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When you have defined a product allocation determination procedure, you can also define (past and future) consumption periods for product allocation quantities. These periods consist of the number of past and future periods. These two parts work together as follows:
The number of past periods identifies the number of periods before the product allocation date in the order, which can be used for calculating the current consumption period. The unused product allocation quantities of these past periods are then cumulated before the product allocation for the current period is checked.
The number of future periods identifies the number of periods after the product allocation date in the order, which can be used for the current consumption period. If the requested quantity is not confirmed within the future period, any remaining quantities will remain unconfirmed.
Note: In both cases, the periods are defined by the activation rule from the corresponding information structure (period = daily, weekly, monthly, etc.). However, the actual date used to represent the order date depends on the update rule.
The consumption periods are only valid if you have set the indicator for the NEW product allocation method. If you have chosen to use the old product allocation method, this functionality is not available.
You can use the consumption periods in the following ways:
# of past # of future Result periods periods
999 999 Unlimited product allocation
999 0 Unlimited cumulation of unused quantities of past periods and no future product allocation quantities
0 999 No cumulation of unused product allocation quantities of past periods, unlimited future product allocation quantities This represents the old product allocation method of 3.0F.
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