Contracts or Schedulling agreements.

HI
Which would be better to use for the following if in our example we have the following
The rates are fixed based on the following.
1)Delivery Days
2)Delivery Type u2013 Low Value or maybe High value
3)Delivery Packing u2013 Number of bags
Thats the service we provide in a contract and we deliver to customers branches,

hi there,
why?

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My user asked me if it is possible to use contract or scheduling agreement instead of purchase order for blanket order? (Bulk order, but staggered delivery throughout the year, upon an agreed price).
I know that SAP have contract and scheduling agreement functions but as far as I am aware, we still have to create PO refer to scheduling agreement or contract. I also noticed that in MIGO and MIRO, both the reference document happens to be purchase order. So, how are my users going to do the MIRO and MIGO for scheduling agreement?
Is there anything I can do in config to allow users to do MIGO and MIRO with reference to scheduling agreement instead of purchase order?
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You can use SA docuemnt to do MIGO and MIRO as SAP standard process.
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firstly set the SPRO> MM>Purchasing>set up Subcontractor order>assigning plants to the delivery documet LB
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2. Shipping point has been assigned to the appropriate plant.
3. Maintain shipping conditions in customer master
4. Maintain loading group in material master
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Diff btwn contracts and scheduling agreements????

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Outline agreements in procurement can be 2 types:
Contracts or Scheduling agreements.
Contract is where you have a contract with the vendor,may be a for a predetermined quantity or predefined value. So everytime you need the matl, you need to make PO ref the contract asking for the delivery of the matl. In such instance when PO is ref with contract its called contract release orders or call off orders.
Scheduling agreement is a long term purchase agreement, where you will keep issuing the delivery schedules whenever there is a change in requirement or at predetermined time intervals. The delivery schedule can be on hour/daily/weekly/monthly basis. But it will contain different zones viz. firm/tradeoff/Forecast. Firm zone schedules are confirmed requirement and need to be taken by ordered party. Tradeoff zone requirement is to purchase the raw materails and ordering party is liable to pay raw material cost, in case of requirement cancellation. Forecast zone requirement is to help the vendor to plan his requirements.
SA is also an agreement with the vendor for the supply of matl, may be a quanity or value. The delivery dates will be maintained in ME38 ref the SA which are called delivery schedules.So you can maintain the delivery schedule and communicate the vendor on Forecase basis or JIT basis. And when you need some more matl then will only create SA deliveries using ME38. SA could be of 2 types:- without release documentation-system will transmit the delivery info to the vendor once you save the document.
With release documentation- after creating the delivery schedules you need to create SA release using ME84.
The main difference between contract and SA is volume of docs generated would be higher in contract since everytime you need to make a PO ref the contract and its time consuming, whereas SA can be integrated with MRP such that it automatically creates delivery schedules during MRP run provided if there is a requirement to the matl.
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Contract or scheduling agreement

Hi friends,
Given a scenario,
how can i decide , whether to use contract or scheduling Agreement.
after reading sap help, i am confused, it gave little difference between both.
Can some one please tell me on what factor or basis , i should decide on Contract or SA.
Thanks.

With regard to Outline Agreement:
1. You can create the centrally contract (cross-plant) where you can maintain different pricing conditions for each and every plant
2. You have to create the Release Order with reference to Outline Agreement.
3. No detailed delivery schedule can be made in the Release Order.
4. No Release documentation is created.
5. Only time-dependent conditions can be created.
6. Some Item Category 'M' and 'W' can be used.
With regard to Scheduling Agreement:
1. The Plant Location must be entered in the Scheduling Agreement.
2. We do not have to create any other purchasing document except for delivery schedule line via Transaction ME38 or MRP running (with the appropriate setting of Source List).
3. Delivery Schedule line items are created subject to your specific requirement.
4. Can create both Scheduling Agreement with and without Release Documentation (subject to the Document Type LP or LPA) with the selection of either FRC or JIT delivery schedule.
5. Either time-dependent or time-independent conditions can be created subject to the customizing in the Document Type of the Scheduling Agreement.
6. Item Category 'M' and 'W' can not be used.
In Other Words Scheduling Agreement is Purely Time Framed. For Eg : Take Automobile Industry. Suppose there is a Requirement of 1000 Auto parts on Every month 1 day based on the Production. Then Using SA they can solve their Problem. A SA Should be created first and Later Delivery Schedule should be maintained in ME38. Based on the Schedule Lines Vendor will send the parts every Month. No Need to give any Release Order etc. It will Reduce the Paper work & Procurement Length.
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Regarding : Contracts and Scheduling Agreements

Hi All SAP Proffessionals,
Can anybody tell me what do we mean by Contracts/Scheduling Agreements?

Hi Mahesh,
A contract is a type of outline purchase agreement against which release orders (releases) can be issued for agreed materials or services as and when required during a certain overall time-frame.
Contracts are of two types:
1. Quantity contracts - Use this type of contract if the total quantity to be ordered during the validity period of the contract is
known in advance.
2. Value contracts - Use this type of contract if the total value of all release orders issued against the contract is not to exceed a certain predefined value.
But a scheduling agreement is a form of outline purchase agreement under which materials are procured on predetermined dates within a certain time period. A scheduling agreement consists of a number of items, for each of which a procurement type is defined. The
The following are the procurement types:
- Standard
- Subcontracting
- Consignment
- Stock transfer
Delivery of the total quantity of material specified in a scheduling agreement item is spread over a certain period in a delivery schedule, consisting of lines indicating the individual quantities with their corresponding planned delivery dates.
Contracts and Scheduling Agreement transaction codes:
Transaction codes:
Contracts: ME31K to ME35K
Scheduling agreements: ME31L to ME35L.
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The uses of PO - Contract and Schedule Agreements

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best regards
Ale

PO is a it's a legal purchasing document used for procuring goods/services from Vendor..
there are various account assignments & Item catogeroies
combinations for which you can procure..
Contract:- It is called outline agreement and used for procurement for longer duration, as it provides you to get discounts based on your requirement.
Sched.Agreement: It is also called outline agreement, used for for procurement for longer duration on specified delivery periods..
The diff between Contract & SA is that ,
for Contract there is no specified time.. we give only period..
ex: I say I need 100 tons of steel from period 01/01/2008 to 31/12/2008..
I may procure the steel as and when required or I may procure
the total Qty of steel on 31/12/2008.
But the SA will have diff schedules for delivery of the material..
we will define the dates & time at which the material needs to be delivered in the SA itself...
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Contracts VS Scheduling Agreements

I have a situation where the business scenarios are totally absorbed within both the Contract and SA document type, but only 1 is to be pursued.
Can someone pls tell me the distinct adv of one over another?
I have done some rudimentary searches and have the basics but I would appreciate more thorough and exhaustive reasons for selection.
sample req:
Documents must be long term, releases issued against the outline agreement, deliveries are a nice to have but can be tied to whenever release scheduled, quantity not of importance but effective supply is, no need for PPV to be measured just so long as deliveries are made by lead time.
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Can anybody tell me about the contract scheduling agreement and when we can suggest our client to go for schedule or contract agreement ?
Pls tell me elaborately .
Also Pls explain me about service order and when can i go for service order . whether it is restricted to AMC ?
Pls explain me elaborately.
pls explain me steps for creating contract or scheduling agreement and service order..........................
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Hi,
Contract is outline purchasing agreement where you have a contract with the vendor,may be a for a predetermined quantity or predefined value. So everytime you need the matl, you need to make PO ref the contract asking for the delivery of the matl. In such instance when PO is ref with contract its called contract release orders or call off orders. So Process are ME01, ME11, ME31K with aggnrement type, ME51,ME21 & MIGO,
Scheduling agreement is a long term purchase agreement, where you will keep issuing the delivery schedules whenever there is a change in requirement or at predetermined time intervals. The delivery schedule can be on hour/daily/weekly/monthly basis. SA is also an agreement with the vendor for the supply of matl, may be a quanity or value. The delivery dates will be maintained in ME38 ref the SA which are called delivery schedules.So you can maintain the delivery schedule and communicate the vendor on Forecase basis or JIT basis. And when you need some more matl then will only create SA deliveries using ME38. SA could be of 2 types:- without release documentation-system will transmit the delivery info to the vendor once you save the document.
With release documentation- after creating the delivery schedules you need to create SA release using ME84.So Process are ME01, ME11, ME31K with aggnrement type, ME38 & MIGO,
Service order or service PO is created with item Category "D" and an account assignment category as per ur requirement. U can not enter ur material here only u have to maintain short text of material. Example: You want to clean the boiler and u given contract to your Vendor. Vendor sends quotation mentioning that Rs.100/hr/Man head. Now how you will measure the cleaning activities of furnace? You can pay to contractor based on the hourly basis/ man head spent in cleaning activities. So in this case create the Purchase Order mentioning "Cleaning" in the short text in Item overview(Acc assignment ' K' or C or P and Item category 'D) and item details " Man Head" Service No , Gross price - Rs.100.00 and unit - hour ( or pick from Service master) and Quantity-number of hours spent by all man head.
The steps to create Service PO are:
1) Maintain Item Category as D & account assignment such as cost center Kor slaes orderC
2) Keep material code field blank.
3) Enter description of service & other fields in the PO Item Overview level. Press Enter.
4) System will prompt you to maintain services at Item Level. Maintain your service master number / service description & other fields (quantity / rate /)
5) Save the PO.
For more follow the links;
For more follow the link;
http://esoadocu.sap.com/socoview(bD1lbiZjPTgwMCZkPW1pbg==)/render.asp?packageid=DBBB6D8AA3B382F191E0000F20F64781&id=EB65A89F1AFD4C46AB61C6161BAF
http://www.sap-img.com/sap-sd/sap-sd-scheduling-agreement-vs-contract.htm
http://www.copacustomhelp.state.pa.us/infopak/nav/procurement/contracting/file1499/index.htm
http://www.sap-img.com/materials/what-is-outline-and-scheduling-agreement.htm
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Contracts/scheduling agreements

Hi,
Could anyone suggest me some useful links on contracts/ scheduling agreements?
Thanks in advance
Aparna

Dear,
Outline agreements in procurement can be 2 types:
Contracts or Scheduling agreements.
Contract is where you have a contract with the vendor,may be a for a predetermined quantity or predefined value. So everytime you need the matl, you need to make PO ref the contract asking for the delivery of the matl. In such instance when PO is ref with contract its called contract release orders or call off orders.
Scheduling agreement is a long term purchase agreement, where you will keep issuing the delivery schedules whenever there is a change in requirement or at predetermined time intervals. The delivery schedule can be on hour/daily/weekly/monthly basis. But it will contain different zones viz. firm/tradeoff/Forecast. Firm zone schedules are confirmed requirement and need to be taken by ordered party. Tradeoff zone requirement is to purchase the raw materails and ordering party is liable to pay raw material cost, in case of requirement cancellation. Forecast zone requirement is to help the vendor to plan his requirements.
SA is also an agreement with the vendor for the supply of matl, may be a quanity or value. The delivery dates will be maintained in ME38 ref the SA which are called delivery schedules.So you can maintain the delivery schedule and communicate the vendor on Forecase basis or JIT basis. And when you need some more matl then will only create SA deliveries using ME38. SA could be of 2 types:- without release documentation-system will transmit the delivery info to the vendor once you save the document.
With release documentation- after creating the delivery schedules you need to create SA release using ME84.
The main difference between contract and SA is volume of docs generated would be higher in contract since everytime you need to make a PO ref the contract and its time consuming, whereas SA can be integrated with MRP such that it automatically creates delivery schedules during MRP run provided if there is a requirement to the matl.
Visit : http://help.sap.com/saphelp_srm30/helpdata/en/7d/0a093f7c392e5ae10000000a114084/content.htm
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Syed Hussain.

Quantity contracts/ Scheduling Agreements

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I am working on a special business scenario.
To do this I need to invoice the "quantity contract" or "scheduling agreement". I know itu2019s not possible in standard but is there anyway where I can invoice the quantity contract or scheduling agreement? With modifications and maintaining copying control I can do the invoice to the contracts but I know I canu2019t run MRP. Is there any possibility where I can run MRP for Quantity contracts? Both the steps (Invoice and MRP) should configure to run the functionality.
My next query is how I can save outline agreement with out mentioning the dates and quantity.
I know the questions I raised look strange but itu2019s very useful to my business process if I can configure above items.
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Hi,
My req also similar to yours.
Customer place the req- with or without delivery dates.
In this case,initially i started luking for quantity contract. but both with r without delivery dates, I cant maintain in contracts.moreover this contracts,we cant run MRP & cant create billing too (as its not rel for billing )
then i look for the scheduling agreement,
In std SAP,you cant create agreement without qtty,because agreement will have pricing procedure applicable. without qtty pricing will be "zero"- then system wont allow to save the agreement.
for me, Scheduling agreement working fine,
I can use this with or without delivery dates & with or without qtty. this req will be transferred for MRP run.
Just analyze, why you need to create agreement without qtty- will solve ur issue.
in my case,
Customer can receive the goods irrespective of ordered qtty. means its considered as open order all the time until the validity period completes. But the pricing will be mentioned in agreement.But without qtty we cant have pricing.So i entered the max-X qtty in agreement started creating delivery with ref to this agreement. In delivery item cat -checked"over delivery allowed"- So irrespective of the order qtty i can delivery as per customer req & the same delivered qtty n price will be copied at the time of invoice creation.
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Scheduling Agreement - Conditions not getting copied from Contracts

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Requirement: Global outline agreements with scale prices will be created in SRM which will be into ECC as Contracts. Scheduling agreements will be created referecing the Contracts and the conditions with the scale prices needs to be copied into the scheduling agreement.
Issue: We could create Global outline agreements in SRM and are getting replicated into ECC as contracts successfully. Conditions and the scale prices are not getting copied into the Scheduling agreement from the Contracts.
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Hi,
I couldnt reach out a solution for this problem.
SRM Version: SRM 5.0
Yes. We create Scheduling agreements referencing the contracts.
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Scheduling Agreement in SAP SPM

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2) Where can we find the schema file for SAGREEMENT as it is not available in the standard MASTER DATA schema file
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