Advanced Planning and Optimization (SCM-APO)

Master data object used to model procurement of a product.

Sources of supply are classified according to procurement type:

• Sources of supply for in-house production (production data structures and production process models)

Sources of supply that are intended for in-house production contain all BOM and routing data that is relevant for production.

• Sources of supply for external procurement (transportation lanes or external procurement relationships)

In SAP APO, there may be various sources of supply for a product. A source of supply is selected using criteria such as procurement type, procurement costs, or according to its priority.