Master Data and Settings for the SNI Monitor

If you want to work with the SNI Monitor, you must set up specific master data and configuration in the SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC) system and on the Web user interface (Web UI) of SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC): These settings are described in the following sections.

General Master Data

You must create the master data for supplier collaboration in the SAP SNC system. This includes the following master data:

Business partners for customer and supplier
Internet users for customer and supplier
Customer locations and supplier locations
Following location products:
- Location products at the customer location
- Location products at the location of the supplier
- Location products at locations of a third-party logistics provider or of a supplier whom you have mapped as an additional plant (3PL location) in your ERP system.
  
  In the location product master of the products, enter the unit of measure for the quantity specifications in the SNI Monitor in the field Base UoM .
  
  If you, as customer, use SAP Enterprise Core Component (SAP ECC) or SAP ERP as your back-end system, you can transfer the customer location products to SAP SNC by using CIF.
Note
Transportation lanes between customer and ship-from locations are not necessary.

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SNI Planning Parameters in the Location Product Master of the SAP SNC System

In the SAP SNC system, you must enter the following planning parameters in the location product masters:

The minimum stock level and the maximum stock level as static (that is, non-requirement-dependent) values of stock limits

SAP SNC uses this data to calculate SNI alerts , for example.
Minimum and maximum days' supply for the dynamic (that is, requirement-dependent) calculation of the minimum and maximum stock levels
Rounding value

SAP SNC uses the rounding value to round key figures. SAP SNC only rounds key figures that you can edit in the SNI Monitor.

You enter these values in the SAP SNC system in the location product master on the Lot Size tab page in the following fields:

The minimum stock level in the Safety Stock field
The maximum stock level in the Maximum Stock Level field
The rounding value in the Rounding Value field
The minimum days' supply for the dynamic calculation of the minimum stock level in the Safety Days' Supply field.
The maximum days' supply for the dynamic calculation of the maximum stock level in the Target Days' Supply field.

SNI Planning Parameters on the Web UI

You can also edit the SNI planning parameters on the SAP SNC Web UI, for example, under Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Product SNI Location Product Settings End of the navigation path . You must maintain location product settings on the Web UI in the following cases:

Dynamic calculation of the minimum and maximum stock levels from the minimum and maximum days' supply

You must set the Use Days' Supply indicator on the Web UI.
Multisourcing of subcontracting components

A supplier can receive subcontracting components from different customers. In this case, customer-specific planning parameters may be required.
Scenario Control

You can use scenario control to define which locations products the SNI Monitor displays and which SNI alerts the system generates.

For more information, see Partner-Dependent Location Product Settings .

Visibility of Location Products

You can control visibility of location products in the SNI Monitor. For more information, see Visibility Concept in the SNI Monitor . For more information about the required settings, see Profile-Based and Parameter-Based Visibility in the SNI Monitor

SNI Alerts

In order for the alert monitor to display SNI alerts , you must set the selection mode for the alert monitor to MD.

Calculation of Projected Stock

The system calculates the projected stock of a location product according to the Customizing settings for Supply Network Collaboration under Supply Network Inventory . Check the default settings and make your own settings if required.

Time Buckets Profiles

You set the visible time period and the period division in the SNI Monitor, on the Web UI of SAP SNC under Start of the navigation path SNI Monitor Next navigation step Time Buckets Profiles(SNI) End of the navigation path .

Time Series Data Management (TSDM)

You do not need to make any settings here. For more information about the key figures and time series data types, see Key Figures in the SNI Monitor . For test purposes, you can use the report /SCA/TSDMTEST to create demand data, stock data, and access data (time series) for the SNI Monitor.

Selection Management

If a user only wants to display data in the SNI Monitor, create user-specific and business partner-specific selections in Selection Management .

XML Messages of TypeProductActivityNotification

XML messages of the ProductActivityNotification type are used to transfer the data for the SNI to SAP SNC. For ProductActivityNotifications , you must set the Supplier Collaboration process type in Customizing for Supply Network Collaboration . You make these settings under Start of the navigation path Basic Settings Next navigation step Processing Inbound and Outbound Messages Process Types for Inbound Messages End of the navigation path . For more information about Supply Network Inventory with SAP ERP as the back-end system, see the configuration documentation in SAP Solution Manager under Start of the navigation path Solutions/Applications Next navigation step SAP for High Tech Scenarios Supply Network Inventory End of the navigation path .

Alert Notification

If you only want to call the SNI Monitor when an alert occurs, set up alert notification .