Consignment MM-SD

Question

Hi all,
I have 2 companies, the company A send material in consignment to company B and this sales it.
The company B settles the goods issues (trx MRKO) and this process creates a credit memo to company A.
The company A finishes with the billing that creates an invoice to company B.
I want to know what have to consider about the billing in both processes (MM and SD), because in this case I would have 2 legal document (credit memo of company B and invoice of company A) of the same materials.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Anibal,
In MRKO you are settling for the goods you received that means you are posting an auto invoice in company B (assuming that your info records and contracts are maintained correctly with the correct prices) as if you have got a invoice from the company A
I think you are incorrectly understanding that this is an invoice that is going from A to B agian. The document generated in MRKO is equivalent to one we get in MIRO which goes to AP(payables) of company B to settle with AR(receivables) of A.
From SAP Help,
The use of consignment and pipeline settlement reduces the cost of stockholding in the company by:
Reducing the flow of paper and administration work
Minimizing transport costs by using collective transports
And, for a modest capital tie-up, increased security of supply is guaranteed with minimal inventory levels and short lead times
Features
You do not expect an invoice from the vendor for goods withdrawals from consignment stocks or a pipeline. Instead you settle posted withdrawals and return deliveries yourself and send the vendor a statement of the settlement. You can perform this settlement periodically in the background. The following documents can be involved:
Invoices
Credit memos
Consignment settlement is connected to message determination. As a result, you can define a form in Customizing. A message record is created during each settlement. This message record completes the form. Depending on the system settings, you can send this form to the vendor immediately on posting or at a later time.
Note
If you want to change document header data for consignment settlements, use the Business Add-In MRM_MRKO_HDAT_MODIFY. For more information, see the documentation for the Business Add-In.
For further documentation or help on this look at this
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/33/222138c2ebcc46e10000009b38f842/frameset.htm
AH