Calculation of Stock Age

Stock age refers to the number of days that a vehicle has been part of stock at a plant. In the vehicle sales process, it is important to know the stock age of vehicles so that appropriate steps can be taken regarding the stock situation. For example, knowing the stock age helps you plan until what date you can sell a particular vehicle, whether it needs to be promoted with any special offers, or beyond what date it may be advisable to return it.
These functions enable you to carry out stock age calculation for multiple vehicles simultaneously. These calculate and display the number of days that each vehicle has been in stock. You can also define personalized selection variants to run the calculation on a regular basis.

Prerequisites

• Goods receipt has been performed for the selected vehicles. That is to say, the selected vehicles are currently in stock.

Features

You can calculate the stock age of one or more vehicles using any of the following ways:

• From the Mass Vehicle Processing function
• Running the report /DBE/VEHI_STOCK_AGEING as a background job
• Running the Stock Ageing report (or /DBE/STOCKAGEING transaction)

Activities

• To calculate stock age from the Mass Vehicle Processing function, follow the steps below:

1. In the SAP Easy Access menu, choose Vehicle Sales and Service > Vehicle Processing > Mass Vehicle Processing. Alternatively, run transaction /DBE/MASSACTIONS.
2. Search for vehicles that are currently in stock, that is to say, those for which goods receipt has been done.
   You can save your selection criteria for future use by choosing the Selection Variant button.
3. Choose Vehicle Search to run the search.
4. In the search results, select one or more vehicles, and choose Possible Actions > Determine Age of Vehicle.
5. In the Report Up To field, enter the date up to which the stock age must be calculated; the current date is selected by default. Then choose Determine Age of the Vehicle.
6. The function calculates and displays the stock age in number of days. This figure, displayed in the Stock Age column for the selected vehicles, is the difference in days between the goods receipt date and the date entered.

• To calculate stock age using the Stock Ageing report, follow the steps below:

1. In the SAP Easy Access menu, choose Vehicle Sales and Service > Vehicle Processing > Stock Ageing. Alternatively, run transaction /DBE/STOCKAGEING.

2. Select the appropriate selection variant, as created in Mass Vehicle Processing.

   Note

   You can create selection variants in the Mass Vehicle Processing function as described above.
   In the Report Up To field, enter the date up to which the stock age must be calculated; the current date is selected by default. Then choose Execute.
3. The report displays the stock age for vehicles selected in the variant. This figure, displayed in the Stock Age column for the selected vehicles, is the difference in days between the goods receipt date and the date entered.

• To calculate stock age by scheduling a batch job, run transaction SM36, then execute the report /DBE/VEHI_STOCK_AGEING in the background.