Second schedule line item automatically generated quantity zero

[Former Member]

Dear experts,

We have a process where sales orders are created, with a certain quantity to be delivered in a certain date.

Everything is ok, but when changing the req. delivery date, a second item is automatically generated in the Sales order schedule lines, with quantity zero.

Could anyone tell me the origin of such phenomenon?

Thank you very much to you all,

VL

[Former Member]

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[Former Member]

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[Former Member]

VL,

Would you be more specific about which qty is ZERO for the second schedule line? Is it order qty or the confirmed qty?

Regards,

Vijay Bedekar

[Former Member]

hi vijay..

if i am not wrong then..

if your delvery date is today's and is confirmed date and if you editing it and making the date in past then u get the other line wiht quantity zero. that means that the material is not available in the past dates and is available today. hence 2 lines one with zero and other with confirmed qty.

hope it helped

regards

[Former Member]

Dear Mr. Bedekar,

Thank you very much for your response in first place.

Let me give you some more data about the issue:

1.- There is no Availability Check in the Sales Order.

2.- Req. Deliv. Date and First Date (in the item level) are changed to the past.

Let´s make an example: If we create a single item sales order with 1000 units, today September 10th, the system will automatically propose this date for both of them, Req. Deliv. and First date.

If we did not change the date, or we introduce a date in the future, the system would create only one scheduled line with ordered, rounded and confirmed quantity equal to 1000.

If we introduce first date 1st September then another schedule line is automatically created:

First item: 1st September. Ordered and rounded quantity equal to 1000, confirmed equal to zero.

Second item: 10th. September. Ordered and rounded quantity equql to 0, confirmed equeal to 1000.

The first item, with confirmed quantity equal to ZERO, causes problems in other project processes. Is there any chance to make it disappear?

Thank you very much in advanced.

VL

[Former Member]

VL,

Thanks for your detailed response. Based on this I can propose following option.

Since there is no ATP check in the sales order process, you may not need any date calculation for loading date, trasportation planning date and GI date. There are couple of things that you may try.

1. Remove relevant pick/pack time of the shipping point & remove route determination as well to avoid transit time.

2. If these line items aren't relevant delivery then you can remove selection of 'Sched.line allowed' for relevant item category.

3. In the configuration under 'Delivery Scheduling and Transportation Scheduling --> Define Scheduling By Sales Document Type' you may deactivate forward scheduling for relevant document type.

Please try and let me know if any of these options help to resolve your requirement.

Regards,

Vijay

[former_member184555]

Hi

Since the availability check is not active, system always should create schedule line for the requested delivery date and it is working fine in your case under normal circumstances.

First item: 1st September. Ordered and rounded quantity equal to 1000, confirmed equal to zero.
Second item: 10th. September. Ordered and rounded quantity equql to 0, confirmed equeal to 1000.

But, when you are changing the requested delivery date to the past date,

1. It is creating the first schedule line for the requested delivery date (1st September) and since it is in the past it couldn't confirm the quantities. But it will show the ordered quantity and rounded quantity since they are ordered for 1st September.

2. SInce it couldn't confirm the delivery quantities, it is creating the second schedule line for the current date (10th. September) since the availability check is not active, and it is showing the Ordered and rounded quantity equal to 0 since these quantities are not actually ordered for this date.

Thanks,

Ravi

[Former Member]

Hi,

Thank you for your quick response.

I do not think it has to do with the credit block but: From the two items, one has the current date, and one has the req. deliv. date we have introduced.

Is there any chance to make disappear the schedule line item from current date? I have tried to delete it, but then the other item is also deleted.

Thank you very much in advanced.

VL

[Shiva_Ram]

Hi,

When the required quantity is not available on requsted delivery date, the system creates the second entry in the schedule line level and based on the ATP check, it will be try to propose a new delivery date. This is standard behavior. Run the availability check in the sales order by hightlighting the line item and click on the availability button at the bottom. You can get the new delivery date.

Also check whether the sales order is put on delivery block both at header level and at item level.

You may need to check fixed quantity/date box is checked at the schedule line screen or not. If checked, just remove it and re-run Availability check.

Regards

[Shiva_Ram]

Hi,

Check the following;

1) Check the customer is put on credit block. Use t.code VKM1 and check whether the sales order is put on credit hold. If there is a credit hold, then the system cant confirm quantity. Release the sales order and check the schedule line after re-running the availability check.

2) Check in MMBE, whether required stock is available or not.

Regards,