Release Notes for SAP Supply Chain Management Release SAP SCM 4.1

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1 Release Notes for SAP Supply Chain Management Release SAP SCM 4.1

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3 Release-Notes Table of Contents SAP AG 1 SCM Supply Chain Management SCM-APO Advanced Planning and Optimization IDoc Inbound Processing and Default Profiles Definable in the ApplicationMenu (Changed) Changes to the IMG Structure for SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization SCM-APO-CA APO Cross-Application Components Data Reorganization (New) APO Consistency Checks SCM-APO-CA-CDP Characteristics-Dependent Planning Consistency Check for Product Variants (New) Process Change: Generate Production Data Structures (PDS) fromippe Data (New/Changed) Bucket-Oriented Block Planning (Changed) Block Planning Using Variant Configuration (New) 'Extended Block Maintenance' Heuristic (New) Consistency Checks in livecache - APO DB for CDP and Configuration(New) Map Reference Characteristics in SAP APO (New) Transfer of Characteristic Requirements to Stock Transfer Doc. (New) SCM-APO-CA-COP Collaborative Planning Collaborative Planning using ITS Plug-In and Internet CommunicationFramework (New) SCM-APO-CA-VC Variant Configuration Consistency Check for Product Variants (New) Block Planning Using Variant Configuration (New) Consistency Checks in livecache - APO DB for CDP and Configuration (New) Map Reference Characteristics in SAP APO (New) SCM-APO-MD Master Data Logging of Master Data Changes with Change Documents (New) Extended Hierarchy (New) Fast Entry of Hierarchy Nodes (Extended) Display Profiles for Master Data Maintenance (New) Where-d List for Master Data (New) Mass Maintenance of Sales Scheduling Agreements (New) SCM-APO-MD-LO Location Subcontracting for Multiple Plants with Loc. Subcontractor (New) SCM-APO-MD-PR Product Assignment of Category Groups for ATD Receipt and ATD Issue SAP AG iii

4 Release-Notes Table of Contents SAP AG (Enhanced) SCM-APO-MD-INC Product Interchangeability - Master Data New Functions in Master Data for Product Interchangeability SCM-APO-MD-RE Resource Changes to the Maintenance of Resources SCM-APO-MD-PPE Product and Process Engineering Consistency Check for ippe Data Extended Process Integration of ippe Data ippe Workbench Express and ippe Workbench Professional (New / Changed) Process Change: Generate Production Data Structures (PDS) fromippe Data (New/Changed) Production Data Structure (PDS): Supported s in Planning (New) Rename Runtime Object (RTO) to Production Data Structure (PDS) SCM-APO-MD-CL Classes and Characteristics Block Planning Using Variant Configuration (New) SCM-APO-MD-PDS Production Data Structure PP/DS Production Data Structure Comparison (Previously: PP/DS Runtime Integration of Order BOMs/WBS BOMs (New) Production Data Structure (PDS): Supported s in Planning (New) Rename Runtime Object (RTO) to Production Data Structure (PDS) SCM-APO-MD-PDS-SIM Display and Simulation Displaying production data structures (PDS) SCM-APO-VS Vehicle Scheduling BAdIs for Transportation Planning/Vehicle Scheduling (New) Various Functional Enhancements in TP/VS (Enhanced) SCM-APO-VS-OPT Vehicle Scheduling Optimization Definition of Compatibilities (Enhanced) Optimization Profile (Enhanced) Definition of Pickup/Delivery Windows (New) SCM-APO-VS-INS Interactive VS Displaying Shipments on Road Maps (New) Interactive Combining of Freight Units (New) SCM-APO-SNP Supply Network Planning (SNP) Automatic Parallel Processing and Scheduling of Jobs 42 SAP AG iv

5 Release-Notes Table of Contents SAP AG Process Change: Generate Production Data Structures (PDS) from ippedata (New/Changed) Production Data Structure (PDS): Supported s in Planning (New) SNP Heuristic (Enhanced) Application Logs for SNP Planning Runs (Enhanced) Periodic Lot Size Grouping (Changed) Generation of Alerts with Exit Macros during a Planning Run (New) Production Data Structure in SNP (New) SCM-APO-SNP-BF Basic Functions Global SNP Settings - SNP Planning Profile (Changed) Mass Maintenance of Time Series Key Figures (New) Diverse SNP-Relevant Master Data Changes Transfer of SNP Orders to OLTP Systems (Enhanced) SNP Supply, Demand, and Deployment Profile (Changed) Sourcing of Forecast (New) SCM-APO-SNP-OPT SNP Plan Optimization Decomposition Procedures for the Deployment Optimizer (New) Diverse Functions in the SNP and Deployment Optimizer Area (Enhanced) SNP Priority Profile (New) SNP Optimizer Procedures for Fail-Safe Solution Determination (New) Subcontracting (Enhanced) SCM-APO-SNP-INS Interactive SNP Changes and Enhancements to the Graphic in Interactive Planning Usability Changes in Interactive Planning Interactive Planning (Enhanced) SCM-APO-SNP-DPL Deployment Assignment of Category Groups for ATD Receipt and ATD Issue (Enhanced) Decomposition Procedures for the Deployment Optimizer (New) Determination of the Means of Transport in the Deployment Heuristic Diverse Functions in the SNP and Deployment Optimizer Area (Enhanced) Rounding in Deployment (Changed) SCM-APO-SNP-TLB Transport Load Builder Transport Load Builder (Enhanced) SCM-APO-SNP-INC Product Interchangeability in SNP 68 SAP AG v

6 Release-Notes Table of Contents SAP AG Product Interchangeability in Supply Network Planning (Changed) SCM-APO-SDM Multilevel Supply & Demand Matching SCM-APO-SDM-CTM Capable-to-Match Enhancements in Capable-to-Match (New) Transport CTM Profile (New) Automatic Parallel Processing and Scheduling of Jobs Production Data Structure (PDS): Supported s in Planning (New) SCM-APO-FCS Demand Planning New and Changed Authorization Objects Function Improvements in Demand Planning (Enhanced) Activities Deleted from Demand Planning IMG (Deleted) Automatic Parallel Processing and Scheduling of Jobs Release of Forecast Data from the InfoProvider Release of Forecast Data from the InfoProvider SCM-APO-FCS-BF Basic Functions Changes and Enhancements for Planning Object Structures SCM-APO-FCS-MAC MacroBuilder Changes and Enhancements in Macro Processing SCM-APO-FCS-STF Statistical Forecast Changes and Enhancements to Forecasting SCM-APO-FCS-INF Interactive Forecasting Changes and Enhancements to the Graphic in Interactive Planning Usability Changes in Interactive Planning SCM-APO-FCS-PRP Promotion Planning Changes and Enhancements to Promotion Planning SCM-APO-FCS-CHS Characteristics-Based Forecasting Changes and Enhancements to Characteristics-Based Forecasting SCM-APO-FCS-CSP Forecast Consumption Changes and Enhancements toforecast Consumption and Associated Tools SCM-APO-PPS Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling Consistency Check for Product Variants (New) Configuration Check in the CIF Comparison/Reconciliation (New) Improved Master Data Integration for Subcontracting (Enhanced) 89 SAP AG vi

7 Release-Notes Table of Contents SAP AG Changes to the Maintenance of Resources Stable Forward Scheduling (New) Process Change: Generate Production Data Structures (PDS) from ippedata (New/Changed) Bucket-Oriented Block Planning (Changed) Subassembly Planning in the CTP Process Bucket-Oriented Capacity Check in the CTP Process (New) Fixed Pegging (Enhanced) Sequence-Dependent Setup Activities (Changed) Calculation of the Days' Supply (New) Inventory Alerts in PP/DS (New) Target Stock Level in Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling SCM-APO-PPS-PPT Product Planning Table Alert when Mode Linkage of Activities is Violated in Detailed Scheduli Alert when Non-Interruptible Activities are Interrupted During Detaile Alert when Synchronization is Violated in Detailed Scheduling (New) SCM-APO-PPS-DST Detailed Scheduling Planning Board Alert when Mode Linkage of Activitiesis Violated in Detailed Scheduli Alert when Non-Interruptible Activities are Interrupted During Detaile Alert when Synchronization is Violated in During Scheduling (New) Sequence-Dependent Setup Activities (Changed) Simulation Versions (Enhanced) Improvements to the Usability of the Detailed Scheduling PlanningBoard SCM-APO-PPS-PVW Product View Alert when Mode Linkage of Activities is Violated in Detailed Scheduli Alert when Non-Interruptible Activities are Interrupted During Detaile Alert when Synchronization is Violated in Detailed Scheduling (New) Manual Maintenance of Fixed Pegging Relationships (Enhanced) Product View (Enhanced) SCM-APO-PPS-SCF Scheduling Functions Stable Forward Scheduling (New) 116 SAP AG vii

8 Release-Notes Table of Contents SAP AG Sequence-Dependent Setup Activities (Changed) Error-Tolerant Scheduling (New) SCM-APO-PPS-FP Fixed Pegging Fixed Pegging (Enhanced) Manual Maintenance of Fixed Pegging Relationships (Enhanced) SCM-APO-PPS-CDS Sales Scheduling A Processing Overview of New Features in Sales Scheduling Processing Under- and Overconfirmation Alerts (New) IDoc Inbound Processing and Default Profiles Definable in theapplication Menu (Changed) Mass Maintenance of Sales Scheduling Agreements (New) Pegging-Relevant Quantity for Sales Scheduling Agreements (Changed) Business Add-In for Determining a Suitable Means of Transport (New) Additional Data in Master Data Maintenance for the Sales SchedulingAgreement (New) SCM-APO-PPS-MMP Model Mix Planning Model Mix Planning (Changed) SCM-APO-PPS-RPM Planning Matrix Production Planning Using the Planning Matrix (Changed) SCM-APO-PPS-PPC Product and Process Confirmation Production Backlfush (Enhanced) SCM-APO-PPS-HEU Heuristics Pegging-Relevant Quantity for Sales Scheduling Agreements (Changed) 'Extended Block Maintenance' Heuristic (New) SCM-APO-PPS-RSP Reservation Planning Reservation Planning (New) SCM-APO-MSP Maintenance Planning Easy Simulation in Maintenance and Service Processing (Enhanced) Number Range Maintenance of Maintenance Items (Deleted) Maintenance and Service Planning Board Enhancements (Enhanced) Master Data in Maintenance and Service Planning (Enhanced) SCM-APO-ATP Global Available-to-Promise BAPI to Determine the Availability Situation (New) SCM-APO-ATP-BF Basic Functions 142 SAP AG viii

9 Release-Notes Table of Contents SAP AG Distribution Key for Lasting Orders in ATP Time Series (New) Location-Dependent Buckets in the Availability Check (Enhanced) SCM-APO-ATP-PRD ATP in Conjunction With Production Subassembly Planning in the CTP Process Bucket-Oriented Capacity Check in the CTP Process (New) SCM-APO-ATP-SCH Time and Scheduling Functions Scheduling Using Configurable Process Scheduling (New) SCM-APO-ATP-EST Explanation & Simulation Tool Explanation Facility of Global Available-to-Promise (Enhanced) SCM-APO-ATP-BOP Backorder Processing Results Display of Backorder Processing (Enhanced) SCM-APO-AMO Alert Monitor Alert when Mode Linkage of Activitiesis Violated in Detailed Scheduling Alert when Non-Interruptible Activities are Interrupted During Detaile Alert when Synchronization is Violated in Detailed Scheduling (New) Automatic Parallel Processing and Scheduling of Jobs Under- and Overconfirmation Alerts (New) Alert Determination in the Background (New) Changes in the Alert Monitor (Changed) Inventory Alerts in PP/DS (New) SCM-APO-OPT Optimization SCM-APO-OPT-SNP Supply Network Planning Decomposition Procedures for the Deployment Optimizer (New) Diverse Functions in the SNP and Deployment Optimizer Area (Enhanced) SNP Priority Profile (New) SNP Optimizer Procedures for Fail-Safe Solution Determination (New) Subcontracting (Enhanced) SCM-APO-CPR Collaborative Procurement Business Add-In for Determining a Suitable Means of Transport (New) SCM-APO-CPR-SCH Procurement Scheduling Agreement Enter Confirmations Manually (New) SCM-APO-CPR-TRA Stock Transfer Transfer of Characteristic Requirements to Stock Transfer Doc. (New) 160 SAP AG ix

10 Release-Notes Table of Contents SAP AG SCM-APO-INT Interfaces Consistency Check for Product Variants (New) Implementation Guide for SAP APO Core Interface (New) CIF Cockpit (New) SAP APO Monitoring in Computing Center Management System (CCMS) (New) Configuration Check in the CIF Comparison/Reconciliation (New) New Options in the CIF Comparison/Reconciliation (Enhanced) New Interfaces in the CIF Comparison/Reconciliation (Changed) Integration of SAP R/3 Source List with SAP APO (New) Subcontracting for Multiple Plants with Loc. Type Subcontractor (New) SCM-APO-INT-EXT Interface to External Systems Business and Interface Objects and BAPI Methods (Changed) Deletion of Transaction Data Using BAPIs (New) Sending Transaction Data Using BAPIs (New) SCM-APO-INT-MD Master Data SCM-APO-INT-MD-PDS Production Data Structure Enhanced Integration of Reference Operation Sets (Enhanced) PP/DS Production Data Structure Comparison Previously: PP/DSRuntime Object (New) SCM-APO-INT-PPS PP/DS - Production Process Order Enhanced Integration of Reference Operation Sets (Enhanced) CIF Compare/Reconcile Function for Operations and Phases (New) Setup Information in Order Integration (Changed) SCM-APO-INT-CCR CIF Compare/Reconcile CIF Compare/Reconcile Function for Operations and Phases (New) SCM-APO-INT-CPP Postprocessing Records of CIF Error Handling Creation of Notes in CIF Error Handling (Enhanced) SCM-APO-INT-POR Project Order Project Orders (New) SCM-APO-INT-MOR Maintenance Order Maintenance Orders (New) SCM-BAS SCM Basis SCM-BAS-AMO Alert Monitor Alert Determination in the Background (New) 183 SAP AG x

11 Release-Notes Table of Contents SAP AG Changes in the Alert Monitor (Changed) Target Stock Level in Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling SCM-BAS-PSM Planning Service Manager Planning Service Manager (New) SCM-BAS-BIF Business Interface Layer Validation (Enhanced) SCM-FRE Forecasting and Replenishment SAP Forecasting and Replenishment (New) F&R Optimization Process SCM-FRE-MD Master Data F&R Master Data (New) SCM-FRE-IF Interfaces SCM-FRE-IF-FRP Interfaces from and to FRP F&R Interfaces (New) SCM-FRE-TSM Time Series Management F&R Transaction Data (New) SCM-FRE-FRP FRP Functions F&R Processor SCM-FRE-OPM Order Proposal Management Order Proposal Management (New) SCM-FRE-DIF Demand Influencing Factor Demand Influencing Factors (New) SCM-FRE-ANA Analyses Forecasting & Replenishment Analytics 3.52 (New) SCM-FRE-RWB Planning Workbench Replenishment Workbench (New) Replenishment Workbench for Stores (New) SCM-FRE-EXC Exception Handling Exception Workbench SCM-ICH Inventory Collaboration Hub Audit Trail (New) Demand Monitor (New) Personalization (New) Purchase Orders in Supplier Collaboration (New) SCM-ICH-REL Scheduling Agreement Release Release Processing (Enhanced) SCM-ICH-ASN Advanced Shipping Notification ASN Processing (Enhanced) Notes (New) Validation (Enhanced) SCM-ICH-IMO Inventory Monitor 200 SAP AG xi

12 Release-Notes Table of Contents SAP AG Inventory Monitor (Enhanced) Notes (New) SCM-ICH-REP ICH Reporting Alert Monitor (Enhanced) SCM-ICH-DIO Inbound/Outbound Data Processing Inbound and Outbound Messages (Enhanced) SCM-ICH-AMO Alert Monitor Changes in the Alert Monitor (Changed) Alert Monitor (Enhanced) Notes (New) 205 SAP AG xii

13 1 SCM Supply Chain Management 1.1 SCM-APO Advanced Planning and Optimization IDoc Inbound Processing and Default Profiles Definable in the Application Menu (Changed) Until SAP APO 4.0 the activities IDoc Inbound Processing and Default Control Profile were accessed from Customizing for Advanced Planning and Optimization under Supply Chain Planning -> Delivery Schedule Processing for Sales Scheduling Agreements. As of SAP SCM 4.1, these functions are no longer in Customizing, but can be accessed using new transaction codes from the Easy Access Menu under Supply Chain Collaboration -> Sales Scheduling Agreement Processing -> Current Settings: -> IDoc Inbound Processing -> Define Inbound Release Processing /SAPAPO/CMDS_STPSR /SAPAPO/CUST15) (Previously: Set IDoc Inbound Processing /SAPAPO/CUST14) -> Define Sold-To Party Determination /SAPAPO/CMDS_STPD (Previously: Determination of Sold-To Party over EDI -> Default Profiles for Initial Data Transfer -> Maintain Default Control Profile /SAPAPO/CMDS_DEFCNTR /SAPAPO/CUST10) /SAPAPO/CUST9) (Previously: Define Default Control Profiles -> Maintain Default Confirmation Profile /SAPAPO/CMDS_DEFCNF (Previously: Define Default Confirmation Profiles Changes to the IMG Structure for SAP Advanced Planning and SAP AG 1

14 Optimization In SAP SCM 4.1 the following changes have been made to the IMG structure: Deleted IMG nodes and IMG activities: Maintenance and Service Planning (SCM-APO-MSC) - Define Number Range for Maintenance Items Alert Monitor (SCM-APO-AMO) - Alert Monitor This IMG node and all related activities can now be found under SCM Basis. For more information, see the release note Changes in the Alert Monitor. Interfaces (SCM-APO-INT) - Integration All the activities belonging to this IMG node can now be found under Integration with SAP Components -> Integration of SAP SCM and and SAP R/3. For more information, see the release note Implementation Guide for the SAP APO Core Interface (APO-CIF-IMG). Product Interchangeability - Master Data (SCM-APO-MD-INC) - Maintain Application Settings Vehicle Scheduling Optimization (SCM-APO-VS-OPT) - Define Additional Fields in the Optimization Profile Vehicle Scheduling Basic Functions (SCM-APO-VS-BF) - Maintain Compatibility of Means of Transport/Transportation Group - Maintain Compatibility of Location/Means of Transport - Maintain Compatibility of Means of Transport Between Transportation Groups Supply Network Planning (SCM-APO-SNP) - Maintain Global Setting for the Optimizer in SNP New IMG Nodes and IMG Activities: Advanced Planning and Optimization SAP AG 2

15 Maintenance and Service Planning (SCM-APO-MSP) - Define Counter Types Master Data (SCM-APO-MD) - Version Management (SCM-APO-MD-VM) - Create Parallel Processing Profile for Planning Version Copy - Location (SCM-APO-MD-LO) - Activate Change Documents - Product (SCM-APO-MD-PR) - Activate Change Documents - Transportation Lane (SCM-APO-MD-TL) - Activate Change Documents - Quota Arrangement (SCM-APO-MD) - Activate Change Documents - Resource (SCM-APO-MD-RE) - BAdI: Change PP/DS Bucket - Product Interchangeability (SCM-APO-MD-INC) -> Application Settings - Maintain Attribute Properties - Maintain Member Types - Maintain Replacement Types - Maintain Interchangeability Types and Assign Replacement Types - Maintain Default Graphic Profile - Integrated Product and Process Engineering (SCM-APO-MD-PPE) - Define Settings for Object Dependencies in the ippe Process Structure - Define Settings for Consistency Check General Settings -> Settings for the Production Data Structure -> - Define Settings for Generating Production Data Structures (PDS) - Determine Message Handling for Generating PDS Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (SCM-APO-PPS) - Global Settings - Transfer Characteristic Requirements to Stock Transfer Doc. SAP AG 3

16 - Heuristics - Define Sort Profile - Define Special Sorting - BAdIs -> Business Add-Ins for R/3 PP/DS Integration - BAdI: Adjustment of Fixed Pegging for Document Change Product and Process Confirmation (SCM-APO-PPS-PPC) - Define Control Parameters Detailed Scheduling Planning Board (SCM-APO-PPS-DST) - Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) for PP/DS - > Business Add-Ins for the Detailed Scheduling Planning Board - Configure Interface for Error-Tolerant Scheduling Product View (SCM-APO-PPS-PVW) - Order View - Define Selection Rules for Product View Time and Scheduling Functions (SCM-APO-ATP-SCH) - Determine Assignment of Item Category to Process Alias Vehicle Scheduling (SCM-APO-VS) - BAdI: TP/VS Authorization Checks - BAdI: TP/VS: Freight Units - BAdI: TP/VS Optimizer: Preprocessing Vehicle Scheduling Basic Functions (SCM-APO-VS-BF) - Maintain Means of Transport Vehicle Scheduling Optimization (SCM-APO-VS-OPT) - Define Field Catalog - Define Compatibility Types Interactive Vehicle Scheduling (SCM-APO-VS-INS) - Activate GIS Roadmap SAP AG 4

17 Supply Network Planning (SCM-APO-SNP) - Basic Settings - Make TLB Basic Settings - Change Display of Parameters in Interactive TLB - Sourcing of Forecast: Connect SNP and DP Planning Area - Profiles - Define Parallel Processing Profile Forecasting and Replenishment (SCM-FRE) - Master Data - Demand Influencing Factors - Connectivity - Time Series - Forecasting and Replenishment Processor - Requirement Quantity Optimization - Order Proposal Management - Exceptions - Replenishment Workbench - Analytics Renamed and Restructured IMG Nodes and IMG Activities: Sales Scheduling Agreement Processing (SCM-APO-PPS-CDS) - Set IDoc Inbound Processing - Determination of Sold-To Party Over EDI - Define Default Control Profiles - Define Default Confirmation Profiles See IDoc Inbound Processing and Default Profiles Definable in the Application Menu Production Data Structure (PDS) (Previously: Runtime Object (LZO) - Production Data Structure - Define Settings for Generating Production Data Structures (PDS) - Determine Message Handling for Generating PDS SAP AG 5

18 1.1.3 SCM-APO-CA APO Cross-Application Components Data Reorganization (New) As of SAP SCM 4.1, you can find the following programs for reorganization in the SAP Easy Access menu under Advanced Planning and Optimization -> APO Administration -> Reorganization: General SAP APO - Delete Alerts - Reorganize livecache Objects in the Background - Check Sales Order and Delivery Demands - Application Log: Delete Expired Logs Integration - Delete Entries in the Application Log Integration/Master Data - Reorganize GIS Pre-selection Demand Planning - Reorganize Planned Independent Requirements - Manage Job Logs - Check livecache Time Series Data - Toolbox for Planning Object Structures Global ATP - Check Sales Order and Delivery Requirements - ATP: (SD) - Delete Orders from the Database - Product Allocation Assignment from Sales Orders - Product Allocation Assignment: Check - Product Allocation Assignment: Update - Delete Application Log - Delete C-Log Data SAP AG 6

19 Production Planning - Delete Logs - Delete Production Data Structures Transportation Planning/ Vehicle Scheduling - Delete Completed Deliveries - Delete Completed Deliveries in the Background - Delete Completed Shipments - Delete Completed Shipments in the Background APO Consistency Checks In Release SCM 4.1 several APO consistency checks are easily available from the Easy Access menu ( Advanced Planning and Optimization -> APO Administration - > Consistency Checks). The following tests are available: General APO - Sales order and delivery requirements checks - LiveCache checks and tools - Model and versions consistency checks - Order Document Management Customizing check - Order document consistency check Integration - CIF postprocessing function - CIF postprocessing multiple call function - CIF compare/reconcile function Demand Planning - Time series consistency checks SAP AG 7

20 - Planning object structures consistency checks Supply Network Planning - Time series consistency checks - Model and versions consistency checks Capable-to-Match - Master data consistency check Production Planning / Detailed Scheduling - Reorganization of pegging areas and account assignment objects - PP/DS runtime object check - Model and versions consistency checks - Consistency of product variants between APO and R/3 Global ATP - Time series consistency checks - Product allocation assignment by sales orders - Control product allocation assignment - Product allocation assignment update Transport Planning/Vehicle Scheduling - Consistency check for vehicle scheduling SCM-APO-CA-CDP Characteristics-Dependent Planning Consistency Check for Product Variants (New) As of SAP SCM 4.1 and SAP R/3 Plug-In , you can check in the CIF comparison/reconciliation of transaction data whether product variants have the same configuration data in both systems. You can also use the option Check Details to specify that the characteristic values for the product variants are also checked. SAP AG 8

21 You execute the comparison under Advanced Planning and Optimization -> APO Administration -> Integration -> Comparison of Master Data -> Comparison of Product Variants Process Change: Generate Production Data Structures (PDS) from ippe Data (New/Changed) As of SAP SCM 4.1, you must generate a production data structure (PDS) for ippe data to be able to use the data for planning. This also applies for already existing data. The production version is used for generating a PDS. - Current Process if Using Connected DIMP System: You have created ippe data in the DIMP system, and transferred the data using the Core Interface (CIF) to the SAP APO system. The data were active immediately in the SAP APO system, and available for planning. - New Process if Using Connected DIMP System: You create ippe data in the DIMP system. You transfer the data using the Core Interface (CIF) to the SAP APO system. The data are inactive here and cannot be used for planning. You generate a production data structure (PDS) from the production versions of the relevant master data. During generation, the system checks if the data are correct. If the data contains errors, no PDS is generated; the data retains its previous status and is available for planning. If the system has successfully generated the production data structure, the changed data can be used for planning. The previous status of the data is no longer available. - Process for ippe as Standalone Scenario in SAP APO: You create ippe data in the SAP APO system. In the standalone scenario, you have the option of generating production data structures with new or changed data automatically, or using the data, which is at first inactive, at a later point in time. In this case, you also generate a production data structure from the relevant production version. After the system has generated the production data structure, the data are available for planning. Check Production Data Structure (Check PDS) As of SAP SCM 4.1, you can generate ippe master data in a check PDS and monitor if the results are suitable for planning. This check PDS can only be generated for PP/DS and inactive planning versions. Check PDSs cannot be generated in the active planning version 000. You can create orders for check PDSs and execute all steps of your planning process. If the data are correct, you can generate the PDS in the active planning version. The status of the PDS in the active planning version is also available in all inactive planning versions assigned to the models that are SAP AG 9

22 assigned to the production version. Effects on Existing Data You must generate the production data structures at least once for all existing data. See also Release Information for Topic: Rename Runtime object (RTO) to Production Data Structure (PDS) There is a check that determines if ippe data used to generate production data structures are correct and suitable for planning. See also the Release Information for Topic: Consistency Check for ippe Data Bucket-Oriented Block Planning (Changed) The Block Planning with Buckets has been changed in SCM 4.1. Now, in block planning, you can execute a bucket-oriented capacity check based on PP/DS buckets. The advantage of a bucket-oriented capacity check in block planning as opposed to infinite planning is that an operation can only be scheduled to a particular block if sufficient capacity is available for this operation. The advantage over the previous finite planning is that a maximum capacity load is achieved for the resource by avoiding gaps. In the bucket-oriented capacity check, the system starts from the desired date and proceeds in the planning direction to see whether sufficient bucket capacity is available. If there is, the system reserves it. An operation cannot be scheduled over several buckets. That is, the operation must be completed by the end of the bucket at the latest. Until now, you could only use single mixed resources for bucket-oriented block planning as it was only possible to create the buckets on the basis of SNP buckets. Now, using the new PP/DS bucket capacity, you can also use multimixed resources, single activity- and multiactivity resources for bucket-oriented block planning. As the buckets for block planning are no longer based on the SNP buckets, a resource used for bucket-oriented block planning can now also be used in SNP at the same time. However, SNP still does not observe any block planning. Prerequisites - You can only execute the bucket-oriented capacity check for the following resource types: - Single activity resource - Single mixed resource SAP AG 10

23 - Multiactivity resource (created dimension-free) - Multimixed resource (created dimension-free) - The resource to be checked should have the following settings: - You have created the blocks in the Block Planning tab page. - You have set the Finite Planning indicator in the General Data tab page. - You have maintained the parameters for time-continuous capacity in the Time-Cont.Capacity tab page. - You have maintained the following parameters for the PP/DS bucket capacity in the PP/DS Bucket Cap. tab page: In the Bucket Definition field, you choose the setting From Block Planning. In the Finite Capacity field, you choose the setting Bucket Capacity. - Using the function key Bucket Capacity, you can display the capacity for each bucket. - The resource to be checked must be assigned as the primary resource to a PPM or to a PDS in the mode of an activity and you must have set the indicator calendar resource. You can use the Check Plans function key in the resource maintenance to check whether these settings have been made for the resource in the PPM/PDS. The model consistency check also carries out the same check. - If you use bucket-oreinted block planning along with the CTP check, use the standard strategy profile SAP_BCTP or your own strategy profile with the same settings. Effects on Existing Data If you already use bucket-oriented block planning, you have to execute the general upgrade report /SAPAPO/OM_LC_UPGRADE_41 for the livecache before upgrading to SCM 4.1. A CDP consistency check has to be carried out for block planning. You do this using the report /SAPAPO/OM_CDP_41_PREP_CHECK. For all block planning resources, this report checks whether these resources are used as primary resources in PPMs and that the calendar resource indicator has been set. The system records the PPMs for which a block planning resource is not used as the primary resource and/or the calendar resource indicator is not set. When upgrading to SCM 4.1, the XPRA /SAPAPO/XPRA_PPDSBUCKET is carried out. The system uses this XPRA to convert the bucket definition of block planning resources to the new PP/DS bucket capacity. See also Release Information on Changes in Resource Maintenance Release Information on the Bucket-oriented Capacity Check in the CTP Process SAP AG 11

24 Block Planning Using Variant Configuration (New) As of Release SCM 4.1, you can execute block planning using variant configuration. In previous releases, you could only execute block planning for products using the setting CDP. In Customizing for SAP APO, you determine the configuration relevance for products. The configuration relevance determines if a product is planned with variant configuration or CDP (characteristics-dependent planning). You have the following options for block planning when using the setting VC: - Block planning using production data structures (PDS) For configurable products, class and characteristics data are used for block planning. For non-configurable products, the classification of an operation from the routing (class type 018) is transferred. Note You can also execute block planning in this way using the setting CDP. - Block planning using the production process model: You have assigned the activities to a class and created a standard valuation in the production process model. Resources must be maintained in SAP APO: A class with class type 400 must be created in SAP APO and assigned to the products. The characteristics should be integrated from the R/3 system (plug-in) to ensure that uniform characteristics are used in the R/3 system and in SAP APO 'Extended Block Maintenance' Heuristic (New) As of SAP SCM 4.1, you can use the Extended Block Maintenance heuristic(sap_cdpbp_03) to create, delete and move blocks in a resource, or to change the length of these blocks. SAP AG 12

25 Consistency Checks in livecache - APO DB for CDP and Configuration (Ne As of SAP SCM 4.1, the system performs a consistency check on order receipts/requirements in configuration and characteristics-dependent planning. You can choose either a general or detailed check. You can also check the characteristic values for block basis definitions in the livecache and the database Map Reference Characteristics in SAP APO (New) As of Release SCM 4.1, you can map reference characteristics from the R/3 system (plug-in) in SAP APO. You must specify which tables and fields from the R/3 system (plug-in) correspond to the tables and fields in SAP APO as the structures and fields in the R/3 system differ from those in SAP APO. Effects on Customizing You assign the tables and fields in the R/3 system and in SAP APO in Customizing for Advanced Planning and Optimization under Map Reference Characteristics. If you use reference refer to table fields that are not included in the standard delivery, you can use the Business Add-In (BAdI) Map Reference Characteristics in SAP APO. SAP AG 13

26 Transfer of Characteristic Requirements to Stock Transfer Doc. (New) As of SAP SCM 4.1, you can transfer characteristic requirements of demand to stock transfer documents. The system copies the characteristic requirements from the pegged requirement to the stock transfer document, and assigns demand and stock transfer documents to each other by means of automatically fixed pegging. This enables you to use characteristic requirements in planning across plants. Effects on Customizing You can activate this function in Customizing for Advanced Planning and Optimization under Supply Chain Planning -> Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) -> Global Settings -> Transfer Characteristic Requirements to Stock Transfer Doc SCM-APO-CA-COP Collaborative Planning Collaborative Planning using ITS Plug-In and Internet Communication Framework (New) As of SAP Web Application Server 6.40, the SAP Internet Transaction Server (SAP ITS) is integrated into the kernel as an ICF (Internet Communication Framework) service called "ITS Plugin" and the ITS Plugin will be accessed through the ICMan (Internet Communication Manager) like other ICF services. It is possible to use this new function together with collaborative planning. A separate server is now no longer required for ITS. Recommendation Restriction If you are installing a new SAP SCM system and do not want to work with the Collaborative Alert Monitor, we recommend that you make use of this function. It is currently not possible to use the ITS Plugin together with the Collaborative Alert Monitor. SAP AG 14

27 Effects on System Administration You activate the ITS Plugin for the relevant service in the HTTP Service Hierarchy Maintenance transaction (SICF). Expand the path default_host/sap/bc/gui/sap/its and select the relevant service. Activate it using the context menu. Irrespective of the services that you want to use, you must activate the CLPGLOBAL service SCM-APO-CA-VC Variant Configuration Consistency Check for Product Variants (New) As of SAP SCM 4.1 and SAP R/3 Plug-In , you can check in the CIF comparison/reconciliation of transaction data whether product variants have the same configuration data in both systems. You can also use the option Check Details to specify that the characteristic values for the product variants are also checked. You execute the comparison under Advanced Planning and Optimization -> APO Administration -> Integration -> Comparison of Master Data -> Comparison of Product Variants Block Planning Using Variant Configuration (New) As of Release SCM 4.1, you can execute block planning using variant configuration. In previous releases, you could only execute block planning for products using the setting CDP. In Customizing for SAP APO, you determine the configuration relevance for products. The configuration relevance determines if a product is planned with variant configuration or CDP (characteristics-dependent planning). You have the following options for block planning when using the setting VC: - Block planning using production data structures (PDS) For configurable products, class and characteristics data are used for block planning. For non-configurable products, the classification of an operation from the routing (class type 018) is SAP AG 15

28 transferred. Note You can also execute block planning in this way using the setting CDP. - Block planning using the production process model: You have assigned the activities to a class and created a standard valuation in the production process model. Resources must be maintained in SAP APO: A class with class type 400 must be created in SAP APO and assigned to the products. The characteristics should be integrated from the R/3 system (plug-in) to ensure that uniform characteristics are used in the R/3 system and in SAP APO Consistency Checks in livecache - APO DB for CDP and Configuration (Ne As of SAP SCM 4.1, the system performs a consistency check on order receipts/requirements in configuration and characteristics-dependent planning. You can choose either a general or detailed check. You can also check the characteristic values for block basis definitions in the livecache and the database Map Reference Characteristics in SAP APO (New) As of Release SCM 4.1, you can map reference characteristics from the R/3 system (plug-in) in SAP APO. You must specify which tables and fields from the R/3 system (plug-in) correspond to the tables and fields in SAP APO as the structures and fields in the R/3 system differ from those in SAP APO. SAP AG 16

29 Effects on Customizing You assign the tables and fields in the R/3 system and in SAP APO in Customizing for Advanced Planning and Optimization under Map Reference Characteristics. If you use reference refer to table fields that are not included in the standard delivery, you can use the Business Add-In (BAdI) Map Reference Characteristics in SAP APO SCM-APO-MD Master Data Logging of Master Data Changes with Change Documents (New) As of SAP SCM 4.1, by making the appropriate setting in Customizing for SAP APO, you can have changes to the following master data objects logged in the system: - Location - Product - Transportation lane - Quota arrangement This enables you to keep track of how and when master data is changed. To activate change logging for one of the aforementioned object types, choose the relevant master data under Advanced Planning and Optimization -> Master Data in the SAP SCM Implementation Guide, and then Activate Change Documents. Here you can define the subobject types belonging to this object type that are to be subject to change logging. Change logging is not active in the standard system. If change logging is active, the system generates change documents if changes are made to the subobjects preselected in Customizing. To display the change documents, invoke the Display Change Documents function in the SAP APO menu under the relevant master data. SAP AG 17

30 Extended Hierarchy (New) As of SAP SCM 4.1, the hierarchy structure extended hierarchy is available for the creation of hierarchies. You can use the extended hierarchy if a hierarchy node is to be assigned to several parent nodes. This can make sense, for example, in Transportation Planning/ Vehicle Scheduling (TP/VS), where a plant supplies a customer and several alternative itineraries via different transshipment locations (such as ports) are available. In this case, with the extended hierarchy, you can assign a plant (hierarchy level 2) to several transshipment locations (hierarchy level 1). You define the hierarchy structure for the extended hierarchy in Customizing under Define Hierarchy Structure. You can create and change the extended hierarchy in the SAP APO menu under Master Data -> Hierarchy -> Maintain Hierarchy. See also Various Functional Enhancements in TP/VS Fast Entry of Hierarchy Nodes (Extended) As of SAP SCM 4.1, a fast-entry screen area is available in the maintenance transaction for hierarchies (in the SAP-APO menu under Master Data -> Hierarchy -> Maintain Hierarchy). This function enables you to add hierarchy nodes quickly and easily Display Profiles for Master Data Maintenance (New) SAP AG 18

31 In the standard system, all tab pages are displayed in master data maintenance. As of SAP SCM 4.1, you can create display profiles for locations, products, and location products, in order to suppress individual tab pages. This enables you to gain a better overview of master data maintenance and tailor the latter to suit your own particular requirements. You can create the following display profile categories: - Template profiles Template profiles are created by the system administrator for certain user groups (e.g. for all users in planning). Template profiles are used by the system for all users who have not created their own user profile. - r profiles r profiles are created by users on the basis of template profiles and can be changed by them whenever they wish. A user can have several user profiles for several template profiles. - Standard template profiles and standard user profiles If the Standard Profile indicator has been set in a template or user profile, the system uses it as a standard template profile or a standard user profile. There can only ever be one standard template or standard user profile. If a user has been assigned to a standard template profile, this is automatically used if the user has not created his own standard user profile. If a user has created a standard user profile, this is used by default. If neither a standard nor a template profile has been created, the system displays all tab pages in master data maintenance Where-d List for Master Data (New) As of SAP SCM 4.1, a where-used function is available for the following master data object types in SAP APO: - Location - Product Location product - Production process model - Production data structure - Resource SAP AG 19

32 - Transportation lane Product-specific transportation lane Means of transport With the where-used list, you can display dependent objects linked to a master data object, such as dependent locations for a product. You obtain an overview of where a master data object is used. This is particularly important if you are thinking of deleting an object. For objects with many dependencies, we recommend running the where-used list function in the background and loading the results later. To invoke the where-used list function, choose Advanced Planning and Optimization -> Master Data -> Master Data Object (Location, Product, Production Process Model, Product, Production Process Model, Production Data Structure, Resource or Transportation Lane) -> Where-d List from the SAP Easy Access mysap Supply Chain Management screen Mass Maintenance of Sales Scheduling Agreements (New) As of SAP SCM 4.1 you can change any data relating to sales scheduling agreement items, provided that it is data that can also be changed in Master Data Maintenance. You can activate or deactivate sales scheduling agreements and change the scheduling agreement profile and the confirmation profile. Effects on System Administration See also Choose Advanced Planning and Optimization -> Master Data -> Mass Maintenance and select the object type Sales Scheduling Agreement. For more information see the release information on Mass Maintenance of Master Data and the SAP Library for SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization undersap APO Master Data -> Mass Maintenance. SAP AG 20

33 SCM-APO-MD-LO Location Subcontracting for Multiple Plants with Loc. Type Subcontractor (New) Up to now, a subcontractor was mapped in SAP APO as a vendor location (location type Vendor). Subcontracting for multiple plants could not be mapped in SAP APO, since the system could not distinguish between the plants, and mixed up the receipts and requirements for the plants. As of SAP SCM 4.1 and SAP R/3 Plug-In , the new location type Subcontractor is available. You can assign both a plant and a vendor in this subcontractor location. Planning for a plant-vendor combination now takes place in the subcontractor location. If a subcontractor works for multiple plants, you can map this situation by creating multiple subcontractor locations each with its own plant-vendor combinations. You create the subcontractor location manually in the location master data maintenance in SAP APO. The subcontractor location is not integrated with SAP R/ SCM-APO-MD-PR Product Assignment of Category Groups for ATD Receipt and ATD Issue (Enhanced) Previously, you have been able to specify which order categories contribute to increasing and reducing the available-to-deploy quantity (ATD quantity). To do this, you defined a category group for both the ATD receipt and ATD issue in the location master data. As of SAP SCM 4.1, you can make this specification not just for location, but also for a product at a location. This means you can also assign the category groups for the ATD receipt and issue in the location product master (on the SNP 2tab page). During deployment execution, the system first checks whether the category group has been specified for the location product. If not, the system performs checks on the location level. If a category has not been defined for the location either, the system uses the default ATR (receipt) or ATI (issue) category group. SAP AG 21