Hi All,

The availibility check can be switched off at schedule line level. So that means in sales order the
availibility check will not happen if the same is swithced off at schedule line level..

My question is what is the business justification for the switching off the availibility check since
the stock will never be confirmed in sales order and so no delivery can be made for that sales
order ? so what is the use of such an option of switching off availibility check

regards

sachin

Hi Sachin,

It is a standard behaviour in SAP, that only when it is required the availabilty check is Switched ON.

Availability check is controlled by schedule line category.

The option for going for either Availality Check - Switch off or On depends on the business requirement.

For Example:

Case 1 : Take the case of the Inquiry and Quotation, where you dont need any availablity check .

In standard SAP quotation doesnot undergo availability check

The reason behined this is the basic logic

Quotation is not a confirmed order and hence availabilty check is unnecessary

Case 2: If your business demands in such a way that you have stock in PLENTY and there is no necessary
for running a Availability check then in that case, you can switch OFF the Availability check.

Regards

Hey Sonu,

If you have lot of materials in hand then no need to do the avalilability check , in this case you can switch
of availability check.

Suppose for example you are selling refrigerator and the compressor.
For refrigerator you will place the availability check and for compressor you wont. Because compressor
will be available in most of the time.

Suppose you are giving a gift items along with the refrigerator in that case you will switch off the
availability check for the gift.

It all depends on the business on which they need to check and on which need to be switch of , as such
there is no thumb rule for this.

Regards,

Switching off availability check doesn't mean that schedule lines will not confirm the delivery dates
and quanitites.

If the availability is switched off, system will always confirm the delivery for the Requested delivery
date for the entire order quanitity (irrespective of the avaialability of stock).

For your schedule line category in VOV6 tick the check boxes TOR and Availability check

use t-code VOV6 to check out the settings for schedule line AT, which is used for inquiries. here are the
settings for availability check and transfer of requirements.

if you also want TOR in inquiry, check out VOV8 for IN, and look into "order probability".

Availability Check (ATP) & Transfer of

Requirement (TOR)
Types of Availability Check in Sales and Distribution

Processing

There are three types of availability check:

_ Check on the basis of the ATP quantities
_ Check against product allocation
_ Check against planning
 
The following SD-specific control features need to be maintained in Customizing:

_ Checking group

The checking group controls whether the system is to create individual or collective

requirements in sales and shipping processing. In addition, a material block for the

availability check with transfer of requirements can be set here. The checking group can

also be used to deactivate the availability check. This option was created especially for

the assembly order so that when the bill of material is exploded in the assembly order,

the individual components, if necessary, can be classified as non-critical parts as far as

procurement is concerned.

The checking group specifies in combination with the checking rule the scope of the

availability check. It is proposed in the material master record on the basis of the material

type and the plant, and copied into the sales and distribution documents.  It is specified in MMR
in MRP3 screen, availability check tab.

_ Checking Rule

You use the checking rule to control the scope of the availability check for each

transaction in sales and distribution. You also specify whether the check should be

carried out including or excluding replenishment lead time. The individual checking rules

define by transaction, which kinds of stocks and inward – outward movement(receipts and
issues) of goods should

be taken into account for the availability check.

_ Schedule line category

You can control with the schedule line category whether an availability check and

transfer of requirements should be carried out in the sales documents. The possible
settings for this at schedule line level are dependent on the settings in the requirements

class which is determined from the requirements type of the material.

_ Delivery item category

The delivery item category can be used to control whether an availability check takes

place in deliveries.

Requirements type

The various requirements are identified by their requirements type. The requirements

type refers to the requirements class and its control features. it is assigned to requirement class.

_ Requirements Class

The requirements class contains all control features for planning such as relevance for

planning, requirements planning strategy and requirements consumption strategy. In

addition, it is specified at a global level whether an availability check is to take place for

the material in the sales and distribution documents on the basis of the ATP quantity

(ATP = available to promise) and whether requirements are to be passed on. A finer

degree of control can be obtained for sales documents using the schedule line category.

 Replenishment lead time is only included in the check performed on the basis of the
ATP quantity.
 Prerequisites

An availability check can only be carried out if the following prerequisites have been fulfilled:

_ The control elements described above for the availability check must be maintained in

Customizing for Sales and the relevant assignments made to the sales transactions

_ The availability check must be switched on at requirements class level and – for theavailability
check in the sales documents – at schedule line category level

A requirements type must exist by which the requirements class can be found

_ A plant must be defined. It can either be proposed from the customer or material master
record or can be entered manually in the document._ A checking group must be defined in the
material master record on the Sales/plant data

screen in the Availability check field  

Configuring entries of the Availability CheckIMGàSDàBasic fncsàAvailability check and
TORàAvailability checkàAvailability check with ATP logic or against planningàDefine
checking groups

You can use SAP std checking groups of 01 for summarized reqts or 02 for daily reqts or u can
create ur own.

The columns total sales and total deliveries are selection options whereby u can configure a
checking rule to sum up reqts to post to MRP either individually or by day or week.

Column 5, Block qty; set this block if u want several users to be able to process the material
simultaneously in different transactions without blocking each other. The No Check indicator is
used when u want a material to not be relevant for an ATP check.

Defining a material block for other users. The Block checkbox is an indicator that enables u to
block the particular material from being checked for availability if it is already being checked at
the same time by another user.Defining the default value for checking groups. However
should no entry exist for the checking group in the material master record, one can set a default
value per material type and plant.
Controlling the availability check. In this section, u tell the system what stock on hand and
what inward and outward movements of stock it must take into account when performing the
availability check. These settings are based on the checking group that is assigned to the material
master record and the checking rule that is predefined and assigned to the sd transaction. The
carry out control for the availability check must be maintained for both the sales order and
delivery.
 

TOR

IMG à SD à Basic fncs à Availability check and TOR à TOR

A line item in the sales order creates a schedule line. The schedule lines in the sales order
transfer the requirements through to MRP. You can select the docs on which you want the TOR
to happen. For ex, not for quotations.

The TOR aims to ensure the ordered materials are available for the requested delivery date. The
TOR can be set for individual or for collective requirements (materials masteràsales/plant view).

  The TOR is dependent on the following data:

The reqts type, reqts class, checking group and schedule line category.
The reqts type and class are determined in the strategy group (material masteràMRP3)

 For TOR to be carried out, a few criteria need to be met:

Plant assigned to line item level, schedule line category should be switched on at TOR, TOR
must be switched on at the reqts class level, checking group must be defined and allocated to the
material master record (sales/plant view in the availability check field)  
The reqts class is the controlling factor for the availability check and the TOR for all sd types. 
Configuring the TOR:

1)      Use std 041 reqts class or copy and rename it. Use the indicators to select if this reqts
class must carry out an availability check and/or a TOR.

2)      Define the reqts types. A reqts type is allocated to a single reqts class and not vice
versa. It is based on the item category and the MRP type of the material.

3)      Assign the rqts type to the relevant item category in the sales order and the MRP type
found on the material master record.

You can select an alternative search strategy where u assign the reqts type to item category
and MRP type. Can select source as 0, 1 or 2. (1 = Item type and MRP type strategy).

4)      The TOR and Availability check can be selected/de-selected at the schedule line
category level.

5)      Block qty confirmation in delivery blocks. This is used to block the reservation of the
TOR from MRP.

6)      Maintain requirements for TOR. Requirements can be used to determine that the
TOR to MRP is not carried out unless a number of conditions are met. 
Availability Overview = CO09 à order qty, sd doc no, item no, requirements class.

Stock requirements list = MD04 à sd no or dly no, line item, schedule line placing the
demand

Stock overview = MMBE à total stock per company, then plant followed by storage
location, and finally a breakdown per batch.