Availibility check switch off

[former_member208541]

Hi All,

The availibility check can be switched off at schedule line level. So that means in sales order the availibility check will not happen if the same is swithced off at schedule line level..

My question is what is the business justification for the switching off the availibility check since the stock will never be confirmed in sales order and so no delivery can be made for that sales order ? so what is the use of such an option of switching off availibility check

regards

sachin

[former_member184555]

My question is what is the business justification for the switching off the availibility check
 since the stock will never be confirmed in sales order and
 so no delivery can be made for that sales order ?

Switching off availability check doesn't mean that schedule lines will not confirm the delivery dates and quanitites.

If the availability is switched off, system will always confirm the delivery for the Requested delivery date for the entire order quanitity (irrespective of the avaialability of stock).

Thanks,

Ravi

[Former Member]

Hey Sonu,

If you have lot of materials in hand then no need to do the avalilability check , in this case you can switch of availability check.

Suppose for example you are selling refrigerator and the compressor.

For refrigerator you will place the availability check and for compressor you wont. Because compressor will be available in most of the time.

Suppose you are giving a gift items along with the refrigerator in that case you will switch off the availability check for the gift.

It all depends on the business on which they need to check and on which need to be switch of , as such there is no thumb rule for this.

Regards,

Vvieks

[former_member208541]

Hello,

thanks for the reply. if we have plenty of material and swtich off the availibility check for the material, then how will the qty be confirmed in sales order. you mean we do manual availibility check in sales order but then system will not do since availibilty check is swtiched off. then how come the deliveries will happen for the sales order

regards

sachin

[Former Member]

Hi Sachin,

It is a standard behaviour in SAP, that only when it is required the availabilty check is Switched ON.

Availability check is controlled by schedule line category.

The option for going for either Availality Check - Switch off or On depends on the business requirement.

For Example:

Case 1 : Take the case of the Inquiry and Quotation, where you dont need any availablity check .

In standard SAP quotation doesnot undergo availability check

The reason behined this is the basic logic

Quotation is not a confirmed order and hence availabilty check is unnecessary

Case 2: If your business demands in such a way that you have stock in PLENTY and there is no necessary for running a Availability check then in that case, you can switch OFF the Availability check.

Regards

Edited by: SAP2020 on Nov 16, 2009 3:34 PM

[former_member208541]

Hello,

thanks for the reply. if we have plenty of material and swtich off the availibility check for the material, then how will the qty be confirmed in sales order. you mean we do manual availibility check in sales order but then system will not do since availibilty check is swtiched off. then how come the deliveries will happen for the sales order

regards

sachin

[Former Member]

Hi,

The Availability check is controlled globally at the Requirement class.

In Standard SAP, the Availability check can be carried at three levels, Order level, Delivery document level, and reservations level.

The availibility check can be switched off at schedule line level

This means if you switch off the Availability check at the schedule line level, then the Availability check is not carried at the Sales document level.

This does not mean, the availability check is completely swiched

If you switch off the Availability check at schedle lines , then for some documents like Inquiry the availability can be stopped as it is not required to carry out the availability

If you want to carryout the Availability check at the Delivery level, you can switch off the availability control at the Schedule lines category and switch on the Availability at the requirement class and the DELIVERY ITEM CONTROL.

hope it is clear,

regards,

santosh