Read Data for the Shortage Analysis 

Use

Before you call the shortage analysis for service parts planning (SPP), you must start a planning run in the Planning Service Manager (PSM) in SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM). This provides the shortage analysis with up-to-date information.

To display the necessary information, the shortage analysis requires data from different applications and systems. This data includes:

·         Sales orders in SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM)

·         Supplier confirmations and ASNs in SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC)

·         Time series from the distribution requirements planning (for example, time series for the daily requirement) and forecast (for example, final monthly and historical time series)

Prerequisites

You have made the settings for the shortage analysis in the shortage monitor in Customizing for Supply Chain Planning under Service Parts Planning (SPP) → Monitoring → Shortage Analysis → Make General Settings for Shortage Analysis and under Define Demand Frequency.

The system determines the corresponding values that are based on these settings during the PSM planning run. The values that are displayed in the shortage monitor after the planning run include the demand frequency, the number of critical and potentially critical products, and the number of old notes.

Procedure

Define Selection

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       1.      On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose SCM Basis → Planning Service Manager → Current settings → Define Selections.

The Define Selections screen appears.

       2.      Under Selection Type, select the Product checkbox.

       3.      Choose a selection name.

       4.      In the Location / Product / Location Product / Expected Inbound Delivery Item section, enter * in the Product field.

       5.      Save your entries.

Define Process Profile

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       1.      On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose SCM Basis → Planning Service Manager → Current settings → Define Process Profile.

The Change View “Process Profile”: Overview screen appears.

       2.      Choose New Entries.

The New Entries screen appears.

       3.      Enter a name and a description for the process profile.

       4.      Enter the PRODUCT_SIMPLE method and enter a maximum package size, such as 1000.

       5.      In the Min. Message Type field, select All Messages.

       6.      Save your entries.

Define Planning Profile

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       1.      On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose SCM Basis → Planning Service Manager → Current settings → Define Planning Profile.

The Change View “Planning Profile: Header Data”: Overview screen appears.

       2.      Choose New Entries.

The New Entries screen appears.

       3.      Enter a name and a description for the planning profile.

       4.      Save your entries.

       5.      Select the planning profile in the Planning Profile: Header Data list and choose Planning Profile: Process Block from the navigation tree on the left.

       6.      Select the name of the selection you created earlier.

       7.      Enter Plng Version 000.

       8.      Select the process profile that you created earlier.

       9.      Save your entries.

   10.      Select the planning profile in the Planning Profile: Header Data list and choose Planning Profile: Service List from the navigation tree on the left.

The Define Work Area dialog box appears.

   11.      Enter the process block number 1 and choose Continue.

The Change View “Planning Profile: Service List”: Overview screen appears.

   12.      Choose the SPP_SHORTAGE_MONITOR planning service.

   13.      Save your entries.

Execute Planning Service Manager

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       1.      On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose SCM Basis → Planning Service Manager → Execute Planning Service Manager.

The Planning Service Manager screen appears.

       2.      Enter the name of your planning profile and choose Program → Execute in Background.

Results

Once the system has completed the planning run, you open the application log for the service. To do this, choose SCM Basis → Planning Service Manager → Display PSM Application Log from the SAP Easy Access screen. If the application log does not contain any error messages the planning run was successful and you can call the shortage analysis.