Manage Buffer Levels
Application component: Buffer Level Management Fiori UI
App type: Transactional
Line of business: Supply Chain
Leading industry: Cross Industry
Solution capability: Material Requirements Planning (S/4)
Scope items: Demand-Driven Buffer Level Management
Description:  With this app, you can ensure products are available when needed by managing the safety stock, reorder point and maximum stock through buffer proposals for optimized Demand-Driven Replenishment. Buffer level proposals are necessary to adjust the buffer levels to the everchanging reality and thereby ensure that a product is sufficiently stocked to meet average demand, but in low enough quantities to prevent excessive storage costs or losses due to expiry. Buffer level proposals are calculated using the Schedule Buffer Proposal Calculation app. 
With this app, you can ensure products are available when needed by managing the safety stock, reorder point and maximum stock through buffer level proposals for optimized Demand-Driven Replenishment.
Key features:    View buffer (stock) levels of products based on filter criteria such as proposal status, value indicator, lead time indicator, variability indicator, and so on   Visualize buffer levels and average daily usage of products for a period of 90 days in the form of micro charts   Adopt or Discard buffer proposals for products   Adjust buffer levels by making absolute or relative changes to zones and demand, or by copying zone and demand adjustments from existing buffers   Suspend or resume Proposal Runs of products   Choose a product to view contextual information and all possible actions that can be performed on that product by navigating to related apps   Navigate to view the following buffer-related details of a product:   Buffer Levels   Average Daily Usage   Decoupled Lead Time   Classifications     Adjust the buffer levels for a product by changing zone adjustments   Choose a view to display parameters that help manage buffer levels on a chart or in a table   View maximum stock, safety stock, and reorder point in the Planning View   Review the replenishment operations in the Execution View   View the current and proposed values of maximum stock, reorder point, and safety stock in the Comparison View     Adjust the ADU for a product by changing demand adjustments   For Buffer Levels and Average Daily Usage, switch between chart view and table view   Select data points on the charts to view details   View the predicted current and proposed lead times in the Longest Path in Buffer's Replenishment Network if you have decided to use the lead times predicted for the product in the Mass Maintenance of Products (DD) app   Choose Product Flow to view the complete network graph in Buffer Analysis screen   View and filter products according to their DD Scope by enabling the DD Scope filter from the Adapt Filters option. You can also view the products according to their Sizing status in the Sizing – Internal and Sizing – External tabs.   In addition, the app supports the following technical features and options:    This app includes SAP CoPilot, a contextual collaboration tool that allows you to create, collect, and share artifacts (such as notes, objects, messages, screenshots) based on the context of the screen you are currently working in.    For more information on calculation of buffer level proposals, see Schedule Buffer Proposal Calculation 
Business roles: Production Planner| Material Planner - External Procurement
Material Planner - External Procurement: (is an add-on role to the Material Planner)
Ensures the availability of materials for production supply plans and monitors and adjusts material supplies procured externally. Collaborates internally with production planners and externally with suppliers.

Production Planner : 
Plans, monitors and adjusts material supplies produced internally and ensures material availability for sales order fulfillment and production supply. Collaborates internally with customer care and other production planners.