Quota Arrangement in Make to order Environment

Dear Gurus,
Is it possible to have Quota Arrangement for the planned order that is created for a Sales order? (Planned Order type KD). I have maintained Quota arrangement for my finished Product which is make to order but after I run MRP for a sales order, the planned order is created only for one source of supply (Production Version) instead of splitting it in different production versions.
Additional data:
I have allowed Splitting quota on my lot size.
Please help.
Regards,
Jawad Khan Niazi

Okay, I have figured out the logic. For a single sales order item, the system never splits the planned order quantity into two production versions while creating planned orders, however, if you maintain quota using the maximum released quantity logic the system assigns the alternate source of supply to the next sales order in the same period. for example
if I maintain quota arrangement for material X as
Production Version A: 10000 Units
Production Version B: 10000 Units
and then I receive two sales orders,
Sales order 1 : 12000 Units
Sales order 2 : 8000 Units
then after executing the planning run the planned orders are created as follows,
planned order 1 with production version A: 12000 Units (Exception message 70: Quota limit exceeded)
Planned order 2 with production version B: 8000 Units
Regards,
Jawad Khan Niazi

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    Make to Order production of Variants
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    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 the“V8” 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 returns & recovering components

    We have some finished goods that are quite expensive.
    When we get a return we may want to fix the problem and sell the unit again or we may want to recover some of the components and use them in a different unit.
    Can anyone point me in the right direction for ideas on how to do this?
    The units are produced in a make to order environment, so usually i suppose we would be recovering the common components and then re-use them in a different unit.
    I'm hoping for a general idea or perhaps some documentation on this.
    Regards
    Simon

    Create a Return sale order and do the PGR against the order.
    If the material is Ok, Transfer the material to unrestricted or to other sale order
    IF you want to recover the components:
    Create a Production order for one of the component( of the finish material)
    and assign the finish material in component  in component overview with + ve qty
    If some other component also need to generate means maintain the particulat component as - ve qty
    Maintain auto GI and Auto GR setting
    while confirming, the finish material will consume in 261 movement
    production order material receipt in 101
    and other material receipt in 531
    ONce the stock is updated youcan use or sale as per the business need

  • What are configuration steps in implementation for make to order?

    please give the steps for normal production also.

    Hi,
    Below is the requested info:
    Make-to-Order (MTO) Production
    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.
    Configuration Settings:
    Create material master by maintaining general item category group- 0001(make to order)
    Availability check - 02
    Transportation Group - 0001
    go to va01 and raise sales order
    item category:TAk
    Schedule line category : cp
    Requirement type KE
    Requirement class 040
    Check TOR and avalability check
    special stock : E
    VOV7
    of TAK
    billing relivence : A
    Pricing :X
    go to mb1c
    maintain stock with a special stock indicator E
    mavement type 61
    Special stock E
    specify sales order number line item number and saveit
    go to VL01N main data
    Go to VF01
    save it
    Thanks
    Ram

  • Which fields of material maintain in make to order scenario through bdc

    HELLO  !!!!!
    GURUS !!!
    I am working on make to order scenario.
    Here is batch management.
    I am giving data for uploading so for that which fields must be filled from
    basic data to costing .
    Could you give me some ref. on this topic.
    Regards,
    Nitin

    Hi,
    Its like I have given for the Raw Material what are all the required fields and this is as per the scenerio which we follow and i think this helps you..
    MBRSH     Industry Sector
    MTART     Material Type
    DYTXT     
    WERKS     Plant
    LGORT     Storage location
    MAKTX     Material Description
    MEINS     Base unit of measure
    MATKL     Material Group     
    SPART     Division
    BSTME     Order Unit
    EKGRP     Purchasing Group
    KAUTB     Automatic PO
    XCHPF      Batch MAnagement
    EKWSL     Purchasing valu key
    WEBAZ     GR Processing Time
    USEQU     Quota arrangement Usage
    DISMM     MRP Type
    DISPO     MRP Controller
    DISLS     Lot Size
    BESKZ     Procurement type     
    LGFSB     S.Loc for Ep
    PLIFZ     Scheduling margin key
    FHORI     Planned Delivery Time
    RWPRO     Coverage Profile
    STRGR     Strategy Group
    VRMOD     Consumption mode
    VINT1     Backward Consumption Period
    VINT2     Forward Consumption Period
    MTVFP     Availability Check
    SBDKZ     Individual/Collective     
    BKLAS     Valuation Class
    VPRSV     Price Control Indicator
    VERPR     Value/Price
    EKALR     With Qty Structure
    Hope This Helps you.. is it clear
    Regards,
    Sravanthi
    Edited by: sravanthi nemani on Dec 29, 2008 1:38 PM

  • Source determination,Quota Arrangement Process

    Hi,
    Plz tell me how to maintain Source determination,Quota Arrangement.step by step

    Dear,
    QUOTA ARRANGEMENTS
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    Regards,
    Syed Hussain

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    TAJUDDIN

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    Senthil

    Hi Kumara,
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    Revert if any doubt and reward points if useful.
    Regards,
    Tejas

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    Thanks & Regards

    This is the std SAP solution
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    [http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/en/75/ee116c55c811d189900000e8322d00/content.htm]
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