Scope of Check
The scope of checking determines which stocks, issues, and receipts will be taken into account in the availability check. In the ATP check (available to promise, available on the requested date), only receipts that are posted before a requirement (issue) are included in the check for this issue. The ATP quantity of a receipt is the quantity that has not yet been "consumed" by issues.
A material that is kept in plant stock is not allocated to a specific order and is available for all orders.
Sales orders can have their own stock from the MRP view, called sales order stock. The sales order stock is allocated to an item in the sales order. You can only withdraw components for the sales order item.
Projects can have their own stock from the MRP view, called project stock. The project stock is allocated to a WBS element. You can only withdraw components for the WBS element.
Using the availability check settings in the material master record, specify whether all stock segments or just one stock segment should be taken into account during the availability check.
Customizing for the Availability Check
Customizing for the Availability Check
| Checking Control | Scope of Check | Checking rule |
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| Name for a rule |
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Based on the status, the checking control function determines whether an order type will be checked and, if so, which checking rules will be used. The order type corresponds to the network type in the project system. The checking rule, however, represents just a descriptive text.
The scope of the check is an important factor for the ATP availability check. It is determined by means of the checking rule (that was defined previously in checking control) and using the checking group for the material that will be checked. The scope of the check determines how the ATP availability check is to be carried out: What are receipts and issues? Which sales order or project stocks are checked? Will storage locations or entire plants be checked?
The checking group of the material is set in Customizing for Sales and Operations Planning, for example, it determines whether individual or collective requirements will be generated for the material.