Master Data Setup for the Deployment Heuristic

Purpose
This section lists the master data you have to create to run the deployment heuristic successfully in
Supply Network Planning (SNP). It lists all of the required fields and other data considered by
deployment. Use this information as a checklist before you run deployment to make sure you have
maintained all the master data for your supply chain model.

For more information, see the SAP APO master data documentation.

Process Flow
1. Create locations (choose the SNP tab page in the location master)

 ATD receipt

 ATD issue

You can define these fields in the location master as well as the location product master.
During the deployment run, the system first checks whether the category group is
specified for the location product. If not, the system checks the entry at location level. If
no category group is defined for the location either, the system uses the standard
category groups ATR or ATI.

You define category groups in the Customizing for SNP under Basic
Settings → Maintain Category Groups.

 Push not allowed

You set this indicator to restrict the locations to which the system distributes the supply
available during deployment. For example, you may not wish to push supply to a
location that has low demand.

2. Create products

 Deployment profile

If you choose fair share rule C or push rule Q, the system uses the quota arrangements
defined in the Supply Chain Engineer (SCE); therefore, you must also define the quota
arrangements when you set up the supply chain model.
 SNP supply profile

 SNP demand profile

 SNP 2 tab page

▪ ATD receipt

▪ ATD issue

(see above)

 Lot Size tab page

 ▪ Maximum lot size

▪ Rounding value

If you have assigned an SNP lot size profile for transportation lanes to the relevant
transportation lane, the system first takes into account the rounding data that you have
defined in this profile.

The deployment heuristic does not consider the minimum lot size or the rounding profile,
which you can define on the Lot Size tab page in the location product master data, as
well as in the SNP lot size profile for transportation lanes.

Note in addition that deployment heuristic values generally round down.

Result
After you have set up the master data, you must set up the supply chain model in the Supply Chain
Engineer before you can execute a planning run. This includes creating and maintaining
transportation lanes.
See also:
The SAP APO master data documentation

Supply Chain Model Setup