SAP ABAP IMG Activity SDM_SHORTAGE_VC (Define Material Shortage Profiles)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   ⤷ PP-MRP (Application Component) Material Requirements Planning
     ⤷ PPH_GENERAL (Package) PP on HANA: General Functions

IMG Activity

ID	SDM_SHORTAGE_VC	Define Material Shortage Profiles
Transaction Code	S_EBJ_98000374	(empty)
Created on	20131125
Customizing Attributes	SDM_SHORTAGE_VC	Define Material Shortage Profiles
Customizing Activity	SDM_SHORTAGE_VC	Define Material Shortage Profiles

Document

Document Class	SIMG	Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name	MAINTAIN MATERIAL SHORTAGE PRO

Use

In this Customizing activity, you can create material shortage profiles. One material shortage profile can contain several material shortage definitions that each provide a set of rules the system is to use when calculating material shortages and uncovered demand, for example. These rules define the scope of the shortage calculation meaning the supply and demand elements to be considered as well as the conditions that have to be met to be a relevant shortage.

The material shortage definitions are displayed in the SAP Fiori Apps for Material Requirements Planning such as Monitor External Requirements or Monitor Materials with Shortages. They appear in the Material Shortages drop-down list and provide different views on the calculation of material shortages.

Requirements

Before maintaining your material shortage profiles, you should first have checked that the standard supply and demand profiles in the Customizing activity Define Supply and Demand Profiles meet your requirements.

Standard settings

The standard system comes with predefined material shortage profiles with material shortage definitions. Check whether these standard settings are sufficient for your business needs. If not, copy the standard profiles and make any necessary changes.

Activities

The maintenance of the material shortage profile can be divided into three steps:

1. Create the Material Shortage Profile and Assign Supply and Demand Profiles

   You copy the standard material shortage profile and assign the appropriate supply and demand profiles.

2. Maintain Material Shortage Definition

   You define exactly which supply and demand groups are to be considered for each material shortage definition. This determines which supply and demand elements are to be considered for supply and demand matching.
   Here, you also define the evaluation horizon in workdays and by selecting the Calculate Uncovered Demand checkbox, you can define that uncovered demands are to be calculated in addition to material shortages.

3. Maintain Material Shortage Threshold Type

   If you have created a material shortage definition to calculate material shortages only (that is you have not selected the Calculate Uncovered Demand checkbox), then you also have to define the material shortage threshold type. This specifies when a planning situation is to be considered as a relevant shortage to be displayed in the material shortage list.
   If you have created a material shortage definition and have selected the Calculate Uncovered Demands checkbox so that uncovered demands are also calculated, you cannot maintain the threshold type manually. In this case, the system automatically sets the threshold type to Available Quantity Below Zero and determines a material shortage when the available stock quantity falls below zero.

Example

You have created a material shortage profile with the following three material shortage definitions:

1. Stock Days# Supply
   Supply Groups: Stock
   Demand Groups: All Demands
   Definition Type: Material Shortage Calculation (Calculate Uncovered Demands checkbox is initial)
2. All Supplies vs. All Demands (MRP Standard Logic)
   Supply Groups: All Supplies
   Demand Groups: All Demands
   Definition Type: Material Shortage Calculation
3. Ordered Supplies vs. Ordered Demands
   Supply Groups: Ordered Supplies
   Demand Groups: Ordered Demands
   Definition Type: Material Shortage Calculation + Uncovered Demands Calculation (Calculate Uncovered Demands checkbox is set)

This would result in the following:

• Shortage definition 1 would be available in the SAP Fiori App, Monitor Material Shortages
• Shortage definition 2 would be available in the SAP Fiori App, Monitor Material Shortages
• Shortage definition 3 would be available in the SAP Fiori Apps, Monitor Material Shortages + Monitor External Requirements

Business Attributes

ASAP Roadmap ID	204	Establish Functions and Processes
Mandatory / Optional	2	Optional activity
Critical / Non-Critical	2	Non-critical
Country-Dependency	A	Valid for all countries

Maintenance Objects

Maintenance object type

C

Customizing Object

Assigned objects
Customizing Object	Object Type	Transaction Code	Sub-object	Do not Summarize	Skip Subset Dialog Box	Description for multiple selections
SDM_SHORTAGE_VC	C - View cluster	OSDM1		☐	☐

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20131125
SAP Release Created in	618