Sunday, June 19, 2011

Availability check on the basis of the ATP quantities

In this kind of check system will consider all the he stocks in a storage location, all planned inward movements and outward movements.
You can perform availability check with ATP Logic with or without considering the Replenishment lead time.
System will not consider the planned independent requirements.

Configuration of “Availability Check with ATP Logic"

The menu path for configuring the “Availability Check with ATP Logic or Against Planning” is:
In the IMG screen choose Sales and Distribution à Basic Function à Availability check and Transfer of Requirements à Availability check à Availability Check with ATP Logic or Against Planning

1)      Define Checking Group.

Ø  First you have to define a checking group in the IMG screen.

Ø  While defining the checking group you must specify the type of requirement that the system creates while processing sales order or Delivery.

Ø  For defining a checking group follow this menu path: In the IMG screen choose Sales and Distribution à Basic Function à Availability check and Transfer of Requirements à Availability check à Availability Check with ATP Logic or Against Planning à Define checking group.

Ø  When creating a material master, system will propose the checking group automatically based on the material type and plant. You can overwrite this proposed value.


Ø  You have to specify which kind of requirement has to be created. An individual requirement or a daily requirement.


2)      Defining material block for other users.

Ø  “Defining material block for other users” will help you to define whether to block the material master record for other orders during availability check or not.

Ø  If the material is not blocked during availability check the system will confirm the other order too, because sufficient quantity was available for both the orders.

Ø  To define the material block follow this menu path: In the IMG screen choose Sales and Distribution à Basic Function à Availability check and Transfer of Requirements à Availability check à Availability Check with ATP Logic or Against Planning à Define material block for other users.

3)      Define checking group default values.

Ø  You can propose a checking group automatically while creating a material master record based on the plant and material type.

Ø  You can overwrite this default value if required.

Ø  To define checking group default values follow this menu path: In the IMG screen choose Sales and Distribution à Basic Function à Availability check and Transfer of Requirements à Availability check à Availability Check with ATP Logic or Against Planning à Define checking group default values.


4)      Carry Out Control For Availability Check.

Ø  In this process step you can define a checking rule for a checking group or you can define your own checking rule and assign to a checking group.

Ø  Checking rule specifies which inward movement and which outward movement type should be considered while performing an availability check.

Ø  You can also specify whether the check should be carried out with RLT or not.

Ø  To define a checking rule for a checking group follow this menu path: In the IMG screen choose Sales and Distribution à Basic Function à Availability check and Transfer of Requirements à Availability check à Availability Check with ATP Logic or Against Planning à Carrying out control for availability check.

Ø  If you want to assign your own checking rule, then you can create a new checking rule using the button “New Entries”.


5)      Define Procedure By Requirements Class.

Ø  In this process step you define whether an availability check and/or transfer or requirements should be carried out for each requirements class or not.

Ø  To define Procedure by Requirements Class follow this menu path: In the IMG screen choose Sales and Distribution à Basic Function à Availability check and Transfer of Requirements à Availability check à Availability Check with ATP Logic or Against Planning à Define procedure By Requirements Class.


6)      Define procedure for each schedule line category.

Ø  This configuration is relevant for only a sales document.

Ø  In this process step, for each schedule line category you specify whether an availability check and/or transfer of requirements should be carried out in a sales document type or not?

Ø  Configuration of availability check at schedule line level depends upon the settings in the requirement class level.

Ø  That means if you want to deactivate the availability check or transfer of requirement in the schedule line level, then it must be activated first at the requirement class level.

Ø  If the availability check and transfer of requirement is deactivated at the requirement class level, then you cannot activate the same in the schedule line level.

Ø  To define procedure for each schedule line category follow this menu path: In the IMG screen choose Sales and Distribution à Basic Function à Availability check and Transfer of Requirements à Availability check à Availability Check with ATP Logic or Against Planning à Define procedure for each schedule line category.


7)      Determine Procedure For Each Delivery Item Category.

Ø  In this process step, you can define whether the availability check for particular item category is needed in the delivery document or not.

Ø  To determine Procedure for Each Delivery Item Category follow this menu path: In the IMG screen choose Sales and Distribution à Basic Function à Availability check and Transfer of Requirements à Availability check à Availability Check with ATP Logic or Against Planning àDetermine Procedure for Each Delivery Item Category.


8)      Checking Rule for Updating Backorders.

Ø  In this process step, you can assign a checking rule to a plant which serves as a basis for availability check.

Ø  To define checking Rule for Updating Backorders follows this menu path: In the IMG screen choose Sales and Distribution à Basic Function à Availability check and Transfer of Requirements à Availability check à Availability Check with ATP Logic or Against Planning à Checking Rule for Updating Backorders.


9)      Define Default Settings.

Ø  In this process step you can specify the default settings for the results of availability check.

Ø  For each sales area you can set an indicator for fixing the date and quantity as well as a rule for transferring the results of the availability check.

Ø  To define default Settings follow this menu path: In the IMG screen choose Sales and Distribution à Basic Function à Availability check and Transfer of Requirements à Availability check à Availability Check with ATP Logic or Against Planning à Define default Settings

This will complete the configuration of the “Availability Check with ATP Logic or Against Planning”
In “Availability Check with ATP Logic or Against Planning” the system perform availability check in the following way:
Ø  Depending upon the checking group which we have assigned in the material master of this particular product and the checking rule, system will determine the scope of availability check that means which stocks, receipts and issues are to be included in the availability check and whether the check is to be carried out with or without the replenishment lead time for availability check.

The system will check availability at plant level for that the system will determine the plant immediately when we enter an item in a sales document.
The system accesses information for proposing the standard delivering plant in the following order:
1.      Customer-material info
2.      Ship-to party customer master record
3.      Material master record

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