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Function documentationDisplaying and Processing the Results of Repair or Buy Planning

 

You can display the results of repair or buy planning in the DRP Matrix.

The system generates the following documents as a result of repair or buy planning:

  • Planned orders

    If, in the repair-or-buy decision, distribution requirements planning (DRP) decides to repair and you selected internal repair as the repair type, the system generates planned orders for the quantities of products that need to be repaired.

  • Refurbishment orders

    After DRP has generated a planned order, DRP transfers the order to SAP ERP. In SAP ERP, you generate a refurbishment order from the planned order. SAP ERP returns this refurbishment order to DRP for display.

    Note Note

    To generate a refurbishment order from a planned order, proceed as follows:

    1. On the SAP Easy Access screen in SAP ERP, choose Start of the navigation path Logistics Next navigation step Materials Management Next navigation step Material Requirements Planning (MRP) Next navigation step MRP Next navigation step Evaluations Next navigation step Stock/Reqmts List End of the navigation path (alternatively, call transaction MD04).

    2. Specify the product and location for which DRP has generated a planned order and choose Continue.

    3. In the Addl Function column and the row of your planned order, choose Element Details. A dialog box appears.

    4. Choose Refurbishment Order.

    5. Enter the header data for the refurbishment order and save your entry.

    6. On the SAP Easy Access screen in SAP ERP, choose Start of the navigation path Logistics Next navigation step Plant Maintenance Next navigation step Maintenance Processing Next navigation step Order Next navigation step Change End of the navigation path and enter the details for the refurbishment order here (alternatively, you can call transaction IW32).

    End of the note.

  • Subcontracting purchase requisitions

    If, in the repair-or-buy decision, distribution requirements planning (DRP) decides to repair and you selected external repair as the repair type, the system generates subcontracting purchase requisitions for the quantities of products that need to be repaired.

  • Subcontract orders

    After DRP has generated a subcontracting purchase requisition, DRP transfers the requisition to SAP ERP. SAP ERP generates a subcontract order from the subcontracting purchase requisition and returns the subcontract order to be displayed in DRP.

  • Purchase requests and scheduling agreement releases

    If DRP decides to purchase in the repair-or-buy decision, the system carries out regular distribution requirements planning and generates DRP purchase requests and scheduling agreement releases as a result of this planning.

Activities

Displaying Planning Results

You can display the results of repair or buy planning in the DRP Matrix in the following key figures.

  • Projected Unserviceable Stock

    The projected unserviceable stock for each period is the result of the following components:

    Initial unserviceable stock

    + Returns forecast

    - Unserviceable products demand (frozen and unfrozen)

    - Demand for unserviceable products from stock transport orders

    + Receipt of unserviceable products from stock transport orders

    - Unserviceable products in transit from stock transport orders

    - Substitution demand for forwarding excess unserviceable products (1:1/FFF)

    - Substitution receipt for forwarding excess unserviceable products (1:1/FFF)

    - Substitution demand for forwarding excess unserviceable products (inventory balancing)

    - Substitution receipt for forwarding excess unserviceable products (inventory balancing)

    - Additional Unserviceable Demand (BAdI)

    - Additional receipt of unserviceable products (BAdI)

  • Initial Unserviceable Stock

    The initial unserviceable stock refers to the stock of unserviceable products in your warehouse or at a subcontractor's premises, or the stock of faulty products currently being repaired. This stock is only reduced by a repair.

  • Returns Forecast

    For more information about the returns forecast, see Creating a Returns Forecast.

  • Unserviceable Products Demand (Frozen)

    Frozen unserviceable products demand is the sum of product quantities included in refurbishment orders and subcontracting planned orders, or product quantities included in planned orders and subcontracting purchase requisitions that you have frozen manually for DRP.

  • Unserviceable Products Demand (Not Frozen)

    The unfrozen unserviceable products demand is the sum of product quantities included in planned orders and subcontracting purchase requisitions.

  • Unserviceable Products Demand (STO)

    Here, the system displays the demand for unserviceable products from stock transport orders. These stock transport orders are generated, for example, with unserviceable products by the inventory balancing service. For more information, see Inventory Balancing With Unserviceable Products.

  • Unserviceable Products Receipt (STO)

    Here, the system displays receipts of unserviceable products from stock transport orders.

  • Unserviceable in Transit Stock (STO)

    If you are working with the inventory balancing service for unserviceable products, the system displays the quantity of unserviceable products for which the inventory balancing service has generated a stock transport order and that is currently being transferred (that is, in transit).

  • Subs.Dem.:Forw.Exc.Unserv.St.(1:1/FFF)

    If a location product fulfills one of the following conditions, at the end of repair or buy planning for this location product, DRP determines the surplus quantity of unserviceable stock that can be sent to another location product.

    • The location product is the predecessor product in a complete one-to-one supersession and you are working with the repair-or-buy function for the successor product.

    • The location product is a non-leading product in a form-fit-function subset and you are working with the repair-or-buy function for the leading product in this form-fit-function subset.

  • Subs.Rcpt.:Forw.Exc.Unserv.St.(1:1/FFF)

    If the substitution demand described above exists for a location product and this demand can be covered by a 1:1 substitution or planning with FFF classes, DRP plans a substitution receipt that corresponds to the substitution demand described above.

  • Subs.Dem:Forw.Exc.Unserv.Stk (Inv.Bal.)

    If you have specified that the system is to create product substitution orders instead of stock transport orders when balancing inventory for unserviceable products, the substitution demand for forwarding excess unserviceable stock is shown here. For more information about when it is appropriate that the inventory balancing service creates product substitution orders instead of stock transport orders for unserviceable products, see Example of Inventory Balancing with Unserviceable Products and External Repair.

  • Subst.Rcpt:Forw.Exc.Unserv.Stk (Inv.Bal.)

    If you have specified that the system is to create product substitution orders instead of stock transport orders when balancing inventory for unserviceable products, the substitution receipt for forwarding excess unserviceable stock is shown here.

  • Additional Unserviceable Demand (BAdI)

    If you have implemented the Business Add-In (BAdI) /SAPAPO/PB_ADDITIONAL_QTYS and have defined additional demand quantities for unserviceable products in this, the system displays these additional demand quantities in this key figure. For more information, see Customizing for Advanced Planning and Optimization under Start of the navigation path Supply Chain Planning Next navigation step Service Parts Planning (SPP) Next navigation step Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) for Service Parts Planning (SPP) Next navigation step BAdIs for Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) End of the navigation path.

  • Additional Unserviceable Receipt (BAdI)

    If you have implemented the Business Add-In (BAdI) /SAPAPO/PB_ADDITIONAL_QTYS and have defined additional receipt quantities for unserviceable products in this BAdI, the system displays these additional receipt quantities in this key figure.

  • Dependent Demand

    If a planned order or a subcontracting purchase requisition was created for a product that is assigned a bill of material, the system explodes the bill of material to identify the dependent demands. If DRP identifies dependent demands for a location product in this way, you can display these in this key figure.

  • Products Rcpt (Kit-to-Stk/Repair, Froz)

    The fixed receipt of serviceable products that have been repaired and kits results from the product quantities contained in replenishment orders, manufacturing orders, and subcontract orders, as well as in manually fixed planned orders and subcontract purchase requisitions.

  • Products Rcpt (Kit-to-Stk/Rep, Not Froz)

    The non-fixed receipt of serviceable products and kits is the sum of product quantities included in planned orders and subcontracting purchase requisitions.

  • Repair Safety Stock

    If, in addition to the safety stock that you calculated for inventory planning, you would like to work with an additional safety stock for repairable products, you can implement the Business Add-In (BAdI) BAdI: Calculate Safety Stock for Repairs (/SAPAPO/PINV_REPSFT). In the Repair safety stock key figure, you then see the safety stock that the BAdI calculated.

To access the DRP Matrix screen, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Start of the navigation path Advanced Planning and Optimization Next navigation step Service Parts Planning (SPP) Next navigation step Planning Next navigation step Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) End of the navigation path.

Displaying and Processing Documents

You can display (and partially alter) the documents described above on the External Procurement – Delivery Schedule Maintenance screen. To access this screen, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Start of the navigation path Advanced Planning and Optimization Next navigation step Service Parts Planning (SPP) Next navigation step Planning Next navigation step Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) Next navigation step Scheduling Agreement Releases End of the navigation path.

Displaying and Changing Planned Orders

On the External Procurement – Delivery Schedule Maintenance screen, you can carry out the following actions for planned orders:

  • Display

  • Create

    If the following cases apply, you can create planned orders:

    • In the location product master data, you selected either the entry On or Repair Only in the Repair or Buy field on the SPP DRP tab page.

    • In the location product master data, you did not select the entry External Only in the Type of Repair field on the SPP DRP tab.

  • Change

  • Release

  • Reject

Displaying Refurbishment Orders

You can display refurbishment orders generated by SAP ERP on the External Procurement – Delivery Schedule Maintenance screen but you cannot change them.

Displaying and Changing Subcontracting Purchase Requisitions

On the External Procurement – Delivery Schedule Maintenance screen, you can carry out the following actions for subcontracting purchase requisitions:

  • Display

  • Create

    If the following cases apply, you can create subcontracting purchase requisitions:

    • In the location product master data, you selected either the entry On or Repair Only in the Repair or Buy field on the SPP DRP tab page.

    • In the location product master data, you did not select the entry Internal Only in the Type of Repair field on the SPP DRP tab page.

  • Change

  • Release

  • Reject

Displaying Subcontract Orders

You can display subcontract orders generated by SAP ERP on the External Procurement – Delivery Schedule Maintenance screen but you cannot change them.

Displaying and Changing Purchase Requests and Scheduling Agreement Releases

You can display and change purchase requests and scheduling agreement releases on the External Procurement – Delivery Schedule Maintenance screen.