Metals Characteristics based Available to Promise

Purpose/Use
In the metals industry it is common that materials are batch managed. Even if materials have the same identification number they may vary on the batch level, e.g. the quality-grade may vary dependent on the valuation during the quality check. This information is stored on characteristics during goods receipt. If a customer requires a certain quality he can specify the desired grade. With an activated characteristic based availability check we are now able to consider only such inventory that meets the customers requirement. During this check the valuation of the line item of the sales order is transferred to APO and it is checked if matching characteristic combinations on batch level exists. If there is no matching batch available (or a receipt element) the system will not confirm the order.

System Landscape
System Landscape, this Process is built in SAP for Mill Products

Solution Components used in this Process R/3 SCM Enterprise Portal

Users
Predefined User (Role) MILL_DEMO MILL_DEMO MILL_DEMO Password welcome welcome welcome Component Enterprise Portal R/3 SCM

Procedure
This scenario requires inventory for the material MM_SHEET_29 (US) / MM_SHEET_19 (EU). The assumption is that there is no stock. It might be useful to check the inventory-situation in APO first and adopt the quantities to be entered accordingly

Post Goods Receipt for Material

1. Log on to the R/3 system with user ID MILL_DEMO and password WELCOME. 2. In the R/3 system, choose Logistics Materials Management Inventory Management Goods Movement Goods Receipt Other. Or use transaction code MB1C. 3. Enter following data:

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Field Movement type Plant Storage Location

Data 501 M212 (US) M112 (EU) M212 (US) M112 (EU)

4. Choose Field Material Quantity UnE Batch

. Data MM_SHEET_29 (US) MM_SHEET_19 (EU) 100000 (US) 50000 (EU) LB (US) KG (EU) MM_29A (US) MM_19A (EU)

5. Enter following data:

6. Choose 7. On the Enter Other Goods Receipt: Classification screen enter following data:

US scenario
Field Grade Thickness in inch Width in inch Length in inch Coating Type of coating Data A 0.01 40 80 2 ZN

EU scenario
Field Grade Coating Type of coating Choose tab strip Metric and enter following data: Thickness in mm Width in mm Length in mm 8. Choose . 1,27 mm 1500 mm 2000 mm Data A 2 ZNNI

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9. On the Enter Other Goods Receipts: Collective Processing screen enter now a second line item: Field Material Quantity UnE Batch Data MM_SHEET_29 (US) MM_SHEET_19 (EU) 40000 (US) 20000 (EU) LB (US) KG (EU) MM_29B (US) MM_19B (EU) 10. Choose 11. On the Enter Other Goods Receipt: Classification screen enter following data:

US scenario
Field Grade Thickness in inch Width in inch Length in inch Coating Type of coating Data B 0.01 40 80 2 ZN

EU scenario
Field Grade Coating Type of coating Choose tab strip Metric and enter following data: Thickness in mm Width in mm Length in mm 12. Choose 13. Choose . . 1,27 mm 1500 mm 2000 mm Data B 2 ZNNI

Check Inventory
1. Log on to the SCM system with user ID MILL_DEMO and password WELCOME. 2. In the SCM system choose Advanced Planning and Optimization Production Planning Interactive Production Planning Product View. Or use transaction code /n/SAPAPO/RRP3.

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3. On the screen Product View enter following data: Field Plng Version Product Location Data 000 MM_SHEET_29 (US) MM_SHEET_19 (EU) M212 (US) M112 (EU) 4. Choose . .

5. If necessary on the Selection of PPT Initial View screen select SAP001 and choose 6. Dont leave this screen.

Sales Order Entry

1. Switch back to the R/3 System. 2. In the R/3 system choose Logistics Sales and Distribution Sales Order Create. Or use transaction code VA01. 3. On the Create Sales Order: Initial Screen enter following data: Field Order Type Sales Organization Distribution Channel Division 4. Choose Field Sold-to party Purch.order no. Material Order Quantity SU . Data MM-CUST201 (US) MM-CUST101 (EU) any MM_SHEET_29 (US) MM_SHEET_19 (EU) 140000 (US) 70000 (EU) LB (US) KG (EU) 6. Choose . Data MOR M210 (US) M110 (EU) 01 M1

5. On the Create Mill Standard Order: Overview screen, enter following data:

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The data is transferred to SAP APO to check the availability considering the characteristic value for grade. Default is a valuation with grade A, so the system will confirm only 100000 LB (US)/50000 KG (EU). 7. On the APO Availability Check: Delivery proposal screen choose Delivery proposal. You will come back to the screen Create Mill Standard Order: Overview. 8. Enter following data: Field Grade 9. Choose . to make the configuration changeable.) B Data

(If necessary choose

The data is transferred again to SAP APO to check the availability considering the characteristic value for grade B. The system will now confirm only 40000 LB (US)/20000 KG (EU). 10. On the APO Availability Check: Delivery Proposal screen choose Delivery proposal. You will come back to the Create Mill Standard Order: Overview screen. 11. Choose .

12. Choose No.

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