Settings in the APO Product Master
The settings you make in the APO product master depend partially on whether requirements that originate from sales orders are planned in individual planning segments. This is determined by the settings in the requirements class or item category in SAP R/3. If the requirements are generated in individual planning segments, you must also set the product master correctly to enable consumption of the forecast by sales order. To do this, you must create a requirements strategy in which the forecast is consumed by sales orders. The planning segment must, in contrast to the standard case, be set to 0 (initial) meaning that the forecast is planned in general plant stock and not in stock segments that are reserved for customers (sales order stock).
See also: Requirements Strategy
All of the settings in the product master that are relevant to sales order oriented planning are location-specific. This means you must enter a location and select the
Location
indicator on the initial screen
Demand Tab Page
Enter a requirements strategy in the
Proposed strategy
field
. In general SAP recommends that you use strategy 20Planning with final assembly
. If you are using individual planning segments, enterthe strategy that you created previously.
This strategy
should include:
The category for the forecast, usually FA
Assignment mode 2
The category group must include sales orders, for instance K01
Enter the settings for consumption
Choose a consumption mode and the relevant consumption period. For instance, if you specify backwards consumption, enter the backwards consumption period. The consumption period is the difference in time between the two requirements, in this case the forecast and the requirements date of the sales order.
Enter the consumption group
Check and if necessary change the pegging settings on the
Pegging
tab. For more information on pegging refer to Pegging and subordinate topics in the SAP Library for APO Production Planning.
PPP/DS Tab Page
Enter the ascertainment period.
Enter the adjustment period
ATP Tab Page
In order to confirm a sales order in SAP R/3, an availability check must be carried out. The settings in R/3 must correspond with the settings on this tab page. The check mode in APO is basically the same as the requirements class in R/3. For more details, see Settings for Global ATP in the SAP Library for APO Global Available-to-Promise.