APO Scheduling Agreement with Account Assignment

Use

You can send procurement scheduling agreements with account assignment from SAP R/3 to SAP APO so that they are taken into account during supply source determination and can be planned in their own planning segment ( Pegging Area).

Structure

Supply Source Determination

If a procurement scheduling agreement with account assignment exists then it is also proposed as a source of supply in the Make-to-Order planning segment, in addition to any existing info record. Procurement scheduling agreements without account assignment are not proposed as sources of supply.

The Make-to-Order planning segment is only displayed for make-to-order sales scheduling agreements for which at least one release schedule line exists. A planning segment is displayed for each make-to-order sales scheduling agreement.

In the Make-to-Stock planning segment procurement scheduling agreements with account assignment are not proposed as possible sources of supply. Only info records and procurement scheduling agreements without account assignment are proposed.

Master Data/External Procurement Relationship

The account assignment data is transferred to SAP APO from SAP R/3 over the APO Core Interface (CIF) at the same time as the procurement scheduling agreements.

In the SAP APO system the account assignment data is displayed in master data maintenance for the procurement scheduling agreement ( External Procurement Relationship) under General Data .

Note Note

Changes to the account assignment in SAP R/3 cause the corresponding schedule lines in SAP APO to be adjusted.

End of the note.

Master Data/Sales Scheduling Agreement

In the SAP APO system the details of the sales scheduling agreement item, such as Special Stock Indicator and Special Stock, are displayed in the left screen area in the list of sales scheduling agreements. (A make-to-order sales scheduling agreement refers to its own document number; the SAP R/3 requirement type Make-to-Order is displayed as special stock E .)

You can also see Special Stock and Special Stock Indicators in the Product Planning Table, in the chart Scheduling Agreements (Sales).

Integration

Scheduling agreements with account assignment are not taken into account in Supply Network Planning (SNP) ; in other words, they are not a valid source of supply in SNP.

Example

You want your customers to only send requirements to one plant. You then want to group these requirements and forward them to the manufacturing plant or supplier.

In the “grouping” plant for material A you have created a sales scheduling agreement with the requirements type Make-to-Order Production . In addition, you have created a procurement scheduling agreement for supplier B that has account assignment to this sales scheduling agreement.

Your customer sends you a release with a requirement for material A . After the release has been received the requirements for sales scheduling agreement items with account assignment are displayed in the Make-to-Order planning segment.

You confirm these requirements and carry out planning (product heuristic, production planning run). The system only determines requirement coverage elements or sources of supply that have account assignment to the sales scheduling agreement.

The system therefore identifies the procurement scheduling agreement with account assignment for supplier B as the source of supply.