Check-Avail. Period Calc. Field, Company Information Table
Specifies a date formula that defines the length of the period after the planned shipment date on demand lines in which the system checks availability for the demand line in question. The setting in this field also applies to the Order Promising functionality.
This field interacts with the Check-Avail. Time Bucket field in which you define how frequently availability checks are performed during the period defined here.
Note
Availability is normally checked for the entire period that you define in the Check-Avail. Period Calc. field. However, if supply exists after the planned shipment date that covers all demand at the end of that time bucket, then availability is only checked until the end of that time bucket. For this reason, you may want to increase the period in the Check-Avail. Time Bucket field to discover any existing demand later on the timeline. This will ensure that you get a stockout warning when entering a demand line that cannot be covered because of such later demand.
Additional Information
The period that you set up in the Check-Avail. Time Bucket field adds to define the total number of days in the availability calculation period, as follows:
Planned Shipment Date + Check.-Avail. Period Calc. + days until the end of the Check Avail. Time Bucket
Availability checks are experienced by users as stockout warnings for demand lines whenever a quantity, location, date, or other element causes the item to be unavailable on the planned shipment date.
In addition, availability checks may be experienced by the user as a slight performance drop when entering affected field values. Accordingly, if you need a faster availability calculation of demand lines, then you can enter a shorter period in the Check-Avail. Period. Calc. field.
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Parent Tables
| Table | Location |
|---|---|
| Company Information Table | Germany Local Functionality |
See Also
Reference
Other Resources
Planned Shipment Date
Check Availability
How to: Calculate Order Promising Dates
Design Details: Supply Planning
How to: Enter Dates and Times