Sap Fms Lo SGT Segmentation
Sap Fms Lo SGT Segmentation
Sap Fms Lo SGT Segmentation
In material master, you can segment a material using segmentation structure and
segmentation strategy.
Implementation Considerations
These functions are a part of the business function Material Segmentation across
Logistics (SD, MM, PP, IM, LE)(LOG_SEGMENTATION).
Integration
Segmentation is integrated in the following applications:
LO Material Master
SD Sales
MM Purchasing
You can assign segments to a material using segmentation structure and segmentation
strategy in the material master. You can configure these settings for segmentation in
Customizing for Segmentation under SAP Implementation Guide Logistics - General
.
Features
There are two types of segments:
Requirement segments
Stock segments
Requirement segments are important for sales documents such as sales orders, planned
independent requirements and dependent requirements.
Example
The incoming requirements such as sales orders are divided based on the requested
quality - Quality 1, Quality 2, or Quality 3, and by customer channel - Store, Wholesale, or
E-Commerce.
Stock segments are used for logical distribution of existing and planned stock. Therefore,
stock segments are assigned to both the physical stock and procurement proposals such
as planned orders, production orders, purchase requisitions, and purchase orders.
Example
You can divide your stock based on the same criteria as the requirement, that is, by
quality - Quality 1, Quality 2, or Quality 3 and by countries of origin - India, China, or
Germany.
The segments influence the entire logistics chain. You can assign segments to a material
using segmentation structure and segmentation strategy in the material master.
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Segmentation Structure
Segmentation Strategy
Segmentation Structure
A segmentation structure is a combination of two or more segments of any material. For
example, a segmentation structure can be a combination of quality, customer channel,
and country of origin.
Note
You have defined segmentation relevant characteristics using Master Data
Characteristics Management(transaction CT04). For more information,
see Maintain Segmentation Relevance for Functions.
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Segmentation (LO-SGT)
Segmentation Strategy
Segmentation Strategy
To efficiently plan your requirement, it is necessary to fulfill newly arising requirement
(such as sales orders) with existing or future stock (for example, purchase requisition). If
you have defined segments for your material, you can assign the stock to the
requirement using these segments. Segmentation strategy determines how requirement
segments are assigned to stock segments. This kind of assignment takes place during
available-to-promise (ATP) check and material requirements planning (MRP).
Segmentation strategy is also important for the following requirement elements and
stock elements:
For externally procured materials during planning run. For example, during the
creation of purchase requisitions.
For the components of materials, i.e., the dependent requirements and the
fulfillment of those requirements.
Note
You have defined segmentation relevant characteristics using Master Data
Characteristics Management(transaction CT04). For more information,
see Maintain Segmentation Relevance for Functions.
Features
Assignment of Stock or Requirement Segments
If you have assigned segments to a material, you can assign stock to the requirements
using segmentation. The assignment of stock to requirements takes place during the
planning run. The system determines which requirement segment is covered by which
stock segment.
You determine the following sequence for your segmentation using your segmentation
strategy:
1.
You receive a requirement, such as a sales order. For example, the requirement
belongs to customer segment Wholesale and is of quality Quality 1.
2.
Using segmentation strategy, you define that this customer will receive the
requested segment first, if you have the segment in stock.
3.
If the requested segment is not in stock, you decide that the customer will receive
available stock segment in the next level.
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Segmentation (LO-SGT)
Segmentation Structure
Example
For 1:1 mapping, assume the requirement is for 100 pieces of segment X. As per this
mapping, available stock of 30 pieces of segment X is consumed. As the requirement is
not fulfilled, the system proposes to procure 70 pieces of segment X.
For 1:N mapping, assume the requirement is for 100 pieces of segment Z. As per this
mapping, all available stock of 100 pieces in all three segments X, Y, and Z are procured.
If the scope is 2, then only requirement segment is considered during planning run. Stock
segment is not considered. Customer requirements with specific requirement segments
are covered by the common pool of stock available.
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Segmentation (LO-SGT)
Segmentation Structure
Segmentation Strategy
Process
You make you of the following steps to maintain segmentation relevance for functions:
1.
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On the Values tab page, enter Char. Value and a corresponding Description
5.
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7.
Choose Save
Note
You can define segmentation structure and segmentation strategy for an application only
if the application is made relevant for segmentation.
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Segmentation Structure
Segmentation Strategy
Segmentation: Enhancements to
Material Master
Segmentation logically categorizes materials based on certain criteria or certain
characteristics of the material. For segmentation related features to work in logistics
processes, some enhancements have been made to material master. These
enhancements to material master can be broadly divided into changes made to the client
data and changes made to the plant data.
Features
Client Data
.As a part of segmentation related changes made to material master at the client level.
You can now also maintain if the material is relevant for segmentation by selecting
the Segmentation Relevant checkbox. If you make a material relevant for segmentation,
then you have to maintain the Segmentation Structure and the Segmentation Strategy.
Once the segmentation structure and segmentation strategy are maintained,
the Segmentation Strategy Scope maintained for the segmentation strategy is displayed
here.
If you create a new material as a copy of an existing material, then the segmentation
relevance, segmentation structure, and the segmentation strategy of the newly created
material will be the same as that of the existing, reference material.
Segmentation structure and segmentation strategy can be changed in the change mode
as long as segmentation is not fixed at the plant level. If segmentation is fixed for even
one plant, segmentation structure and segmentation strategy cannot be changed.
Plant Data
Segmentation Structure, Segmentation Strategy, Segmentation
Strategy Scope, and Fix Segmentation
As a part of segmentation related changes made to material master at the plant level,
you can maintain segmentation by selecting the Segmentation Relevant checkbox. If you
make a material relevant for segmentation, then you have to maintain the Segmentation
Structure and the Segmentation Strategy. Once the segmentation structure and
segmentation strategy are maintained, the Segmentation Strategy Scope maintained for
the segmentation strategy is displayed here.
You can then use the Fix Segmentation pushbutton to fix segmentation values for plants.
Once segmentation is fixed at the plant level, it can only be changed using
the Conversion of Material report. To access this report, on the SAP Easy Access menu,
choose Logistics Materials Management Material Master Material Conversion of
Material .
You can also use the transaction SGT_CONVERT_MATERIAL to execute the report.
Note
You can use this report to change segmentation at the plant level only if no follow-on
documents, for example sales orders, purchase orders, exist for the material.
If you create a new material as a copy of an existing material, then the segmentation
strategy of the newly created material will not be copied from the reference material.
This gives you the flexibility to decide the relevance of segmentation strategy at the
plant level.
Consumption Priority
Consumption priority is used to whether planned independent requirements (PIRs) are
consumed first based on the segments and then based on the consumption mode, or the
other way round. With segmentation, you have one more option for consumption priority,
which is, only if requirement segments match. You can maintain theConsumption
Priority only if you have maintained segmentation strategy for a material. The Seg.
Strategy Scopecan be 1 or 2.
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Segmentation (LO-SGT)
Features
You can mass maintain data related to the following segmentation related enhancements
made to material master:
segmentation structure
segmentation strategy
fix segmentation
consumption priority
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Segmentation: Enhancements to Material Master
Materials Management
Materials Management is a comprehensive solution for mapping logistical processes. The
tools in Materials Management such as material requirements planning
(MRP), Purchasing, Goods Receipt, Inventory Management, and Invoice
Verification supports you during the entire procurement process and in inventory
management. If you activate the business function Material Segmentation Across
Logistics, you can procure and manage materials at the level of segmentation during the
entire procurement process. Reports and screens have been adjusted and master data
has been enhanced so that you can manage materials segmentation (such as various
qualities and country of origin).
Prerequisites
Logistics
Logistics
You have created materials and assigned a segmentation strategy in the material
master (transaction MM01)
Process
To procure materials with segmentation, the system allows you to maintain data in
purchasing documents for the corresponding stock segment. You can manually enter the
stock segment or the system copies the value from various sources such as other
purchasing documents, or determine during requirement planning (MRP).
The system does not allow you to enter or maintain stock segment for a material if one of
the following condition is true:
Material is relevant for segmentation but you did not assign or fix the
segmentation strategy and the segmentation structure
Physical Inventory
Reservations
More Information
Segmentation Structure
Segmentation Strategy
The system allows you to maintain data for individual stock segment for a combination of
vendor and material.
When you create a purchase order with reference to documents, for example purchasing
info record, the system copies the segment values from the reference document.
You can maintain purchase info record (under delivery and over delivery tolerance,
minimum and maximum purchase order quantities) for individual segments of a material
in the material master. Assume that you did not maintain these values for a material in
the material master and try creating a purchase order for the same material. In such
case, the system copies the purchase info record details for the individual segment of a
material from the purchasing info record document that you already created for the
material.
Structure
You can maintain the following information for different stock segments of a material
while creating the purchasing info record:
Purchase Requisition
A purchase requisition is a request or instruction to Purchasing to procure a certain
quantity of a material or a service so that it is available at a certain point in time.
The system allows you to maintain instructions to procure a certain quantity of different
stock segments of a material.
When you manually create a purchase requisition, the system allows you to enter a valid
stock segment for a material. During MRP if the required quantity of stock is not
available, the system proposes a purchase requisition and determines stock segment for
the material. The system determines the stock segment based on the segmentation
strategy you assigned for the material of the plant.
When you create purchase orders with reference to a purchase requisition, the system
allows you to change the stock segment and ordered quantities for a material that are
copied from the reference document.
The system determines the requirement segment for a stock transport requisition based
on the stock segment and the segmentation strategy you assigned for the material in the
material master.
Structure
On the Item Overview screen, you can specify the following information for different
stock segments of a material:
Delivery date
The system also displays the schedule line number and ordered quantities.
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Segmentation: Purchasing Documents
Contracts
A contract is a type of outline purchase agreement against which release orders
(releases) can be issued for agreed materials or services as and when required during a
certain overall time-frame. You can create quality based contracts (MK) or value based
contracts (WK).
The system allows you to create and process contracts for different stock segments of a
material.
Structure
The contract consists of items defining the individual materials, material groups with
prices and target quantities for different stock segments of a material. For example, you
can create contract with vendor-specific quantities or order value of the same material
for different stock segment.
If you maintain values for different stock segments in the material master
under Additional Data, the system displays the valid weights and volumes in the detail
view for the different stock segments of the material.
Segmentation (LO-SGT)
Purchase Orders
Segmentation at item level allows you to order materials with different attributes, for
example, quality and/or customer channel. You can maintain information such as delivery
tolerances, purchase quantities, and so on, for different segmentation value of a
material. The system copies such information from a reference document, such as
purchasing info record, purchase requisition, and contracts to a purchase order. The
system determines the valid stock segment for a material based on the segmentation
structure and the segmentation strategy you assigned for the material.
For a material in purchase order and stock transport order, the system allows you to
maintain only stock segmentand determines the requirement segment based on the
segmentation strategy.
Structure
The system allows you to maintain stock segments for a material in the Item
Detail screen only if you maintain the plant is relevant for segmentation. You can also
maintain purchase order quantities, delivery date, and so on, for the different stock
segments of a material
Note
For transfer of stock between plants, the system determines the requirement segment of
the issuing plant using the segmentation strategy and the stock segment of the receiving
plant. For more information about stock transfer between plants, see Stock Tansport
Order for Materials with Segmentation
segment Y. You can change the stock segment for all the selected items or for all the
items in purchase order.
For more information about fast change in the standard SAP ERP system, see Purchase
Order Single-Screen Transaction (ME21N, ME22N, and ME.
Prerequisites
You have created materials and assigned the segmentation strategy in the material
master.
Procedure
1.
2.
3.
Choose one or more line items for which you want to change stock segment.
4.
In the Change Layout dialog box, choose Stock Segment from the list of Hidden
fields. If you have already selected the Stock Segment column, this dialog box does
not appear.
5.
6.
Result
Stock segment is changed for all the selected line items or for all the items in the
document based on the selection in step 3. If any of the material is not relevant
for segmentation, stock segment is not assigned to the material as a result of fast
change execution.
Example
You have the following items in purchase order:
For all the three items you want to change stock segment to Z. The result of fast change
is as follows:
In addition, the system validates the newly assigned stock segment. The system displays
a message if the stock segment assigned for Shirt_T1 as a result of fast change is not
valid. You must choose only that line item and choose a valid stock segment for that
material.
Goods Issue
The system allows you to post a material withdrawal or a material issue. A goods issue
leads to a reduction in warehouse stock.
Structure
When you create goods issue for a material, you can specify quantities that you like to
withdraw for each stock segment. Since negative stock is not permitted, you cannot
enter a goods issue for stock segments that exceed the available stock. If the material is
managed in batches, the system assigns a batch number to the material when you post a
goods receipt. The batch number the system determines is based on the batch indicator
you set in the material master. For more information about batch management,
see Batch Management for Material Segmentation.
Goods Receipt
With the goods receipt (GR) you post the physical inward movement of goods from an
external vendor or from production and then complete a goods movement, which leads
to an increase in the warehouse stock.
Structure
The system allows you to process goods receipt for different segments of the material.
You can maintain the quantity delivered for each stock segment on the Item
Detail screen. In addition, you can maintain the stock segment for materials both in
the Item Overview screen and in the Batch tab of the Item Detail screen. Before posting
the goods, you can change stock segment for a material only by using the
transaction MIGO.
If the receiving plant is not relevant for
For goods movement with reference to documents, for example Purchase Order
assigns a batch number to the material when you post a goods receipt. The batch
number the system determines is based on the batch indicators you set in the material
master. For more information about batch management, see Batch Management for
Material Segmentation.
Inbound Delivery
Inbound delivery is enhanced to handle materials with segmentation. The system copies
the stock segment from the purchase order.
You must use batch management for materials with stock segment. Batch determination
happens in inbound delivery and the batch number is proposed. After you post the goods
receipt, the system creates a new batch or post the quantities to an existing batch. For
more information about batch management, see Batch Management for Material
Segmentation.
Invoice Verification
You can use the logistics invoice verification to check incoming invoices for their
functional, price, and mathematical correctness. You can run this verification for
materials with segmentation at the segment level. The segment values are copied from
purchase order and you cannot change them.
Physical Inventory
The system allows you to carry out a physical inventory of your companys warehouse
stocks for balance sheet purposes. For materials with segmentation, you can maintain
the inventory for different stock segments. Stock segment is attached to a batch and
thus batch management is mandatory in Physical Inventory.
When you enter the materials for which you want to carry out physical inventory, the
system determines the stock segment based on the batch number.
Reservations
A request to the warehouse or plant to keep a material ready for issue at a future date for
a certain purpose
You can carry out stock transfers between storage locations within a plant, between
different plants, and between company codes. You can transfer materials
with segmentation between plants with different segmentation strategies. In such a
scenario, you must define the mapping between the stock segment and the requirement
segment of the plants involved.
Features
If both the receiving plant and the supplying plant are relevant for segmentation,
the stock segment in the stock transport order is mapped to the corresponding
requirement segment of the supplying plant. This mapping is based on the
Customizing for Define Segmentation Strategies under Logistics General
Segmentation .
If the supplying plant is relevant for segmentation and the receiving plant is not
relevant for segmentation, the stock transport order does not have a stock segment.
The system determines the requirement segment for the receiving plant in one of the
following ways:
o
Priority 3: If the above options fail, the system determines the requirement
based on the logic you define in the BAdI BADI_SEG_SPEC_PROD_MM (under
Logistics - General Segmentation Enhancements for Segmentation BAdI:
Segment Values in Purchase Order .
If the supplying plant is not relevant for segmentation and the receiving plant is
relevant for segmentation, the stock transport order has the stock segment value and
the material is posted to the supplying plant without any segmentation value.
Plant
Segmentation Enabled
Company Code
DC1
Yes
001
DC2
No
001
DC3
Yes
002
Priority 3: If you do not specify the logic in the BAdI, the system determines the
requirement segment based on the default stock segment you define in Customizing
for Define Segmentation Structures under Logistics General
Segmentation .
Scenario 2: DC3 supplies to DC2. The receiving plant is not relevant for segmentation.
You did not define the stock segment in the stock transport order. The system determines
the requirement segment in one of the following ways:
Scenario 3: DC2 supplies to DC1. The supplying plant is not relevant for segmentation.
You define the stock segment in the stock transport order. As the supplying plant is not
relevant for segmentation, the system does not determine the requirement segment and
the material is posted.
The following image illustrates the transfer of stock between plants with different
segmentation strategies:
Prerequisites
Features
If you have activated the business function LOG_SEGMENTATION and have assigned a
segmentation strategy to your materials, you can use mass maintenance function to
change the stock segment in the following documents in a single step:
Purchase order
Contracts
Purchase requisitions
The system validates the segmentation value when you save the document, based on
the segmentation strategy assigned to the material.
Features
You can view the valid weights and volumes for different stock segments in the detail
view of the material. The system displays the weights and volumes based on the values
maintained in the material master under additional data.
When you create a delivery, the weights and volumes for the material in the purchase
document are transferred accordingly to the batch split item of the delivery document. If
you do not maintain the weights and volumes in the material master, the system
determines the weights and volumes for the material.
The system displays the weights and volumes for materials in the following purchasing
documents:
Purchase Order
Contracts
Inbound Delivery
Features
You have the following options for the internal batch management:
The batch number is determined when posting the goods receipt, dependent on which
batch indicator is set in material master.
For materials with segmentation, the batch management is at plant level only. Thus the
batch number is
During a stock transfer to another plant, the batch is not known in the receiving plant
and the system does not transfer any data. The system determines the batch in the
receiving plant according to the batch management selected there.
during goods movement. The system will use the same batch number for all goods
movements of the same combination of material, plant, and stock segment.
Example
Assume a material with different stock segments X, Y, and Z. At the goods receipt of the
corresponding stock segments, the batch numbers are assigned as follows: 001 for X,
002 for Y and 003 for Z. If the stock segment Z already exists in the system with the
batch number 023, it is posted to the already existing batch 023, and not assigned to the
new batch 003.
Prerequisites
If you want to activate discrete batch numbering, choose the Disc. batch num option in
material master.
Example
Assume a material with different stock segments X, Y, and Z. At the goods receipt of the
corresponding stock segments, the batch numbers are assigned as follows: 001 for X,
002 for Y and 003 for Z.
Integration
The system determines the valuation type for different stock segments of the material in
the following purchasing and inventory documents:
Purchase order
Goods issue
Goods receipt
Inbound delivery
Invoice verification
Batch management
Prerequisites
You have assigned and fixed a segmentation strategy for a material in the
material master
You have assigned a valid split valuation type by choosing valuation type X
for Automat. (Batch) inLogistics DC: 1 > Accounting view of the material in the
material master
You have created characteristics that are relevant for segmentation (Material
Valuation (VAL) using the transaction CT04) and used these characteristics as segment
values
Features
You create batches for different stock segments of a material using the
transaction MSC1N. When you create batches in this way, the system uses the stock
segment to determine the valuation type. After creating a batch, you cannot change the
valuation type in the transaction MSC2N. If you create a batch (when you perform the first
goods receipt), the system updates the valuation type to the batch master record of the
relevant stock segment and defines the valuation of the batch.
In these purchasing and inventory documents, the system uses the stock segment you
enter to determines the valuation type. To reapply a valuation type for the batches, you
must run the report SGT_MSC2.
If the material is relevant for segmentation and the accounting view is not generated, the
system does not determine the valuation type.
Procedure
1.
2.
3.
4.
For materials with segmentation, you must use batch management. When you select
the Batch option, the system automatically selects the Storage Location option. The
system also displays the stock segment details for the material.
Example
The following table describes the system settings for the material SHIRT_T, of type Single
Article:
Plant
F051
Storage location
0001
Stock segment
LOWRET
Batch number
00000176
The system can display stock of SHIRT_T in the tree view as follows:
By default:
By storage:
procurement proposals. For stock that is not available the internal or external
procurement (purchase requests or planned orders) are created.
Prerequisites
You have made the following settings:
Fix segmentation has been chosen for the corresponding distribution center (DC)
Features
To sell materials with segmentation, the system allows you to maintain data in sales
documents for the corresponding requirement segment. You can maintain requirement
segment in sales document in one of the following ways:
More Information
Creation of a Sales Document with Reference
Incompletion Log
Prerequisites
You have maintained the following settings in Customizing under
Guide Logistics - General Segmentation :
segmentation structure
segmentation strategy
SAP Implementation
Features
For sales documents such as sales order, inquiry, quotation and contract, you can carry
out the following functions:
Note
You can maintain blank as the segmentation value to be used in combination with a
segmentation strategy. In such cases, materials will have blank as segmentation value in
sales documents.
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Segmentation (LO-SGT)
Segmentation Structure
Segmentation Strategy
Prerequisites
You have maintained the following settings in Customizing under
Guide Logistics - General Segmentation :
segmentation structure
segmentation strategy
SAP Implementation
Features
For delivery, you can carry out the following functions based on the type of delivery:
You specify the requirement segment and stock segment will be adopted from the
batch. There is incompletion log for this type of deliveries and this will be triggered
like sales order when you save segmentation relevant article without specifying
requirement segment values.
For billing, requirement segments and stock segments are adopted from preceding sales
documents.
Note
You can maintain blank as the segmentation value to be used in combination with a
segmentation strategy. In such cases, materials will have blank as segmentation value in
sales documents.
More Information
Segmentation (LO-SGT)
Segmentation Structure
Segmentation Strategy
Prerequisites
The source sales document was created with requirement segment.
Features
You can copy requirement segment from one sales document type to a new sales
document by making use of Create with Reference.
You can then modify the requirement segment of the new sales document
(target). For example, if you have copied a requirement segment from an inquiry to a
quotation, you can later on change the requirement segment of the quotation but not
that of the inquiry.
If the source sales document type is the same as the target sales document type,
then the requirement segment can be modified in both the source or target sales
document. For example, if you have copied a requirement segment from one
quotation to another quotation, you can later on change the requirement segment of
both the quotations.
Incompletion Log
If you try to save a sales document without having maintained the requirement segment
for segmentation relevant material, then the system displays the incompletion log for the
sales document. The incomplete sales documents can be saved in the system.
Note
Sales documents can be created for materials without segmentation strategy. No
incompletion log is created for such sales documents.
If the requirement segment is blank and valid, no incompletion log will be generated.
Activities
All sales documents with incomplete data, except delivery documents created
with reference and billing documents, are stored in the incompletion log.
From the incompletion log, you maintain requirement segment for the
corresponding material.
Process
Consignment Processing
When you process the consignment stock, if you use materials that are relevant for
segmentation, segment values are considered during order creation and the orders are
saved with the segmentation values.
More Information
Creating PIRs for Materials with Segmentation
Creating PIRs with Reference
Consumption of PIRs with Segmentation
Example: Consumption of PIRs with Segmentation
You have created materials and assigned a segmentation strategy in the material
master (transaction MM01)
You have selected Plnng with assembly (101) in the Planned Independent
Requirements: Internal Number Assignm view to maintain the number range for the
requirement plan ID
You can access this view using transaction OMPP or in Customizing for Define Internal
Number Assignment per Reqmts Class under Production Production Planning
Demand Management Planned Independent Requirements Default Values and
Presettings .
Procedure
To create planned independent requirements for materials with segmentation, proceed as
follows:
1.
2.
Go to transaction MD61.
Enter the material with segmentation, Product group, or Ext Req Plan ID in the
screen for creating planned independent requirements.
3.
4.
5.
In the Table tab, enter the requirement on a monthly basis for the material at the
requirement segment level.
6.
In the Sched. Lines tab, the system displays the external requirement plan ID and
the requirement segment.
Result
A new requirements plan number (PBDNR) is generated internally for the unique
combination of material, plant, requirement type, version number, external requirement
plan ID, and requirement segment.
You can use the external requirements plan ID to select the planned independent
requirements for materials with segmentation.
Prerequisites
Procedure
1.
In the initial screen for creating planned independent requirements, enter the
material number, the name of the product group, or the requirements plan. If the
business function LOG_SEGMENTATION is activated, you can enter the external
requirements plan ID.
2.
3.
4.
Choose the Reference Icon. The Copy Reference dialog box appears.
5.
Result
If you have activated the business function LOG_SEGMENTATION, materials with
segmentation are also considered when you create PIRs using Reference.
In addition to the existing behavior in the standard SAP ERP system, the following
scenarios are applicable if you have activated the business function LOG_SEGMENTATION:
If you have maintained a default value for the requirement segment in the
segmentation structure of the target material, the system copies this default value to
the requirement segment.
If you have not maintained a default value for the requirement segment, the
system assigns the value BLANK if it is a valid requirement segment.
If you have maintained the same segmentation structure to both materials, then
the system copies the requirement segment.
If you have maintained a default value for the requirement segment in the
segmentation structure of the target material, the system copies this default value
to the requirement segment.
If you have not maintained a default value for the requirement segment,
the system assigns the value BLANK if it is a valid requirement segment.
The item details are copied from the source material to the target material and
the requirement segment is not copied.
Prerequisites
You have defined one of the following planning strategy groups for materials with
segmentation in the material master:
20 Make-to-Order
Process
In the material master, you define the sequence in which the system consumes the PIRs
based on the segments, consumption mode, and the consumption priority.
Using the consumption priority, you can define how the planned independent
requirements are to be consumed based on segments or the consumption mode. You can
choose the following option:
The system consumes the requirements based on the consumption mode and whereby
the requirement segments of the customer requirement and the PIR must match.
Result
Withdrawal Quantity
The system updates the withdrawal quantity column when you create a delivery for a
customer requirement, which has consumed planned independent requirements with
material segmentation.
Reorganize PIRs with Segmentation
You can reorganize the PIRs with segmentation using the combination of the key date and
the external requirement plan ID.
PRC
planning
level
Planned independent
requirement segment
1.
Prerequisites
You have maintained the transaction MD01N in the table PPH_HANA_ACTIVE so that
you can use HANA DB
You have maintained the user parameter HANA_ACCESS = 02 in the user profile
using transaction SU3
Process
For materials with segmentation, the system executes the planning processes based on
the following mapping rules defined in Customizing for Define Segmentation
Strategies under Logistics General Segmentation :
Requirement/Stock Allocation
Stock Transfer
PIR Consumption
More Information
Defining Segmentation Strategy for MRP
Planning Process
Prerequisites
You have created characteristics for segmentation using the transaction CT04
Procedure
You define your segmentation strategies in Customizing for Define Segmentation
Strategies under Logistics General Segmentation .
1.
2.
Define the list of valid segment combinations. The system validates the segment
values that are defined in transaction CT04.
3.
Specify how the requirement segments consume the stock segments during
material requirements planning in the Requirements/Stock Allocation table.
4.
5.
Define the stock segment to be proposed for a specific requirement when the
system creates new proposals during the lot-size calculation in the Requirement to
Stock Conversion table.
6.
If you do not want to use specific segment values in the segmentation strategy for the
above tables, you can use:
Planning Process
During planning, the system carries out the following processes for materials with
segmentation:
Lot sizing
Prerequisites
You have activated the business function Material Segmentation across
Logistics (LOG_SEGMENTATION).
Process
Master Data
The master data component (PP-MRP-MD) forms the basis for MRP. Master data for MRP
includes:
Segmentation structure
Segmentation strategy
Planning strategies:
Make-to-Order (20)
MRP type: PD and ND
Requirement/Stock Allocation
If stock is available, the system determines the requirement segment that should be
assigned to the stock segment. If the required quantity of a particular stock segment is
not available, the system may use another segment if it is defined in the segmentation
strategy.
If no stock is available, the system determines the stock segment to be procured.
Lot-Sizing Procedures
MRP calculates the procurement quantities for purchase requisitions using the lot-sizing
procedures. For more information about lot-sizing procedures in the standard ERP
system, see Lot-Sizing Procedures.
For materials with segmentation, requirement to stock conversion depends on the
settings you have defined in theRequirement to Stock Conversion table in Customizing
for Define Segmentation Strategies under Logistics General Segmentation . The
system determines the stock segment to be procured.
Note
For materials with segmentation, the system only supports external procurement and
does not support in-house production.
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Stock Transfer
Stock/Requirements List
Safety Stock Split
Example
Stock Transfer
1.
Plant 0001 receives a customer requirement (for example, a sales order) for 100
pieces in requirement segment X.
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Stock/Requirements List
In the stock/requirements list, the system displays the most up-to-date stock and
requirements situation. For more information about the stock/requirements list in the
standard ERP system, see MRP List and Stock/Requirements List.
Features
For materials with segmentation, you can analyze the planning result using the
stock/requirements list.
The list maps the stock elements to the requirements elements based on the mapping
rules defined in Customizing for Logistics General Segmentation Define
Segmentation Strategies Requirement/Stock Allocation . You can filter the list based on
the stock segment.
You must specify the stock segment to display the list. The list supports the following
mapping rules:
For materials with segmentation for which the scope Only Requirements Segments
Maintained is defined in the segmentation strategy, the system only displays the
requirement segment in the stock/requirements list. In this case, the system does not
display the stock segment filter.
For every combination of plant, material, and stock segment, the system displays the
aggregation of the batch stock as a single line entry similar to the plant stock.
Prerequisites
You have assigned and fixed a segmentation strategy (with scope = Requirement
and Stock Segments Maintained) for your material
You have activated the business function Material Segmentation across
Logistics (LOG_SEGMENTATION)
Features
During MRP, the system splits the safety stock based on the valid segment combinations
you maintain in the segmentation strategy. If you do not maintain segment combinations,
the system proposes the value BLANK as the valid segment value for the entire safety
stock.
Example
You have the material Shirt_Mens with a safety stock of 60 pieces. The valid segment
combinations X, Y, and Z are maintained in the segmentation strategy that is assigned to
the material.
For the mapping rule 1:1, the segmentation strategy with scope = Requirements and
Stock Segments Maintainedis as follows:
Requirement Segment
Stock Segment
During MRP, the system splits the safety stock between segments X, Y, and Z. As a
result, the system proposes new purchase requisitions for all segments X, Y, and Z.
For the mapping rule N:1, the segmentation strategy with scope = Requirements and
Stock Segments Maintainedis as follows:
Requirement Segment
Stock Segment
Common
Common
Common
During MRP, the system splits the safety stock between segments X, Y, and Z. However,
based on the mapping rule, any requirement segment is covered by the common stock.
As a result, the system proposes one new purchase requisition for the common stock.
Integration
The availability check with segmentation is enabled in the following processes:
Prerequisites
material master
You have defined the mapping rule for ATP in the ATP: Requirement/Stock
Allocation table in Customizing for Define Segmentation Strategies under
General Segmentation
Logistics
Activities
The availability check uses the mapping rules defined in Customizing for ATP:
Requirement/Stock Allocation in the segmentation strategy. Here, you must have defined
the following:
Note
Safety Stock
If the safety stock is to be excluded from the availability check, the safety stock at
material level is distributed equally across the valid segment combinations. Depending
on the Seg. Check Level, safety stock is reduced from plant stock or the segment-level
plant stock.
Recommendation
To ensure consistent results, SAP recommends that you maintain similar mappings for
MRP and ATP.
Example
The following mapping rule is defined for ATP in the segmentation strategy:
Segment value
Pool Segment
A1
A1A2
A2
A1A2
A3
Issues/receipts from segments A1 and A2 are mapped to pool segment A1A2 and
the system performs the availability check at multi-level.
Issues/receipts from segment A3 are mapped to a blank pool segment and the
system performs the availability check at organizational level (segmentation is not
considered).
A plant stock of 1000 pieces exists (800 pieces from segment A1 and 200 pieces
from segment A2)
A future receipt of 500 pieces for Segment A1 exists
Example
Defined segmentation combinations as follows:
Seg. Strat.
Seg. Value
Short Text
PrioSeq
Stk Prot.
Strategy 1
A1
Segment A1
Strategy 1
A2
Segment A2
Strategy 1
A3
Segment A3
Segment A3 has the lowest priority. If a requirement is received for segment A3,
for a sales order, for example, the availability check uses the default implementation
(SEG_IM_ATP_ADJUST_CHECK_DATA) and only confirms 40 pieces
Entry
SSq
Z3 (example)
Scrn
Screen description
SCon
4004
Maint. status
Field
Entry
GUI status
DATE00
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Ret.maint.status
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7.
Choose New Entries and enter the information in the following table:
SSq
Scrn
Code
SScrn
Z3 (example)
08 (example)
SEGR
08 (example)
Z3 (example)
26 (example)
FSGT
26 (example)
Z3 (example)
26 (example)
FSDB
26 (example)
4.
Save your changes.
Activate New Pushbuttons
1.
Execute transaction SM30.
2.
Enter V_T133E as the Table/View and choose Edit.
3.
Choose New Entries and enter the information in the following table:
SSq
4.
Code
Spec
Z3 (example)
SEGR
select
Z3 (example)
FSGT
select
Z3 (example)
FSDB
select
Note
The field selection group 141 (transaction OMSR) is delivered by SAP for Segmentation
related functionality.
Features
Client Data
Fashion Attributes
You can maintain fashion attributes for an article at the client level. The system allows
you to maintain up to three fashion attributes at any time.
The description of these fashion attributes are maintained in the Customizing
for Maintain Descriptions of Fashion Attributes under SAP Implementation Guide
Logistics - General SAP Fashion Management . For example, fabric, style, and color can
be your fashion attributes.
The values of these fashion attributes can be maintained using the report
program Maintain Fashion Attributes.
To access this report, on the SAP Easy Access Retailing (transaction W10M ) menu,
choose SAP Fashion Management Fashion Attributes Maintain Fashion Attributes
You can also use the transactionFSH_MG_ATTRI to execute the report.
Fashion attributes can be used to search articles. The attributes maintained for an article
also apply to all the variants of the article.
Seasons
Seasons form an important aspect in the product life cycle for the fashion industry. The
production of fashion wear is determined or varies qualitatively according to the season
for which it is manufactured.
A season type helps in determining the listing period of an article. You maintain the
default season type to be assigned to a season in the Customizing for Maintain Default
Season Type under SAP Implementation Guide Logistics - General SAP Fashion
Management Seasons .
Season Usage
You can maintain Season Usage as one of the Additional data of the article. Based on
this, season information is updated in the corresponding sales and purchase documents.
Season can be assigned to a generic article. This assignment is inherited by the variants
of the article. You can also add or change a season for a variant.
You can use one of the following levels at which an article can use season data:
Season Year/Season
Season Year/Season/Collection
Season Year/Season/Collection/Theme
Site Data
Season Active in Inventory Management and Batch Management
If Season Active in Inventory Management checkbox is selected for an article, that is, at
the site level, then batch management becomes mandatory and the Batch
management checkbox in the General control parameters is automatically selected by
the system. This will also result in an automatic check to be carried out on the article.
Batch management maintained for an article is copied to its variants.
Season active in inventory management is available at the site level only if has been
maintained at the client level, that is, if you have maintained Season Act. IM as one of
the Additional data of the article.
Note
Season Active in IM can also be maintained for the site master. This will be taken into
consideration during listing. If it is maintained at the site master level, the same is
adopted by all the relevant sites. Seaon active in inventory management can be
maintained at the site level only if is maintained at the client level.
If you have maintained season active in IM for a variant of a generic article, the same is
copied to all the variants of the article in the distribution center (DC). Also, season active
in IM can be changed for a DC in the change mode only if batch is not created for an
article in the DC.
Batch management also results in generation of batch numbers in sales and purchasing
documents. If you want to generate unique batch numbers during batch management,
you can do so by selecting the Discrete Batch No.checkbox. This checkbox cannot be
used on its own. It can only be used in combination with the Batch
Management checkbox. The choice you make for the article is applied to all its variants.
Order Allocation Run (ARun)
Order allocation run (ARun) does optimized assignment of existing stock to open sales
order requirements. When there is a stock shortage, for example, the allocation run
ensures an automatic assignment of the available stock to the open requirements
according to your business requirements.
Order Allocation Run can also be maintained at the site master level. In case of generic
articles, you can either maintain the distribution profile of the article in a site or ARun,
you cannot maintain both at the same time. ARun should always be not relevant for
reference CD, reference and non-reference stores.
You can choose to make a variant of a generic article relevant in the Order ARun field.
This setting will also apply to all the other variants of the generic article in that DC. This
setting can be made only for variants of an article in a non-referenced DC.
Note
ARun can be maitained only for variants of non-reference DCs. If you have maintained
ARun setting for a variant of a generic article, the same is copied to all the variants of the
article in the non-reference DC.
More Information
Season