Resulting Costs of Optimization (SAP Library - Supply Network Planning Run)

Resulting Costs of Optimization

Definition

Log generated during an optimization run in Supply Network Planning (SNP). It contains detailed information about the costs of the solution determined by the optimizer.

Use

The log is part of the application log that you can access by selecting Advanced Planning and Optimization → Supply Network Planning → Reporting → Optimizer Log Data from the SAP Easy Access screen. For more information, see Application Logs for Optimizers.

Structure

The individual fields of the log are detailed below.

Field	Information displayed
User	The planner's name.
Current date	The date the Optimization run was executed.
Time	The time when the Optimization run was executed..
version	The planning version used for the optimization run.
Optimizer profile	The optimizer profile used for optimization run.
Cost profile	The cost profile used for optimization run.
Bound profile	The SNP optimization bound profile used for optimization run.
Total costs	The total costs associated with the solution proposed by the system. The cost categories are displayed in total values for all objects throughout the supply chain. The total costs are made up of all the cost categories displayed in this log.
Production costs	The total production costs for this plan based on the pieces produced using the production process models PPMs with the associated cost data, displayed in total values for all objects throughout the supply chain.
Procurement costs	The total procurement costs for this plan.
Storage costs	The total storage costs for this plan based on the capacity consumption of products stored at the storage resource, displayed in total values for all objects throughout the supply chain.
Storage expansion	The total costs incurred as a result of a requirement to expand storage capacity for this plan displayed in total values for all objects throughout the supply chain.
Penalty costs for safety stock deficit	The total penalty costs incurred because the safety stock level falls below the specified requirement for safety stock for this plan displayed in total values for all objects throughout the supply chain.
Transportation costs	The total transportation costs for this plan displayed in total values for all objects throughout the supply chain.
Handling capacity expansion	The total costs incurred as a result of a requirement to expand the handling capacity of one or more resources for this plan displayed in total values for all objects throughout the supply chain.
Transportation capacity expansion	The total costs incurred as a result of a requirement to expand the transportation resource capacity for this plan displayed in total values for all objects throughout the supply chain.
Production resource expansion	The total costs incurred as a result of a requirement to expand the production resource capacity for this plan displayed in total values for all objects throughout the supply chain.
Delay penalty	The total penalty costs incurred as a result of all deliveries that are late displayed in total values for all objects throughout the supply chain.
Shortfall penalty	The total penalty costs incurred as a result of all deliveries of all products that are less than the quantity ordered displayed in total values for all objects throughout the supply chain.
Penalty costs for exceeding maximum stock on hand	The total penalty costs incurred for exceeding maximum stock on hand.
Penalty costs for falling short of minimum resource utilization	The total penalty costs incurred for falling short of the minimum resource utilization defined in the resource master data.