Management where it is processed further. To do this, you create a transfer profile.

Transfer profiles facilitate data entry since you do not have to make the necessary settings every time you transfer planning data to Demand Management; instead, you simply choose a transfer profile.

A critical setting in a transfer profile is the transfer strategy. The transfer strategy specifies the method by which data is transferred to Demand Management. There are five possible strategies:

• You transfer the planning data of a material direct from the sales plan (created in the standard planning table).

• You transfer the planning data of a material from the sales plan (created in the standard planning table) as a proportion of the product group of which it is a member.

• You transfer the planning data of a material direct from the production plan (created in the standard planning table).

• You transfer the planning data of a material from the production plan (created in the standard planning table) as a proportion of the product group of which it is a member.

• You transfer the planning data of a material from an information structure (either a planned information structure or a planning type based on an information structure).