Sujeet Acharya is an SCM professional with close to 20 years of experience in the IT industry. Currently, he works as a director in the digital supply chain solution management organization of SAP. His areas of expertise lie in SAP's SCM portfolio, especially in the digital business planning and digital logistics areas that include SAP Integrated Business Planning, SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization, and other logistics solutions. Sujeet is the global solution owner for SAP's order promising portfolio, which includes both SAP S/4HANA's advanced ATP and SAP APO's global ATP.

Extend advanced ATP functionality with BAdIs and APIs

... Preface ... 15

... Objective of This Book ... 15

... Target Audience ... 16

... How to Read This Book ... 16

... Acknowledgments ... 17

1 ... Introduction to Order Promising ... 19

1.1 ... Business Challenges in Order Promising ... 20

1.2 ... Available-to-Promise in Business Processes ... 21

1.3 ... Available-to-Promise in Industry Scenarios ... 25

1.4 ... Available-to-Promise in SAP Business Suite ... 27

1.5 ... SAP S/4HANA for Advanced Available-to-Promise ... 31

1.6 ... Comparing Available-to-Promise Options in SAP Business Suite and SAP S/4HANA ... 55

1.7 ... Summary ... 61

2 ... Setting Up SAP S/4HANA for Advanced Available-to-Promise ... 63

2.1 ... Available-to-Promise in Order-to-Cash ... 63

2.2 ... Configuring Advanced Available-to-Promise for Specific Scenarios ... 66

2.3 ... Advanced Available-to-Promise Configuration Overview ... 82

2.4 ... Central Functions ... 88

2.5 ... Summary ... 94

3 ... Transportation and Shipment Scheduling in SAP S/4HANA ... 95

3.1 ... Overview of Transportation and Delivery Scheduling ... 95

3.2 ... Delivery Scheduling and Transportation Scheduling ... 97

3.3 ... Business Process Scheduling ... 103

3.4 ... Summary ... 110

4 ... Product Availability Check ... 111

4.1 ... What Is Product Availability Check? ... 111

4.2 ... Key Concepts of Product Availability Check ... 112

4.3 ... Review Availability Check Result ... 122

4.4 ... Setting Up the Product Availability Check ... 125

4.5 ... Business Case Studies ... 127

4.6 ... Summary ... 130

5 ... Product Allocation ... 131

5.1 ... Overview ... 131

5.2 ... End-to-End Process Flow ... 132

5.3 ... Key Product Allocation Concepts ... 134

5.4 ... Business Scenario Example ... 136

5.5 ... Setting Up Product Allocations ... 139

5.6 ... Additional Business Scenarios ... 150

5.7 ... Product Allocation Analytics ... 166

5.8 ... Summary ... 169

6 ... Supply Protection ... 171

6.1 ... Key Concepts of Supply Protection ... 171

6.2 ... Setting Up Supply Protection ... 180

6.3 ... Business Scenarios ... 184

6.4 ... Best Practices for Supply Protection ... 190

6.5 ... Summary ... 196

7 ... Alternative-Based Confirmation ... 197

7.1 ... Overview ... 197

7.2 ... Key Concepts ... 198

7.3 ... Business Scenario Example ... 199

7.4 ... Substitution Master Data ... 201

7.5 ... Setting Up Alternative-Based Confirmation ... 209

7.6 ... Additional Business Scenarios ... 222

7.7 ... Summary ... 235

8 ... Backorder Processing ... 237

8.1 ... Key Concepts in Backorder Processing ... 237

8.2 ... Business Scenario: Backorder Processing ... 241

8.3 ... Setting Up Backorder Processing ... 246

8.4 ... Business Scenario: Release for Delivery ... 256

8.5 ... Setting Up Release for Delivery ... 260

8.6 ... Summary ... 262

9 ... Supply Assignment ... 263

9.1 ... What Is Supply Assignment? ... 264

9.2 ... Key Concepts of Supply Assignment ... 265

9.3 ... Setting Up Supply Assignment ... 273

9.4 ... Supply Assignment Analytics ... 275

9.5 ... Business Case Studies ... 280

9.6 ... Summary ... 285

10 ... Supply Creation-Based Confirmation ... 287

10.1 ... Key Concepts ... 287

10.2 ... Configuring Supply Creation-Based Confirmations ... 297

10.3 ... Business Use Case Examples ... 309

10.4 ... Summary ... 316

11 ... Extensibility in SAP S/4HANA for Advanced Available-to-Promise ... 317

11.1 ... Available-to-Promise Characteristic Catalog and Extension ... 317

11.2 ... Business Add-Ins in Advanced Available-to-Promise ... 322

11.3 ... Application Programming Interfaces ... 326

11.4 ... Summary ... 336

12 ... Business Scenarios ... 337

12.1 ... Backorder Processing with Plant and Product Substitution ... 337

12.2 ... Backorder Processing with Sales and Capacity Product Allocations ... 339

12.3 ... Product Allocation with Supply Protection ... 344

12.4 ... Product Availability Check with Product Substitution and Product Allocations ... 347

12.5 ... Summary ... 349

13 ... What's Ahead for SAP S/4HANA for Advanced Available-to-Promise ... 351

13.1 ... Roadmap for Advanced Available-to-Promise ... 352

13.2 ... Trends and Future Direction ... 356

13.3 ... Summary ... 361

... The Authors ... 363

... Index ... 365