Generic Articles and POS

Hi
I have created Generic articles using variants,
1)Are there EANs are different for each variants or how POS system works for single material code(Is it single EAN for all vaiants?)
2) Do i need any POS configuration for generic articles to send to POS via outbound profile or its works like single aritlce
3) Give me how exatly generic articles works with respect to POS system.
thanks
Satish

Hi I am not able to see Brand field in article > basic data view.
In spro Maintain Field Selection for Data Screens, i made field activation, created brand in edit brands
but when i saving the artilce, its give data posting error log,
Error - The field 'Brand' is defined as a required field; it does not contain an entry MARA-BRAND_ID
How to resolve this
regards
satish

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Hello Expert,
I create a normal purchase order with generic article and variants.
Then, I do goods receipt with full quantity.
Delivery completed indicator is automatic set 'X' on variant items.
But with generic article, Delivery completed indicator is not set 'X'.
Do I miss any configuration ?
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Hi Minh,
as far as I know, this is a normal system behaviour and not an error or missing configuration.
The generic article in the goods receipt has a statistical character. No goods receipt can take place for the generic article. The goods receipt only takes place for the variants of the generic article and so the delivery completed indicator only gets set for the variants and not for the generic article.
Hope it helps.
Regards
Tobias

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A011125A10090     KAR     48     1      33
A011125A10091     KAR     48     1      33
A011125A10092     KAR     48     1      33
A011125A10093     KAR     48     1      33
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A011125B10591     KAR     48     1      33
A011125B10592     KAR     48     1      33
A011125B10593     KAR     48     1      33
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A011125W10091     KAR     48     1      33
A011125W10092     KAR     48     1      33
A011125W10093     KAR     48     1      33
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MATNR           MEINH   UMREZ   UMREN BRGEW
A011125             KAR     48     1      34
A011125A10090     KAR     48     1      34
A011125A10091     KAR     48     1      34
A011125A10092     KAR     48     1      34
A011125A10093     KAR     48     1      33
A011125B10590     KAR     48     1      34
A011125B10591     KAR     48     1      33
A011125B10592     KAR     48     1      33
A011125B10593     KAR     48     1      34
A011125W10090     KAR     48     1      34
A011125W10091     KAR     48     1      33
A011125W10092     KAR     48     1      34
A011125W10093     KAR     48     1      34
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Please open a customer message with the detail data, so I will have a look at your system.
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1)Single Article has available in Liquid and Solid, so how to configre this. whats is step.
2)How to maintain pricing for Generic articles, suppose , Shirt red with 42size is 10$ and Blue with 40 size is 8$.
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satish c wrote:
> 1)Single Article has available in Liquid and Solid, so how to configre this. whats is step.
>
> 2)How to maintain pricing for Generic articles, suppose , Shirt red with 42size is 10$ and Blue with 40 size is 8$.
>
> 3) I have generic article- Shirt with Red and blue colour,During Order entry if want to enter shirt with red colour 10 qty and blue 20 qty, how to choose the material code, is there any seperte material codes for
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Hi,
MM Process flow:
The typical procurement cycle for a service or material consists of the following phases:
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6. Goods Receiving and Inventory Management
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7. Invoice Verification
The system supports the checking and matching of invoices. The accounts payable clerk is notified of quantity and price variances because the system has access to PO and goods receipt data. This speeds the process of auditing and clearing invoices for payment.
Common Tables used by SAP MM:
Below are few important Common Tables used in Materials Management Modules:
EINA Purchasing Info Record- General Data
EINE Purchasing Info Record- Purchasing Organization Data
MAKT Material Descriptions
MARA General Material Data
MARC Plant Data for Material
MARD Storage Location Data for Material
MAST Material to BOM Link
MBEW Material Valuation
MKPF Header- Material Document
MSEG Document Segment- Material
MVER Material Consumption
MVKE Sales Data for materials
RKPF Document Header- Reservation
T023 Mat. groups
T024 Purchasing Groups
T156 Movement Type
T157H Help Texts for Movement Types
MOFF Lists what views have not been created
A501 Plant/Material
EBAN Purchase Requisition
EBKN Purchase Requisition Account Assignment
EKAB Release Documentation
EKBE History per Purchasing Document
EKET Scheduling Agreement Schedule Lines
EKKN Account Assignment in Purchasing Document
EKKO Purchasing Document Header
EKPO Purchasing Document Item
IKPF Header- Physical Inventory Document
ISEG Physical Inventory Document Items
LFA1 Vendor Master (General section)
LFB1 Vendor Master (Company Code)
NRIV Number range intervals
RESB Reservation/dependent requirements
T161T Texts for Purchasing Document Types
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RFQ to Vendor - ME41
Raising Quotation - ME47
Comparison of Price - ME49
Creation of PO - ME21N
Goods Receipt - MIGO
Invoice (Bill PAssing) - MIRO
Goods Issue - MB1A
Physical Inventory - MI01( Create doc)
MI04 (Enter Count)
MI07 (Post)
Also please check this links.
http://www.sapgenie.com/sapfunc/mm.htm
http://www.sap-basis-abap.com/sapmm.htm
SD Process Flow:
The sales documents you create are individual documents but they can also form part of a chain of inter-related documents. For example, you may record a customers telephone inquiry in the system. The customer next requests a quotation, which you then create by referring to the inquiry. The customer later places an order on the basis of the quotation and you create a sales order with reference to the quotation. You ship the goods and bill the customer. After delivery of the goods, the customer claims credit for some damaged goods and you create a free-of-charge delivery with reference to the sales order. The entire chain of documents the inquiry, the quotation, the sales order, the delivery, the invoice, and the subsequent delivery free of charge creates a document flow or history. The flow of data from one document into another reduces manual activity and makes problem resolution easier. Inquiry and quotation management in the Sales Information System help you to plan and control your sales.
Transaction Codes:
Inquiry - VA11/VA12/VA13
Quotation - VA21/VA22/VA23
Sales Order - VA01/VA02/VA03
Delivery - VL01N/VL02N/VL03N
Billing/Invoicing - VF01/VF02/VF03
Also please check this links.
http://www.sapgenie.com/sapfunc/sd.htm
http://www.sap-basis-abap.com/sapsd.htm
http://www.sapgenie.com/abap/tables_sd.htm
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operation is routing (lead time scheduling data is got from routing). In the MRP Run,basic or lead time scheduling (need to know when to start/finish date)
is done. On creation of the production order, system checks for which BOM and routing to be picked up (if there are many routings or BOM for that particular
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