Process APO Release in Product Planning Table
and Product View
Use
The following functions are available in the Product Planning Table or in the Product View:
· Display SA releases
· Compare current release with previous release
· Generate operative delivery schedules
· Generate forecast/planning delivery schedule
· Enter confirmations
· Display alerts
Prerequisites
See Prerequisites for the APO Scheduling Agreement.
Features
In the Product view: Periodic or Product view: Single Elements chart you can view, enter or change the scheduled quantities.
Display SA releases
You can branch to the function for displaying releases and confirmations.
Select
the chosen item (LP-EIN). Choose 
(Process Procurement
Scheduling Agreement Releases), and then in the subsequent menu Display Scheduling Agreement Releases.
Compare current release with previous release
Select
the chosen item (LP-EIN). Choose (Process Procurement
Scheduling Agreement Releases), and then in the subsequent menu Compare Current/Previous Release).
Generate Operative Delivery Schedules
Select
the chosen delivery schedule. Choose (Process Procurement Scheduling
Agreement Releases), and then in the subsequent menu Generate
Operative Delivery Schedule.
You can notify your vendor of up to nine last deliveries in an SA release.
Generate forecast/planning delivery schedule
Select
the chosen delivery schedule. Choose (Process Procurement
Scheduling Agreement Releases), and then in the subsequent menu Generate Forecast/Planning Delivery Schedule.
When you generate scheduling agreement releases the system may issue messages. To see these messages, choose Goto ® Display Messages.
Enter confirmations
You can branch to the function for entering confirmations.
Select
the chosen delivery schedule. Choose (Process Procurement
Scheduling Agreement Releases), and then in the subsequent menu Enter Confirmations.
Display alerts
To access the Alert Monitor for example, use the right mouse button or choose Go to ® Alert Monitor.
For
further information, see
Alert Monitor in
the SAP Library under Supply Chain
Monitoring.
Activities
Generate Scheduling Agreement Releases in the Product View and the Product Planning Table
In the product view, on the Periods tab page, or in the product planning table, you can also create SA releases for selected delivery schedule lines:
1.
Select the chosen item (SchLne) and choose .
2. In the context menu, choose Create Operative Delivery Schedule or Create Forecast/Plng Schedule.
If you enter or change a requirement in the product planning table, choose ENTER. The system issues a message advising you that the order or schedule line was created successfully or (if applicable) with a delay.
Operative delivery schedules are displayed as new orders with the category SAg Rel. Forecast/planning delivery schedules, that is long-term requirements (fixed) that are transmitted to the vendor and are not delivery-relevant, are not displayed.
The following categories exist:
¡ Scheduling agreement schedule lines (SchLne)
These are quantities generated automatically in the planning run or created manually by the materials planner that have not yet been transmitted to the vendor.
¡ Operative delivery schedule (SAg Rel)
These are short-term requirements (fixed) transmitted to the vendor that are delivery-relevant.
¡ Confirmation (SA-ConfRel)
These are schedule lines/quantities confirmed by the vendor.
¡ Shipping Notification/Inbound Delivery (BS-AVI),
When the inbound delivery is posted in the SAP R/3 system, the data is transferred to the SAP APO system via the CIF.
The new data completely replaces the last transmitted data in the liveCache. In the SAP APO system, only the operative delivery schedules are needed in the liveCache: forecast/planning schedules are not needed.
The liveCache contains the following categories: SchLne, SAg Rel., and PO memo (shipping notification).
The database contains additional data on operative delivery schedules, forecast/planning schedules, and acknowledgments.
For more information, see Creating Scheduling Agreement Releases.