Sap Sale Module: Re: [sap-log-sd] Re-checking Availability

Posted by hovering_yogi (Independent SAP SD Consultant currently at Sony)
on Aug 22 at 9:56 AM

Not quite sure why judicious use of replenishment lead time, order priority,
and suitable back order rescheduling runs couldn't do this all for you, and
whether you use SAP WM or external systems surely there is still and issue
with when to pass the order to the external system (unless they have a
regularly synced stock picture externally and literally do all the
scheduling.)

Still it's interesting to see how other businesses operate so thanks for
responding, and sorry that I only just got to read your reply but have been
away.

---------------Original Message---------------
From: Laurie Crow
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 4:17 PM
Subject: Re-checking Availability

We use a third party application for warehouse management so scheduling of picking, etc. is outside of SAP. The situation seems to be related to late arrival of our product. At the beginning of a season, we set our material master to a setting called "on chase." This allows us to order as much product as we want with the only restriction being that our requested delivery date must be far enough into the future to accommodate the material master's lead time setting. Once the Purchase Order is created, we adjust to the PO's expected in-warehouse date. If that date is later than the previously expected date based on lead time or we under-order and cannot meet all demand, we move the cancel date on the sales orders out into the future. This causes ATP re-check. Customer Service tells me that this re-check moves the sales order material availability date further out into the future and they do not want that to happen. I tell them that some orders have to move out into the future because we did not buy enough product to meet the demand. They say "not this order."

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