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Using this IMG activity, you create and maintain the profiles used in interactive sourcing. A profile lists the key components and key resources at each location. Heuristics use the information in a profile to determine the availability of key components and resources at the linked product location.

The following PP heuristics are enabled for interactive sourcing and use the profiles:

  • Planning of Standard Lots (SAP_PP_002)

  • Planning of Standard Lots in 3 Horizons (SAP_PP_004)

  • Plan Standard Lots for Co-Products (SAP_PP_017)

  • Planning of Standard Lots for Conti- I/O (SAP_PP_c001)

  • Interactive CTP Heuristic (SAP_CTP_DLG)

Procedure

  1. On the Maintain Interactive Sourcing Profiles screen, choose New Entries.

  2. Enter a profile name.

  3. Select a location.

  4. Select the periodicity for the display.

  5. Enter the number of periods to be displayed; alternately, select the Plan Hor. indicator to set the selected period as the planning horizon.

  6. Save the profile.

  7. In the Dialog Structure screen area, double-click to choose   Maintain Profile   Objects in Profile  .

  8. Define the required products and resources in the Objects in Profile table and save.

Interactive sourcing profiles are also accessible from the PP/DS view of the Product Master.

Example

Product A is sourced from Location 1 and Location 2. One of Product A's key components differs at each of these locations: Component B and Component C respectively. When you run a heuristic on Product A for Location 1, the interactive sourcing profile derives the exact availability of Component B at that location.