Manage the beer stock in three aspect

Question

hi gurus:
here is the situation ,our store purchase  beer from  vendor or distribution center , and we manage the beer stock in three aspect
(acctually the material is 24 bottle beer in a box) :
1.beer (liquid )   ( 1 beer stock per bottle )
2.bottle for beer   ( 24 bottle  for  1 box ) &  the bottle is returnable by customer ,
3.box for beer  
NOW ,we have three article number for purchasing and sales ,the problem is when purchasing we have to enter the three article numbers one by one ,is there anyway ,we can input the article number for beer(liquid) and  the system  automaticlly proposed the other two article numbers ?  or you may have better solutions ?
thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hi Ryan,
I remember seeing somebody proposing solution for a similar need using a subcontracting PO with the additional materials defined as "by-products" in the subcontracting BOM, i.e. components with negative BOM qty.
Make the BOM for 24 "beers" to contain also -24 pcs of bottles and -1 piece of boxes. Then order the "beers" (with the qty divisible by 24 of course). When you do GR for this order, besides the "beers" you will also get to stock the bottles and the boxes, even if it will be the "stock with subcontractor", special stock O (mvt 545).
Two problems with this solution:
- You can't define pricing conditions for these "by-product" items. But you can have them as additional conditions on the "beers"
- The stock value of the "by-products" will be updated with their current valuation price. If they are valuated to std price, this is not an issue, but if they are MAP materials... Then you will have to do additional accounting transactions to re-allocate the costs to the stock value of these materials.
BR
Raf