Conversion factor problem for density - PP-PI

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus!

Now i am in pp implementation for process industry.

(Lubricants manufacturing Industry)

1. On production of Semi Finished product each batch will be given a conversion factor where Raw materials will be consumed in KG and on MIGO (GR) output of Semi finished will be captured in Liters. In BOM for SKU (STOCK KEEPING UNIT) wise production it will be maintained in Liters.

Now my area of concern are:-

1. Conversion factor to be used at what stage & whether it is to be made flexible for each Process Order:

In proposed PP module it is being principally decided to undertake production of final FG in two stages.

First the production will be for product and in second stage it will be for the SKUs. The consumption of RAW materials will continue to be booked in KG. After the Blending is over when we do the GR for the Semi finished product the unit of measure should be in Liters ( that will depend on the Density after Blending)only.

In Blending( Mixing of Base oil & Additive) operation the quality person will check the density (Kg/L)

After applying the density he arrives semifinished quantity as detailed below:

For Example : semifinish UOM -

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Liter

Raw mat1 qty 850Kg

Raw mat2 qty 150kg

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Total = 1000kg

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Density of semifinish Material at 29.5deg C = 0..8957

semifinish quantity is 1000/0.8957 = 1116.45 Liter ( This is actual output)

we need At the time of confirmation(COR6) the system will consume the raw material as 1000Kg and will give Semifinished qty as 1116.45 Liter

How to map in SAP?

Regards

Ramrao

[dhaval_choksi3]

Hi,

You can handle this scenario by the use of Batch specific unit of measure.

For Your Halb code use two unit of measure,

- one which will be your Base Unit of measure - KG

- Second will be your Production unit - Ltr,

[ Batch Specific Unit of Measure|http://help.sap.com/bestpractices/BBLibrary/Documentation/Q24_BB_ConfigGuide_EN_US.doc]

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Now Do production / Confirmation and GR in KG.

Insert MIC for Density where QA person do the test for Denstity.Use this MIC as a Link MIC so that value of MIC transfer to the Batch data of that Batch no. of that Halb code.

With help of settings made in Batch specific unit of measure and dependency u will find stock in liters also.

Regards,

Dhaval

[Former Member]

hi,

your base unit of measure should be your stock keeping unit. you can maintain your SFG in liters and define a bom with components in kg. In actual production there will be always minor dofference in consumption qty as well as yield. so based on the actual density u can put the correct yield in liters at the time of GR.