Hierarchy
SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting⤷
PP-MRP (Application Component) Material Requirements Planning⤷
PPH_GENERAL (Package) PP on HANA: General Functions
Basic Data
| Data Element | MATERIALSHORTAGEDEFINITIONNAME |
| Short Description | Material Shortage Definition |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | TEXT40 | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 40 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 40 | |
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Further Characteristics
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| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Short.Def. |
| Medium | 15 | Shortage Def. |
| Long | 20 | Shortage Definition |
| Heading | 40 | Shortage Definition |
Documentation
Definition
Specifies the name given to a material shortage definition.
Use
You can create several material shortage definitions for one material shortage profile. The material shortage definition specifies the rules for the supply and demand matching (SDM) calculations. These include the determination of material shortages and uncovered demand, for example.
The material shortage definition contains a supply group and a demand group that you want to compare with each other. You can also specify an evaluation horizon for the comparison. The definition also specifies whether you want to calculate material shortages only or uncovered demand in addition.
Finally, you can also specify a material shortage threshold type that defines the conditions to be met by a certain planning situation to be considered as a relevant shortage. The system only reports the shortage situations that fulfill the specified shortage threshold type to the UI application.
Dependencies
Example
You can create a shortage definition to represent the standard MRP logic. That is, you want to compare all supplies with all demands. In this case, you compare planned supplies with forecast demands.
You can also create a shortage definition specifically to calculate your stock days' supply, for example, where you may want to compare your available stock with planned demands.
Or, you can create a shortage definition to find out whether you have sufficient planned supplies to cover your ordered demands. In this case, you can directly compare planned supplies with ordered demands.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20140121 |
| SAP Release Created in | 618 |
