Result Indicators 

Definition

Indicators that show the quality of an optimization solution.

Use

If you have successfully executed an optimization run and have created a log for this run, the log contains a series of result indicators. They show the quality of the optimization solution with reference to the following factors:

·        Demand Fulfillment

·        Stock Level

·        Resource Utilization

From the SAP Easy Access screen, you choose Advanced Planning and Optimization →Supply Network Planning → Reporting →Optimizer Log Data. You then select an optimization run with a double-click. The tree structure of the logs contains the entry Result Indicatorswith the two aggregation levels Model-Dependent Indicators and Location Product-Dependent Indicators.

Structure

The system calculates the following indicators for the quality of an optimization solution:

·        Demand Fulfillment

¡        Service level (in percent)

¡        Delayed demand fulfillment (in percent)

¡        Average delay (in days)

The system also calculates these indicators separately for the following priority classes:

¡        Customer requirement

¡        Demand forecast

¡        Corrected demand forecast

¡        “Pseudo-hard” demand (if you have made the setting in the optimizer profile that the system considers the dependent demand and/or distribution demand of fixed orders as a pseudo-hard constraint. That means that the system may allow shortages for which it calculates penalty costs).

·        Stock Level

¡        Fulfillment of safety stock demand in percent

¡        Average stock level

·        Resource Utilization

The system calculates the resource consumption for the following resource types.

¡        Production resources

¡        Storage resources

¡        Transportation resources

¡        Handling resources

You can also display the resource utilization for each period in the capacity view of interactive SNP planning. The capacity view always shows the current resource utilization based on the data saved in liveCache. However, the data calculated by the explanation tool is available for as long as the output log of the optimization run is available.

The system calculates the result indicators at the level of the model and each location product or resource, and displays this data directly in the optimization run log or under the Result Indicators entry. The indicators for the utilization of the individual resources are displayed in the result log.

To aggregate the data of each location product at different levels (such as location level or product level), you can transfer the data to the SAP NetWeaver Usage Type Business Intelligence (BI) using the DataSource 0APO_SNP_INDICATOR. For more information, see the documentation for component SAP NetWeaver under BI Content → Supply Chain Management → Planning. You can also simulate a simple aggregation with the SAP List Viewer (ALV).

The following table shows the aggregation levels at which the result indicators are displayed in the optimization log:

	Service Level	Delay in Percent	Average Delay	Service Level per Demand Class	Delay in Percent per Demand Class	Average Delay per Demand Class	Average Stock Level	Safety Stock Shortfall	Utilization per Resource
Model	x	x	x	x	x	x		x	x
Location Product	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Resource									x