Inbound Processing of Scheduling Agreement Releases 

Use

You can receive and process scheduling agreement (SA) releases from your customers (Target Location) either by Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) or you can manually enter them in master data maintenance.

As a rule, forecast/planning delivery schedules and operative delivery schedules against sales scheduling agreements are sent to the vendor’s SAP APO system by EDI.

You can receive SA releases either in the SAP R/3 system or in the SAP APO system. If SA releases against sales scheduling agreements that are planned in SAP APO are received then they are automatically created in the SAP APO system.

The following steps and checks can take place as part of inbound processing:

·        The system determines which sales scheduling agreement the release relates to.

·        The system carries out a delivery schedule split.

·        The release is saved in release processing

·        The system generates a due delivery schedule.

·        The system carries out an admissibility check.

·        The system carries out a feasibility check.

Prerequisites

See also Prerequisites for the Sales Scheduling Agreement

Features

Determine Sales Scheduling Agreement

During IDoc inbound processing, the system determines the scheduling agreement to which the release relates, based on the customer material and the partner description (customer’s plant).

If the customer has included details of unloading point, usage and description then the system only takes these criteria into account if they help in uniquely identifying the correct scheduling agreement. (In SAP R/3 you can enter the Usage in the header data or item detail of the sales scheduling agreement and the Description in the item data on the Sales tab page).

If you have defined a check of the unloading point in Customizing for IDoc inbound processing, then the unloading point in the IDoc must match the unloading point in the scheduling agreement.

Delivery Schedule Split

If necessary, the system carries out a delivery schedule split. This means that quantities for weeks and months that your customer requires can be split into quantities for days. The system then uses the split delivery schedules to create a due delivery schedule.

If the customer sends you interval schedule lines, that is, schedule lines that notify you of required quantities for a certain period of time, then you can define a splitting rule for this sold-to party in Customizing. (Supply Chain Collaboration ® Sales Scheduling Agreement Processing ® Current Settings ® IDoc Inbound Processing)

The rule defines that interval schedule lines are split over days, on which an inbound delivery is possible for example.

This splitting occurs on IDoc inbound processing, before operative delivery schedules and forecast/planning delivery schedules are generated.

See Scheduling Agreement Release with Interval Schedule Line

Due Delivery Schedule and Checks

In inbound processing, a due delivery schedule is automatically created and an admissibility check is carried out.

After inbound processing, a feasibility check can be carried out. In Customizing, you can set that the feasibility check is carried out immediately after inbound processing and is therefore a part of inbound processing.

For more information see Due Delivery Schedule, Admissibility Check and Feasibility Check.

Activities

Manually Enter Scheduling Agreement Releases

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       1.      To enter releases, choose Master Data ® Master Data for Sales Scheduling Agreement Processing ® Maintain Sales Scheduling Agreements.

       2.      Enter the necessary data and choose .

The sales scheduling agreements display appears.

                            a.      To change the sales scheduling agreement, choose .

                            b.      To create a new release, choose  SchAgrRel.

The system deletes the displayed header and schedule line data from the last SA release so that you can enter the data from the current SA release.

Enter the necessary data, such as Scheduling Agreement Release Number, Date Scheduling Agreement. Release Received and Date of SA Release.

                            c.      To enter the current schedule lines, choose the Forecast DS or Operative DelSched tab page.

       3.      To save your entries, choose .

Change Scheduling Agreement Release

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       1.      To change releases, choose Master Data ® Master Data for Sales Scheduling Agreement Processing ® Maintain Sales Scheduling Agreements.

       2.      Enter the necessary data and choose .

The sales scheduling agreements display appears.

                            a.      To change the sales scheduling agreement, choose .

                            b.      To change schedule lines, choose the Forecast DS or Operative DelSched tab page.

                            c.      To change header data, choose the Forecast Head or Operative Header tab page.

       3.      To save your entries, choose .

Display Delivery Schedules and Confirmations

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       1.      To display operative delivery schedules, forecast/planning delivery schedules, due delivery schedules and confirmations Choose Master Data ® Master Data for Sales Scheduling Agreement Processing ® Maintain Sales Scheduling Agreements.

       2.      Enter the necessary data and choose .

The sales scheduling agreements display appears.

       3.      To go to the function for displaying releases and confirmations, select the desired scheduling agreement item and choose  Delivery Schedules/Confirmations.

You see existing operative delivery schedules, forecast/planning delivery schedules, due delivery schedules and confirmations.

Result

After inbound processing the SA releases are displayed as requirements (with the category SD DA Rel.) in the periodic view of the product view or in the product planning table (for the selected period).