3464008 - IBP: Incorrect ABC Segmentation results for cumulative percentage that passes thresholds

Symptom

It has been run a ABC Segmentation By Pareto principle (sorted and cumulated %) and it was observed the generated classification results are not as expected, as the example below:

ABC Segments

Threshold A = 80%
Threshold B = 10%
Threshold C = 9%
Threshold D = 1%

Classification Results

Product ID	Attribute for ABC Result	Key Figure	APR 2024	% OF TOTAL	CUMULATIVE %
Product A1	A	SAP IBP Test	300	20%	75%
Product A2	A	SAP IBP Test	300	20%	76%
Product A3	A	SAP IBP Test	300	20%	77%
Product A4	A	SAP IBP Test	300	20%	78%
Product B1	A	SAP IBP Test	300	20%	79%
Product B2	A	SAP IBP Test	300	20%	80%
Product B3	A	SAP IBP Test	300	20%	81%
Product B4	A	SAP IBP Test	300	20%	82%
Product C1	A	SAP IBP Test	300	20%	83%
Product C2	A	SAP IBP Test	300	20%	84%
Product C3	A	SAP IBP Test	300	20%	85%

It is expected the Products B2, B3, B4, C1, C2 and C3 to be classified as segment B, however, the referred products are being classified as segment A.

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Environment

SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM)
SAP Sales and Operations Planning (SCM-SOP)
SAP Integrated Business Planning (SCM-IBP)

Product

SAP Integrated Business Planning all versions

Keywords

IBP, ABC, segmentation, pareto, cumulative, percentage, thresholds , KBA , SCM-IBP-DM-SEG , Segmentation , How To

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