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 Performing an ABC Analysis

You can perform the ABC analysis according to usage or requirements value.

Proceed as follows:

  1. To perform an ABC analysis according to usage value, select from the Inventory Controlling menu Start of the navigation path Environment Next navigation step Document evaluations Next navigation step ABC analysis Next navigation step According to usage. End of the navigation path

    The selection screen appears.

  2. To perform an ABC Analysis according to requirements value, select from the Inventory Controlling menu Start of the navigation path Environment Next navigation step Document evaluations Next navigation step ABC analysis Next navigation step According to requirements. End of the navigation path

    The selection screen appears.

  3. Specify the desired analysis criterion and selection parameters.

  4. – Objects to Analyze

    You can carry out the analysis for all plants, that is, for each material, data from all plants are grouped together or only for certain plants, that is, the analysis is created for every designated plant.

    If you want to carry out the analysis for all plants, select the field Analysis on all plants .

    If you want to carry out the analysis for one or more certain plants, specify the desired selection criterion in the field Plants .

    – Period to Analyze

    Any period can be selected for the analysis. The system suggests 90 days in the past as the period to analyze when using the analysis according to usage, the calculation starting from the current date. When using the analysis according to requirements values, the system will suggest 90 days in the future, the calculation beginning with the current date.

    – Analysis Area

    You can restrict the area of the analysis to certain materials.

    If you also want to include materials with a delete indicator in the analysis, select the field Materials with a delete indicator . If only slow-moving items are to be taken into account in the analysis, select the field Only slow-moving items .

    – Analysis Strategies

    There are four ways to classify the materials as A, B, or C items:

    a)

    Percentage of usage/requirements value.

    You allocate a percentage of the total usage or total requirements value to the A, B, and C items.

    b)

    Absolute usage/requirements value

    The proportions allocated to A, B, and C items should together account for the total usage/requirement value.

    c)

    Number of materials in percent

    You define the number of A, B, and C items as a percentage of the total number of items.

    d)

    Absolute number of materials

    You specify the number of A items and the number of B items. All the remaining items are classified as C items.

    You start the classification procedure from a list of materials created by the system that ranks the materials in descending order according to their usage value.

  5. If you select the Update ABC ind. field, the system overwrites the ABC indicator in the material master with the new ABC indicator.

  6. Copying the ABC indicator into the material master can be done from the selection screen only with background processing. You can, however copy the ABC indicator online from the results.

  7. To start the analysis, select Start of the navigation path Program Next navigation step Execute. End of the navigation path

If you want to execute the analysis as a background job, select Start of the navigation path Program Next navigation step Execute as a background job. End of the navigation path

The results list from the analysis appears.

ABC Analysis: Displaying the Results