Understanding Process Steps and Business Roles for Demand-Driven Replenishment Planning and Execution (2QI)

Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

  • Define process steps for demand-driven replenishment planning and execution (2QI)
  • Identify business roles for demand-driven replenishment planning and execution (2QI)

Process Steps for Demand-Driven Replenishment Planning and Execution (2QI)

Applicable Process Steps

Replenishment Planning

In demand-driven replenishment, the planning run is the process step that is used to generate new supply elements. In consumption-based planning procedures, a supply element is created when the stock level falls below a predefined, static reorder point. In demand-driven replenishment, however, the planning run creates a new supply element (such as a purchase requisition, a planned order, or a stock transfer requisition) when the net flow position falls below the reorder point that is maintained in stock level management or, if not here, then in the material master.

Process StepDescription
Replenishment Planning ReviewThis process step shows you an overview of the buffer information sorted by the planning priority. Using this information, you can trigger replenishment on time to avoid stock shortages and possible delays in the completion of production or sales orders as a result of insufficient stock.

Net flow position (NFP) is the quantity of stock derived from net flow equation, which is summing up the on-hand stock and the open supply, and subtracting the actual unfulfilled demand, which includes sales orders due on the current date, sales orders that are overdue and qualified order spikes, if any.

Create Demand for Finished Goods - Create Sales Order (Option 1)

Process StepDescription
Create Sales Order for Finished GoodsThis process step shows you how to create the sales order for a finished product.
Schedule MRP RunsThis process step shows you how to execute MRP.
Convert Planned Order to Production OrderThis process step shows you how to convert the planned order for a material to a production order, which is a qualified demand for a buffered product.

Create Demand for Finished Goods - Create Production Order (Option 2)

Process StepDescription
Create Production OrderIn this activity, the production order for a finished product is created as qualified demand for the material directly.
Succeeding Production ExecutionAfter converting the planned order to production order, you execute traditional production execution for the product from test script Make-to-Stock Production - Discrete Manufacturing (BJ5). Steps include:
  • Release Production Order for Final Assembly
  • Pick Components for Final Assembly
  • Final Confirmation of Production Operations for Final Assembly
  • Post Goods Receipt for Final Assembly
Check Planner OverviewIn this activity, you can check the Planner Overview (F2832) application to find the most important information and tasks related to demand-driven replenishment that are relevant for you right now on a single page. The information is displayed on a set of cards, which enables you to focus on the most important tasks and view, filter, and react to information quickly. The cards include:
  • Buffer Level Management
  • Replenishment Planning
  • Replenishment Execution
Replenishment PlanningThis process step shows you an overview of the buffer information sorted by the planning priority. Using this information, you can trigger replenishment on time to avoid stock shortages and possible delays in the completion of production or sales orders as a result of insufficient stock.

Replenishment Execution

Process StepDescription
Replenishment ExecutionIn this activity, you can check the on-hand stock status for buffered products.
Post Goods IssueIn this activity, a goods issue will be posted for a buffered product to make the on-hand stock status change into Below Safety Stock. The quantity of the goods issue must be bigger than the on-hand stock, subtracting the safety stock.
Replenishment Execution ReviewThis process step shows you how to check the on-hand stock status for a buffered product. The on-hand stock is expected to be under alert (below safety stock). In this application, you can view today's stock situation for each product and check that sufficient on-hand stock is available for production. Using this information, the planner can try to speed up replenishment by contacting the supplier of a purchase orders or the production supervisor of the component production order.
Succeeding Production ExecutionAfter converting the planned order to production order, you execute traditional production execution for the product from test script Make-to-Stock Production - Discrete Manufacturing (BJ5). Steps include:
  • Release Production Order for Final Assembly
  • Pick Components for Final Assembly
  • Final Confirmation of Production Operations for Final Assembly
  • Post Goods Receipt for Final Assembly
Post Goods ReceiptIn this step, you post the goods receipt for the production order.
Replenishment Execution ReviewIn this activity, you check the on-hand stock status for the buffered product. The on-hand stock should be increased now.

Identify Business Roles for Demand-Driven Replenishment Planning and Execution (2QI)

Click on the available pictogram to display according information and the relevant piece of the hierarchy.

Access to business applications is controlled by role-based authorization management. You assign Business Roles to Business Users, and the roles provide access to business tasks. Business Users are defined as employees, contractors, or other individuals that need access to the SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition system.

How to find Business Roles for a scope item

  1. Navigate to https://rapid.sap.com/bp/#/BP_CLD_ENTPR.
  2. Select your country localization from the Version drop-down list.
  3. In the Solution Scope section, expand the relevant scope item group.
  4. Select a scope item.
  5. Download the test script.
  6. Navigate to the Roles section of the test script.

A Business Role is assigned to a Business User to grant permission to access applications in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition.

One or more Business Catalogs have been assigned to a Business Role. Business Catalogs include access to one or more applications, dashboards, or displays of data.

Administrators can control visibility to the data granted through the catalog by applying General Restrictions to Business Catalogs. By maintaining access restrictions, you can define the subset of all existing business objects a user can view (read) or edit (write) when working with a particular business role.

The Business Catalog defines which access categories are available (Value Help, Read, Write), and for which fields restriction values can be maintained. The fields vary per catalog, as they are based on the fields within the apps in the catalog. The Business Role aggregates restrictions for all Business Catalogs.

Administrators define a restriction based on a supported field (for example, company code, country, controlling area, and so on). Supported restriction fields vary per Business Catalog, as they are based on the fields within the apps in the catalog. You can restrict data access for the Value Help, Read, and Write separately. Read access always includes Value Help access, and Write access always includes Read access.

How to identify the Business Catalog(s) mapped to a Business Role and the Fiori application(s) mapped to a Business Catalog:

  1. Log into the SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition system.
  2. Select the Manage Business Roles application from the Launchpad.
  3. Select a Business Role.
  4. Select the Assigned Business Catalogs tab to view the standard Business Catalogs assigned to the standard Business Role.
  5. Select a Business Catalog.
  6. Select the Catalog Description tab to view the Functional Description, Authorization Criteria, and Associated Catalogs information.
  7. Select the Applications tab to view the Fiori apps mapped to the Business Catalog.
Note
Please do not edit SAP Standard Business Roles directly. To customize Business Roles, always make a copy of the SAP Standard Business Role or use the option Create From Template in the Maintain Business Roles application.

To apply General Restrictions, an Administrator should first make a copy of the SAP Standard Business Role, or create a new role based on the SAP Standard Business Role Template. For example, if you need to restrict access in the Accounts Payable Accountant Business Role for some users to only Company Code 1710 (United States), and for some users to only Company Code 1010 (Germany), you will create two new Business Roles based on the SAP Standard Accounts Payable Accountant role. You should name the roles accordingly (for example, Accounts Payable Accountant_1710). In the first business role, you will edit the role and maintain the restriction value(s) for the entire Business Role (that is, define the Company Code field = 1710). Then, you may edit the individual business catalogs within the role and define the access category (that is, Value Help, Read, Write) as Restricted. When you create a new Business Role, the Read access is set to Unrestricted and Write access is set to No Access by default. When an access category is Restricted, you must select a specific field value (for example, Company Code = 1710) or grant unrestricted access. If you leave fields empty within a business catalog, a user will be assigned No Access to the field in the business catalog's granted apps.

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