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SAP F&R requires the following information: the servers (or server group) on which the programs of the F&R Processor are installed, where SAP F&R can store the data for communication, and the locations for which you want to calculate automatic replenishment. You cannot perform automatic replenishment with SAP F&R without these settings.

Prerequisites

You must reserve sufficient memory space for the data from automatic replenishment that is required for communication.

Features

You configure the control settings for automatic replenishment in the following administration areas:

  • Administration for system data

  • Administration for locations

Activities

  1. To start administration for the F&R Processor, go to the SAP Easy Access screen and choose Start of the navigation path Forecasting and Replenishment Next navigation step Forecasting and Replenishment Processor Next navigation step Administration End of the navigation path.

    • Administration of system data

      • You have to configure the server on which the programs of the F&R Processor are installed and the server on which the system can store the files for communication. The system calculates the relevant paths automatically.

      • You can define whether SAP F&R should perform parallel processing on the server and how big the packages for the various process steps (replenishment calculation, DIF processing, and importing and exporting of files) should be.

    • Administration for locations

      You must set the following for each location:

      • Activation period

        You define the start and end dates of the time period for which you want to perform automatic replenishment.

      • Server location

        Enter the server on which SAP F&R is to store the data for communication.

      • Process control for location

        Assign a process control profile. The process control profile defines the days on which the F&R Processor performs automatic replenishment, for example.

    • Additional activities (beyond regular process control)

      You can specify a date to schedule additional steps that you want FRP to perform outside the configured frequency:

      • Initialization of the following data:

        • Historical time series (parameter initial consumption data)

        • Demand influencing factors (parameter initial DIFs)

        • Configuration data (parameter init. tech.)

      • Additional forecasting run