Explaining Prioritization of Requirements

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Describe how priorities are used in the SAP S/4HANA Defense and Security solution
Describe how requirement priorities and delivery priorities are derived

Scenario

Priorities are assigned to requirements in Defense and Security. This chapter will go through which documents in SAP S/4HANA Defense and Security can be given priorities and how it is done.

The image provides information on the priority of material requests, including the Purchase Requisition, Purchase Order, and Material Reservation. The key factors determining the priority are Organizational Priority, Requirement Urgency, Maintenance Order Priority, and Requirement Priority.

Documents in Materials management, where priorities can be used.

The image shows a workflow diagram for determining the Requirement Priority. It illustrates that the Requirement Priority is determined by the Organizational Priority and Requirement Urgency Group, which are entered during the Purchase Requisition creation process. The Storage Location and Force Element also feed into the Organizational Priority determination.

If no Requirement Urgency is provided, the system will choose a default Requirement Urgency (usually: the „least urgent" according to Customizing).

In non-DFPS / Defense and Security implementations, no organizational priority can be assigned to Force Elements. Therefore, one will be assigned to the Storage Location directly.

The image shows a Purchase Requisition form from D&S tools, where the Requirement Urgency can be specified, but the Requirement Priority cannot be set. The text box Request Urgency is highlighted in red, indicating that urgency can be entered during Purchase Requisition creation, while the adjacent text box for priority is left blank.

In the Create Purchase Requisition app, and in other Defense and Security environments where the requisition is created, the operator is expected to specify an Urgency, not a Priority. The priority is determined later by the Urgency and the Force Element priority.

The image depicts a workflow diagram showing that the Delivery Priority is determined by the Requirement Urgency and Requirement Priority, which are sourced from the Purchase Requisition.

A mapping can be defined between the Requirement priority of purchasing documents (purchase requisition, purchase order) and the delivery priority.

The image shows a workflow diagram for determining the Requirement Priority. The Requirement Priority is derived from the Requirement Urgency Group and the Maintenance Order Priority, which are either entered when the Reservation is created or derived from the Maintenance Order.

Maintenance orders book materials using Material Reservations.

The requirement urgency for the reservation is derived from the maintenance order characteristics (type and priority) at the time of reservation creation for a maintenance order. When the reservation is created manually with no reference to a maintenance order, the requirement urgency can be specified manually for the reservation.

The image shows a maintenance order screen and a reservation details screen. The maintenance order screen displays the maintenance order priority, which is used to determine the requirement priority. The reservation details screen shows a reservation that was created based on a maintenance order, and the requirement urgency is displayed.

The requirement urgency of the resulting material reservation is derived from the combination of order type and order priority.

The image illustrates a workflow diagram showing how Requirement Urgency Groups, Organizational Priorities, and Storage Locations determine Requirement Priorities and Delivery Priorities. The key elements are Requirement Urgency Groups, Requirement Priorities, Organizational Priorities, Delivery Priorities, and Storage Locations, all of which are interconnected.

This figure provides you with an overall diagram for Priorities in procurement documents, delivery, FE, and storage location.

Explaining Prioritization of Requirements

Priorizations

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