Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Product Allocation Determination



  1. Upon entry of the sales order into the OLTP system, the product allocation procedure is read from the ATP product master record.
  2. If a sequence of product allocation procedures exists, the subsequent procedures are read from this product allocation sequence.
  3. There could be a number of steps for each product allocation procedure. Each step is associated with a product allocation group.
  4. In each product allocation group there may be multiple product allocation objects that cover a corresponding data area.
  5. For each product allocation object, there is a time series of planned product allocation quantities associated with a set of characteristics.
  6. The first procedure is determined from the ATP tab page in the product master, corresponding to the product of the sales order item. If the location-dependent product allocation procedure is missing, then the location-independent procedure is used.
  7. The first step in the procedure is examined. Based on the sales order date, a valid product allocation object and its associated characteristics/time series is examined, if and only if there is a matching characteristic with or without the wildcard character. If there are matching characteristics and remaining available quantities, a product allocation is made.
  8. If the first step fails, the second/next step is examined. Each step should be designed to check for product allocation objects with fewer or more general characteristics (Example: From customer/DC level in step 1 to DC level only).


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