SAP ABAP Data Element MATERIALSHORTAGETHRESHOLDTYPE (Material Shortage Threshold Type)
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 MATERIALSHORTAGETHRESHOLDTYPE
Short Description Material Shortage Threshold Type  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type MATERIALSHORTAGETHRESHOLDTYPE    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 1    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 1    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Threshold 
Medium 15 Threshold Type 
Long 20 Threshold Type 
Heading 20 Threshold Type 
Documentation

Definition

Specifies the type of a material shortage threshold.

Use

The material shortage threshold type specifies 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. The shortage quantity is always the absolute value of the available quantity and depends on the threshold type. The following threshold types are available:

  1. Available Quantity Falls Below Safety Stock

    The system displays a material shortage as soon as the available quantity falls below the safety stock of the material. The shortage quantity is the difference between the available quantity and the safety stock quantity.
    If no safety stock has been defined, an available quantity of zero is used as a threshold.

  2. Available Quantity Falls Below Safety Stock Share Available for Planning

    The system displays a material shortage as soon as the available quantity of the material falls below the share of the safety stock that is available for planning. In this case, no shortage is displayed until the available quantity falls below the safety stock quantity that is available for planning. For example, you have defined a safety stock quantity of 100 pc and defined that 20% of the safety stock quantity can be used for planning. This means the system first detects a material shortage when your stock level falls below 80 pc. The shortage quantity is the difference between the available quantity and the complete safety stock quantity.
    The share of the safety stock available for planning is maintained in the MRP group of the material. If this quantity has not been maintained, the system behaves as for the first option and uses the safety stock as the threshold value.
    All intervals with an available quantity below the safety stock quantity are displayed as critical (yellow) in the availability chart. In the example above, this means that you have a critical stock situation if your available stock is less than 100 but greater than 80.

  3. Available Quantity Falls Below Zero

    The system displays a material shortage as soon as the available quantity becomes negative.
    All intervals with an available quantity below the safety stock quantity are displayed as critical (yellow) in the availability chart.

  4. Available Quantity Falls Below Percentage of Minimum Lot Size

    The system displays a material shortage as soon as the available quantity becomes negative (available quantity < 0) and the shortage quantity falls below the predefined percentage of the minimum procurement quantity. That is: Shortage quantity > -n%(minimum procurement quantity)
    All intervals with an available quantity below the safety stock quantity are displayed as critical (yellow) in the availability chart.

Dependencies

For the threshold type 4 listed above, Available Quantity Falls Below Percentage of Minimum Lot Size, you define the percentage value when creating the material shortage definition in the Min. Lot Size Pctge field.

Example

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20140121 
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