Hi,
I've used multi-level allocation but couldn't achieve the desired behavior.
Question:
is it possible to have something like a hierarchy with a direct relationship between the hierarchies in allocation available?
Bsuiness scenario:
We are planning allocations on a very detailed level on a monthly base.
Unfortuenately the plan is not so accurate in some cases. This means that during the month we have to shift some quantities, lets say from one country to another one for one customer. We can not change the level of planning. So we have to stay with the detailed planning.
Example:
Our planning level for allocation is level 2 (see below example). Nevertheless when level 2 is allocated completely we want to search for more contingent on the more generell level (level 1). In the example below this would mean that a sales order for country A2 has requested quantity of 45 TO. With an allocation scheme procedure which checks first level 2 and afterwards level 1 in two different schemes I get a confirmation of 25 TO on the first scheme and 20 TO on the second one.
Level 1 A1: 100 TO
Level 2 A2: 25 TO B2: 75 TO
Problem:
The problem is that there is no relationship between the allocation groups. In the planning area I can force this relationship via drill down.
A proper behavior for the business case would be that the level 2 allocated quantity is first consumed with level 1 available quantity and only afterwards the mulit-level check on level 1 can continue. Also we need to get the information of the more generel level back to the detailed level. Lets see the desired behavior for the example:
Level 1 A1: 55 TO
Level 2 A2: 0 TO B2: 55 TO
I know that this is not the desired functionality of multi-level allocation, but is there a way to get this work?
Appreciate your thoughts on this.
Regards,
Stefan