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Function documentationSupplier Shutdown

 

To plan replenishment within a bill of distribution (BOD), distribution requirements planning (DRP) considers supplier shutdowns, such as vacation times, during planning.

Features

Before DRP creates a replenishment plan, it checks whether you have stored supplier shutdowns. During a supplier shutdown the system does not create scheduling agreement delivery schedule lines or purchase requisitions.

To prevent a shortage during a supplier shutdown, DRP brings forward net demands that will occur during the shutdown. If there is not enough time to postdate the demands according to your settings, the system triggers an alert.

Note Note

If you want the system to take into account the replenishment lead time from the supplier to the entry location when planning the shutdown time, specify the profile ID for the shutdown in the transportation lane master data from the supplier to the entry location. If you do not want the system to take into account the replenishment lead time, specify the profile ID for the shutdown in the location product master data of the entry location.

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Activities

  • You define times during which the supplier will not deliver from the SAP Easy Access screen under Start of the navigation path Advanced Planning and Optimization Next navigation step Master Data Next navigation step Application-Specific Master Data Next navigation step Service Parts Planning (SPP) Next navigation step Supplier Shutdown End of the navigation path. To do so you create a profile for a shutdown and a short description. You define the time periods of the shutdown under Profile: Maintain Supplier Shutdown. Under Maintain Percentage for Periods you specify a percentage of the demand that occurs during the shutdown which is to be covered in each period before the shutdown.

  • In the transportation lane master data from the supplier to the entry location, you specify the profile ID for the supplier shutdown that you created in the master data for service parts planning (SSP) under Supplier Shutdown. You can specify profile IDs for shutdown times in the header data for all of the supplier's products or for specific products in the product-specific transportation lane master data. If no profile ID exists for shutdown times in the product-specific transportation lane master data, the system checks whether a profile ID exists in the transportation lane header data. If this is the case, the system uses this profile ID.

    If you do not want to take into account the replenishment lead time for a product when planning a supplier shutdown, you can also specify the profile ID for the shutdown in the location product master data of the entry location on the SPP DRP tab page. However, the system takes into account this entry in the location product master data only if no entry exists in the transportation lane master data.

Example

Profile ID for the Shutdown

Your supplier A is shut for four weeks. You want to cover the demand that will probably occur during these four weeks in the two weeks before the shutdown. You choose Week as the time unit, 2 as the time period, and 60 % and 40 % as the percentage.

Bring Forward While Taking Into Account the Replenishment Lead Time

If you specify the profile ID for the shutdown in the transportation lane master data, the system takes into account the replenishment lead time from the supplier to the entry location. This means that the last planned goods receipt at the entry location of your BOD is not the first day of the shutdown, but this day plus the replenishment lead time. Furthermore, the first planned goods receipt of this supplier after the shutdown is not the first day after the shutdown, but this day plus the replenishment lead time. This means that the system plans 60% coverage of the demand brought forward for the penultimate week before the shutdown plus the replenishment lead time and 40% coverage of the demand brought forward in the week before the shutdown plus the replenishment lead time.

Bring Forward Without Taking Into Account the Replenishment Lead Time

If you specify the profile ID for the shutdown only in the location product master data, the system does not take into account the replenishment lead time. This means that the last planned goods receipt at the entry location of your BOD is the first day of the shutdown and the first planned goods receipt for this supplier after the shutdown is the first day after the shutdown. This means that the system plans 60% coverage of the demand brought forward for the penultimate week before the shutdown plus the replenishment lead time and 40% coverage of the demand brought forward in the week before the shutdown plus the replenishment lead time.