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Global Available To Promise (GATP) Overview Posted by SATISH WAGHMARE in SAP APO - Production Planning, Interfaces and Global ATP on Nov 19, 2013 9:18:19 PM inShare1

Introduction : Global Available To Promise (GATP) in APO s online searches to determine if requested products are available at specific times in quantities that satisfy customer demand. GATP processes are run via SAP live Cache, which processes large volumes of data and enables data sharing across several applications. GATP meets the challenge of providing availability information across a global enterprise. The concept of available to promise (ATP) used in Sales and Distribution (SD) module in SAP R/3 provides check capabilities that deliver results for basic business scenarios. More complex scenarios, however, require more robust capabilities to make delivery commitments that are in line with the real-world demands. In short, global scenarios require global solutions. Global ATP — or GATP — takes advantage of SAP APO technology and picks up where the SAP R/3 ATP solution leaves off.

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Following are the functionalities using GATP allows you to answer questions related to promising products to your customers. GATP quickly makes information available to provide real-time optimized decision . It offers the functionality to perform availability checks which consist of online searches that determine if requested products are available at requested times in the quantities that satisfy customer demand. GATP can be used for Sales Order, Scheduling Agreement, Delivery, stock transfer orders and production orders (for their input components). GATP Methods can be classified into three areas: Basic methods and their combination (product check, product allocation, and check against forecast) Rules-based ATP (RBA) ATP integrated with production You can combine several GATP methods to provide more advanced capabilities. Product Check A basic product availability check generates positive results if the so-called ATP quantity for a product is available on the requested delivery date. If it is not available, a new delayed delivery date is proposed. The ATP quantity referenced during the product availability check is based on categories defined in Scope of Check. Product Allocation Check (PAL) The second basic method is product allocation (PAL). Using information in the DP module, PAL lets you know your availability to promise when sales orders compete for quantities in a constrained supply chain. New products, production downtimes, and other factors lead to fluctuating demands, which can affect product supply. For these situations, PAL provides a tool to ensure a better distribution of the total amount when a company cannot deliver the full available quantity to a customer. Check against Forecast The last method on the list is a check against forecast. It provides a check method that is especially important in make-to-order environments, where inventory is not available to

confirm the quantity ordered by the customers. In this case, the quantity confirmation is performed against the forecast. Like PAL, this functionality is integrated with the DP module. Rules-Based ATP An ordinary ATP check is restricted to the requested locationproduct and checks only the according timeseries. Using rules-based ATP it is possible to substitute both the location and the product. In branched supply chain networks, rules-based ATP allows companies to take full advantage of multiple shipping assets to ship goods from alternative sites to customers. In addition, it permits certain products to be substituted as required to successfully satisfy customer demands. RBA is beneficial for Distributors, consumer product goods Industries Capable-to-Promise(CTP) CTP technology taps into SAP APO Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) functionality. CTP triggers an online check when a sales order is created. If the supply cannot cover the new demand, the PP/DS functionality is called on as a part of the ATP check. Product Master- PP/DS Tab - PP Plng Procedure determines the action in CTP. Example - Cover Dependent Requirements Immediately option is selected, a product heuristic for a specific product is called immediately when a sales order is created or changed. In general, the PP planning procedure determines the actions to be executed after a planning event like - sales order creation, goods movement, planned order change, etc. CTP is beneficial for Steel manufacturers, paper, chemical Industries. Please refer SAP Note#426563 for additional information. Multilevel ATP The basic idea of the multi-level ATP is to confirm a customer request if the components for the product are available in time (i.e. taking the lead-time to produce the finished product into ). Basically, multilevel ATP explodes a bill of material (BOM) for the assembled product, then checks the availability of each item at the component level. A multilevel ATP check determines the availability of each component required by the finished good. A big difference between this check and CTP is data is stored in the ATP tree. It's a new object that prevents the creation of the receipt elements generated by CTP. It is especially helpful for business scenarios that require products to be configured for individual customers (assemble-to-order scenarios). If component availability is the critical factor for your planning, multilevel ATP is the best option. Because CTP focuses on detailed scheduling strategies, it is the best choice when bottlenecks are the critical factor. SAP note 480292, Multilevel ATP documentation also provides helpful information about the functionality. CTP and ML-ATP In a make-to-order environment there are no receipts per definition. The idea of an ATP check is therefore not to check whether there are receipts for the requested product but whether there is enough available capacity to produce the product and/or whether the required components are available. This can also be done using third option - ATP check against allocations, where the allocations represent an aggregated capacity. Transportation and Shipment scheduling The transportation and shipment scheduling is an integral part of the availability check in APO, and calculates the time difference between the requested delivery date at the customer site and the required material availability date at the factory. In between the requested delivery

date and the material availability date the goods issue date, the loading date and the transportation planning date are scheduled. The scheduling starts from the requested delivery date and time. The requested delivery date is meant as the date when the material has to arrive at the customer site. This is the date which is entered in the sales order. Backorder Processing The basic idea of backorder processing is to carry out a new ATP check for a set of order items. This way backorder processing can also be used to distribute quantities in case of shortage (resp. lateness) according to priorities. Backorder processing is usually performed in the background, but interactive backorder processing is also possible. Basically, BOP consists of three steps: Filter the treated elements, sort those sales documents, and schedule them. Additional References http://help.sap.com/saphelp_scm50/helpdata/en/04/5e7237412a5249e10000009b38f842/content. htm http://help.sap.com/saphelp_apo700_ehp03_on_erp/helpdata/en/26/c2d63b18bc7e7fe10000000a 114084/frameset.htm http://scn.sap.com/community/scm/apo/production-planning-interfaces-and-global-atp http://help.sap.com/saphelp_scm70/helpdata/EN/05/7e1f3bc779144ae10000000a114084/framese t.htm Appreciate if you post your comments//additional inputs on the document, it will help with my next blog/documents. Thank you Satish Waghmare 2638 Views Tags: overview, back, order, to, global, processing, atp, available, gatp, rba, ctp, promise, (gatp), matp

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1 Comment  Babu Kilari Nov 20, 2013 4:22 PM

Nice blog Satish Waghmare. Adding to what you wrote; GATP mainly works on Order Fulfillment part. How best a KPI can be kept at the business acceptance level would be the primary reason for any customer to implement gATP module. Unlike the other modules of APO, where the not-so-concrete or near-to-concrete demand elements and supply elements are planned, any unexpected demand could be easily handled in gATP by using all the methods mentioned above. The reason being planning would never be 100% accurate. So, unexpected demands from the customers are to be fulfilled by defining the priorities and rules as per the business expectations (specially in make-to-stock scenario). This is where gATP plays a major role.

order is not checking ATP check against fcst This question is Not Answered.

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Hi Experts, when I create sales order in R/3 .. It takes me in APO for ATP .. I can see there check instruction & forecast TAB . But my sales order is not confirming although forecast is there at that particular date. Let me know where do I go wrong? Helpful Answer by Tibor Nagy

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Helpful AnswerRe: order is not checking ATP check against fcst

Tibor Nagy Jun 6, 2014 11:46 AM (in response to Prasnop ?) Dear Pasnop, Please check the consulting note 159937 for the prerequisites for consumption to take place. Please check if the requirements class in R/3 used for the sales order is the same as the checkmode in APO in the location product (same name). Please look up the following items: In APO: 1. in requirements strategy the assignment mode 2. the name of checkmode in the product master, tab ATP 3. the definition of the check mode in the customizing (global ATP/ general settings): note the assignment mode. In R/3: 1. the name of the requirements class form the planning strategy (customizing of demand management/planned indep. req.) 2. in the requirements class customizing (Sales and Distribution/ Basic Functions/Availab.Check/Transf. Requ.): note allocation indicator Then check if: 1. the APO check mode name is equal to the R/3 requirement class name 2. the APO check mode assingnment mode is equal to the R/3 Req. class allocation indicator. 3. the APO Req. Strategy assignment mode is equal to the R/3 Req. class allocation indicator. If you change the allocation mode on R/3 side you have to generate the sales order again, cause the all. mode is stored in the order data. If you change on APO side, the consumption has to be triggered to make the changes work. It would be the best to test with a complete new sales oorder after checking the items above. If it works then, the old sales order must be created new. I hope you will find the problem in your customizing with this help. Regards, Tibor

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Prasnop ? Jul 10, 2014 5:08 AM (in response to Tibor Nagy) Hi Nagy, The settings are there in the system that whatever you mentioned above points but still I am not able to confirm the quantities 'check against the forecast' I can see the below screen with out confirming any quantities 'check against the forecast' setting.

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Rajendra Kulkarni Jun 10, 2014 8:43 AM (in response to Prasnop ?) Hi, Please check in check instruction value for Planning - applied and the Forecast:Neutral is selected or not. Also please check IM is active for PIR for that material.

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Parallelization of Backorder Processing not working This question is Not Answered.

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Raoul Shiro Jul 16, 2014 1:07 PM Hello,

We are in the process of testing the activation of Parallel BOP on our QAS system, and it is not working. As the Basis guy, I have been asked to figure out what is wrong, I have therefore checked the configuration reviewed the online help and the configuration steps described in SPRO ; everything seems to be fine, ... but still BOP step is executed serially, for some unknown reason We are running a SAP SCM release not too old : SAP SCM 7.02 SPS3 , I have detailed below the configuration steps, as well as the runtime statistics.

Profile PARALLEL has been defined, and our goal is the activate Parallel Processing only for theCheck step. As I understand it, the mimimum number of parallel job should be 2.

Server group BOP exists and is active

RFC Server Group BOP exists and is active

Parallelization is checked when running BOP Processing

Still the Check Step is processed serially

The system recognize that Parallel BOP option has been selected

And the number of Items should allow the Step "Check" to be processed in parallel. I really do not understand what is missing. Any help/input would be appreciated.

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Auto Factory calendar update in APO using RSIMPCUST This question is Not Answered.

Rahul R Jul 25, 2014 4:48 PM

Hi all, While setting up automatic factory calendar update job in APO, I have following queries: 1) In Standard SAP program RSIMPCUST, there are options of “rebuild tables” or “update tables”. So far I have known that for Factory Calendars, “Rebuild” is the only option and it does not allow “update” as standard behavior. Please confirm. Also is “update” table option achieved through any modification in the code of program copy of RSIMPCUST? 2) If we select the “Rebuild tables” option, are there any risks?

3) Are there any risks of transaction data inconsistency due to this automatic calendar update program? 4) Timestreams are generated immediately after calendar updates. There is a standard SAP program /SAPAPO/TIMESTREAM_UPDATE for that. Are you using this same program or are there any important modifications done? Or if there is any other option for the same? 5) Are there any SAP Notes which need to be applied necessarily if we are using the program RSIMPCUST in APO as a batch job? 6) In case of weekly run of this program are there any risks of transaction data inconsistency? 7) In BW system, do we need to run a similar automatic calendar update program to ensure that calendars are in sync in BW system? Do we need to recalculate timestreams in BW also?

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Re: Auto Factory calendar update in APO using RSIMPCUST

Rajiv Dhumal Jul 25, 2014 7:17 PM (in response to Rahul R) Hello Rahul, We have recently an issue where would like to avoid RLT maintenance and perform correct ATP(ECC), we started maintaining the factory calender in ECC updating working/nonworking days. After changing the work days in factory calendar I am running RSIMPCUST with rebuild option( because I guess it is work bench request ECC, rebuild is better option to update tables) after that, I found the capacity profile is getting updated but not the resource capacity on the planning board. To resolve that I am running program /SAPAPO/CRES_CREATE_LC_RES so that the changes get update in LC. Hope this info will help you, Thanks, Rajiv

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Dogboy 49 Jul 26, 2014 5:32 PM (in response to Rahul R) Rahul, So far I have known that for Factory Calendars, “Rebuild” is the only option and it does not allow “update” as standard behavior. Please confirm. Confirmed. Also is “update” table option achieved through any modification in the code of program copy of RSIMPCUST? I have no experience in this area, so I will give you my standard answer. Anything is possible if you have enough time and money and resources. You can modify any SAP program to do anything, although best practices is to avoid modifying anything in the SAP namespace. Usually better to clone a SAP program and then modify your clone.

I personally would not attempt such a modification unless there were a compelling business requirement that could not be solved in any other way. If we select the “Rebuild tables” option, are there any risks? Of course there are risks. There would also be risks if 'update' were possible as well. Calendars are the foundation of all planning; any changes to any calendar in any system must have a mitigation plan. For instance, if yesterday January 1 2015 was NOT a holiday, and today January 1 2015 IS a holiday, then you have to ensure that all existing transactional data is managed in such a way so as to accommodate this new holiday. Realistically, as long as all of the master data objects that are dependent on Calendars are updated right after the FCs are overwritten, there is typically very little adverse impact on transactional data. In real life, much transactional data undergoes some changes during its lifetime, and many of these changes trigger re-scheduling. Re-scheduled transactional objects will reflect the latest info contained in the master data time-based structures. Many companies just ignore any transactional inconsistencies, if they are minor and short-lived. ...program /SAPAPO/TIMESTREAM_UPDATE for that. Are you using this same program... Yes ....or are there any important modifications done?... You seem to be very enthusiastic towards performing modifications. These are the absolute last resort, to be used only when an KNOWN business requirement cannot be met in any other way. I would suggest that you run the program "as-is" and then determine if running this program generates problems thereby. Once you know you actually DO have a problem, the first thing you consider is an enhancement of some sort, rather than a modification. In all implementations I have seen, this program is successfully run on a periodic basis, without any enhancements or modifications. Bear in mind that this program only updates timestreams. There are other Factory calendar dependent objects in SCM besides timestreams; it depends upon the solutions you have implemented in SCM. Are there any SAP Notes which need to be applied necessarily if we are using the program RSIMPCUST in APO as a batch job? I have never had to implement any SAP notes to run this program. Obviously, SAP discovers new bugs all the time, and new notes are sometimes created to repair old programs. RSIMPCUST has been around for a long long time, though, and it is pretty stable now. In BW system, do we need to run a similar automatic calendar update program to ensure that calendars are in sync in BW system? Do we need to recalculate timestreams in BW also? Depends on your BW design. In general, a common practice is to designate one system to be the 'Master' of all factory calendars. From this system, the 'satellite' systems (such as SCM, and BW, and others) will then run RSIMPCUST periodically to keep all the Factory calendars in synch. I am not aware of Timestreams' existence in BW. Depending upon the design of the BW solution, you may have to update certain objects there as well, that may have a dimension that is affected by FC changes. It is possible to design a BW solution such that changes in Factory calendars require no additional effort. Speak to your BW expert to discover the vulnerabilities in your BW system. Best Regards, DB49

Can we get Multiple production versions in APO This question is Not Answered.

Maddy MS Jul 1, 2014 11:53 AM

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Is there a way to get multiple production versions into APO, as the info record( we are using) is what drive the creation of the PDS in APO from ECC Is there a way to find out how we can have multiple production versions in APO. Thanks Maddy  

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Dogboy 49 Jul 1, 2014 12:22 PM (in response to Maddy MS) Maddy, Standard functionality in APO is to multiple production versions. Production Versions are a standard object in ECC. They consist of a combination of a Bill of Materials, a Routing, and a few other bits of data. For a given material/plant combination in ECC,there can be many Production Versions. Production Version - Repetitive Manufacturing (PP-REM) - SAP Library These Production Versions are integrated in standard CIF via either Production Process Model or Production Data Structure. Integration of Production Process Models - Integration of Master Data - SAP Library Integration of Production Data Structures Generated from R/3 Mas - Integration of Master Data - SAP Library Best Regards, DB49

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Umesh Sharma Jul 1, 2014 2:12 PM (in response to Maddy MS) Hi Maddy, Yes, multiple production versions can be integrated between R/3 and APO. The production version (combination of BOM and Routing) when CIFed to APO creates a corresponding PPM/PDS in APO. In simple term, if there are for example 2 production versions in R/3, when these are CIFed to APO will create 2 PPMs/PDSs in APO. Regards, Umesh *************************************

Can we get Multiple production versions in APO This question is Not Answered.

Maddy MS Jul 1, 2014 11:53 AM

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Is there a way to get multiple production versions into APO, as the info record( we are using) is what drive the creation of the PDS in APO from ECC Is there a way to find out how we can have multiple production versions in APO. Thanks Maddy  

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Dogboy 49 Jul 1, 2014 12:22 PM (in response to Maddy MS) Maddy, Standard functionality in APO is to multiple production versions. Production Versions are a standard object in ECC. They consist of a combination of a Bill of Materials, a Routing, and a few other bits of data. For a given material/plant combination in ECC,there can be many Production Versions. Production Version - Repetitive Manufacturing (PP-REM) - SAP Library These Production Versions are integrated in standard CIF via either Production Process Model or Production Data Structure. Integration of Production Process Models - Integration of Master Data - SAP Library Integration of Production Data Structures Generated from R/3 Mas - Integration of Master Data - SAP Library Best Regards, DB49

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Umesh Sharma Jul 1, 2014 2:12 PM (in response to Maddy MS) Hi Maddy, Yes, multiple production versions can be integrated between R/3 and APO. The production version (combination of BOM and Routing) when CIFed to APO creates a corresponding PPM/PDS in APO. In simple term, if there are for example 2 production versions in R/3, when these are CIFed to APO will create 2 PPMs/PDSs in APO. Regards, Umesh *********************************************************

replacement of product during ATP. This question is Not Answered.

Rorie P Jul 1, 2014 11:48 AM

Hi All, Scenario in ECC Main produt = A has BOM = A1,A2 and A3 for eg Now i send this to APO ( the main product and BOM) and have maintained all the other necessary ATP Settings. (only GATP used) SO is entered with Main Product = A. Now during availability check the Product A should be replaced by A1 and gives the confrimations. Is there a standard way to replace Product A by Product A1 during ATP Process while creating the sales order? or how can this be acheived? Regards

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Re: replacement of product during ATP.

Dogboy 49 Jul 1, 2014 2:57 PM (in response to Rorie P) Rorie, Yes, in general, this functionality is available by implementing Rules Based Availability checking.

Rules-Based Availability Check - SAP Library Let me warn you that this is not a trivial implementation. I suggest that if you intend to proceed with this implementation, you engage some expert assistance. There are lots of 'gotchas' in RBA, and having an expert to guide you through them will be money well spent. Another much simpler alternative is to use Material Determination to substitute materials directly in ECC. This happens during Sales order entry, and before Availability checking. Material Determination - Sales (SD-SLS) - SAP Library You don't get the features available from RBA in APO, but you can still get a basic product substitution.

Best Regards, DB49

RBA GATP check is not getting invoked for Sales Order This question is Not Answered.

Avijit Dutta Jun 27, 2014 8:24 AM

Hi Everyone, RBA GATP check is not getting invoked for Sales order. I maintained the configuration settings for 'Rules-Based Availability Check', APO general settings (check mode, check instruction), carried out integrated rule maintenance, Rule determination for the combination of order type & product, associated the check mode to product master. Also maintained all the settings in ECC towards Req class, Req type, checking control etc. However, sales order is not invoking RBA Check though it is showing up the 'Rule' icon in the screen. Also, in the APO Availability check in Sales order when I click onto 'check instruction', I get the checking mode that pertains to RBA for business event 'A' (Sales order). Though I have not maintained any stock for the main material for which I have the sales order, yet system is confirming any quantity that I put in. I would expect that system would propose the same material in an alternate location where we have stock through RBA. Request you to share ideas on this. Regards, Avijit Dutta

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Re: RBA GATP check is not getting invoked for Sales Order

Nihar Padal Jul 1, 2014 3:25 PM (in response to Avijit Dutta) HI Dutta,

Please check whether the order is getting confirmed against lead time (Checking horizon)? Thanks, Nihar

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Bala B Jul 2, 2014 4:16 PM (in response to Avijit Dutta) Hi Avijit, You should used No Checking Horizon in Checking instructions and also Check your rule control settings. What you have defined in 1st and 2nd steps. Check whether product substitution is carried out or Location Substitution. Thanks, Bala.

Interactive Backorder Processing on Replenishment Purchase Orders This question is Not Answered.

krovvi sri Jul 2, 2014 5:03 PM

Hi Team, Can you please let me know if Interactive Backorder Processing be performed on Replenishment POs as per the standard SAP design? When I try to perform BOPI on a Replenishment PO it gives me a dump. The dump resulted because the "First Sales Order" field was missing. Please let me know what this "First Sales Order" means with respect to a Replenishment PO. Thanks in advance for the help and for your time. Thanks & Regards, Srikanth.

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Re: Interactive Backorder Processing on Replenishment Purchase Orders

Babu Kilari Jul 2, 2014 5:17 PM (in response to krovvi sri) Hello Srikanth, To the best of my knowledge, you may be able to do the over / underconfirmations on STO documents. When you say replenishment POs, do you mean STO document ? The first sales order error could be due to missing SAP note. Did you already check SAP Service Market place to see if there is any solution for that. Thanks & Best Regards, Babu Kilari

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krovvi sri Jul 3, 2014 8:15 AM (in response to Babu Kilari) Hi Babu Kilari, Thanks for the help. Yes. Replenishment POs means STO documents. I checked the SAP Service Marketplace for this. But, couldn't get a solution. There is a SAP note(1294888) released for a dump that occurred when changing the quantity of STO. But, this is a different case as that of my scenario. If there is any SAP note BOPI on Replenishment POs kindly let me know. Thanks & Regards, Srikanth. **************************************************************************

Product substitution in Rules Based- Master Data Maintainance This question has been Answered.

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Jun 26, 2014 11:56 AM

Hi Experts, We are implementing Product substitution & location substitution and I have few queries on the master data maintenance aspect of the same.

Requirement: 1. A-->B-->C If for product A stock is not there , then substitute with product B and then for C First all these products need to be checked at plant P1 and then at plant P2.

Solution 1 : 1. Use Rules Based: Trigger Rules using Plant & Material .i.e. Condition table will have plant and material. Maintain Rule e.g. R1 Maintain Product Substitution procedure : A-->B-->C Maintain Location substitution procedure: P1-->P2 Assign the product substitution procedure and location substitution procedure to rule R1.

For All other materials we don't want any substitute product . But we want location substitution. Trigger Rules using Plant .i.e. Condition table will have Plant. Maintain Rule e.g. R2 Maintain Location substitution procedure: P1-->P2 Assign the product substitution procedure and location substitution procedure to rule R2.

Condition records:

Plant P1

Material A

P1

Rule R1 R2

Query is on the ongoing maintenance aspect: If now I have another set of substitutions now. which says D-->E-->F Then I need to create one further rule. R3. Maintain Product Substitution procedure : D-->E-->F Maintain Location substitution procedure: P1-->P2 Assign the product substitution procedure and location substitution procedure to rule R3. Then maintain the following condition record: Plant P1

Material D

Rule R3

So in this case every time we add one more product substitution , we need to add one more rule and one condition record.

This looks like heavy master data maintenance to me. Please let me know if this is used in this way in already live projects. Please steer me right , if this approach is not correct.

Solution 2: Use product interchangeability master data . I am not detailing out this. But in this case we only need to add one supersession chain and attach it to the product substitution procedure. So master data maintenance will be less. Regards,

Correct Answer by SAP Consultant on Jul 3, 2014 10:36 PM Hi Neha, You can use Interchangeability MAster data for product substitutions. Use with condition technique if you wish to use both product and location substitutions. Use without condition technique if you need only product substitution. With interchangeability the master data maintenance will be less. Regards, Jit See the answer in context

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SAP Consultant Jul 3, 2014 10:36 PM (in response to Neha Raj) Hi Neha, You can use Interchangeability MAster data for product substitutions. Use with condition technique if you wish to use both product and location substitutions. Use without condition technique if you need only product substitution. With interchangeability the master data maintenance will be less. Regards,

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GATP check on a Material Variant of a configurable material This question is Not Answered.

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Jul 3, 2014 10:41 PM

Hi Experts, In ECC side material variant is created . with reference to a configurable material of type KMAT. The same configurable material is also used a pricing reference material for the material variant. The configurable material is not relevant for production has no MRP tabs created. It is also not relevant for ATP check. Material variant is of MTS strategy and relevant for ATP check. Configurable material is not CIF'ed to APO. ECC ATP check was working fine. While doing GATP check , it is showing following error and not doing ATP check. Product for external product number XXXXXXX and BSG BSG1 does not exist . XXXXXX---> is the configurable material.

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Re: GATP check on a Material Variant of a configurable material

Rorie P Jul 4, 2014 5:39 AM (in response to Neha Raj) Hi, No need to CIF across Class and Characteristics. CIF across the Material ( Guess this material is just one Material). Activate the ATP Model for that material. You need to maintain "CDP" in the customizing instead of Variant configuration in APO. This should work. Regards,