UOM conversion for material

Question

Organization purchases yarns
1000Kg yarns
It is available in unit of 2 Kg each
So one yarn is of 2 Kgu2019s
Each yarn has 50000 Mtrs of thread
( 25000 mtrs / Kg )
The stock will be of 500 yarns of 2Kg each.
Issue to production 250 yarns to produce cloth of 5000 mtrs.(cloth width of 250 threads)
After consumption balance is returned back to stores
So
250 yarns are returned each of length 45000 mtrs
The weight of each yarn will be 1.8 Kg
The consumption in production in Kg 50 Kg
Balance will be 1000 u2013 50 = 950 Kg
Now the stock is
250 yarns of 2 Kg each = 500 Kg
250 Yarns of 1.8 Kg each = 450 Kg.
Issue of 400 Yarns for production of 20000 mtrs cloth (cloth width of 400 threads)
Issue 250 Yarns of 2Kg
Issue 150 yarns of 1.8 kg
Consumption will be 400 * .8 Kg = 320 Kg
Return will be
250 yarns of 1.2 Kg
150 yarns of 1 kg each
Balance will be
250 Yarns of 1.2 Kg  = 300 Kg   ( length 25000 mtrs)
150 Yarns of 1 Kg  = 150 Kg   ( length 20000 mtrs)
100 Yarns of 1.8 Kg = 180 Kg ( length 45000 mtrs)
Total 950 -320 = 630 Kg
I want to see inventory look like this so next I can select issue for the production of cloth with different length and breadth
How shall I maintain this in SAP
How to manage UOM and conversion factors ?
Can u iterate it with making issue and receipt transactions as described??

Answer 1

If this question is still relevant - such textile related questions are dealt within in SAP for Mill Products, this is also where we address the requirements of the cable industry.
In cable we typically deal with the requirement to check ATP not for the total quantity alone, but considering the individual lengths available.
There are multiple ways to model this.
Most flexibility is through characteristic dependent planning in APO where individual length on a batch is a characteristic.
But you can also acchieve a lot already when using batch specific units measure. Here it strongly depends how you would like to model the batch, be it for the individual cone, or for the "bundle". A good search term here is "single unit batch".
If you are interested to reactivate this discussion, raise your hand now.
- Stefan