Order Confirmation Error...

Question

Dear,
For a particular prodn order, we have 5 operations in total. All the operations except the third are used only for costing and confirmation possible indicator through control key. Where as the third or Opr 30 is ONLY a scheduling operation with a fixed duration of 14 days. The last operation in the order has the scheduling, costing, auto GR and milestone confirmation indicators set.
Now, since we have partial confirmations along with overdelivery set in the parameters hence people normally confirm say 1000 pcs for a 100 pc order.
I have this strange error in CIF which says: Error in activity of Opr 30; Complete confirmation of an activity is not possible"
Note: We use ECC 6.0 and APO 5.0
Any reasons for such a behavior???
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Hi Team Eusap,
This error can be avoided if "delivery completed" tick is made on the production order on "Goods receipt" tab as and when the posting is completed.  This list can be obtained from production orders with REL and PCNF download and REL and Partially delivered status.  Similarly, while confirming by operations and activities by the users, the operation 30 which is causing the problem needs to be final confirmed. This will ensure that all operations and operations are confirmed by the production order.  In SCM 5.0, the APO system will accept the order only if all operations and activities are confirmed.  You can also refer sap note 832393 which states that "Remaining duration adjustments
RESTRICTIONS The solution covers adjustments of the Remaining Durations in APO exclusively. The current R/3 confirmation doesn't reduce capacity requirements level in APO. This will not change with the new solution even if in R/3 the capacity requirement reduction takes place. The part of the R/3 capacity requirements for production order integration without PPM/RTO in APO remains unchanged. The solution is only valid for PP-production ordres, not for PPPI-process orders or repetitive manufacturing orders. (For process orders in R/3 release 4.70 the capacity requirement reduction can be configured similar to the PP-workcenters in R/3  but these customizing isn't valid for the confirmations). Partial confirmation of an activity allows the maintenance of a forecast finish (date) or adjusted defaulted forecast values. These values are not transfered to APO and therefore APO doesn't expect that the left activity differentiate from the original planned activity.
( Changed at 02.11.2005 )".
Regards
R. Senthil Mareeswaran.