Schedule Temporary Assignments
Application component: Order Allocation Run
App type: Transactional
Line of business: Supply Chain
Leading industry: Retail
Solution capability: Supply Assignment (S/4)
Description:  With this app you can configure and schedule jobs for temporary assignments.  
An application to schedule temporary assignments for Supply Assignment relevant materials demand and supply documents.
Key features:   Schedule jobs based on the specified input, either in the pre-defined template Schedule Temporary Assignments Default or a personalized job template you have created. Schedule the run in Parallel Processing mode also.  Arrange job series that different time zones and calendars into account. Schedule recurring jobs. Copy and cancel jobs. Monitor jobs based on their status. Display job results based on their status.  For a more detailed overview of the standard key features offered by this app, see Application Jobs. For temporary assignments, the system considers only specific demand and supply document types belonging to materials or articles which are relevant for supply assignment. The document types for assignment are maintained while selecting parameters for scheduling the job. Supply Protection is also considered for temporary assignment. You can use the Manage Supply Protection app to maintain supply protection entries. For supply type Purchase Contracts, when the system selects flexible purchase commitment-related purchase contracts for temporary assignments, the following sequence is considered within the supply documents: All the selected supply documents including purchase contracts that contain the actual material or variant with plant. Purchase contracts with variant postponement (stand-alone generic article without reference to the variant items with plant information). Purchase contracts with destination postponement (material or variant without plant). Purchase contracts with variant postponement and destination postponement (stand-alone generic article without plant). Note that segmentation flexibility (purchase contract that does not contain stock segment information for a segmentation relevant material or article) is applicable for all the above 4 cases. You can provide the sort order in which different demand documents are to be considered for temporary assignment. The sorting rule defines the attributes, values, and respective priorities that are used to sort the demand documents before they can be considered for temporary assignment. The sorting rule prioritizes the different demand documents during the temporary supply assignment process. You can use the Configure Demand Sorting Rule app to maintain demand sorting rules. This application assigns an open demand to an open supply temporarily. The mapping of an open demand to an open supply follows the approach below:  Demand Sorting If a demand sorting rule is specified in the selection criteria, the system sorts the requirement of the materials based on sort criteria maintained for the demand sort rule. If no demand sorting rule is specified in the selection criteria, the system sorts the materials based on the product availability date of the demand and the delivery date of the supply at plant level.    Supply Sorting The system sorts the materials based on the delivery date of the supply at plant level.    Segmentation Mapping Rules For segmented material with segmentation strategy scope 2 or non-segmented material, system assigns the open demand to an open supply on a first-in first-out basis. For segmented material with segmentation strategy scope 1, the system considers ARun/MRP: Requirement/Stock Allocation rules maintained in the segmentation strategy of the material for the assignment of the open demand to an open supply.    You can specify if the existing temporary assignments must be cleared or retained each time requirement documents are selected for the assignment process. You can select one of the following options:  Material/Plant: The temporary assignments are cleared for all unique plant-material combinations.   Document/Item: The temporary assignments are cleared for all requirement documents that have been selected during the assignment process.   Quantity: Existing temporary assignments are not cleared. The assignment is done for the open demand quantity of the requirement documents.   You can select how temporary assignments can be processed for the selected requirement documents based on the basis quantity (confirmed or ordered). You can select the sequence for processing temporary assignment for the selected requirement documents based on the material availability date, that is, either by the earliest available date (FIFO) or in the backward and then forward mode. You can use the Supply Demand Overview - All Documents application to view and analyze the results of the overall situation of all the supply and demand documents after the temporary assignment runs. 
Business roles: Order Fulfillment Manager (Retail)
Order Fulfillment Manager (Retail) : 
Is responsible to configure and optimize the order fulfillment process according the company strategy in consideration of Order Allocation Run strategies.