Difference between LP and LPA scheduling agreements

[gobinathan_govindarajan]

Hi

Can you please explain the diffference between LP and LPA type scheduling agreements?

From Business point of view , how do they differ ?

Gobinatha nG

[former_member581212 · Accepted solution]

hi,

One will create release document and other will not...

Release doc is created with LPA...

when seen as per business point of view, there is one advantge with LPA...when you post your schedule agreement ...with it only the release doc is generated(which may take one of two forms: a forecast delivery schedule ..which is a proof to the vendor for the req number of qty and value...

check the link for each n every details:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/EN/75/ee0fa855c811d189900000e8322d00/frameset.htm

hope it helps..

Regards

Priyanka.P

[Former Member]

LP- Without release documentation.

LPA - with release documentation (Please see the box Rel doc. checked at defining document types for SA).

The scheduling agreement delivery schedule is created in the SAP System. In order that the information in the delivery schedule can be transmitted to the vendor, the system generates a message for the schedule.

If you are using scheduling agreements without release documentation (document type LP), the message is generated directly.

If you are using scheduling agreements with release documentation (document type LPA), you must explicitly generate SA releases.

Message --> Output of the document either E-mail or Fax or Print out etc..

The schedule lines of a scheduling agreement release contain finalized information for the vendor regarding quantities and delivery dates. The schedule lines are recorded with the aid of the release documentation and can thus be displayed and verified at any time. The release documentation enables you to see which schedules you transmitted to the vendor during the last two weeks, for example, and check the correctness of goods receipts against the relevant schedule lines.

There are two kinds of scheduling agreement release:

Forecast (FRC) delivery schedule

Provides the vendor with longer-term data regarding the quantities needed of a material and when delivery is required.

Just-in-Time (JIT) delivery schedule

Provides the vendor with data on required quantities and desired delivery dates/times covering the near future.

If you wish to work with JIT delivery schedules, the JIT schedule indicator must be set in the material master record (Purchasing or MRP 2 view) and the Additional data of the scheduling agreement item.

In the case of scheduling agreements with release documentation, you can display the finalized delivery scheduling information transmitted to the vendor.

Displaying Release Documentation for a Scheduling Agreement Item

From the Scheduling view, choose Item ® SA release docu.

You will then obtain an overview of the releases for the relevant scheduling agreement item with the header data.

From this overview you can:

u2013 Branch to the display of the individual schedule lines:

Select the desired scheduling agreement release and choose Goto ® Sched. lines/release.

You will then see the schedule lines that were transmitted, with the discrete and cumulative quantities.

u2013 Compare two scheduling agreement releases with each other:

Choose Goto ® Overview JIT schedules or Overview FRC schedules.

Select the desired releases and choose Goto ® Compare releases.

You will see the header data of the two releases and a comparison of the schedule lines in each case, with the quantities, their differences, and the cumulative figures for the difference.

You can view the results in the form of a graphic. To do so, choose Goto ® Overview graphic.

Printing Release Docu. for Scheduling Agreement Item

Choose Outline agreement ® List displays ® By vendor. Use the list variant EVERYTHING and document type LPA.

Choose Program ® Execute.

You will get an overview list containing JIT and forecast delivery schedules.

Choose List ® Print.

To view the schedule lines for an SA release, position the cursor on the desired line and choose Environment ® Display document.

Thanks,

Anand K

[Former Member]

Hi

With release documentation (in the standard system, document type LPA) The schedule lines in the system have internal character. This means that you can change them in any way you wish. The schedule lines stored in the system are not transmitted to the vendor until you explicitly create a scheduling agreement release (which may take one of two forms: a forecast delivery schedule or a JIT delivery schedule).

The release documentation allows you to display the releases transmitted to a vendor over a certain period in order to establish exactly when you transmitted which information to the vendor.

Without release documentation (in the standard system, document type LP)

The schedule lines immediately have official character, i.e. they are immediately transmitted to the vendor the moment you save them (transmission time-spot 4 for messages). There is no release documentation in this case.

vIVEK