Procurement of equipments

Hi everybody!
In my company one area manages 5 materials that are created as equipments in SAP. They want to save the relation between purchase order of these materials and the equipments, so i have been watching the information of the equipment but i don't find any field when i could save this information.
Any idea???

Hi,
Yes, you can choose any kind of material, this is a special process on PM and you need to use serial number
Please review the link below
Synchronization between asset and equipment
Regards
Carlos

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Hi ,
We have separate Logistics ( Frieght ) and Material Procurement Teams here in our procurement department.
Scenario is as below.
We procure large equipments for our EPC business. Generally equipment supplier and transporter are different. so when material procurement team creates a purchase order, they are not generally aware of transportation costs needed .so once vendor confirms that equipment is ready for dispatch, procurement team informs logisitcs team to arrange for transporter to transport equipment to our premises.
Then Logistics team negotiates with transporters and chooses one of them . A transport purchase order against transporter is created which has freight charges and service taxes included .
But now this cost doesn't add to material Value and its giving us wrong valuation of material. So is there any better way to handle this?
Thanks
Manoj

Hi,
You just mentioned the issue but whats your actual requirements.
AS you clearly says during PO creation, Frieght cost do not know , PO created and send to vendor( material ) and Frieght vendor will be knowing later. .........OK. You have now following options, chose any one based on business demand
Option-1:
Add Frieght cost to inventory of material account by doing Subsequent debit in t.code: MIRO
http://e-mory.blogspot.com/2007/05/sap-miro-enter-freight-cost-to.html
Option-2:
Post Freight Cost to separate G/L account in t.code: MIRO by activating "G/L account' TABs in the MIRO screen in following path:
SPRO> Material Management>Logistics Invoice Verification->Incoming Invoice->Activate Direct Posting to G/L Accounts and Material Account
More check link:
Freight condition type
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Zero value PO for internal processing

Hi ,
My client has a requirement where they need to raise Zero Value Purchase Order to IT Service Desk for procuring IT Equipments / Phones / Laptops .
So the service desk is our internal vendor who negotiates with IT Hardware providers to procure stuff ordered through PO .
Now I know that in the Invoice Tab at the item level we can un check the Inv Receipt to make the PO a zero value , but I am stuck with
1. What should be the combination in Account Assignment Category & Text Item Category ?
2. Also we don't want to create any specific materials for this and would like to populate our requirement in the description . For example " Order 5 blackberries" .
Please suggest the best way to do the same .
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Anirban

> My client has a requirement where they need to raise Zero Value Purchase Order to IT Service Desk for procuring IT Equipments / Phones / Laptops .
If this is internal requirement, you should create a PR instead of PO and there is no need to enter the purchase price but still picks the valuation price from the material master but it doesnt have any impact in the accounts or purchase.
> So the service desk is our internal vendor who negotiates with IT Hardware providers to procure stuff ordered through PO .
Later your IT desk can negotiate with vendor and convert the PR into PO for the purchase. because you can't create a PO with zero value until otherwise if it's free item or consignment item. But in your scenario, you can't enter your IT department as vendor.
> Now I know that in the Invoice Tab at the item level we can un check the Inv Receipt to make the PO a zero value , but I am stuck with
I dont think this is right scenario, even though if you create ur IT department as vendor and create PO with "no invoice" this is not a right practise.
> 1. What should be the combination in Account Assignment Category & Text Item Category ?
> 2. Also we don't want to create any specific materials for this and would like to populate our requirement in the description . For example " Order 5 blackberries" .
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1. you can maintain the account assignment in PR depends on where you want to incur the cost(cost center, internal order) if this is direct expense. But if it's a stock item, you dont need to provide account objects in PR/ PO
2. You can create PR/PO without material by only maintain short text but you need to provide the account assignment. I dont think item category helps for your scenario.

New business scenerio

Hello Guru,
My client is in business of procuring new equipments which is given on lesae.Presently business wants to have another scenerio that is taking similar equipments from lease from some other vendor and then giving to lease to their client.
1.We will be paying rental charges to vendor from whom these equipments will be taken on lease.
2.Needs to create asset master in plant maintennce for conducting existing different business process.
3.This is all z development.
4.Need to have asset accounting,income ,expenditure for these equipments which are taken on lease from some vendor
.I have few question regarding this.
1.How to take such equipments on stock as we will be paying only rental charges after certain interval but want to have those equipments with full asset value in asset master.
2.How to return these equipments after lease period is over
3.How to keep account of these equipments.
Thanks in advance.
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Vinay

Hi Can any one help me.
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Preventive maintenance for equipments installed in plant area

Dear experts,
I want to implement Preventive maintenance for equipments installed in plant area.
Requirement is that i should be able to create a maintenance plan & schedul it as per the due dates. Maintenance order should get created. This order can be linked to the service contract item for which service entry sheet is created & released.
I want a control on service entry sheet creation if the order is not settled or the related inspection lot which is generated is not confirmed.
Please give advice ,how to proceed.
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Vivek Deshpande

Hi Vivek,
Not sure on clearly what u need .. but have a look at some of the plans and examples of their usage for better idea ..
1. Types : Time Based or Performance Based
2. Single Cycle Plan [Time Based] : Ex u2013 Maintenance of a Vehicle every 03 months
3.Single Cycle Plan [Performance Based] :Ex- Maintenance of a Vehicle every                                1000KM .
4.Strategy Cycle Plan [Time Based] : Ex- Maintenance of a Vehicle every 03                                            months, 06 months etc.
5.Strategy Cycle Plan [Performance Based Plans] : Ex u2013Maintenance of Vehicle                                                                          every 1000km , 2000km etc.
6.Multiple Cycle Plan with single cycle set [Time or Performance Based] : Ex u2013                                                    Maintenance of a vehicle every 3months or                                  500km
7.Multiple Cycle Plan with Multiple Cycle Sets [Time of Performance Based] : Ex- Maintenance of a Vehicle every 3months or 500km and 6months or 1000km
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Plant stock procurement with budget control

Hello,
Our client has centralized stores which caters to FOS (Factory Operating Supplies) requirements of various projects and departments. Some of the FOS items include u2013 Wielding rods, Personal Protective Equipments (PPEu2019s) etc. These are procured at plant level.
We have following requirement u2013
1) Above mentioned FOS material should be procured as Plant stock with budget control
We have following queries regarding this requirement u2013
We want this material as plant stock which will be issued as per requirement. If I create PR, PO without account assignment, there is no budget control.
If we procure this material against cost center, material do not come in stock.
Please guide for solution.
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Milind Dumbre

Hi
If you have PS implemented
then you can use account assignment category Q in PO and WBS element which will control your budget
Or Go with value base contract or Quantity base contract with vendor so you can control it
Regards
Kailas Ugale
Edited by: kailasugale on Nov 12, 2011 7:48 PM

How to bring the equipments into system

Hi
I have one probelm we have list of equipments which are measuring like torch wrech ,multimeter 100 nos not in the sap system
now we want to bring those in sap system without affecting inventory .
The materail number for these are created in sap but are deleted .
How we can bring these equipments in the system we have serial numbers for all these equipment s(marked on these)
Is we have to create non valuated materail then how new materials can be procured
Regards
pratap

Dear Pratap,
What I understood about your requirement is that you have equipment already installed in locations.Without affecting the inventory you need to make them as serial numberised equipment.Also these equipment needs to be purchased and tracked with PO in future. if this is the case I don't feel it as complicated.
1. You create material numbers forthe equipment (One material number for one type of equipment) and give the serail number profile in the material master.
2.It can be valuated material with either moving average price or standard price as per your requirement.
3. then instad of bringing these already installed equipment to stock , you create equipment master and from view profile you select serial numbers and enter the material number and serial number for each equipment.(If needed you can use an LSMW in recording method for this)
4. Now you have the material master master with price and serial numbers / equipment for those materials. Since you have created the equipment master directly it did not affect the inventory.
5. in future when you want to buy a new equipment(new serial number for material) you can create PR , PO and do the GR.While GR it will ask for serial number and you can update it.
6. Before installing the equipment you can issue this serial number from your inventory.
7. Once it is issued and before it is being instlled go to IQ02 and activate equipment view and do the installation.
Note:Hope you are using internal number range for serialised equipment , bacause at the time of GR when you are entering the serial number the system will automatically create an equipment number. This equipment is the one you activating for installation through IQ02. If you need to maintain External number for equiment you have to go for a work around method of creating the equipment master with serial number details first before the GR.
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Equipments assigned to a project and tracking

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I want to assign some 10-15 equipments to a project. I can assign 1 equipement at a time in Assignment Tab and functioncal location to it.
If I want to assign 10-15 equipemnts then I have to create 10-15 WBS ??
Also if these equipemts are transfered to some other projct then tracking is possible through PS or Functioncal Location is only available option.
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Umesh

HI,
U can't assign equipmets to a project to my knoledge, you can keep functional location to a WBS level & assign seveal equipmets to that functional location, monitor thos equipments using functinalities availabe on PM
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What are the settings required for QM in procurement

Hi Team,
What are the settings required for QM in procurement. I have set indicator for QM in procurement in QM view in material master.
I am not clear about following fields to be maintained in QM view.
QM Control Key
Certificate type
Target QM system
Tech. delivery terms Indicator.
Please suggest me in which case to be used this fiels. Is it relivant to Quality Certificates.
Thanks

Hi,
All meaning are
QM Control Key :
If you activate the indicator for QM in procurement in the material master record at the client level, you must also store a control key at the plant level for quality management in procurement.
Certificate type :
Certificate types applies to the Certificate processing in procurement & Certificate creation
Target QM system :
whether the vendor's verified QM system, according to vendor master record or quality info-record (for a combination of vendor/material) meets the requirements for QM systems as specified in the material master
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- If you want Vendor's perticular certificate for Material then you have to define Certificate type.
Also, you have to maintain Material, Vendor's Info record at plant level.
Thanks,
JM

Automatic PO from PR [free text base procurement ]

Hi SAP gurus ,
I have following question ,
I am not using material master , it is a free text base procurement .
even there are no contracts in place .
Purchasing is only PR - PO w.r.t. & without respect to PR - GR - IV . etc.
How can I create a Automatic PO w.r.t. PR ?
Can anybody please advice?
Thanks ,
Prasad

Hello,
1. Check auto PO tick in Vendor Master record.
2. Create Info record for material group which you are going to use in PR. This is important for net price, purchasing group and tax code which will be mandatory in PO.
3. Assign Source of supply as this info record in PR.
4. Create auto PO in ME59N t- code.
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