SAP S/4hana sales Ch 7 + Ch 8

In which of the following situations is a new availability check executed automatically? (There are two correct answers.)

• Change of shipping type

• Change of plant

• Change of shipping point

• Change of Incoterms

Answer explanation

The two fields from the four options given that would trigger a new availability check when changed are the shipping point and the plant. Plant is an obvious answer since stock checks and planning are carried out at the plant level. Thus, a change in the delivering plant requires a new ATP check. The shipping point is used to determine both the loading time and the pick/pack time. Different shipping points may result in different times, which could affect the confirmed delivery date; thus, a new ATP check is also required if the shipping point is changed. Incoterms and shipping types don't trigger automatic ATP checks since those two fields are not used in scheduling or to calculate the inventory available.

True or False: A customer requests 50 units to be delivered in 6 days. The material replenishment lead time is 3 days. Picking/packing, loading, and transportation times all add up to 1 day. The 50 units are not available today, and no future receipts are currently planned for this material. However, the ATP check will confirm the full quantity on the required date if the Without Replenishment Lead Time flag is NOT set in the configuration of the scope of availability check.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

True. If the material is currently out of stock, backward scheduling will fail, and the system will perform forward scheduling to calculate the confirmed delivery date. The system takes the replenishment lead time into account since the Without Replenishment Lead Time checkbox is NOT checked in the scope of the availability check. Assuming no planned future receipts are expected, the mate- rial availability date will be the end of the replenishment lead time (any quan- tity is, in theory, available on this date). As a result, the material availability date is today plus 3 days. Then, the system will add 1 day for picking/packing, load- ing, and transportation, so the calculated delivery date will be today plus 4 days (material availability date plus 1 day). Since the calculated delivery date through forward scheduling (today plus 4 days) is before the customer requested date (today plus 6 days), the ATP check confirms the full quantity.

In a sales order with three items, each item has a different material availability date, so the customer has accepted partial deliveries on this order. Which of the following options will minimize the number of partial deliveries and help reduce transportation costs?

• Carry out an availability check twice a day through backorder processing to confirm each item as soon as the material is available

• Leave the Part.dlv./item field blank for each item

• Select value C (only complete delivery allowed) in the Part.dlv./item field for each item

• Set the Complete delivery indicator in the customer master record

Answer explanation

The customer has accepted partial deliveries, so answer D can be discarded. Answer B may result in multiple deliveries per item, so answer B isn't the cor- rect answer either. The only answer that will guarantee the minimum number of partial deliveries is to select value C in the Partial Delivery field for each item. This value guarantees one delivery per sales document item, so if three items exist in the order, a maximum of three deliveries will be created.

A customer typically prefers partial deliveries to get the products as soon as they become available. However, in a particular order, all the materials have to be delivered together to meet country-specific regulations in the destination country. What do you need to do?

• Select the Complete delivery indicator in the sales order

• Leave the Part.dlv./item field blank for each item

• Select the Complete delivery indicator in the customer master record

• Set a delivery block in the sales order at the header level and remove the block once all items are available

Answer explanation

In this case, the customer has specific delivery requirements on a particular order, so the change must be made in the order and not in the customer master record. By selecting the Complete delivery checkbox in the sales order at the header level, you can ensure the order in question is delivered completely in a single delivery.

Which of the following statements regarding the Fix Date/Qty indicator in a sales document are true? (There are two correct answers.)

• A fixed item is considered complete once the entire confirmed quantity has been delivered.

• If the Fix Date/Qty indicator is selected, the system then transfers the requirements for the schedule lines to MRP.

• If the Fix Date/Qty indicator is selected, the requested date and quantity can no longer be changed for the item.

• The Fix Date/Qty indicator is only displayed on the schedule line overview screen.

Answer explanation

As shown earlier in Figure 7.6, the Fix Date/Qty indicator is displayed on both the schedule line overview and the availability control screens; thus, answer D is not correct. Answer C is also false since you can still make changes to the quantity ordered and to the requested delivery date regardless of whether the Fix Date/Qty checkbox has been selected. If selected, the rescheduling job will not update the confirmations on the relevant item, but you still can change the requested quantity and/or date, thus leaving you with only two correct answers.

Select the answers that represents a true statement regarding the availability overview screen in SAP S/4HANA. (There are two correct answers.)

• The availability overview screen shows the available quantity over a period of time for multiple materials in the selected plant

• The availability overview screen shows the available quantity over a period of time for a single material in the selected plant

• The availability overview screen shows the available quantity over a period of time for a single material in the selected company code

• The availability overview screen shows the available quantity over a period of time for a single material in the selected MRP area

Answer explanation

As shown earlier in Figure 7.9, the availability overview screen shows the quantity available for a single material in the selected plant and MRP area only. You cannot display the availability at the company code level (which might include several plants) or for multiple materials at the same time.

During an ATP check, which of the following objects can be considered as future receipts? (There are three correct answers.)

• Deliveries

• Planned orders

• Reservations

• POS

• Purchase requisitions

Answer explanation

In SAP S/4HANA, outbound delivery notes are typically referred to as deliveries. Both deliveries and reservations of stock are requirements from the materials planning perspective; in other words, they are both outward movements of stock. Only inward movements of stock can be considered as future receipts. Therefore, both answers A and C are false, which leaves you with the three correct answers.

True or False: SAP S/4HANA uses backward scheduling first to find out if the requested delivery date is achievable. Only if the requested date cannot be met will the system then perform forward scheduling to propose a viable delivery date.

• True

• Fale

Answer explanation

True. The statement describes exactly how backward and forward scheduling works in SAP S/4HANA. The system only performs forward scheduling if back- ward scheduling returns a start of transportation planning or procurement date in the past, as shown earlier in Figure 7.2. Then, forward scheduling is car- ried out to calculate an achievable delivery date.

If forward scheduling is carried out, the availability control screen may offer several options for delivery. Select the valid options. (There are three correct answers.)

• Delivery from an alternative plant

• Complete delivery

• One-time delivery on requested delivery date

• Delivery proposal

• Partial deliveries of the same quantity

Answer explanation

As shown earlier in Figure 7.7, the three options offered by the availability con- trol screen are:

- Complete delivery

- One-time delivery on requested delivery date

- Delivery proposal

The other two answers are made-up options.

True or False: When configuring the transfer of requirements, if the Req. trans- fer indicator is not set at the requirements class level, you can still decide whether or not to activate the transfer of requirements to MRP by setting the indicator at the schedule line level.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

False. The fine-tuning of the availability check for sales documents that you carry out at the schedule line level depends on their global configuration at the requirements class level. You can deactivate the transfer of requirements at the schedule line level if it's active at the requirements class level. You cannot activate the transfer of requirements at the schedule line level if it's NOT active at the requirements class level.