Make to Order Repetitve Manufacturing Restrictions
Dear All,
Does anybody know that the reasons behind the restrictions of Make to Order Repetitive Mfg in SAP?
Restrictions like :
1- Impossibility of reporting point backflushing despite of MTS Rep Mfg
2- Impossibility of component/activity backflushing despite of MTS Rep Mfg
I am working as a PP consultant in a SAP implementation project for a car manufacturer and we choose the MTO Rep Mfg as our manufacturing scenario, but we need to track the production.
Is there any suggestion for handling these restrictions in MTO Rep Mfg?
Your support is greatly appreciated
Thanks in advance
Rouhollah
Hi Rajesha,
Thank you for your reply,
The car manufacturer, that we are implementing SAP for it, produces the vehicles with make to order strategy,
and according to the nature of its production, we decide to use MTO repetitive manufacturing and configurable material for their sap architecture, but there are some limitation in MTO Rep Mfg.
For example:
It is needed to track the vehicle from start to end of production,and the standard way of satisfying this requirement is using of reporting point backflushing, but this feature is not supported in MTO Rep Mfg despite of MTS Rep Mfg (that supports the reporting point backflushing). How we can handle this requirement without using the reporting point? and I'd like to know the reason behind this limitation.
Do you have any idea about this problem?
Thanks,
Rouhollah
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Transactional flow right from creating sale order - (production steps) - goods reciept to FG storage location and delivery. Step by step with Tcodes.
Also Kindly provide Configuration for the above.
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[Make-to-Order Repetitive Manufacturing |http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/ae/78c536c54c11d1a68c0000e83235d4/frameset.htm]
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G. Lakshmipathi -
Hi Gurus, Our problem is as follows,
We have two plants A and B. some materials are produced in A and some are produced in B. we use strategy group 22 for make to order production. materials are always delivered from plant B. so when we load a sales order we always enter B as plant as it is delivered from B.As some materials are manufactured in Plant A and they start manufacturing only when we recieve a sales order as it is make to order material.
1)material master settings for Plant B and Plant A have strategy group 22 in MRP3 screen.
2) MMR (Material master) for Plant B in MRP 2 is External procurement and special procurement key is stock trnasfer from Plant A to Plant B.
3) MMR for Plant A in MRP2 Screen is Inhouse Production (E) and MRP3 screen has strategy group 22.
Problem arises when we load a sales order it creates a production order in Plant B and production people in Plant B complain to reload in Plant A as that material is manufactured in Plant A.
And as i said before the delivering plant is always Plant B. so if we change the plant from B to A in sales order it is ok for Production cycle but in reality Plant B is delivering plant.
So gurus, am i missing any settings or need to check any thing in MTO configuration. How to avoid this problem as this happens always.
Also as suggested in earler thread i have tried changing in MRP2 screen for special procurement as 80 (production in alternate plant) but still it did not solve problem.
Is there any setting that we can restrict a production order to a particular plant so that when we load sales order with plant B and production order raised in Plant A.
Please if anyone have come across similar situation before advise me gurus and will be thankful to you.
Thanks in advance gurus,
Nathan.Hi Nathan,
Just a quick thought, check in the order BOM, the special procurement key maintained.
Check & revert.
Regards,
Vivek
Added
In Plant A: MMR setup
- Set the Mixed MRP Indicator = 1 (Required setting)
- Set plng strategy as 40 (Just a suggestion)
In Plant B: MMR setup
- Special Procurement type = 40 {Stock Transfer from Plant A}. (Required setting)
After the above setup, run MRP & it should be OK.
Hope the above resolves the issue.
Edited by: Vivek on Feb 22, 2009 12:04 PM -
MAKE TO ORDER AND VARAINT CONFIGURATION
Hi firends,
What is the difference between MAKE TO ORDER and VARAINT CONFIGURATION PROCESS, in which scenarios we are using both topics. Can any one explain about steps for make to order and variant configuration. i need complete process.PLS REFER LIN BELOW
Make-to-Order (MTO)
Purpose
The planning strategies explained in this section are designed for the production of a material for a specific individual sales order. In other words, you do not want to produce finished products until you receive a sales order. This means that make-to-order strategies always support a very close customer-vendor relationship, because your sales orders are closely linked to production.
The same relationship exists between the sales order and production that exists in a make-to-order environment. Make-to-order is also used in the following environments.
Production using variant configuration
Assemble-to-order
Prerequisites
Choose a make-to-order strategy, if:
The materials are segregated. In other words, they are uniquely assigned to specific sales orders.
Costs must be tracked at sales order level and not on material level.
Make-to-order strategies should always be combined with lot-size key EX (lot-for-lot. Rounding values should not be used. If you maintain rounding values, they have no effect due to the make-to-order properties of these strategies.
Process Flow
There are extensive options that enable you to procure components especially for specific sales order items.
You may, however, want to use a different planning strategy to procure components without sales orders. This allows you to keep your replenishment lead time to a minimum. You can do this by:
Planning on the basis of the finished product (see Planning Without Final Assembly (50) or Planning with a Planning Material (60))
Planning at component level (see Strategies for Planning Components)
Using consumption-based or Kanban-controlled components
Customer stock can exist on any BOM level. See Stockkeeping at Different BOM Levels for more information.
Because production is closely linked to sales orders, this results in a customer section in the stock/requirements list.
Unplanned goods receipts (such as returns) cannot, as a rule, be used for other sales orders, even if they are in working order, unless they are adapted to meet a customer's needs.
In the basic make-to-order strategy, Make-to-Order Production (20), no specific product structures are required. This means that it does not matter if the material has a BOM or not. The material can be produced in-house, or it can be procured externally. No planning is involved in this strategy.
Planning Without Final Assembly (50) and Planning with a Planning Material (60) do require a specific product structure (i.e. a BOM, which means materials are always produced in-house). These planning strategies assume that you want to plan procurement (production or purchasing) of your components by planning the finished products. This means that you need to have a fairly stable demand for your finished products. If, however, you can plan more easily at component level than at finished product level, see Strategies for Planning Components.
Make to order production
1. Make to order production means that the materials (finished products) are not stored in the warehouse but produced especially for a particular sales order or a sales order item. An individual customer requirement is generated from the sales order item and transferred to materials planning (MM/PP). You can use materials planning to plan requirements. Once this has been done, production is carried out. After the product has been manufactured, you post it by goods receipt to sales orders stock specifically for this sales order item. As soon as the delivery is due, you can enter the delivery in SD and post goods issue which reduces the sales order stock and then a billing document can be entered.
2. The item category in the sales document is found using the sale document type and the item category group from the material master found on the tab page sales org 2 i.e.
a. sales document type OR
b. item category group 0001
c. item category - TAK
3. MTO without assembly processing the requirement quantity (planned independent requirements), delivery date and configuration specifications are transferred from the sales order to materials planning as an individual customer requirement. A planned order is generated using a planning run where the bills of material are exploded and dependant requirements (i.e. multi-level BOM) for the assemblies and components are generated. As soon as the production starts, a production order is created from the planned order. The system returns the confirmed quantity and delivery date from the production order to the sales order.
4. MTO with assembly processing in this case the individual components for the final product have already been produced. You only need to assemble the components according to the customers wishes. In this process, you only need a one level BOM and generation of dependent requirements is not necessary. In this case no planning run is generated and a production order is created directly from the sales order. The system returns the confirmed quantity and the delivery date from the production order to the schedule lines in the sales order. Any changes made to the confirmed schedule lines or the delivery date is immediately visible in the sales order and/or in the production order.
5. After production department has finished making the material, goods receipt is posted in the sales order stock i.e. special stock which can only be used for a specific sales order. After posting goods issue for outbound delivery, the sales order stock is reduced accordingly.
6. Make-to-order production is a process in which a product is individually manufactured for a particular customer. In contrast to mass production for an unspecified market where a material is manufactured many times, in make-to-order production a material is created only once though the same or a similar production process might be repeated at a later time.
7. You can use make-to-order production: (a) For branches of industry or products where a small quantity of products with a large number of different characteristics are manufactured (b) When a product has to be assembled particularly for a sales order.
8. Stock keeping is not usually carried out for products that are made to order. In companies using make-to-order production, the demand program only determines the production area, in which various variant types are produced. Depending on how you track the costs associated with make-to-order production, there are two ways to process make-to-order items during sales order processing.
(a) Make to order using sales order
(b) Make to order using project system (not relevant for SD application)
9. for make to order production using the sales order, all costs and revenues involved for an order item are held collectively at that item. A particular rule is used that can be changed manually to transfer costs to profitability analysis.
10. make to order production is largely a production planning configuration. It is also controlled by the requirements type, which is determined by three things
the strategy group (MRP 3) in MMR
the MRP group (MRP1) in MMR
the item category and MRP type (MRP 1)
11. Make-to-order production is controlled by the requirements type. The requirements type is determined on the basis of the MRP group (MRP1) and the strategy group (MRP3) in the material master record. In addition, a plant must be assigned for make-to-order items in the sales order.
VARIENT CONFIGURATION
Variant configuration is for manufacturing complex products in which customer determines the features of the product. Objective of variant configuration is to react quickly to customers' requirements.
Here it needs not to create separate material for each variant of a product. When companies introduce variant configuration this often goes beyond a business process re-engineering project.
1 Variant configuration offers an opportunity to restructure product structures for which then processes are defined. This has a direct impact to the core areas such as marketing and product data management.
2 Advantages of VC
· No need to Create separate material master for each variant combination.
· Super BOM and Super Routing is enough for representing all possible Variants and Operations.
· Able to react more flexible to customer demands.
· Increase Information exchange between sales, engineering and production.
3 What is Configurable Material?
· A material with different features or characteristics and options is known as configurable material. Example: PC, Car.
· Configurable materials are either created in a material type that allows the configuration (n the standard system, the material type KMAT) or they are given the indicator Configurable in the material master record.
4 Master Data used for VC
Following Objects are used as Master data for Variant configuration.
1. Super BOM
2. Super Routing
3. Characteristic
4. Class
5. Object Dependencies
6. Configuration Profile
7. SD Condition records
4.1 Super BOM
Super BOM Contains all the components for producing configurable product. It contains both variant as well as non-variant parts required for producing configurable product.
4.1.1 Super BOM configuration
Super BOM can be created either one of the following methods.
· Create BOM with class Item of 200-class type that contains all characteristic of a configurable material.
· Create BOM with all possible materials as its components. Then assign /define dependencies to each component.
The different between these two methods is
· BOM with class item, no need to assign or define object dependencies. Instead of that each material is classified in material master itself using class 200.
· For both cases all characteristics are assigned to class 300 which is again assigned to KMAT material in order to trigger configuration in configuration profile.
4.1.2 Super BOM with Class Item
Class items used to control the selection of variant parts in a BOM. Variant parts are classified in a class, and the class is entered in the BOM as a class item. When you configure the material, the class is replaced by a suitable variant part.
4.1.3 Advantages of using Class Item in BOM
· Only one item for the class is enough, instead of several items for the individual variant parts.
· No need to create and assign selection conditions.
· Able to classify additional objects in the class at any time, without having to change the BOM.
4.1.4 Steps involved in super BOM with Class
Define all Characteristics and its Values assign it to Class with type 200.
Assign characteristic Values to materials by Classification material
Assign class 200 with material instead of assigning all BOM items.
Create and Assign class 300 (with same characteristics) with configurable product using configuration profile.
4.1.5 Super BOM with Material Components
This bill of material (BOM) of a configurable material contains all the components that are required to manufacture the material. The BOM contains components that are only used in specific variants (variant parts), as well as components that are used in all variants (non-variable parts).
4.1.6 Steps involved in super BOM with Material Components
Define all Characteristics and its values assign it to Class with type 300.
Assign Class with configurable material in Configuration profile.
BOM is created with all variant and non-variant items.
Define interdependency between objects (Characteristic, BOM item, Routing Operation etc ) by using Object Dependencies.
Assign class 300 with configurable product using configuration profile.
4.2 Super Routing
A configurable routing describes the production process for all variants of a product. Instead of creating a routing for each variant of a product, you can create operations for one routing, or a "super" routing.
It is possible to maintain Object dependencies for following in super routing:
· Sequences
· Operations/sub-operations
· Production resource/tool assignments
The routing is configured by system, when order is created for KMAT material.
4.3 Characteristic
Characteristic is used to define the features of a configurable material. To enable to use characteristics to configure a material, assign the material to a class of class type 300. The customer can choose from among different options for each characteristic.
· Characteristics describe the properties of objects. The values of a characteristic specify these properties.
· Value assignment to characteristic may be single value or multiple value with required entry or restrict able entry.
· In characteristic it is also possible to use table name and its field name in order to change the Object quantity or values. I.e. BOM item quantity or Operation time, which is known as reference characteristic.
· In Restriction screen allowed Class types are entered i.e. for what are the class this characteristic may used. In general for Variant configuration class 200 and 300 are used.
· It is also possible to assign Dependency to characteristic values maintained in Characteristic.
4.4 Variant Class
· In Variant configuration, Class is used to hold the characteristics that describe about configurable material. Class type to determine which object types can be classified.
· Class is used in variant configuration if the class has a class type that supports variant configuration. In Customizing for Classification, the Variant class type indicator must be set for the class type. In the standard system, this is class type 300.
4.5 Dependencies
· Dependencies restricts the combinations of options i.e. characteristic that are not allowed. It also select exactly the right BOM components and operations to produce a variant.
· It also describe the interdependencies between characteristics and characteristic values
· It control which components are selected from a bill of material (BOM) and which operations are selected from a task list
· It also changes the values of fields in BOM items and operations during configuration.
4.5.1 Global and Local Dependencies
Global dependencies have the following properties:
· They are independent of any object.
· They are identified by a name that you assign, and are maintained and managed centrally.
· If you change a global dependency, the change affects all the objects where the dependency is used
Local dependencies have the following properties:
· They are only available to the object for which you create them
· You cannot use the central maintenance functions on these dependencies, and you cannot allocate them to other objects
· They are identified by a number assigned by the system, not an external name
Local dependencies are only used where certain dependency will not be needed elsewhere
The differences between global and local dependencies are as follows:
· Global dependencies are created centrally and can be assigned to several objects.
· Local dependencies are created for one object and can only be used with this object
4.5.2 Declarative and Procedural Dependency
· In Declarative dependencies the result are explained logically
· Declarative dependencies are easier to trace than procedural dependencies, because the point in time when the dependency is processed and the sequence in which the dependencies are processed are not relevant.
· Example for Declarative dependency:
- Constraint
- Actions
- Preconditions (provided that they contain no non-declarative expressions)
- Selection conditions (provided that they contain no non-declarative expressions)
· In Procedural Dependency result depends on the processing sequence and the point in time when the dependency is processed.
- Procedures
- Preconditions (only if they contain non-declarative expressions)
- Selection conditions (only if they contain non-declarative expressions)
4.5.3 Dependencies Types
The SAP System supports the following types of dependencies:
· Preconditions
· Selection conditions
· Procedures
· Actions (obsolete)
· Constraints
4.5.4 Preconditions
Preconditions can be allocated to the following objects:
· A characteristic that you want to hide
· A characteristic value that you want to hide
Preconditions are used to hide characteristics and characteristic values that are not allowed and thereby ensure that the configuration of an object is consistent. In the precondition, it is also possible define the circumstances under which a characteristic or value is hidden.
A precondition is fulfilled if the condition you enter is either true or not violated.
4.5.5 Selection Conditions
Selection conditions used to ensure that all the objects relevant to a variant are selected:
· Selection conditions determine which variants require a specific component or operation
· Selection conditions determine when it is mandatory to assign a value to a characteristic
Selection conditions may allocate to the following objects:
· Characteristics
· BOM items
· Operations in task lists
· Sub-operations
· Sequences of operations
· Production resources/tools (PRTs)
A selection condition is fulfilled if the condition in it is unambiguously true.
4.5.6 Procedure
Procedures can be assigned to the following objects:
· The characteristic value that triggers the procedure
· The characteristic that triggers the procedure
· The configuration profile of the configurable object
Procedure is used for following purposes.
· A procedure is used to infer a value for a characteristic, you enter the variable $SELF before the characteristic.
· Procedures can overwrite values that are set by other procedures.
· Procedures are always used for pricing (see Variant Conditions).
Processing Sequences of Procedure
If an object has more than one procedure, a processing sequence is used to define the point when the procedure is processed.
4.5.7 Action
Actions are used to infer characteristic values. An action is processed as soon as the characteristic to which it is assigned has a value. It is not possible to overwrite the characteristic values that are set by an action.
The following Objects can assign to action:
· The characteristic value that triggers the action
· The characteristic that triggers the action
· The configuration profile of the configurable object
· Configuration profile
· BOM items to change the quantity
· Operations in task lists to change the standard values
Since Action is lead to serious system performance problems, it is replaced by Procedure and Constraint.
4.5.8 Constraint
This dependency type is mainly for intensively interactive configuration tasks and for configuration tasks in which you need to take into account the dependencies between the characteristics of several objects. The main purpose of a constraint is to monitor the consistency of a configuration.
Constraints have the following distinguishing features:
· Constraints are used to describe the dependencies between completely different objects and their characteristics.
· Constraints are used to store information on which conditions must be fulfilled if the configuration is to be consistent.
· Constraints are not directly allocated to individual objects. They are grouped together to form dependency nets and allocated to a configurable material in the configuration profile.
· In constraints, you enter objects in their general form of expression, without using $SELF, $ROOT, or $PARENT to identify objects. As a rule, you refer to objects in constraints by entering the class to which the objects are allocated.
· Constraints are declarative dependencies. The processing sequence of constraints and the point in time when constraints are processed is not relevant.
· Constraints are not processed in a specific order. You cannot determine when a specific constraint is used.
In any processing situation, a constraint is only processed once. If a value that is relevant to the constraint is changed, the constraint is triggered again.
4.5.8.1 Structure of Constraints
There are four sections in a constraint. Each part is identified by a keyword. A colon follows the keyword. Each section ends with a period.
OBJECTS:
In this section, you enter the objects that are relevant to the constraint. You must enter the relevant objects in all constraints. You can also define variables for objects or characteristics.
CONDITION:
The condition entered here must be fulfilled in order for the constraint to be used. You do not need to enter a condition in a constraint. You can leave out the keyword CONDITION: if required. However, if you enter the keyword you must enter a condition.
RESTRICTIONS:
In this section, you enter the relation that must exist between the objects and characteristics if the configuration is to be consistent. You must enter a restriction in a constraint.
INFERENCES:
In this section, you enter the characteristics for which characteristic values are to be inferred. The main purpose of constraints is to check the consistency of a configuration. Usually, values are only inferred if you make an entry in this section.
For reasons of performance, only use constraints to infer values if it is really necessary. Constraints are grouped together to form dependency nets. The dependency net is allocated to a configurable material in the configuration profile.
4.5.9 Dependency Net:
Constraints are grouped together in dependency nets. For this reason, the variant configuration menu does not support a function for creating constraints directly. So that only constraints are defined within a dependency net.
5 Configuration Profile
The configuration profile for a material controls the configuration process in sales order. Configurable profile also used to define central settings for configuring the object. Using this profile it is possible to hide some of the characteristic value defined during characteristic creation. We can assign any number profile for a configurable material in which selection is based on either priority or manual selection during configuration.
By defining a filter in the configuration profile, possible to determine the scope of the BOM items to improve system performance when exploding the BOM. The filter is active in high-level configuration, in result-oriented BOMs, and in SET processing.
5.1 Filters in Configurable Profile
Following objects can be used as filter:
· Object type
Class, material, document, text
In the standard system, all object types are selected and therefore exploded in the configuration. Deselect the object types that you do not want to be displayed.
· Item category, for example, stock or non-stock item
All item categories in the configuration are exploded in the standard system. Remove the selection for the item categories you do not want to be displayed.
· Item status
You maintain the status of a BOM item in maintain BOM dependent on its usage.
All items are displayed regardless of their item status in the standard system. However, only the items with this status are displayed when you select specific item statuses. Items are not displayed that do not have the selected status.
· Sort string
You can assign sort strings for BOM items in maintain BOM. You can restrict the display of the BOM items by using these sort strings.
Only items that carry sort strings are checked and only those that match are displayed. Items that have no sort string are always displayed.
5.2 Component availability in the configuration profile
The availability check is just a snapshot, telling that whether the materials required are in stock at this moment. Several users can access the same material at once. This means that supply problems can sometimes be overlooked.
Example: Only 2 pieces of a material are in stock, but the material is used in 3 BOMs. The availability check does not detect a supply problem. The availability check for all 3 BOMs shows 2 pieces in stock.
5.3 Process Overview
There are different processes for configurable materials in sales documents. These processes can be defined on the Configuration initial screen tab in the configuration profile, by choosing the Configuration parameter tab.
The Process are described in the following scenarios:
Planned/Production orders
This processing type is used to describe variant products whose configurable materials are assembled using planned and production orders. The bill of material (BOM) can have single-level, multi-level, or no explosion.
Sales Order (SET)
This processing type is used to describe variant products that comprise salable configurable materials. These products are supplied together, but are not assembled in a production order. Only sales-relevant BOM items are exploded in the sales order.
Order BOM.
You use this processing type if you want to make customer-specific changes to the BOM of a material that you configure in the sales order. In the sales order, you assign values to the characteristics of the header material, but the BOM is not exploded in the sales order.
6 Material Variant and Planning Material
6.1 Material Variant
· Material Variant is an material that can arises from individual Configuration of a configurable product and can be kept in stock
· For variants that are required frequently, we can create material variants, which can be produced without a sales order and kept in stock. When a sales order is received, it is possible to check whether the variant required is in stock, so that it can deliver immediately.
· For material variants, a separate material master record is created with a material type that is kept in stock.
· Separate BOM and routing for a material variant, or you can link the material variant to the BOM and routing of the configurable material. The correct BOM items and operations are determined from the characteristic values assigned to the variant.
6.2 Planning Material
· Planning Material is a material, which contains all the non-variant parts.
· By using planning material all non-variants are procured / produced before sales order.
· It is also possible for Planing the Planning Materials without reference to any sales requirement.
· Planning material is planned separately using strategy 65 and produced before sales order creation.
7 Planing in VC
The following strategies are used for planning configurable materials and its variant parts.
Make to Order production of Variants
Make to Order for Material Variant. - 26
Planning Variants without final Assembly- 55
Planning Variants with planning Material - 65
Make to order with configurable material.- 25
Characteristic Planning with dependent requirement - 56 and
Assembly Processing with Characteristic Planning - 89
8 Variant Configuration: (Object Diagram)
9 Variant Pricing and Surcharges
9.1 Sales BOM
A bill of material (BOM) describes the different components that together create a product. A BOM for a bicycle, for example, consists of all the parts that make up the bicycle: the frame, the saddle, wheels, and so on.
When you enter the material number of a bill of materials that is relevant for sales order processing, the system displays the material that describes the whole bill of materials as a main item. The individual components are displayed as lower-level items.
There are two ways to process a bill of materials in Sales. Once you have entered a bill of material in a sales order, the system runs pricing, inventory control, and delivery processing at: Main item level if the material is assembled, or - Component level if the material is not assembled.
9.2 Processing at Main Item Level (ERLA)
If you want the system to carry out pricing, inventory control, and delivery processing at main item level, enter ERLA in the Item category group field of the Sales: sales org. 2 screen in the material master record of the finished product. This means that the components only function as text items and are not relevant for delivery.
9.3 Processing at Component Level (LUMF)
If you want the system to carry out pricing, inventory control, and delivery processing at the component level, enter LUMF in the Item category group field of the Sales: sales org. 2 screen in the material master record of the finished product. In this case, only the components are relevant for delivery. During processing the system automatically creates a delivery group. The latest delivery date among all the components becomes the delivery date for the entire delivery group.
10 Configuration of VC
10.1 Production Planning and Control
10.1.1 Creating Material
Use
The purpose of this activity is to create the material masters for the materials required in this scenario.
Procedure
Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
SAP Menu Logistics ® Materials Management ® Material Master ® Material ® Create (General) ® Immediately
Transaction Code MM01
In Material Master of KMAT material following settings are maintained:
· Configurable material indicator in Basic Data must set.
· MRP type is PD.
· Lot size EX ( Lot for lot size)
· Availability check 02
· Planning Strategy 25 is entered in MRP 3 screen view.
· Item category group 0002 or 0004 is to be given in sales view.
10.1.2 Creating Bill of Material
Purpose:
· The purpose of this activity is to create bills of material (BOMs) for the configurable material which is known as super BOM
· Super BOM comprise all the variant as well as non-variant parts required for producing configurable material.
Procedure
1. Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
SAP Menu Logistics ® Production ® Master Data ® Bills of Material ® Bill of Material ® Material BOM ® Create
Transaction Code CS01
· The Create Material BOM: initial screen appears. On this screen, data that identifies the bill of material are maintained as well effectivity data.
· In the Material field, the configurable material for which super BOM need to create is entered.
· Plant and BOM usage is entered. In general BOM usage 1 for production and 3 is for Universal.
· In Component screen list of variant and non-variant parts are entered along with that quantity is entered based on Base qty. of the configurable material.
· It is also possible to enter a class as a BOM component with item category class Item. This class must hold all characteristics and also classified with each material.
· Class type 200 and 300 can be used as a class item.
Following Procedure is followed for assigning class with BOM as a class Item.
· Enter the item category for class items in BOM.
· Make entries in the fields that identify the class
Class types
Class
· Enter the quantity.
- Enter a unit of measure if appropriate.
- The system determines the unit of measure from the additional data of the class.
- If a unit of measure without a dimension is maintained in the additional data of the class, you cannot change this unit.
10.1.3 Creating Characteristic
Purpose:
· Characteristic is created with possible values.
· It is also possible to use table name and its field name in order to change the Object quantity or values. Ie BOM item quantity or Operation time. This is known as Reference characteristic.
· For changing BOM quantity Characteristic is created with table name STOP-MENGE is used.
· For Variant pricing purpose SDCOM-VKOND is used.
· Characteristics allow describing and distinguishing between objects, such as length, color, or weight within the classification system.
Procedure
SAP Menu Logistic->Centralfunction->Environment->classification->Chracteristics
Transaction Code CT04
· From the classification menu, choose Characteristics.
· Enter data on the initial screen.
· In the Characteristic field, enter a name for new characteristic
· Enter a change number if you want to create the characteristic using engineering change management.
· To do this, choose processing type Create characteristic.
· You can also copy the data of an existing characteristic. Use the pushbutton Create by copying. Enter the name of a characteristic you want to copy.
· Confirm the entries.
· On the Basic data tab page enter the most important control data for the characteristic.
· You must maintain the basic data for all characteristics. All other screens are optional.
· In the formatting data for value assignment, whether a characteristic is single-value, multiple-value, or retractable is defined. It is not possible change the value assignment indicator once it has set. It applies wherever the characteristic is used.
· The data type of the characteristic determines which values can be entered for the characteristic. I can any one of the following
- Characters
- Numeric
- Time format/Date format
- Currency format and
- User defined data type.
· For numeric characteristic it need to maintain that whether interval values to a numeric characteristic, or only individual values need to be maintain in Basic Data screen itself.
· Languages in which characteristic want to describe are entered.
· Choose the tab page Values.
· Enter values in the entry fields. Enter each value in a separate field.
· The values must match the format that you defined on the Basic Data screen. You can enter up to the number of characters that you defined in the format.
· If your characteristic is an alphanumeric characteristic, enter a language-dependent value description. You can enter up to 30 characters.
· It is not possible to enter a language-dependent description for numeric values
· It is also possible to define one value as a default value. This value then appears as a default in characteristic value assignment functions
· Additional value indicator determines that whether values that are not defined as allowed values can be assigned to a characteristic
· The following value check strategies are available in value maintenance screen.
- Allowed Values:
- Check Tables
- Function module
- Catalog character
· Allowed values permits only values defined in characteristics maintenance are used to check a characteristic value
· Check table permits only values entered in characteristics maintenance is used to check a value
· Function module entered is used to check characteristic values.
· Value catalog entered is used to check characteristic values
· Documents, such as drawings or photographs, with characteristics can be linked in additional data screen. Before link a document to a characteristic, it must create a document info record in the document management system.
· In this screen it also possible to restrict or hidden or displaying only allowed values to characteristic.
· It is possible to that characteristic can be only assigned to particular class type by assigning type in restriction screen.
· To change a characteristic selects the pushbutton Change in characteristics after entering the characteristic. To display the characteristic chooses the pushbutton Display.
10.1.4 Creating Class:
Purpose:
· A class is used to hold the characteristics that describe a configurable material. By linking the class to the configurable material, you allow the material to be configured using the characteristics of the class.
Procedure
SAP Menu Logistic->Central function->Environment->classification->Class
Transaction Code CL01
· Class holds all characteristics describe configurable material.
· Class with class type 300 is used in configuration profile.
· On basic Data screen class description, its status is entered. Status determines:
· whether a class can be maintained
· whether objects can be allocated to a class
· whether the class can be used for selecting objects
· Class group is used to group together related classes and also for finding classes quickly via a matchcode.
· Same Classification indicator determines whether system check for identical characteristic values. In this case, where several objects are assigned that have the same values for all characteristics to the same class. Depends upon indicator system give warning or error message or no message.
· Keyword string is used for finding a class via matchcode.The description entered on the basic data screen serves as the first keyword
· On characteristic screen list characteristic which has to attach with configurable material is entered.
· Using document tab screen it is possible to assign documents related to configurable object.
· On additional data screen whether or not this class can be used as a class component in bills of material. If it is yes then Unit of measure in which stocks of the material are managed. The system converts all the quantities you enter in other units of measure (alternative units of measure) to the base unit of measure and resulting item category which will replace this class item in BOM (i.e. Stock, Non-stock item etc ).
10.1.5 Creating Dependency
Purpose
Dependency describes the interdependencies between characteristics and characteristic values and it controls which components to be selected from a bill of material (BOM) and which operations to be selected from a task list. It also changes the field values in BOM items and operations during configuration.
Procedure
SAP Menu Logistic->Central function->Variant Configuration->dependency->Single Dependency->Create Dependency
Transaction Code CU01
· From the variant configuration menu, choose Dependency -> Single dependency-> Create
· In initial screen name of the dependency is entered. If dependency need to create for a specific date, enter a change number. It is also possible to create dependency by copying from existing dependency.
· On basic data screen the following data are required to enter
- A language-dependent description for the dependency
- Also possible to enter descriptions in different languages by choosing Descriptions.
- Long texts for the dependency, choose Extras -> Documentation.
- In the standard R/3 System, the status In preparation when a dependency is created first time. The status is set to Released when the source code is syntactically correct.
- Finally suitable dependency type is selected.
· In Dependency editor the source code for the dependency is entered. Once the source code is syntactically correct, the source code is saved.
· Now the status of the dependency is turns to Released. Save the Dependency and exit.
10.1.6 Changing Bill of Material (Assign Dependencies)
Purpose:
By assigning dependencies to BOM components, it is possible to restrict the selection of irrelevant variant parts.i.e correct BOM components are get selected at result of configuration. It is also possible to change the component quantity depends upon characteristic value changed.
Procedure
1. Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
SAP Menu Logistics ® Production ® Master Data ® Bills of Material ® Bill of Material ® Material BOM ® Change
Transaction Code CS02
· Dependencies are assigned with respect to characteristic for each variant part.
· Dependencies are created either locally within object or globally which can be assigned to any objects.
· In BOM General Item overview screen choose the component in which dependency need to assign and choose menu path Extras -> Dependency -> assignment of dependency for assignment.
· It also possible to enter dependency directly in BOM itself by choosing Extras -> Dependency -> dependency editor.
10.1.7 Creating Configuration Profile
Purpose
· Configuration profile used for assigning configurable material with variant class (300) and also used to maintain some central settings.
· It is possible to assign more than one configurable profile for one KMAT material.
· The selection of profile depends upon either by priority or by manual selection.
· It is also possible to assign dependencies to configurable profile.
· Class with type 300, which hold the entire characteristics of KMAT material, are assigned to each profile
Procedure:
Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
SAP Menu Logistics ® Production ® Master Data ® Material Master ® Environment ® Configuration Profile ® Create
Transaction Code CU41
· From the Variant Configuration menu, choose Configuration profile->Create.
· A dialog box will be displayed. The object name is entered. Confirm your entries.
· On profile overview screen the following data need to be entered.
· Profile name and the class type of classes used for configuration. In Customizing for the Classification System, the class type must be defined as a variant class type.
· Choose Goto -> Class assignments or the Class assignment pushbutton to assign the object to a class.
· In the classification screen, names of the classes are entered.
· It is possible to restrict allowed characteristic values for the configurable object if required.
· Release of profile is possible only if configurable object is assigned to a class. To go to the detail screen, where you define further settings, choose the Profile detail pushbutton or double-click on the profile.
10.1.7.1 Optional Settings on the Profile Overview
· Organizational Areas
You can specify organizational areas for configuration. If you restrict a profile to specific organizational areas, you only see the characteristics that are relevant to your area when you configure the object.
You can change how characteristics are displayed according to organizational area for your user on the value assignment screen.
· Priority of Configuration Profiles
You can create several configuration profiles for a configurable material. The profile with the lowest number has the highest priority.
If you define several profiles for an object, you see a dialog box for selecting a profile when you start configuration. The profile with the highest priority is at the top of the list.
The priority is also relevant if you use Application Link Enabling (ALE) or intermediate documents (IDocs) to run configuration, rather than dialog mode. In this case, the profile with the highest priority is selected for the object. Profiles that have no priority are at the top of the list, because they automatically have priority 0.
10.1.7.2 Profile Detail
· Configuration Profiles for Materials
The configuration profile has several screens. Depending on what you enter for the BOM explosion and configuration process, fields are shown or hidden.
The parameters you maintain for a material apply to the material as a header material in a BOM structure. You cannot define separate settings for use of a configurable material as an assembly in a BOM.
- By choosing the Assignments pushbutton, you can assign dependencies to the configuration profile. You also see this pushbutton on the basic data tab, once at least one dependency is assigned.
· Basic Data Tab
- In the basic data, click on the profile overview data.
- If configuration process need to starts with a Start logo, documents are assigned such, as a graphic showing the product you want to configure, to the variant class.
- Configuration Initial Screen Tab
· Configuration parameters
- The parameters for BOM explosion and the configuration process in the sales order are specified here.
- BOM application must be entered, if BOM explosion None is selected rather than single and multi level explosion is selected.
- By entering a level of detail for a multi-level configuration, system performance will be improved.
- It is also possible to define a filter and set the indicator for an availability check on assemblies.
10.1.8 Changing Configuration Profile: Add User Interface Settings
Purpose
Settings for the configuration editor in user interface.
- An interface design is used to group characteristics together on the value assignment screen.
- Here it also possible to define object-specific settings for functions in the configuration editor. These settings are defaults for configuration, and can be overwritten for your user in the configuration editor.
- For all configuration parameters except BOM explosion None, manually select the screens for the configuration editor and define which screen configuration starts with. The start screen must be one of the allowed screens.
- The indicator for the configuration browser independently of the other start screens can be selected, because the browser is an additional screen section.
Configuration Profiles for Objects Other than Materials
- Object-specific settings for displaying characteristics and characteristic values in the configuration editor can be defined. These settings are defaults for configuration, and can be overwritten for your user in the configuration editor.
Procedure
Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
SAP Menu Logistics ® Production ® Master Data ® Material Master ® Environment ® Configuration Profile ® Change
Transaction Code CU42
10.1.9 Configuration Simulation
Purpose:
· Configuration simulation is used to check the configuration model. In the configuration simulation, the whether or not Object structure is created correctly and dependencies are working fine is checked.
· Simulation of Sales/Engineering
- The configuration parameters in the configuration profile apply. Whether the configuration is simulated from the sales point of view or the engineering point of view is defined.
- If select Sales & distribution is selected the configuration in a sales document will be simulated (sales order or quotation), so the BOM explosion depends on the settings in the configuration profile.
- If Engineering is selected, the configuration in order BOM processing will be simulated. The configuration and BOM explosion depend on the configuration parameters in the same way as when maintaining an order BOM. For example, we cannot configure the header material, because the configuration is copied from the sales order.
· Simulation of a Planned Order
- On the characteristic value assignment screen, we can choose Planned order to display the components that are determined in material requirements planning (MRP) according to the characteristic values assigned. This is especially relevant to assemblies whose BOMs are exploded in MRP, not in Sales & distribution (for example, assemblies with the BOM explosion setting None in their configuration profile).
Procedure:
SAP R/3 menu Logistics ® Production ® Master Data ® Bills of Material ® Environment ® Variant Configuration ® Environment ® Configuration Simulation
Transaction Code CU50
· On the initial screen of the configuration simulation, select BOM to display the entire structure on the result screen.
· If you have created more than one configuration profile for a material, you see a dialog box. Select a profile and choose Continue. If you want to call detailed information on the profile, choose Profile Detail or double-click on the profile.
· To display the task list of an assembly on the result screen, select the assembly and choose View ® Objects ® Task list.
· You see the operations or activities in the task list that was selected for the assembly during configuration.
· Operations that have been changed by dependencies have an information icon next to them. You can display changes by choosing Information.
· To return to the BOM explosion, choose View ® Objects ® BOM
10.2 Sales and Distribution
10.2.1 Creating Condition Records - VA00
Purpose:
The purpose of this activity is to create condition records for VA00.
Procedure
1. Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
SAP Menu Logistics ® Sales and Distribution ® Master Data ® Conditions ® Select Using Condition Type ® Create
Transaction Code VK11
· Create price for each value of the characteristics by select using condition type VA00.
· Create the Price for the condition type that represents these types of the standard-delivered condition type for this functionality is VA00.
· Condition type VA00 requires as key fields the sales Organization, distribution channel, and material number of the configurable.
· Condition type PR00 used to maintain base price of the configurable material.
· Using VA01it is also possible to maintain Surcharges and discounts.
10.2.2 Condition records for Variant Price and Surcharges
Purpose
Condition records allow you to store and retrieve pricing data in the system. All the pricing elements of your daily business - the prices, discounts, and surcharges for freight and taxes - that you want to use for automatic pricing must be stored in the system as condition records. You can define as many condition records as you want for the different pricing elements for any validity period.
You create condition records for all the pricing elements that the system takes into account during automatic pricing. During document processing, the system transfers data from the condition records and determines the amounts for individual pricing elements (prices, discounts and surcharges) and the final amount for the sales document
Procedure
10.2.2.1 Create a characteristic for the Pricing
- Create Pricing characteristic like CAR_Pricing and go to additional data tab give SDCOM table name VKOND field name.
SAP Menu Logistic->Centralfunction->Environment->classification->Chracteristics
Transaction Code CT04
10.2.2.2 Assign the characteristic to the class
Assign given characteristics to class, In variant configuration, a class is used to hold the characteristics that describe a configurable material. By linking the class to the configurable material, it allows the material to be configured using the characteristics of the class. In the standard R/3 System, the class type for configurable material is 300.
SAP Menu Logistic->Central function->Environment->classification->Class
Transaction Code CL01
10.2.2.3 Create a dependency that triggers the price
A Dependency is a rule that defines how the different options and option values, represented by characteristics and characteristic values, relate to one another. To create a dependency, follow the menu path
SAP Menu Logistic->Central_function->VariantConfiguration->dependency->Single Dependency->Create Dependency
Transaction Code CU01
10.2.2.4 Assign the dependency to the characteristic value that triggers the price
For example eCar2002, the value V8 refers to the engine selected by the customer. Therefore, the dependency must be linked to the value V8 of the characteristic that represents the engine type. To do this, go to the master data record of the characteristic CAR_ENGINE
SAP Menu Logistic->Centralfunction->Environment->classification->Chracteristics
Transaction Code CT04
Go to the Values tab. From there, select theV8 entry and use the menu path Extras Object dependencies Assignments, which brings you to the screenshot to the right; if you have created a global dependency, you can link it to the characteristic value.2 Once the dependency has been assigned, the information on this screen, such as the description (Engine price), will default to the information entered when you created the characteristic.
10.2.2.5 Create variant price
Create price for each value of the characteristics using condition type (or transaction VK11). Create the Price for the condition type that represents these types of the standard-delivered condition type for this functionality is VA00. Condition type VA00 requires as key fields the sales Organization, distribution channel, and material number of the configurable.
In the same way using condition type VA01 is also used to maintain prices for surcharges and discounts.
10.2.2.6 Creating the output condition records for sales
Output types are used to represent various forms of output in the SAP system. Examples of output types in Sales and Distribution processing are order confirmations, freight lists, and invoices. You use the output type to control how the output should be transmitted, for example whether an order confirmation should be sent via EDI, or be printed
10.2.3 Creating Output Condition Records: Sales
Purpose:
Output types are used to represent various forms of output in the SAP system. Examples of output types in Sales and Distribution processing are order confirmations, freight lists, and invoices. You use the output type to control how the output should be transmitted, for example whether an order confirmation should be sent via EDI, or be printed
Procedure
1. Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
SAP Menu Logistics ® Sales and Distribution ® Master Data ® Output ® Sales Document ® Create
Transaction Code VV11
· Choose Edit >Key combination
· Select the key combination for which condition records are to be created.
· Choose Enter.
· Enter the appropriate key for each condition record, according to the key combination you selected.
· For transmission medium 1 (Print output) or 7, you can maintain the communication data. To do this, choose Communication.
· Save the condition records.
10.2.3.1 Creating Output Condition Records: Billing
Purpose
The purpose of this activity is to create output condition records for billing. Output types are used to represent various forms of output in the SAP system. Examples of output types in Sales and Distribution processing are order confirmations, freight lists, and invoices. You use the output type to control how the output should be transmitted, for example whether an order confirmation should be sent via EDI, or be printed
Procedure
1. Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
SAP Menu Logistics ® Sales and Distribution ® Master Data ® Output ® Billing Document ® Create
Transaction Code VV31
Enter an output type.
· Choose Edit >Key combination
· Select the key combination for which condition records are to be created.
· Choose Enter.
· Enter the appropriate key for each condition record, according to the key combination you selected.
· For transmission medium 1 (Print output) or 7, you can maintain the communication data. To do this, choose Communication.
· Save the condition records.
10.2.4 Order BOM
Purpose:
Products that are made to order in plant engineering and construction and mechanical engineering are generally very complex and are specific to one customer. For this reason, you cannot define a BOM entirely in advance. Once you have created your sales order, you need to make manual changes to the BOM by creating an order BOM especially for the sales order, without changing the original BOM.
The sales order, sales order item, and material number identify an order BOM. In variant configuration, you can work with 2 types of order BOM. The difference is in the way they are saved.
Knowledge based order BOM
The order BOM is saved as a copy of the super BOM with manual changes and dependencies.
Result Oriented BOM
The configuration result is saved as an order BOM, with manual changes but without dependencies.
Procedure (For knowledge based BOM)
SAP Menu Logistics ® Production Planning ® Master Data ® Bills of Material -> Order BOM Maintain (Multi-Level)Transaction Code CU51
· The Create Order BOM: initial screen appears.
· Enter the sales order number, the order item, the material number and the BOM usage
· If you want to use material BOM, or an existing order BOM to copy from, go to step 4. If you want to create an order BOM without a reference, click and go to step 7
· You cannot use a configurable BOM as a reference
· Click on copy order BOM or Click on copy material BOM
· The Copy material BOM or Copy order BOM dialog box appears
· Enter the data required and click . The item overview appears, for the bill of material you are using as a reference.
· Enter new items and alter items if necessary. Entering items in order BOMs is similar to entering items in material BOMs. However, you
Create a Material - KMAT type with Item category (002)
Create Characteristics in CT04 - Zbike, where in values mention the Color of the bile like Red, Blue etc
Create another characteristics in CT04 - ZPrice, where directly go the additional data tab and maintain the table SDCOM and field VKOND (ABAP Dictionary it will ask for)
Assign these two characteristics to a Class in CL01 Zbike class (Type 300) in characteristics tab page.
Then go to CU41 Configuration profile select the material and enter the description click on the class assignment ie assign Zbikclass.
Now go back to CT04 - enter Zbike -go to values- select Red- go to extras - Other Dependencies - Select Procedure enter in front 10 write - $self.ZPrice='Red' and save
Now go back go to extras - Other Dependencies - assignments and assign relationship ( by default it will come just save)
Now select Blue- go to extras - Other Dependencies - Editor - Select Procedure enter in front of 10 write - $self. ZPrice='Blue' and save
Now go back go to extras - Other Dependencies - assignments and assign relationship ( by default it will come just save)
Now go to VK11 - Enter VA00 (Condition)(For Std RVA001 Pricing Procedure) - enter variant Red and Blue give the rates accordingly and create the sales order. -
Make to order automatic generation of schedule lines
I am now designing Make to order (MTO) strategy for repetative manufacturing.
Requirement generates through sales order (Requirement type - KE)
While doing backflushing (Tr. Code- MFBF) I am selecting Make to order tab and putting sales order no,will call planned orders (were generated while MRP run- Tran. code-MD50) and will confirm if sufficent sales order stock is available.
Every time I ahve to move from regualr stock to sales order stock by 412 movement.
Is there any link which will enables the shortfall of sales order stock will generate the schedule line enable to procure the material?
I have found one solution- will have to create Purchase order item having account assignment- M. and have to maintain the source and quota. It genertaes schedule line. But on daily basis I am generatin sales order and there are thousands of items to be procured. Practically it very difficult to creates new po or add new item in purchase order by putting assignment M
Regards,
Thanks in advance
Shrirang GoreHello,
Planning of child items in MTO senario can be handled by using appropriat planning stategy.
Or
There is another way of using individual and collective indicator
field on the MRP 4 view.
Here following are possible entries.
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1 -
Individual requirement only
2 -
collective requirement
Here if you give indicator as 2 , then for many sales orders the component requirement will get clubbed.
For example you have five sales orders for a parent material of qty 100 each, and in BOM you have specified the required quantity as 1 for the child material.
Then you will get a dependent requirement of 500 for the component.
Now , you have to decide whether you want five individualdependent requiremants of 100 quantity each for components or you want collective dependent requirement of
500 quantity for component.
Hope the above explanation is clear.
Reward if useful.
Please revert back if you need any input on component planning strategies.
Regards,
Ravindra -
Delivery not created in make to order cycle
Hi
i am in the make to order process scenario and facing problems while creating a delivery after production order has been confirmed. The steps followed are
1. i create an order with M1 and quantity 100 - T code : VA01
2. i create a sales order BOM for the sales order created above and using material M1 - T cose : CS 61
3. This is followed by a production cycle - planned order, production order and confirmation with lot size of 7.
4. as one production order of size 7 is confirmed, the stock is generated of quantity 7 for the material M1. using MMBE i can see the stock being created.
5. Now as i go and try and create the delivery against order created in step 1, i get the error and that "No schedule lines due for delivery up to the selected date".
6. When i check my order in display mode, under schedule line it shows M1 with order quantity as 100 and confirmed quantity as 0.
Could you please advise if after the confirmation of production order, the schedule line in order will show quantity 7 and if i can delivery against it. Or is there any other way of creating the delivery.
ThanksHello,
In MTO scenario the following happens:
1. Sales Order is created - standard requirements type determined is KE which fetches requirements class 040. The requirements class 040 has controls for MTO & special stock indicator will have entry as "E-orders on hand".
2. After MRP is run the system will transfer the requirements to PP, a planned order will be created which is then converted into a production order.
3. After running the production cycle the goods will be transferred to the finished goods storage location.
4. Now when you check in the transaction code MMBE the system will show the material stock & under the sales order stock only.
5. But when you check the sales order -- line item schedule line, the system displays the confrimed quantity as "zero".
Explanation:
You created sales order for item A - 100 Quantities. Production was completed for 20 quantities. System shows sales order stock of 20 quantities only.
When you had created a sales order for item A the system after running the availability check would have determined a delivery date by way of which it would have shown you say 2 different schedule lines as under
Delivery Date.............Order qty............Rounded Qty...........Confirmed Qty
01/05/2009...................100......................100............................0
15/05/2009.....................0.........................0.............................100
The second date the system determines taking into consideration the inhouse manufacturing time specified by you in the material master (MRP2 screen) & the other settings which aare applicable for the checking group specified in the material master.
On 15/05/2009, if you create a delivery, the system will allow you to create the delivery irrespective of the stock in the plant. But at the time of post goods issue you will face a quantity deficit error.
If the goods are received in the finished goods storage location before 15/05/2009 say on 10/05/2009, the system will not update the schedule line automatically & when you try to create a delivery the system will display the error "no schedule lines due for delivery".
Solution:
Transaction code VA02 - select the sales order number - double click on the line item - go to schedule lines - here click on the button "Item Availability" or press "Ctrl + F5" to run the availability check. As you have stock of 7 quantity, the system will display 7 quantity on the curretn date. Select the option delivery proposal to continue. Now the system will show 2 schedule lines as under
Delivery Date.............Order qty............Rounded Qty...........Confirmed Qty
01/05/2009...................100......................100............................0
10/05/2009.....................0.........................0..............................7
Save the sales order & then create a delivery. The system will not give any error.
Note: You have to manually confirm the quantities for a make to stock sales order in case if the goods are received before the delivery date specified by the system.
With best regards,
Allabaqsh G. Patil
Idhasoft Ltd. -
Sales order with ref to make to order and with ref to make to production...
My requirement is as follows:
Material code : Plant specific and MRP activated
In one sales organization the sales order should be created without limitation and with make to order type with ref to above material
Another sales organization the sale order should be created if stocks are available and with ref to make to production with above material.
The availability check rule as no check for first scenario and Individual requirement for second scenario.
can it possible ...........Hi,
functionality of availabity check is it checks the material as per order if it is avialable then it confirms quantity & if not then u have to procure or manufacture.
Mts scenario works for sales from stock while mto to generate requirement via purchase requisition ir plan order.
however you can configure availabity check for both the scenario by selecting suitable checking group, requirement class, requirement type & schedule lines.
Reward if it helps u
Regards
Dev kumar -
Hi all,
<b>I am trying make to order scenario</b> but i am not getting the desired result. I created a sales order, run the MRP and when in MD04, i want to convert the planned order into production order then at that time the system in the <b>"additional Data for MRP element"</b> screen - in the field <b>besides planned order no. shows me "make to stock"</b>. I am working for <b>MTO</b> scenario. <b>The following are the settings i have maintained:</b>
1. In MMR item category group is "0001"
2. In MRP3 screen the strategy group is "20"
3. VOV4 item category determination i have used item category as "TAN" only.
4. In IMG - sales & distribution - basic functions - AVC & TOR - Transfer of requirements - define requirments class. Here I have selected "040"
5. In define requiremen type i have used "KE -
040"
6. Determination Of Requirement Types Using Transaction - here for item category "TAN" & MRP type "PD" i have selected as 0 - i.e strategy group will come into picture.
<b>I want clarification on the following issues:</b>
1. Which requirements class to be used and what are the settings in the "requirements class". I want field wise entry.
2. Which is the requirement type to be used and where else this requirement type is to be assigned. I want for both SD & PP assignments.
3. Is there any setting to be done in AVC?
4. Is the item category determination correct? i.e i have used TAN for item category group "0001". Is it correct or do i have to assign any other item category.
5. Is the strategy group correct.
6. What are the settings to be done from the PP point of view.
7. In MTO say sales order is created for 20 pc and while generating the production order is it possible to create for 25 pc keeping in mind that 5 may be scrapped.
8. When the planned order is converted to production order and if there is shortage of raw material then does the system ask for the sales order no. while creating the <b>"PR"</b> and the <b>"PO"</b>?
<b>I want the following results out of MTO:</b>
1. when i convert the planned order into a production order the system should show the sales order no. so that the production order can be traced back to the sales order.
2. Suppose today I create sales order for item "A" 10 pc. 5 are anyhow in stock, so i confirm those 5 pc for that sales order and production order will be created for 5 only. Say after 10 days when the remaining 5 pc come to stcok then the system shoud automatically confirm those 5 pc for the original sales order only against which the production order was created.
3. I want to evaluate the fin. goods stock as per the sales order. Is it possible.
Efective answers will be highly appreciated.
Regards,
Allabaqsh G. Patil
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allabaqsh patildear patil
please gothrough this
Make to order Scenario
1. Make-to-order production is a process in which a product is individually manufactured for a particular customer. In contrast to mass production for an unspecified market where a material is manufactured many times, in make-to-order production a material is created only once though the same or a similar production process might be repeated at a later time.
2. You can use make-to-order production: (a) For branches of industry or products where a small quantity of products with a large number of different characteristics are manufactured (b) When a product has to be assembled particularly for a sales order.
3. Stock keeping is not usually carried out for products that are made to order. In companies using make-to-order production, the demand program only determines the production area, in which various variant types are produced. Depending on how you track the costs associated with make-to-order production, there are two ways to process make-to-order items during sales order processing.
(a) Make to order using sales order
(b) Make to order using project system (not relevant for SD application)
4. for make to order production using the sales order, all costs and revenues involved for an order item are held collectively at that item. A particular rule is used that can be changed manually to transfer costs to profitability analysis.
5. make to order production is largely a production planning configuration. It is also controlled by the requirements type, which is determined by three things
the strategy group (MRP 3) in MMR
the MRP group (MRP1) in MMR
the item category and MRP type (MRP 1)
6. Make-to-order production is controlled by the requirements type. The requirements type is determined on the basis of the MRP group (MRP1) and the strategy group (MRP3) in the material master record. In addition, a plant must be assigned for make-to-order items in the sales order.
MAKE TO ORDER PRODUCTION (PROCESS FLOW )
First Create a material with MM
Basic data1:
Give Material name : Cycle
Material group : 010
Division : MA
Net Weight : 10 Kg's
Gross Weight : 10Kgs.
Sales: Sales org.1 :
Base Unit of Measure : EA
Delivering Plant : RAMA
Output Tax : 1 ( Full tax)
Sales: General/Plant :
Availability Check : 01 ( Daily Requirements)
Trans.,group : 001
Loading Group : 0003
MRP 1:
Mrp Group : 020 ( Make to Order Production)
Mrp type : PD (MRP)
Mrp controller : 000
Lot size : EX ( Lot-for-Lot order quantity)
MRP 2:
Inhouse Production : 1
Schedule Margin Key : 000
Forecasting:
Forecast Model : D (Constant Model)
Accounting 1:
Price control : V ( Variable Price)
Variable Price : 4000
Price Unit : 1
Then enter & Save.
Material 769 created.
Create a Sales order with VA;
Order type : OR
Sales Organization : RAMA
Distribution Channel : RA
Division : MA
Sales Office : RAMA
Sales Group : RAM, .............. Enter
Sold to Party : 6000000000
PO number : 55 , PO Date : 04.06.2007.
Item Overview Tab:
Material 769, Quantity : 100
Enter & Save the Document.
Sales Order 8212 Created
Create Production Order with CO:
Enter Sales order number: 8212, Item No. 10
Order type : PP, Enter
Click on FLAG,
Select Generate Operation and enter NO,
save the Document.
Production Order Created : 60002725
Confirm the Production Order with CO15.
Enter Production Order No. 600075 and save the Document.
Now the confirmation Order will be saved.
Create Goods Receipts with MB31.
Movement type : 101
Order : 6002725
Plant : RAMA
Storage Location : RAMA
Enter and Save, you will get Document Posted : 50000068931posted.
Check the Stock Position with MMBE
Material : 769
Plant : RAMA
Storage Location : RAMA
Execute (F8), Here we can see the stock at Sales Order Stock.
Create Delivery with VL01N, Billing with VF01 and Post to Accounts
rewards if it helps
siva -
Dear All,
The scenario there is 2 plant the 1000 and 2000....and the 1000 is trading company and 2000 is manufacturing company....so now when the customer specefic order come with his specefic requirment in 1000....and 1000 gives the requirment to 2000 to produce it and send it to 1000 and after 1000 receive the goods and send it to the customer.....Now how we going to maitain the sales order stock? what i am doing is goin to make the order in 1000 .....then make the purchase order in 1000 for vendor 2000 then 2000 make the production and deliver to the 1000 and 1000 makes the GR and recieve the goods. So in this there is no sales order stock....coz its coming in the storage location and any one can sales this material to any one...so there is no track?> so can ny one tell me that how we r goin to maintain the sales order stock? Please throw some light on it......
Regards,
MohsinHI Mohammed
First Create a material with MM
Basic data 1:
Give Material name : Cycle
Material group : 010
Division : MA
Net Weight : 10 Kg's
Gross Weight : 10Kgs.
Sales: Sales org.1 :
Base Unit of Measure : EA
Delivering Plant : RAMA
Output Tax : 1 ( Full tax)
Sales: General/Plant :
Availability Check : 01 ( Daily Requirements)
Trans.,group : 001
Loading Group : 0003
MRP 1:
Mrp Group : 020 ( Make to Order Production)
Mrp type : PD (MRP)
Mrp controller : 000
Lot size : EX ( Lot-for-Lot order quantity)
MRP 2:
Inhouse Production : 1
Schedule Margin Key : 000
Forecasting:
Forecast Model : D (Constant Model)
Accounting 1:
Price control : V ( Variable Price)
Variable Price : 4000
Price Unit : 1
Then enter & Save.
Material 769 created.
Create a Sales order with VA;
Order type : OR
Sales Organization : RAMA
Distribution Channel : RA
Division : MA
Sales Office : RAMA
Sales Group : RAM, .............. Enter
Sold to Party : 6000000000
PO number : 55 , PO Date : 04.06.2007.
Item Overview Tab:
Material 769, Quantity : 100
Enter & Save the Document.
Sales Order 8212 Created
Create Production Order with CO:
Enter Sales order number: 8212, Item No. 10
Order type : PP, Enter
Click on FLAG,
Select Generate Operation and enter NO,
save the Document.
Production Order Created : 60002725
Confirm the Production Order with CO15.
Enter Production Order No. 600075 and save the Document.
Now the confirmation Order will be saved.
Create Goods Receipts with MB31.
Movement type : 101
Order : 6002725
Plant : RAMA
Storage Location : RAMA
Enter and Save, you will get Document Posted : 50000068931posted.
Check the Stock Position with MMBE
Material : 769
Plant : RAMA
Storage Location : RAMA
Execute (F8), Here we can see the stock at Sales Order Stock.
Create Delivery with VL01N, Billing with VF01 and Post to Accounts.
http://www.sap-basis-abap.com/sapsd.htm
Reward if useful to u -
Consignment stock, make to order scenario
Hi
We have a material which produce make to stock and make to order also.
In case of make to stock its fine. But when we are testing make to order then following is system behavour.
Action Mvt Type Accounting Document
GR 101 No Accounting Document
Consignment 631 Finish Inventory Dr at Standard Price
Consignment Inventory Change (VKA) Cr
PGI 633 COGS Dr at Standard Price
Finish Inventory Cr
My question is why not accounting document is generated at the time of GR 101 in case of make to order scenario.Hi
MTO has 3 scenarios in it. (I think you either fall in Scenario 1 or 2)
1. Where the Qty of Prod order is tagged to sales order upon GR from prod order....
The valuation in this case happens at the std cost (CK11N).... Every thiing remains same as in MTS... You get variance as well
2. Where Qty & Value both are tagged to the sales order (Sales order is Cost Object & Stock is Valuated stock)
This is not recommended by SAP and should be chosen only in rare cases...
This scenario pertains to Complex MTO, means totally manufactured based on customer demand.. Like Cars, Boeing Air Crafts, etc
Sale order is a cost object...
Sales order cost estimate is done when sales order is created...
GR is valuated at sales order cost estimate... Variances are calculated based on this cost and actual cost incurred..
PGI and Revenue post to the sales order because SO is the CO object
Finally Sales order is settled to COPA
3. Where Qty & Value both are tagged to the sales order (Sales order is Cost Object & Stock is Non Valuated stock)
This is recommended by SAP
This scenario pertains to Complex MTO, means totally manufactured based on customer demand.. Like Cars, Boeing Air Crafts, etc
Sale order is a cost object...
Sales order cost estimate can be done when sales order is created...
GR is Non valuated... No Variances are calculated because GR is non valuated
Production Order settles upon sales order.. hence, actual cost goes to sales order...
PGI does not generate accounting doc because stock is Non Valuated
Revenue post to the sales order because SO is the CO object
Finally Sales order is settled to COPA
These are the 3 possible scenarios in MTO... There might be a slight variation in Consignment scenario.... I am nt sure if the "No Accounting doc" situation at GR is OK or not
Regards
Ajay M -
How to do The scenario of Make to order with inquiry and quotation?????????
Dear All
Now I am implementing a make to order scenario, what we have is a scenario described as below:
The customer sends an inquiry to my client requesting a quotation for manufactures some goods then we have to check the cost and time to manufacture this goods then send him back a quotation so the customer can send the purchase order then I can start creating my sales order.
I want the solution for that as I am not able to know the price in the inquiry stage so I am not able to send him a quotation as I donu2019t know the cost and the delivery time yet
Thanks in advance
Regards
Jacopo FrancoiseYour steps are correct -- Please see (How to Modify or Create Notifications in Different Languages? [ID 1258834.1]) for details.
For the NLS language, just type in the new language and see if you can view it properly (or save it to the database and see if you can view it from the application then).
If the language is not set properly, you would get an error as the ones addressed in these docs.
Error While Connecting To Database Using The Workflow Builder [ID 577905.1]
Workflow Builder Cannot Load Objects From Applications when the NLS_LANG is Non-American [ID 179987.1]
220:Unable To Set NLS_LANGUAGE Error In Workflow Builder [ID 728330.1]
No Japanese Words In Oracle Workflow Even After Installing Asian Languages [ID 444067.1]
Thanks,
Hussein -
Availability check for Make to stock and Make to Order
Dear All,
Client is selling Make to stock and make to Order material.
How and what settings need to do for Avaialbility check.or we can use standard one.
I hope in case of Make to Order availability check may not happen.
Please correct me.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Shrikanthi,
yes for make to order we dont have AvChk. for make to stock items u need to follow the
below configuration.
Availability check
1. Availability check is an integral part of the business process that determines if the required delivery quantity can be met on a required delivery date. For this purpose the system takes into account pre-delivery activities such as scheduling for picking or packing times and the time taken to produce or obtain the material. It also performs several background functions such as Backorder processing, rescheduling and ATP quantities.
2. Backorder processing: processing of a sales order that has not been fully confirmed or not confirmed at a certain delivery date.
3. Rescheduling: is a proposal of how u2013 confirmed quantities already assigned to a sales order can be reassigned to other sales orders that have a higher priority.
4. Available to promise (ATP): is a process of checking the available quantities of a material. The ATP quantity consists of warehouse stock + planned receipts (incoming stock) u2013 planned issues (outgoing stock). to examine stock on hand (CO09) proceed to logistics u2013 sales & distribution u2013 sales u2013 environment u2013 availability overview.
5. Replenishment lead time (RLT): is the time taken for the material to become available either internally (in house production) or externally (from a vendor). The most important things to consider during an external procurement are purchasing and MRP 2 (procurement) views of MMR where the processing time for purchasing, planned delivery time and goods receipt processing time are taken into account. On the other hand internal procurement is based on in house production time (MRP 2 view) goods receipt processing time or alternatively RLT time, which is found on MRP 3 view.
6. RLT (Replenishment Lead Time) is the time taken for the material to become available. RLT is only used when doing an ATP check (Available To Promise). The value of RLT for a material is specified on material master record.
7. There are three types of availability checks u2013
Check on basis of ATP quantities.
Check against product allocation.
Check against planning.
Configuring Availability check through Checking Groups u2013
1. The checking group + checking rule determine how the availability check is to be performed.
2. The checking group determines whether and how the system checks the stock availability and generates requirements for material planning. The checking group defines what type of requirements will be passed on i.e. summarized requirements (daily/weekly) or individual requirements for each sales order.
3. The checking rule applies to how the availability check is to be carried out at the transaction level. Note that you must define checking rules for each individual application such as for production orders for example. In Sales and Distribution, the checking rule is specified internally within the system and cannot be changed.
4. The checking rule, in conjunction with the checking group, determines the scope of the availability check for every business operation; that is, which stocks, receipts and issues are to be included in the availability check and whether the check is to be carried out with or without the replenishment lead time.
5. Briefly explaining the above u2013 checking group determines which type of requirement to be passed on to MRP whether it be individual or summarized and checking rule which is at the transaction level and can be configured independently for each application module, determines which stocks, receipts and issues to be taken into account. For performing an availability check checking group has to work in conjunction with checking rule.
6. Advantages of individual processing over summarized processing u2013
Backorder processing is possible.
You can access (MD04) order, line and schedule line individually which gives a greater control on available stock and requirements placed on stock.
The system automatically uses individual requirements in case of special stock items.
7. Required data for the Availability check to be carried out u2013
The Availability check must be switched on at the requirement class level.
The Availability check must be set at the schedule line level.
A requirements type must exist by which the requirements class can be found.
A plant must be defined in the sales order for each schedule line item (in other words plant must be defined for every material in MMR).
A checking group must be defined in the material master record in the MRP3 screen in the availability check field.
8. Configuring Availability check and defining Checking Groups u2013
Checking groups are introduced into the sales order based on the setting in the material master record.
SAP standard checking groups are 01 u2013 summarized requirements and 02 u2013 individual requirements or you can create your own by copying the standard ones.
Total sales and total deliveries columns are there to configure a checking rule to sum up requirements to post to MRP either individually or by day or week.
Block quantity required can be set if you want several users to be able to process the material simultaneously in different transactions without blocking each other.
The no check indicator is CHECKED when you DO NOT want the system to carry out ATP check.
9. Defining material block for other users u2013 the block check box is an indicator that enables you to block material master records of a particular material during the availability check and restrict other users from accessing same master record and reserve the material. If the block is not set, two users can confirm the same material at the same time for two different orders, not knowing if the stock is available or not. If you select this field, the material is blocked during the availability check and other users cannot: a) Make changes in the material master record. b) Create purchase orders for the material. C) Create orders for the material.
10. Defining default values for checking groups - Checking groups are introduced into the sales order based on the setting in the material master record.
However if there is no entry present in the material master record for the checking group, a default value can be set here, depending on material type and plant.
This default value will be used by the system depending on the material type mentioned in MMR and plant in sales order.
If an entry exists, this default value is over written by MMR.
11. Controlling Availability Check u2013 in this section, you tell the system what stock on hand and what inward and outward movements of stock it must take into account when performing the availability check in addition to whether or not to consider the replenishment lead time.
12. These settings are based on the checking group that is assigned to the material master record and the checking rule that is predefined and assigned to the sales and distribution transaction.
13. These settings carry out control both for sales order and delivery as well. This is due to the fact that you may want to include specific stock or incoming stock for the sales order, yet at the time of the delivery only include physical stock on hand waiting to be shipped.
14. It is possible to indicate to the system that you would like the availability check NOT TO CHECK the stock at the storage location level. This indicator is used to set the scope of the availability check.
15. It is used to switch off the check at storage location level. You create a reservation for a particular storage location. However, the scope of the availability check is set in such a way as to exclude the storage location. In this case, the system carries out the check at plant level only and does not take the storage location into account that is specified in the reservation.
16. Should you not want the system to automatically check RLT, you may indicate so here. RLT is the time taken for a material to become available. It is only used when doing an ATP check and is taken from MMR.
17. Defining the elements in the availability check entirely depends on the business needs, but a few tips are given under u2013
When controlling the Availability check at the time of the sales order, a purchase requisition does not necessarily indicate by it is going to come into the plant.
A shipping notification on the other hand - a confirmed purchase order u2013 is a good indicator of receiving stock on a specified date.
It is always recommended not to select the shipping notifications for the delivery requirements type as you may not actually receive the stock into plant or warehouse for which you are creating a delivery.
regards
anand -
Make to order and sales from stock
Hi,
What are the important differences between make to order and sales from stock?
ThanksDear Yves,
Make-to-order
A type of production in which a product is manufactured for a particular customer.
Includes both sales order production and engineer-to-order.
Make-to-stock
An inventory of goods that were not manufactured for specific sales orders or projects.
I hope it will clear for you,
Regards,
Murali. -
Hello PP Experts
please provide information regarding setting for cost collector against make to order case
I have created one order type for cost collector that is working fine for descrete manufacturing when i create production order through CO01
but when i create order through CO08 then one massage pop up that is no any cost collector found
why cost collector not active in CO08
how can i configure cost collector for sales order based production order (make to order) by Co08
Please Help me in this issue
PrashantHI Venkat,
Product cost collectors cannot be used for the following objects and production environments:
-Manufacturing orders that settle to a sales order item if you are using a nonvaluated sales order stock in sales-order-related production
-Sales-order-related production with a valuated sales order stock, except in repetitive manufacturing environments
-Engineer-to-order environments
-Manufacturing orders that are part of a collective order
-Joint production
Regards,
Declan
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