Availability check is nothing but checking of availability of stock which is placed in the order , sys

carries out this check through a available to promise (ATP) logic =whare house stock +planned
receipts (incoming stock)-planned issues (outgoing stock)

Availability checks

1. Availability check is an integral part of the business process that determines if the
required delivery quantity can be met on a required delivery date. For this purpose the
system takes into account pre-delivery activities such as scheduling for picking or packing
times and the time taken to produce or obtain the material. It also performs several
background functions such as 

2. Backorder processing, rescheduling and ATP quantities. 

Backorder processing: processing of a sales order that has not been fully confirmed or not
confirmed at a certain delivery date. 

3. Rescheduling: is a proposal of how – confirmed quantities already assigned to a sales

order can be reassigned to other sales orders that have a higher priority. 

4. Available to promise (ATP): is a process of checking the available quantities of a material.

The ATP quantity consists of warehouse stock + planned receipts (incoming stock) –
planned issues (outgoing stock). to examine stock on hand (CO09) proceed to logistics –
sales & distribution – sales – environment – availability overview. 

5. Replenishment lead time (RLT): is the time taken for the material to become available
either internally (in house production) or externally (from a vendor). The most important
things to consider during an external procurement are purchasing and MRP2 (procurement)
views of MMR where the processing time for purchasing, planned delivery time and goods
receipt processing time are taken into account. On the other hand internal procurement is
based on in house production time (MRP 2 view) goods receipt processing time or
alternatively RLT time, which is found on MRP 3 view. 

6. RLT (Replenishment Lead Time) is the time taken for the material to become available.
RLT is only used when doing an ATP check (Available to Promise). The value of RLT for a
material is specified on material master record. 

7. There are three types of availability checks – 

 Check on basis of ATP quantities.

 Check against product allocation.

 Check against planning.

Configuring Availability check through Checking Groups 

1. The checking group + checking rule determine how the availability check is to be
performed. 

2. The checking group determines whether and how the system checks the stock availability
and generates requirements for material planning. The checking group defines what type of
requirements will be passed on i.e. summarized requirements (daily/weekly) or individual
requirements for each sales order. 

3. The checking rule applies to how the availability check is to be carried out at the
transaction level. Note that you must define checking rules for each individual application
such as for production orders for example. In Sales and Distribution, the checking rule is
specified internally within the system and cannot be changed. 

4. The checking rule, in conjunction with the checking group, determines the scope of the
availability check for every business operation; that is, which stocks, receipts and issues are
to be included in the availability check and whether the check is to be carried out with or
without the replenishment lead time. 

5. Briefly explaining the above – checking group determines which type of requirement to be
passed on to MRP whether it be individual or summarized and checking rule which is at the
transaction level and can be configured independently for each application module, determines
which stocks, receipts and issues to be taken into account. For performing an availability check
checking group has to work in conjunction with checking rule. 

6. Advantages of individual processing over summarized processing –

Backorder processing is possible.
You can access (MD04) order, line and schedule line individually which gives a greater
control on available stock and requirements placed on stock.
The system automatically uses individual requirements in case of special stock items. 

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what is availability check, how to configure it..

When we create a sales order, there are several basic functions which are executed automatically for
the dynamic order management. Among these basic functions, availability check and transfer of
requirements are crucial.

The system first prepares schedule line containing the information on the desired delivery date
and Quantities, this information is passed to MRP and an availability check and transfer of
requirements are executed

First the system carries out backward scheduling and establishes the material availability date =
desired delivery date-transit time-loading time-picking & packing time and on this date an availability
check is carried out using ATP logic which means available to promise Quantity =total ware house
stock +incoming orders-outgoing
Along with the availability check the requirements also are transferred to MRP.

The configuration involves following

1. Switching on at schedule line catagegory the availability check and TOR

2. configure the availability check using ATP and using the checking group and Checking rule

What is the Function of item category and item category group?

Item Category determines the processing of any Item/material that we enter in a sales order and in
this way it also effects the processing of any sales doc in which it is used.

Item Category Group is one of the components which along with the Sales Doc Type, The Item Usage
and Higher Level Item Category decide about the Item Category in a sales doc.

1. What are the responsibilities of a functional consultant in an

implementation project?
a) Responsibilities in implementation project
- Preparing the functional specification documents.
- Review and approval of functional specifications.
- Designing a road map and setting approval from client.
- Changing existing configuration whenever needed.
- Setting up configuration for new enhancements.
- Handling basic issues of MM module.
b) Responsibilities in support project
- Handling customization, configuration, and enhancement related issues
- Handling tickets on Day to Day basis
- Monitoring S&D reports on daily basis required by clients
- Preparing functional specification documents
- Preparing end user training Documents

2. What are the responsibilities of a technical consultant in an

implementation project?
Preparation of technical specifications, getting approvals from functional consultant
and PM, assistance to functional consultant