Supply Chain Monitoring (SCM) is an effective tool to make informed decisions for suppliers and buyers. The key holders in the supply chain process take decisions based on Supply Chain Monitoring. Supply Chain consists of two tools −

• Stock Requirement List MD04
• Logistics Information System (LIS)

Transaction MD04/Stock Requirement List

In supply chain monitoring, all alerts raised in the system should be executed in a symmetrical way. When there are no alerts pending in the supply chain, it results in a healthy system.

Enter Material and Plant in the above screenshot and click the tick mark on top of the page.

BOM for material was exploded. Enter Purchase requisition.

Following activities can be monitored using Transaction MD04 −

• Review master data alerts
• Orders can be placed in lead time
• Shortages
• Overages

Logistics Information System (LIS)

SAP Supply Chain provides various standard reports that can be used to monitor the efficiency of the entire supply chain process. Logistics Information System (LIS) is used to mine the data for the following standard reports −

• Vendor Performance
• Sales Performance
• Maintenance Cost
• Rejection Rates
• Manufacturing Lead Time

Using LIS, you can not only evaluate actual data but you can also use it to prepare planning data.

Supply Chain Monitoring involves the following functions −

Alert Monitor

An alert monitor is used to checking if your application is running fine. In an Alert monitor, you can view all the alerts and navigate directly to the application. An alert monitor can also be used with SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), and Forecasting and Replenishment.

An alert monitor is used to monitor objects in the Supply Chain - material, transportation and storage constraints, capacity as well as metrics such as delivery performance, cost flow, and throughput.

Transaction Code for Alert Monitor is SAPAPO/AMON_SETTINGS or you can also open using the following path - Easy Access → Advanced Planning and Optimization → Supply Chain Monitoring → Current Settings → Set Alert Monitor.

The alert types can be managed in Transaction Code - SAPAPO/AMOCFG

To create an alert application profile, click the Create button.

Select Category as Application profile, enter Profile Id, description, and application. Click the Create button in the next window.

You can display/edit alert profile, or application alert profile by navigating hierarchy under alert profile.

Sending Notifications Using Alert Monitor

Using the alert monitor, you can send alert notifications that occurred for an overall alert profile via an email or to an alert inbox. Overall alert profile in the Alert Monitor contains selection criteria for the following alerts −

• The alerts that the system displays while calling the Alert Monitor.

• All the alerts for which the system sends an automatic notification.

To enable automatic sending of an alert monitor, navigate to SAP Easy Access → Advanced Planning and Optimization → Supply Chain Monitoring →Current Settings → Set Sending of Alerts.