Item category TAS

Hello Gurus,
Item category TAS is used for Third-Party Processing, but The indicator for the automatic creation of purchase orders has not been set for item category TAS. how can we this item category for Third-Party Processing ?
Many Thanks!

Hi
The control in TAS Item category is for automatic creation of Purchase Order only(after automatic creation of PR) and not for creating Purchase Requisition. The PR is crated automatically based on the settings in Schedule lines.
Please go thro the F1 help for the field Automatic PO creation in TAS....
Create purchase order automatically:
If you activate this field, the system automatically generates both a purchase order requisition for third-party schedule lines as well as a purchase order in the background when you save the sales order. This function has been designed for Application Link Enabling (ALE) but you can also use it when working with distributed systems.
Thanks,
Ravi

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Check the item category configuration for TAS. It does not have the tick for 'Item relevance for delivery'.
This can be seen in the following path:
IMG > Sales and distribution > Sales > Sales documents > Sales document item > Maintain item categories.
The idea of having a 3rd party sale (with item category TAS) is that the item is directly delivered from your vendor to customer. When you perform goods receipt of the PO, it will not ask for a storage location, since the product does not enter the plant premises.
This is a one step method to dispatch goods directly. Hence the outbound delivery is not required once GR is done. The next step is to enter a vendor invoice followed by customer billing document.
If you check the accounting part of the GR material document it will be
Cost of goods sold DR
GR/IR clearing account CR
However, in your case, since the material is a FOC, there should not be an accounting document, and hence no vendor invoice verification / customer billing.
In standard, the item category TAS is relevant for billing. Hence if you do not require billing (being FOC), I suggest you use another item category (a copy of TAS) without billing relevance. I guess everything else should fall in place.
Regards,
Aroop

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I am customizing third party process. I copied item category TAS and schedule line category CT. Ideally this item category is relevant for order related billing. I changed it to delivery related billing so that I can combine this item with other items(TAN,TAK) into one invoice during billing. At PGI for item with item category TAS, a new document called confirmation of service appears in the document flow. Where does this document come from? When I click on it, a message appears that no document exists, why is that so? How do I set the number range for this document and where do I locate it since it is not in the sales document types in SPRO?
Thank you in advance and looking forward to your answers

Dear Benjamin
Why you take CT instead of CS here--can you please brief us.
Normally this second letter "T" used for No-Inventory management.
(In third party Inventories cannot be--made you to think like)
But Please compare AT/BT/CT Vs CS--you will get the underlying problem of field which are compulsary in Third party processing..(like order type,Account assignment category)
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Can anyone advise the follolwing?
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Peter

Hi
You have mentioned about the third party process and also mentioning about intercompany invoice. Considering that you are asking about the third party process I'm giving the below reply..
This is controlled by the Billing Relevance field in the item category. Here if we specify F - then the system checks for the vendor invoice quantity(MIRO). If you select the value B - then the system will allow you to do invoice without checking for the vendor invoicing.
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It appears that the standard extractor for 2LIS_11_V_SCL is not passing Sales Order quantites when the item category is TAS (third party processing). Can someone tell me why and is anyone one aware of a note that can be applied, so that we do capture this information.
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So it sounds like you are doing Free Third Party Order Processing, but I am not clear on what you have written.
Are you saying it sounds like what I have done with item and scheduled line is correct? Or do you need to understand further what I have done?
Also I think you are saying we can create a PO where we can assign a GL without a cost element . . . How is that possible? Is there a setting in configuration that allows for this situation that you can enter the GL you want?
Also, if this is possible. Once we create the PO, and then do the Invoice Verification . . . will the sales order automatically close or is there another step to close the order . . . since no billing to close it?
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Hi Jay,
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Hi Friends,
Our requirement is as follows
We have 1 sales org like Z111 and 2 distribution channels like dist chan Z1 and Z2, we want a material say for eg "material A" should be 3rd party item by assigning item category grp "BANS" in sales org Z111 and dist chan Z1. The same material i.e, "material A" should be standard item by assigning "NORM" in sales org Z111 and dist chan Z2.
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First check in your CRM system if the material in extended to both the distribution channels.
Tcode: COMMPR01
Sale org tab should have entry for dist chan Z1 and Z2.
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Click on Z2 and maintain iten cat grp : NORM
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IMG > CRM > transactions > basic settings > define item category determination
transaction type: ZORD
item category group: BANS
item category: TAS
transaction type: ZORD
item category group: NORM
item category: TAN
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Item category in Third party

Hi Friends,
When iam trying to assign the item category (VOV4)for a manual requirement the system triggers the error -
An entry already exists with the same key.
OR + NORM + + = TAN+ TAS
But i checked the entries its not existing ...even i tried to change the item category to TAS manually in the sales order....its not allowed.
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Process Flow for 3rd Party Sales
Customize the third party sales in summary:
1. Create Vendor XK01
2. Create Material Material Type as "Trading Goods". Item category group as "BANS".
3. Assign Item Category TAS to Order type that you are going to use.
4. A sale order is created and when saved a PR is generated at the background
5. With reference to SO a PO is created (ME21N). The company raises PO to the vendor.
6. Vendor delivers the goods and raises bill to company. MM receives the invoice MIRO
7. Goods receipt MIGO
8. Goods issue
9. The item cat TAS or Schedule line cat CS is not relevant for delivery which is evident from the config and,   therefore, there is no delivery process attached in the whole process of Third party sales.
10. Billing      *-- Seema Dhar
SD - 3rd party sales order Create Sales Order
VA01
      Order Type
      Sales org, distr chnl, div
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      Sold to
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      Material
      Quantity
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SD - 3rd party sales order View the PR that is created with a third party sales order
VA01
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      Item ->Schedule Item
SD - 3rd party sales order View the PR that is created
ME52N
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      Save
SD - 3rd party sales order Assign the PR to the vendor and create PO
ME57
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      Execute
      Check the box next to the material
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SD - 3rd party sales order Receive Goods
MIGO_GR
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      DN Number
      Batch tab , click on classification
      Serial Numbers tab
      Date of Production
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      Check, just in case
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SD - 3rd party sales order Create Invoice
MIRO
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      Check the box
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      Invoice Number
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SD - 3rd party sales order Create a delivery order
VL01N
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SD - 3rd party sales order Create a billing document
VF01
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      Enter
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Reward if it is helpful,
Regards,
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Item category TAC in grad Mode in sales Order

Hi all,
I am creating sales order with reference to sales contract but at the time of sales order we don't have enoff stock to deliver to customer , so we have deiced to Third party sales process
But the problem is while creating a sales order with reference to Sales contract the line item of the sales order in grad Mode ( Not changeable mode )
Can any one guide me how sales order line item should be in active mode so i can change the Item category as a TAS third party item category
Help me regards this
Thanks
Rajesh

Hi,
The item category is defined by SO type, item category group, usage and item category of the higher level item. pl check the path SPRO-IMG-sales and distribution-sales-sales document item-assign item categories...execute....check in the item category assignment overview which item categories are allowed for the combination of order type,item category group, usage and higher level itemcategory. if only one item category is maintained then add the other item categories that you want to be manually entered for this combination in the field MItCa.upto 11 manually allowed item categories can be maintained. I think for your order type is WV.pl check whether only dfltc field is populated in the table for the combination. otherwise add the item category TAS in the MLtCa field.
However, pl note that if there are subsequent documents, you will not be able to change the item category for the sales order(it will be greyed out).
Hope this helps....
Regards,
Vijay kumar
Edited by: vijay kumar on Jun 18, 2009 12:27 PM

3rd party sales item category problem

Hi,
I have configured the third party sales in the system and complited all the processess up to migo.
Now i am trying to do customer invoice but system shows that item not relevent for billing i have set billing relevence 'F' in item category please can any one suggest me what may be reason.
Thanking you!
Rudra

Third party item cat billing relevance is F
F: Order-related billing doc. - status according to invoice quantity
Relevant for order-related billing documents based on the invoice receipt quantity (third-party business transaction). The system transfers the order into the billing due list only after the vendor invoice has been received and processed in the purchasing department. After the receipt of each invoice, a customer invoice is created for the quantity that appears on the vendor invoice. The order has status "Billed" until the next vendor invoice is received.
Item category TAS (Third party item) is set up with billing relevance "F" in the standard system.
And Go to and check copying control setting by using tcode VTFA and select your combination and to go item level.
Select your item category TAS and check these settings.
-Copying requirement should be 012 which is order related 3rd party item.
-Billing quantity F.
-Pos/neg quantity can be +.
-Pricing type can be G/D.
-Now again try to create your billing document.
Thanks & Regards
JP

Message no. V1321 - Item category ALES is not defined for this item

Hi,
I am trying to use ALES - Item Category for creation of the Sales Order. But i am getting this eerror message as Item category ALES is not defined for this item. Please let me know the config changes that i need to do to use this Item Category.
Thanks in Advance !!

To maintain the item category for a sales order type first you have to assign the item category in SPRO.
SPRO>Sales & Distribution>Sales>Sales Documents>Sales Document Item>Assign item categories.
In the screen Change view Item category assignement:overview screen
select your sales document type + ItemcategorygroupUsageHigherLevel Item category
Then you have to maintain Default item category and Manual item category.
Default item category will be proposed by the system when you enter a material in sales order. You can change the item category to any one of the manual item category maintained above.
For e.g.: You are creating a thrid party sales order. Default item category is TAN, if manual item category is maintained as TAS for this combination of sales document type + ItemcategorygroupUsageHigherLevel Item category and then system will allow you to change item category to TAS. If this is not maintained then system will give you an error as"Item category TAS is not defined for this item".
Again depending the item category further acitivites will be carried in SAP, like in third party item (TAS) PR screen will be displayed.
Thanks,
Sarvesh Desai
Edited by: Sarvesh DeSai on Jan 11, 2012 7:08 AM

Diff between TAN and TAS item category

hi
wht is the diffrence between TAN and TAS item category and how to configure during implementation stage.
Thnaks

Hello,
Main difference between TAN and TAS is, TAN is relevent for delivey and TAS is not relevent for delivery.
TAN is used in normal business process and TAS is used in third party process.
In the item category determination it will be like
OR -- NORM--> TAN --> TAS
OR --> BANS --> TAS.
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All,
I am utilizing item category ALEN during my sales order creation process. ALEN is set up with "create purchase order automatically" flag. I am utilzing schedule line CB and I have maintained the order type NB, item category is 0 and acct. assign category is M. When I save the sales order, the purchase requisition is being created, but no purchase order. In fact, it doesn't seem to be even pulling against the data maintained in OVX5 (See below). I have read OSS note 332475 and I have followed those instructions, but my PO is not being generated.
One other question - when the ALE data is input for the sales organization (t-code OVX5), what have others input when the vendor, purchasing org and plant can vary (meaning, at times we transfer from plant A to plant B; then for the same sales organization, we transfer from plant B to plant A. Maintaining just one vendor against the same sales organization does not make sense to me as it will change depending upon the sourcing and receiving plants for the same sales org.
I have performed a search in OSS on Third Party Order Processing when it relates to individual purchase orders and how to properly configure when using ALEN and TAB - very little information to be found. I can find a great deal of information on third party processing when it relates to the utilization of TAS and ALES item category.
Any insights or areas to check would be very greatful.
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All,
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Sandy

Redetermination of item category in deliveries

Hi,
Let me explain with an example i have sales order with item category TAN and when i do delivery i want the item category should redetermine as TAS(example)
what are all the setting in need to do?
Please guide me its really urgent for me.
Thanks alot
Sridhar B

Hi,
Delivery Item category is determined based on the Delivery type assigned to your sales document, Item category group from the material master.
So if u want to redetermine the delivery type in the sales order, go to
Spro, Logistics execution, Shipping, Deliveries, Define Item Category determination in deliveries.
Here assign Item category to the combination of ur delivery type, Item category group. Then that item category will be determined automatically.
Reward points if it is helpful,
Regards,
Sree

Unable to Change Item Category in Sales order

Hi all,
I am creating sales order with reference to sales contract but at the time of sales order we don't have en off stock to deliver to customer , so we have deiced to Third party sales process
But the problem is while creating a sales order with reference to Sales contract the line item of the sales order in grad Mode ( Not changeable mode )
Can any one guide me how sales order line item should be in active mode so i can change the Item category as a TAS third party item category
Help me regards this
Thanks
Rajesh

hi,
You can the item category field (VBAP-PSTYV) editable , if item is configurable (item category TAC), then change item category to TAS.
by using include MV45AFZZ - FORM USEREXIT_FIELD_MODIFICATION.
when screen 4001 or 4003.
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