Product and location are the only characteristics that are transferred from Demand Planning to SNP and Production Planning /Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) without having to make further settings. It is however possible to define descriptive characteristics for use in these applications that use Order LiveCache. These characteristics permit more detailed planning in several applications.In order to define a characteristic as a descriptive characteristic, you must enter it in a consumption group. This consumption group can then be assigned to product and to release profiles. Unless you enter the consumption group, the characteristic will not be transferred during release.
As far as Demand Planning is concerned descriptive characteristics do not differ from other characteristics.
More terms such as descriptive characteristic (SCM-APO-CA) in Dictionary D.
- Manual Data Cleansing Tool:
- Help Function that allows the cleansing of redundant data records to be carried out descriptive characteristic (scm-apo-ca) definition.
- Manual Detailed Scheduling Strategy:
- Help use to control how the system determines the production dates/times for orders and operations in Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (for example, using forward scheduling or backward descriptive characteristic (scm-apo-ca) explain.
- Manual Device Data Access:
- Help A type of access during the reading of data from OPC Data Access servers. The current value and time of reading are taken directly from process control descriptive characteristic (scm-apo-ca) what is.
- Manual Deallocate (SCM-APO-VS):
- Help assignment between an order and a planned shipment. If this was the only order assigned, the system deletes the planned shipment. The order can be rescheduled on this planned shipment, if it was not descriptive characteristic (scm-apo-ca) meaning.
- Manual Dynamic Item Processor:
- Help aggregating data from defined sources, for example, totals records for planned costs, or actual costs for individual line items. The nature of the aggregation depends on the settings you have descriptive characteristic (scm-apo-ca) abbreviation.
