Customer order in Points

[Former Member]

Hi all

We are an Electronics Contract mfg firm. We have one customer who gives us the PO in points.

ie, For a particular model points are already specified. So one month PO is given in points & models may change.

DO should have both material number & points, Invoice should be weekly for all the shipments in a week.

Any idea how to map the process to SAP.

Cheers

JOE

[Former Member]

Hi there,

When you mean points, where are they stored in a material master? For eg material AB1234 has 5 points & AC5432 has 10 points. They should be updated somewhere in the material master or in a Z table right?

So when you drop a sales order / delivery, choose a convinent filed in item level for eg additional data VBAP or LIPS & populate the value into VBAP or LIPS.

For this you will need to write a customized code in exit move filed to VBAP in MV45AFZZ sothat the point value stored in MARA / MARC or Z-table gets populated into VBAP or LIPS accordingly.

Reg combining all the invoices for the week, this shuld be coded in the copy control routine from delivery no invoice. In VTFL, item level Data VBRK/VBRP field, copy an existing routine that will combibe the invoices & write your code in the new routine starting with 9 series (966 for eg). In the code put a condition that you will need to combine the invoices for the deliveries created for that week. You can refer the week from the system calender.

Explain the requirement to the ABAPer & he will help you.

Regards,

Sivanand

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[Former Member]

Hi Sivanand

Thanks for your reply.

We plan to store the points related to a material in Z-table.

The problem is--- customer while giving PO will mention only the total points for one month.

He does not mention which all models to be built. These will be told separately to planning department.

So how we enter SO - in points ??

Cheers

JOE

[Former Member]

Hi there,

Clarify me when the customer gives the order, do you enter a SO or a purchase order? When he gives you the PO when to enter points in SO?

Is this your process: Sales order --> purchase order --> delivery --> Invoice? If yes, why do you need to enter points in PO?

When you say that the planning will be informed separatey what models to be built, it means that they know what model / material to build basing on the points? So does that mean that info is stored in SAP in some table? Pls clarify.

Regards,

Sivanand