P2M 202 · DECIDE
Supply proposals are recommendations that planners review before execution.
Externally procured material usually produces purchase requisitions; in-house production produces planned orders. Dates and quantities can be adjusted before conversion.
HOW IT WORKS
A shortage becomes a proposal before it becomes a commitment
Identifying a shortage does not mean SAP immediately creates an executable commitment. Planning first creates supply proposals representing what could be purchased or produced. These proposals allow quantities and dates to be reviewed before the organization commits resources or external procurement.
Concept flow: Shortage → proposal → planner decision → execution commitment. A planned order can become a production order, while procurement requirements can progress toward purchasing documents.
CAPABILITY MODEL
Understand the input, decision, and result
Read the capability as a connected planning decision before moving into detailed SAP controls.
Planning shortage
MRP identifies a quantity and date that existing supply does not cover.
Possible response
A planned order or purchase requisition represents supply that could close the gap.
Commit or adjust
A planner reviews timing, quantity, source, and priority before execution documents are created.
OPERATIONAL FLOW
How the capability performs
The sequence connects business need to a planning or execution result.
Start from the shortage
Use the requirement, available supply, and date to understand why a proposal exists.
Challenge the proposal
Check quantity, date, source, lot size, capacity, inventory policy, and business priority.
Protect the decision
Firm or otherwise stabilize the proposal when the organization is ready to preserve the intended response.
Cross into execution
Convert the proposal into a production or purchasing document only when the commitment is authorized.
DESIGN & CONTROL
What shapes the result
These controls work together; a locally correct setting can still produce the wrong planning outcome.
Procurement treatment
Procurement type, special procurement, source determination, and quota rules decide the proposal family.
Timing and quantity
Scheduling, lot sizing, lead times, firming, and planning fences shape what the proposal recommends.
Commitment boundary
Conversion and approval rules distinguish a flexible planning recommendation from executable supply.
DIAGNOSTIC EVIDENCE
What proves the result?
Use the business input, system objects, and resulting state together.
Requirement, supply elements, uncovered quantity, date, and exception context.
Planned order or purchase requisition with quantity, dates, source, status, and firming state.
Converted production or purchasing document and the planner or approval decision behind it.
PLANNING MOMENT
A shortage appears for a component, but the supplier lead time has changed.
The planner adjusts the proposal date, checks the downstream production impact, and converts it only after the supply decision is accepted. A proposal remains visible as planning intent until that boundary is crossed.
- Shortage is understood
- Proposal is challenged
- Decision is recorded
- Commitment is deliberate
IN SAP
Simple representation
These are the main planning objects to recognize before moving into detailed controls.
Planned order · Purchase requisition · Conversion into execution objects
How SAP controls it
Procurement type, special procurement, source determination, quota arrangements, scheduling, and firming rules determine proposal behavior.
A planner firms a near-term planned order and converts it to production while leaving later proposals flexible.
Connect this capability to the complete execution and integration story.