SAP Apparel and Footwear

Release Notes 3.0A

SAP AG 2001

SAP APPAREL AND FOOTWEAR ........................................................................................................ 1 1 1.1

1.1.1 1.1.2

IS-AFS-BC BASIS............................................................................................................. 4 IS-AFS-BC-COM COMMUNICATION AND INTERFACES ......................................................... 4

AFS-BAPIs for Workplace ................................................................................................................ 4 Extractors for Business Information Warehouse (BW)...................................................................... 4

2 2.1 2.2
2.2.1 2.2.2 2.2.3 2.2.4 2.2.5 2.2.6 2.2.7 2.2.8 2.2.9 2.2.10 2.2.11

IS-AFS-BD BASIC DATA ................................................................................................. 5 CATEGORY MANAGEMENT ENHANCEMENTS ........................................................................... 5 CHANGE DOCUMENTS FOR AFS GRIDS.................................................................................. 5
EAN/UPC Number Recycling ........................................................................................................... 5 Variable Grid Display ........................................................................................................................ 6 Grid Application Relevance .............................................................................................................. 6 Grid Deletion..................................................................................................................................... 6 Grid Value Validity ............................................................................................................................ 6 Dimension-Value-Based NRF Codes ............................................................................................... 6 Dimension Conversion Limitation ..................................................................................................... 6 Valid Dimension Value Check .......................................................................................................... 7 SD View in Material Master .............................................................................................................. 7 EAN/UPC Number Maintenance Integrated in the Material Master .................................................. 7 Interface to Distribution Profiles ........................................................................................................ 7

3 3.1
3.1.1 3.1.2 3.1.3 3.1.4 3.1.5 3.1.6

IS-AFS-MM MATERIALS MANAGEMENT ...................................................................... 8 IS-AFS-MM-PUR PURCHASING ........................................................................................ 8

Order Confirmations: Same Offsetting Logic as in SAP Standard .................................................... 8 Shipping Notification Structure Similar to Purchase Order Structure ................................................ 8 Purchase Requisition with a New Interactive Design........................................................................ 8 Order Confirmations: Changes in the Purchase Order Dialog .......................................................... 8 SC-Stock Monitoring for the Vendor ................................................................................................. 9 ATP for Subcontracting Items and Stock Transfer Items .................................................................. 9

3.2
3.2.1 3.2.2

IS-AFS-MM-IM

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT......................................................................... 9

New User Interface for Inventory Management ................................................................................ 9 Goods Receipt Posting for a Purchase Order with Account Assignment to a Production Order....... 9

4 4.1
4.1.1 4.1.2 4.1.3 4.1.4 4.1.5 4.1.6 4.1.7 4.1.8 4.1.9 4.1.10 4.1.11 4.1.12 4.1.13 4.1.14

IS-AFS-PP PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL .............................................. 10 IS-AFS-PP-PPL PRODUCTION PLANNING .......................................................................... 10
Display of Third-Party Elements for AFS in the Stock/Require ....................................................... 10 ALE Distribution of Requirements................................................................................................... 10 AFS MRP Cockpit........................................................................................................................... 10 Explain ATP .................................................................................................................................... 10 Follow-Up Materials ........................................................................................................................ 11 ATP for Forecast Requirements ..................................................................................................... 11 Enhancements to AFS Stock/Requirements List ............................................................................ 11 Standard Stock Requirements List and MRP List with AFS Enhan ................................................ 11 Evaluation of Planning Situation ..................................................................................................... 12 Range of Coverage Profile for All Lot Sizes.................................................................................... 12 SKU Horizon II ................................................................................................................................ 12 Current Stock/Requirements List .................................................................................................... 12 Time-Phased Production in an Alternative Plant............................................................................. 12 Phantom Assemblies in AFS .......................................................................................................... 13

4.2
4.2.1 4.2.2 4.2.3 4.2.4 4.2.5 4.2.6 4.2.7 4.2.8 4.2.9 4.2.10

IS-AFS-PP-MAN MANUFACTURING .................................................................................. 13

Batch Assignment and Fixed Reservation in the Production Order ................................................ 13 Enhanced entry of component quantities in the material BOM ....................................................... 13 Engineering Change Management for BOM ................................................................................... 14 Source-Related Assignment of SKUs in the Production Order ....................................................... 14 Mass Data Change enhanced with Quantity Distribution Profile..................................................... 14 Enhancement of the Missing Parts Information System for AFS- Data........................................... 15 Check Function for Quantity Distribution Profiles............................................................................ 15 Creating and Maintaining Quantity Distribution Profiles Improved .................................................. 15 Phantom Assemblies in AFS .......................................................................................................... 15 Assembly Scrap and Bundle Quantity in AFS................................................................................. 16

5
5.1.1

IS-AFS-SD SALES AND DISTRIBUTION ...................................................................... 17

Weight and Volume Based on Unit of Measure .............................................................................. 17

5.1.2 5.1.3 5.1.4 5.1.5 5.1.6 5.1.7

Backorder Processing..................................................................................................................... 17 AFS Bill of Material Correlation....................................................................................................... 17 Support Multiple Users Releasing Contract .................................................................................... 17 AFS Online Store............................................................................................................................ 18 Quantity Distribution Profile ............................................................................................................ 18 Season-Driven Delivery Dates in the Sales Order .......................................................................... 18

6
6.1.1 6.1.2 6.1.3 6.1.4 6.1.5 6.1.6 6.1.7 6.1.8 6.1.9 6.1.10 6.1.11 6.1.12 6.1.13 6.1.14 6.1.15

IS-AFS-ARUN ALLOCATION RUN ................................................................................ 19

ARun Customizing Check Tool ....................................................................................................... 19 ARun Delivery Check Tool.............................................................................................................. 19 Dynamic OTD Date......................................................................................................................... 19 ARun in Parallel Mode .................................................................................................................... 19 New Mode for ARun Preview for Requirements in Status F ........................................................... 19 ARun Rescheduling Preview in New Mode 4: Allocation for Future Receipt .................................. 20 ARun Release Check / Exclude Status D ....................................................................................... 20 ARun Release Rule in Sales Order ................................................................................................ 20 ARun for Storage Locations............................................................................................................ 20 ARun for Special Batches............................................................................................................... 21 ARun: Excluding Message Classes ................................................................................................ 21 ARun: Management Tool - Dynamic Selection Report ................................................................... 21 Over-Delivery for MTO/PTO ........................................................................................................... 22 ARun: New Reallocation Strategy................................................................................................... 22 Reorganization of ARun Selection Sets.......................................................................................... 23

1 IS-AFS-BC Basis
1.1 IS-AFS-BC-COM Communication and Interfaces

1.1.1 AFS-BAPIs for Workplace Use

AFS has created BAPIs to enable AFS MiniApps to access to AFS-specific data.

1.1.2 Extractors for Business Information Warehouse (BW) Use

AFS has developed extractors for the AFS system to extract AFS data in addition to standard data. This allows you to transfer the AFS data to BW. AFS has also developed content for the Business Information Warehouse (BW) to enable you to analyze business data based on AFS-specific data in addition to standard criteria.

Effects on Customizing
Refer to BW Interface for more information on extracting AFS business data.

2 IS-AFS-BD Basic Data

2.1 Use
To ease work with categories, AFS has enabled multiple category field structures, dynamic category content and now extended application relevance to include additional areas such as the material master. In addition, you can now ignore category fields in the complete category check. You no longer have to maintain all possible combinations of valid categories. Multiple Category Field Structures: You can also assign a particular category field structure to a material type so that when you use a material type the system automatically uses the correct category field structure.

Category Management Enhancements

Example
Extended Application Relevance If color, for example, is not relevant to valuation, you do not have to maintain a price for each color, but rather only sizes. If the category field quality for a material uses the same packaging for all values you can set that the field is not relevant to the packaging function and it is then not necessary to maintain packaging information for each valid category. However, you can set that another category customer segment is relevant to packaging and therefore the packaging information must be maintained for all customer segments.

2.2 Use

Change Documents for AFS Grids

You can now view all change documents for AFS grids to determine when each change was made to a material grid. You can access the report under Grid Reports in the AFS menu. The report provides: document number grid number valid-from date change date change time changed by In addition, you can also determine whether you want to include grids with or without deletion indicators set.

2.2.1 EAN/UPC Number Recycling Use

This function reassigns unused EAN/UPC codes to new materials. These unused EAN/UPC can be issued from two sources: EAN/UPC codes of archived materials EAN/UPC codes from the number range object gaps caused by buffering.

2.2.2 Variable Grid Display Use

You can change the way a grid is displayed in terms of which dimension is the 3rd dimension or Z axis and thus displayed above. You can also alternate the first and second dimensions.

2.2.3 Grid Application Relevance Use

Application relevance enables you to define in Customizing which dimensions are relevant to certain applications. If a dimension is not relevant to the BOM explosion or routing, for example, you do not need to maintain the SKU information for a particular dimension in a particular application.

Example
You can set that the dimension size1 is not relevant to the application season data. It is therefore not necessary to maintain the season information for the dimension values of the dimension size1.

Effects on Customizing
You can set the relevance under Define Grid Dimensions.

2.2.4 Grid Deletion Use

The grid has been enhanced to enable to you to delete grids no longer used in the system.

2.2.5 Grid Value Validity Use

You can now enter a validity date for each grid value in Customizing for AFS under Define Material Grids. After the validity date expires the system no longer displays the invalid grid value. You can still process existing stock and business documents but the system no longer offers an invalid grid value.

2.2.6 Dimension-Value-Based NRF Codes Use

It is now possible to define NRF codes for individual dimension values which may represent colors or sizes, for example. Refer to AFS Current Settings.

2.2.7 Dimension Conversion Limitation Use

It is now possible to limit which dimensions are converted when setting up conversion. This makes it easier to maintain conversion since you only have to maintain those dimensions which are relevant. The dimension value BLU in dimension color might need to converted to different languages but the

dimension values S M L of dimension size do not. If you set size as not relevant to conversion you do not need to maintain as many values in the conversion table.

Effects on Customizing
You can set whether a dimension is relevant to conversion in the detail view when creating a dimension ID under Define Grid Dimension.

2.2.8 Valid Dimension Value Check Use

It is now possible when creating a dimension to determine whether the system should only allow those values that have been maintained in Customizing.

Effects on Customizing
You can set whether a dimension is should be checked in the detail view when creating a dimension ID under Define Grid Dimension.

2.2.9 SD View in Material Master Use

The sales organization-based material status, packaging data and target group are now dependent on the sales organization/distribution channel and not on the plant as before.

2.2.10 EAN/UPC Number Maintenance Integrated in the Material Master Use

There is no longer a special AFS screen for maintaining EAN/UPC numbers. This function for AFS materials has been integrated into the material master.

2.2.11 Interface to Distribution Profiles Use

AFS now has an interface to allow you to poplulate distribution profiles from third party systems. The quantity information is imported to the AFS system using an IDoc and must be organized by periods, categories, plants and grid values.

3 IS-AFS-MM Materials Management

3.1 IS-AFS-MM-PUR Purchasing

3.1.1 Order Confirmations: Same Offsetting Logic as in SAP Standard Use

Starting with AFS release 3.0A, the order confirmations for AFS materials are reduced and displayed in MRP accordingly just as in the SAP standard. However, you can still activate the AFS logic for reducing the confirmations. This setting is valid for the entire system.

Hint
Decide on one of the two logics right from the start to avoid data inconsistencies.

3.1.2 Shipping Notification Structure Similar to Purchase Order Structure Use

As of AFS release 3.0A, the structure in shipping notifications is similar to the structure in purchase orders due to the following change: A shipping notification item is created for each purchase order item and a subitem is created for each purchase order schedule line.

3.1.3 Purchase Requisition with a New Interactive Design Use

The purchase requisition has been enhanced with a new interactive design of the SAP standard for AFS release 3.0A. You can use the following functions for AFS materials: You can create items with AFS materials. The item and the schedule line appear on one screen. You can make changes to the plant category and the item category. In addition, all the AFS enhancements of the standard purchase requisition are available for you to use.

3.1.4 Order Confirmations: Changes in the Purchase Order Dialog Use

The dialog for entering confirmations in the purchase order has been changed for AFS release 3.0A: There is a filter for displaying and changing all confirmations for a certain purchase order schedule line. The input help for the grid values and categories has been changed so that now only those grid values and categories are displayed that are contained in a schedule line of the purchase order item. The function All only creates order confirmations for quantities that have not yet been confirmed.

3.1.5 SC-Stock Monitoring for the Vendor Use

The SAP standard report for SC-stock monitoring for the vendor has been enhanced for AFS materials for AFS release 3.0A. That means that there is no longer a special AFS program for this. In addition, you can create SD deliveries for AFS materials.

3.1.6 ATP for Subcontracting Items and Stock Transfer Items Use
As of AFS release 3.0A, you can carry out the availability check both at item level and at schedule line level for AFS materials for a stock transfer as well as for components of AFS materials for subcontracting. Note the following ATP characteristics in AFS compared to the SAP standard ATP: All reservations in ATP are saved for several schedule lines. In subcontracting, ATP only runs for the free stock and for the stock of material provided to that particular vendor and not for the stock of material provided to other vendors.

Using the program /AFS/MMPO_DELETE_VMENG you can delete reservations for a purchasing document.

3.2

IS-AFS-MM-IM

Inventory Management

3.2.1 New User Interface for Inventory Management Use

AFS has enhanced the new user interface in IM to support AFS materials and conform to the Enjoy SAP standards. The previous transactions are still available for batch input use.

3.2.2 Goods Receipt Posting for a Purchase Order with Account Assignment to a Production Order
As of AFS release 3.0A, you can use the indicator PO to specify in Customizing whether the goods receipt for the purchase order with account assignment to the production order should also be posted during the goods receipt for the production order.

Hint
This indicator is contained in the control key for transactions. Remember the following: The indicator can only be used for one transaction of the production order. This transaction must at the same time be defined as external processing. The purchase requisition resulting from the external processing transaction can be converted to exactly one purchase order. This ensures that there is a one-to-one relationship between the production order and the purchase order with account assignment. You set the indicator PO for the corresponding control key in Customizing under Define Control Key (AFS).

4 IS-AFS-PP Production Planning and Control

4.1

IS-AFS-PP-PPL Production Planning

4.1.1 Display of Third-Party Elements for AFS in the Stock/Require Use

As of AFS release 3.0A, you can switch the display of third-party orders (sales orders) and their resulting purchase requisitions on and off in the AFS stock/requirements list (transaction J4AD) and in the current stock/requirements list (transactin MD04) for AFS materials. You control the display of third-party elements for AFS materials in Customizing.

Hint
Third-party orders are never displayed in the standard.

4.1.2 ALE Distribution of Requirements Use

As of AFS release 3.0A, the new IDoc type /AFS/DISREQ01 has been added. This IDoc will be used to exchange (send and receive) the distribution of requirements data between an AFS system and a third-party system. The IDoc contains all data for the distribution of requirements for one material or one distribution profile. This data is organized by period, category, plant and grid value.

4.1.3 AFS MRP Cockpit Use

The AFS MRP Cockpit provides a common entry point for all the AFS MRP-relevant transactions as used by AFS MRP controllers including the standard functionality supported within AFS and check reports. This helps provide a better overview of all transactions relevant to AFS MRP, which are grouped together by the areas they are used in.

4.1.4 Explain ATP Use

Explain ATP gives detailed information on how the system arrived at the ATP check results. The Explain ATP functionality will be added to the ATP dialog box in production order, sales order and planned order (component availability), and purchase order. The new function displays the procurement proposal which is the source for the successful ATP check and a summary of other sales order.

4.1.5 Follow-Up Materials Use

It is now possible to use follow-up materials in AFS material discontinuation as is available for standard materials. Note the following restrictions: The follow-up material: has the same grid has the same coverage strategy. may be a standard material You can set up material discontinuation in the AFS MRP view of the material master.

Note
Parallel discontinuation is not available.

4.1.6 ATP for Forecast Requirements Use

This standard feature allows the availability check for sales orders to be carried out for planned independent requirements instead of the existing receipt and supply elements. Planned independent requirements can be consumed by confirmed quantities for the sales order (consumption occurs during goods receipt). This availability check can be invoked in the sales order entry by a change in the requirement type field which is only available in the AFS sales order entry. Consumption of independent requirements is based on both the AFS consumption mode and the period defined in Customizing settings for the material master.

Note
ATP for forecast requirements is only carried out for independent requirements (those arising from sales orders) and not for dependent requirements.

4.1.7 Enhancements to AFS Stock/Requirements List Use

The AFS stock/requirements list has been adapted and is now based on the list viewer. It is now possible to view: material overview tree customer/vendor columns.

4.1.8 Standard Stock Requirements List and MRP List with AFS Enhan Use
AFS has enhanced the Stock requirements list and MRP list in order to enable users to have a better overview of materials with large numbers of SKUs and incorporate functions like grouping each do cument according to a particular period. The user can also individualize displays of the grouped documents in the standard displays with AFS enhancements.

4.1.9 Evaluation of Planning Situation Use

It is now possible to use this standard function for AFS materials and apply the AFS filter and view SKU information for AFS materials.

4.1.10 Range of Coverage Profile for All Lot Sizes Use

As of release 3.0A, the range of coverage profile is available for AFS. This function is possible for all lot-sizing procedures and is especially used for the quantity calculation. It is similar to the standard range of coverage profile for standard lot sizes.

Caution
AFS does not support "Periods in profile with different ranges of coverage", which is a second level of Customizing for coverage profiles.

4.1.11 SKU Horizon II Use

The new version of the SKU horizon function enables you to have more control of how requirements at SKU level are assigned to stock/procurement proposals at material level. The following functions have been adapted: By using the SKU horizon version II, requirements within the horizon with determined SKUs can be satisfied by procurement proposals or stock outside of the horizon at material level. You can determine whether the important factor is the time line and not whether one element is within or outside of the horizon. This is useful if it is still possible to change the SKUs in stock/procurement proposals. It is now possible in Customizing to set which stock elements can be assigned at material level by AFS MRP/ATP. To do this use IMG activity Extend the Availability Check Controls for AFS.

4.1.12 Current Stock/Requirements List Use

AFS has enhanced the standard stock/requirements list to enable you to view SKUs or to group elements. This improves the overview when working with large number of SKUs per material. There is a new show SKU detail function and show total which takes you back to the standard view at material level. Group < today can be used to summarize all past elements into one document and Group by periods allows you to group the elements in the display by a desired period.

4.1.13 Time-Phased Production in an Alternative Plant Use

You can set up AFS MRP to determine in which plant (special procurement type) a certain operation should be carried out during a certain period.

Example
You can carry out sewing in plant 5000 in March and in plant 4000 in April without having to change the material master regarding the special procurement key entry.

4.1.14 Phantom Assemblies in AFS Use

As of release 3.0A, the standard phantom assembly function is also available in AFS. A phantom assembly is a logical combination of components. It is usually created so you can easily enter and manage a number of components. The components of a phantom assembly are directly built into the superior assembly. Take note of the following restrictions: As is the case in the standard, dependent requirements are only created for the components of the phantom assembly and not for the phantom assembly itself. AFS restriction: You cannot change the quantity of the phantom assembly in the planned order or in the production order. AFS restriction: If you add a phantom assembly in the planned order or production order, no BOM explosion will occur and it will be treated as a normal component that causes requirements. You define a phantom assembly in the material master with the special procurement key 50.

4.2

IS-AFS-PP-MAN Manufacturing

4.2.1 Batch Assignment and Fixed Reservation in the Production Order Use
Up to now you could only make a batch assignment and fixed reservation using a combined order. As of release 3.0A, you can do this in AFS directly in the production order. That means that you can make a batch assignment and fixed reservation for component quantities and SKU quantities in the production order without having to create a combined order.

Hint
Remember that you can use this function for AFS materials only.

4.2.2 Enhanced entry of component quantities in the material BOM Use

As of release 3.0A, you can use the line entry to see a display of all the existing header grid values and maintain component values for them. If the header material and component material have different grids, you can now maintain the corresponding component quantities in the BOM using a tree structure. The first dimension of the header grid is the first level in the tree structure, the second dimension is the second level, and the third dimension is the third level. You can maintain the corresponding component quantities for a certain header dimension in the grid

underneath the tree display by selecting that dimension (represented by a node in the tree). With the tree structure, you only have to enter a component quantity once even if it is valid for several header grid values. The already existing options are still available.

4.2.3 Engineering Change Management for BOM Use

As of release 3.0A, you can enter a new quantity distribution profile via the engineering change management/ change number.

Hint
Remember that changes at SKU level are not displayed when the change documents are displayed.

4.2.4 Source-Related Assignment of SKUs in the Production Order Use

As of AFS release 3.0A , the new function Assign Component SKU to Header SKU in the production order enables you to more easily identify what caused the requirements and to make an assignment for a partially confirmed stock keeping unit (SKU) with reference to that source. To ensure that the assignment is made with reference to the source, you must enter new and/or changed component SKUs for the existing header SKUs in the production order. This function is available for all types of order components of AFS header materials.

4.2.5 Mass Data Change enhanced with Quantity Distribution Profile Use
As of release 3.0A the mass data change function in AFS is enhanced with the quantity distribution profile. Remember that the mass data change is controlled depending on the object type. The mass data change with quantity distribution profile is thus only important for the object type material and therefore for material BOMs. The selection range as well as the item area of the mass data change screen have been enhanced by a quantity distribution profile. If you enter a quantity distribution profile in the selection range, only components with the corresponding quantity distribution profile will be offered for change. If you enter a quantity distribution profile in the item change area, all of items selected in the selection range will be displayed. However, the checkbox in the item listing is not ready for input in the case of items whose quantity distribution profile is not permitted. If you do not enter a quantity distribution profile in the item change area, all the selected items will be checked when the quantities are changed to see if a quantity distribution profile is necessary. If so and if no quantity distribution profile has been entered in the BOM, the checkbox will not be ready for input. That means that you cannot make any changes to the respective BOM items. You must use valid quantity profiles for: Components whose grid is different than the header material grid

No Grid materials, standard materials, and AFS materials that have the same grid as the header material but whose quantities are different than those of the header material

The quantities at SKU level are calculated as described in the documentation on the quantity distribution profile.

4.2.6 Enhancement of the Missing Parts Information System for AFS- Data Use
For AFS Release 3.0A the missing parts information system has been enhanced so that you can display AFS-specific data (SKU and category information) for reservations with missing parts.

Hint
Remember that postprocessing is not possible.

4.2.7 Check Function for Quantity Distribution Profiles Use

A quantity distribution profile contains factors by which the component quantity is multiplied for the respective header grid value. The check function for quantity distribution profiles is available starting with AFS release 3.0A, so that you can find errors. With this check function you can check if the quantity distribution profiles are correct see which quantity distribution profiles are used in which BOMs check whether the BOM quantities match the quantities calculated by the quantity distribution profile see if the grids in the BOM match the quantity distribution profile In the result of the check you can see where errors or differences have occurred, based on the corresponding symbols and colors. From the check function you can go to the quantity distribution profile maintenance and the BOM maintenance.

4.2.8 Creating and Maintaining Quantity Distribution Profiles Improved Use

As of release 3.0A, creating and maintaining quantity distribution profiles has been made easier in AFS through better clarity when displaying and entering the appropriate factor values. After you have selected a quantity distribution profile, the system displays the factor values already available for it. You can show all the existing grid values of the header material and then maintain the grid values of the components manually or by using the input help.

4.2.9 Phantom Assemblies in AFS Use

As of release 3.0A, the standard phantom assembly function is also available in AFS.

A phantom assembly is a logical combination of components. It is usually created so you can easily enter and manage a number of components. The components of a phantom assembly are directly built into the superior assembly. Take note of the following restrictions: As is the case in the standard, dependent requirements are only created for the components of the phantom assembly and not for the phantom assembly itself. AFS restriction: You cannot change the quantity of the phantom assembly in the planned order or in the production order. AFS restriction: If you add a phantom assembly in the planned order or production order, no BOM explosion will occur and it will be treated as a normal component that causes requirements.

You define a phantom assembly in the material master with the special procurement key 50.

4.2.10 Assembly Scrap and Bundle Quantity in AFS Use

In AFS release 2.5, the system treats the quantity entered in the assembly scrap at bundle level as the net quantity. As of release 3.0A, the system treats the quantity entered at bundle level in the assembly scrap as the gross quantity, that is as the planned quantity plus the scrap quantity. It then uses it for the calculation of the net and scrap quantities at SKU or bundle level. That way it updates the gross quantities for the confirmation and you can confirm planned quantities and scrap quantities correctly.

Hint
Take note that the operation scrap is not supported in AFS.

Effects on Data Transfer

You can check your existing production orders regarding scrap using the program /AFS/CHK_FAUF_VS_OPR_QTY and transfer the correct gross quantities to the released production orders.

5 IS-AFS-SD Sales and Distribution

5.1.1 Weight and Volume Based on Unit of Measure Use

The weight and volume of materials is now based on the unit of measure and not the plant as before in the AFS system. You can maintain the AFS weight and volume fields under additional data in the material master for an AFS material.

5.1.2 Backorder Processing Use

AFS now supports backorder processing for AFS materials. AFS backorder processing allows you to select sales orders which are not completely or only paritally delivered. At schedule line level, the system displays the required/open/delivered quantities both according to the R/3 standard logic and according to AFS allocation logic (aggregated according to MRP status: T, F, D, R, B).

5.1.3 AFS Bill of Material Correlation Use

After the BOM explosion and the subsequent availablilty check that takes place per component at schedule line level have been completed, the BOM correlation causes the quantities to be correlated at schedule line level. The result is that the schedule lines of each component are confirmed for an exact quantity so that complete BOMs can be further processed.

Effects on Existing Data

No changes.

Effects on Customizing
To activate this function, set the indicator BOM Correlation act. in Customizing under Maintain Item Categories for AFS.

Caution
The delivery group correlation must be deactivated in Customizing under Define Item Categories.

See also
BOM Correlation

5.1.4 Support Multiple Users Releasing Contract Use

AFS now supports multiple users releasing the same contract simultaneously.

5.1.5 AFS Online Store Use

AFS has enhanced the online store to support SKU-level pricing, ordering, and availability checking. AFS has integrated the online store into the AFS system and now supports a large number of the standard online store functions.

Caution
The multi-store order function is not available. The customer cannot select different categories, they can only be assigned using a user exit.

5.1.6 Quantity Distribution Profile Use

AFS has developed a template you can use to trigger the system to automatically propose grid values and sales units for an AFS material in the sales order. You define quantity distribution profiles in Customizing depending on the master grid and then enter a numerical default value when maintaining the grid control data for sales and distribution. If you assign a quantity distribution profile when entering or changing a sales document for an item with an AFS material, the grid values and the sales unit entered for each grid value will be copied into the sales order and multiplied by a factor which you can enter in the sales order. You can then change these default values manually. You can execute the quantity distribution even if it is based on different grids, as long as they consist of the same dimensions.

5.1.7 Season-Driven Delivery Dates in the Sales Order Use

A comprehensive three-level season concept has been added to the AFS season function to define delivery dates within seasons. A material is assigned to a season and a collection and then is allotted a delivery date for the nearest delivery program for a particular season or collection. The season concept has been changed in AFS to allow the SAP System to calculate the delivery date for a particular material in a particular season more precisely. The previous season function was more limited when checking delivery dates when a sales order was created merely checking whether or not the delivery date for the material was valid. Now, when a sales order is entered, the SAP System displays a dialog box of valid seasons or collections based on settings maintained in the material master and the new season customizing tables to match-up multiple delivery dates for a collection.

6 IS-AFS-ARUN Allocation Run

6.1.1 ARun Customizing Check Tool Use
The ARun Customizing check tool is a new tool which checks settings in Customizing for missing or critical settings. It can determine that an ARun type has not yet been assigned, for example.

6.1.2 ARun Delivery Check Tool Use

This check tool is a new report which checks for all possible reasons why a sales order was not delivered. This takes all aspects of SD into account which are also not related to ARun. For example, it is possible to check if there was stock available analyze the ARun exception messages check the material master check the customer master for delivery blocks, and so forth.

6.1.3 Dynamic OTD Date Use

The Dynamic OTD Date lets the system propose an open-to-delivery date in the selection screen which is always a certain number of days in the future. This makes data entry in the ARun selection screen easier.

6.1.4 ARun in Parallel Mode Use

It is now possible to run ARun in Parallel Mode to dramatically improve performance just as in the parallel mode for MRP. To do this, you must assign an RFC server group.

Caution
You cannot use the dynamic credit check in connection with parallel mode.

6.1.5 New Mode for ARun Preview for Requirements in Status F Use
There is a new ARun mode (4) for the ARun preview which enables you to allocate future requirements to receipts in status F . Until now this was only possible with receipts/stock under status R.

6.1.6 ARun Rescheduling Preview in New Mode 4: Allocation for Future Receipt Use
By using ARun rescheduling preview which compares the confirmed delivery date of the purchase order with the sales order requirement date the system can check all delivery dates for the soonest possible date to match a sales order. This ensures that ARun always allocates the earlier purchase order items.

Example
Situation: Sales Order Material A for confirmation date July 1 Purchase Order Item 10, Material A / delivery date June 15 Item 20, Material A / delivery date June 10 Result: The ARun compares the confirmation dates in the sales order with the delivery dates in the purchase order and allocates the sales order to the purchase order item 20 with the earlier date (June 10).

6.1.7 ARun Release Check / Exclude Status D Use

With the ARun release check you can exclude all stock in MRP Status D from future ARun release checks.

Effects on Customizing
You can activate this release check in the ARun type definition in Customizing under Define Allocation Type and Assign Elementary Rules.

6.1.8 ARun Release Rule in Sales Order Use

The ARun release rule in the sales order enables you to give certain customers or groups preference during allocation. This helps reduce the need for manual changes to the results.

Effects on Customizing
You can assign this release rule to your ARun type in Customizing under Define Allocation Type and Assign Elementary Rules.

6.1.9 ARun for Storage Locations Use

ARun for storage locations allows you to run the allocation based on a particular storage location rather than taking all stock into account. This helps limit the allocation to a particular storage location .

Effects on Customizing

You can make Customizing settings for this function in the Define Rules for Stock / Requirements Selection.

6.1.10 ARun for Special Batches Use

This ARun function enables you to allocate only certain batch numbers entered in a sales order instead of always treating all batches equally.

Effects on Customizing
You can make Customizing settings for this function in the Define Rules for Stock / Requirements Selection.

6.1.11 ARun: Excluding Message Classes Use

Starting with AFS release 3.0A, you can exclude specific message classes from allocations. A wide variety of messages can be created during an allocation. Since these messages are often times repeated in certain allocations, you now have the option of excluding the corresponding message class(es) in Customizing.

Hint
You can only exclude entire message classes. That means that you cannot exclude individual messages.

Example
You want to suppress all messages during the release check at item level and you do not want to save. Proceed as follows: 1. In Customizing choose Define Output Controls for ARun Logs. 2. Select the corresponding rule (0001 oder 0002). 3. Choose Exclusions. 4. Choose New Entries. 5. Choose, for example, the message class 6 (for order line) and the area 11 (for release). 6. Save.

Effects on Customizing
To exclude message classes, choose Define Output Controls for ARun Logs in Customizing.

6.1.12 ARun: Management Tool - Dynamic Selection Report Use

As of AFS release 3.0A, you can integrate specific fields from different sales tables (VBAK, VBAP, VBEP) in the selection report of the ARun Management Tool. This allows for an improved and more exact search for allocated sales orders in the Management Tool function.

Example
You want to search for sales orders using the "created by" name.

This name can be found in the field ERNAM. This field is not, however, a component of the allocation table J_3ABDBS, which usually provides the selection criteria for the Management Tool. You must therefore integrate the corresponding table, VBAK, along with the field ERNAM in the selection report of the Management Tool so that you can access them later.

6.1.13 Over-Delivery for MTO/PTO Use

In order to ease the creation of MTO or PTO deliveries for AFS materials AFS has removed the necessity to run ARun when creating an AFS delivery. When using MTO/PTO the system allows you to create a delivery which exceeds the quantity of the demand (sales order) by a quantity up to the standard tolerances. Before an ARUn was necessary and this was only possible for equal or lesser quantities than the demand.

Caution
The customers must accept over/under deliveries.

6.1.14 ARun: New Reallocation Strategy Use

As of AFS release 3.0A there is a new reallocation strategy, which leads to an exact determination and allocation of open and/or reserved requirements. Using the new reallocation strategy All Assignments matching the selection criteria you can reallocate the selected materials within a sales order.

Example
You have a sales order 1000 with the following characteristics: Material A Item 10 ARun Status Reserved Reserved Open ARun Status Open Reserved Open

Schedule Line 1 Schedule Line 2 Schedule Line 3

Material B Item 20

Schedule Line 1 Schedule Line 2 Schedule Line 3

After the goods receipt for material A and schedule line 3, you want to reallocate only material A using a reallocation run and thus set the entire item 10 to status F. Enter the order number 1000 and material A in the ARun selection. According to the reallocation strategy you have chosen, you get the one of the following results: Reallocation strategy All Assignments: Item 20 will also be read, independent of the selection. Material B will therefore be reallocated in addition to A since the determination specification comprises all the allocations within this reallocation rule. Reallocation strategy All Assignments matching the selection criteria: Only item 10 with material A will be read and reallocated. Since material B does not match the selection criteria, it will be ignored.

6.1.15 Reorganization of ARun Selection Sets Use

In AFS release 3.0A you can use the reorganization function in order to physically delete existing ARun selection sets. Proceed as follows: 1. Flag the appropriate selection sets with the deletion indicator. To do this you can use either the transaction J4AR or the reorganization function for selection sets. The reorganization function allows you to flag several existing selection sets for deletion. To go to the reorganization function for selection sets, choose Logistics > Allocation Run -> Background Processing -> Reorganize Selection Sets. 2. To delete the selection set, do as follows: a) Call the reorganization funtion for selection sets and select the appropriate selection sets using the possible search criteria, such as: - Created by (User ID) - Selection Set Number b) Select the corresponding selection set. c) Delete the selected selection set.

Caution
You can only delete one selection set at a time. You cannot delete a selection set if it is in an ARun background job that has already been scheduled. You cannot delete a selection set, for which log entries from previous allocations exist. In order to delete such a selection set, you must first delete these log entries with the log reorganization report /AFS/ARUN_J_3AAREO.