Maintain Multiple Sale Unit of Measure

[Former Member]

Dear all,

How can we maintain multiple sale unit of measure for a particular material in single sales area. Meaning different sales orders can have different unit of measure for the same material in the same sales area.

Regards and Thanks,

[Former Member]

Hi,

Maintain all possible UOM in the Additional data. (Normally you mention the conversion in 'Additional Data' of the material.) You should be able to use them while creating the sales order for any sales area. Also, in the Sales org data for the material, Make 'Base UOM' and 'Sales UOM' as same. It should work for you.

Thanks

Mukund S

[jpfriends079]

You can take you of

Sales unit

Unit of measure in which the material is sold. Enter a value in this field only if you want to use a unit of measure differing from the base unit of measure. If the field does not contain an entry, the system will assume that the unit of measure is the base unit of measure. The value that you define in the material master record is proposed in other transactions/events, where it can be changed

And this can change with your sales area. For this you have to extend the material to desired sales area with respective sales units, where Base Unit of Measure will be constant for all sales area.

Hope it can assist you in understanding.

Thanks & Regards

JP

[Former Member]

I understand that part. In the approach suggested by you, only one sales unit of measure can be used per sales area per material. I want to use 10 possible sales units of measure for the same material within the same sales area. How do i achieve this?

Regards & Thanks

[Shiva_Ram]

Hi,

Try using material master (MM02) -additional data->Unit of measure of tab.

Enter the conversion for the UOM that you plan to use with respect to base unit of measure.

Then the user can enter the sale unit of measure in the sales order.

Regards,

[jpfriends079]

I hope following link will assist you in understanding:

[UoM - Unit of mesurement|http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/SI/UnitofMeasurerelatedsettingsinSAP]

Or can you throw little more light on your requirement, why/how your are intended to use different UoM in one material in same sales area?

Thanks & Regards

JP

[Former Member]

I have tried the Sales unit of Measure field in the Sales view of material master and also tried the Additional Data -> Unit Of Measure......

The UoMs defined in the Additional data tab don't appear in the sales order line item drop down. the requirement is as under:

there is a material "M1" in a plant "1033" and sales area "1000/10/01", with base unit of measure in "Meters". There are 2 customers say "C1" and C2".

Order 1:

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Customer = C1

Material = M1

Quantity Required = 5

UoM = Kgs (1 Kg = 10 Meters)

Order 2:

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Customer = C1

Material = M1

Quantity Required = 2

UoM = Lot (1 Lot = 50 Meters)

Order 3:

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Customer = C2

Material = M1

Quantity Required = 3

UoM = Kgs (1 Kg = 10 Meters)

Order 4:

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Customer = C2

Material = M1

Quantity Required = 6

UoM = Lot (1 Lot = 50 Meters)

All the 4 sales orders are in Sales area "1000/10/01" and plant = "1033".

How to achieve the above.

Regards,

Kamesh

[jpfriends079]

Check (MM02) Material Master - Additional Data button in menu bar - Unit of Measurement Tab

OR

Scenario: - BP buys ItemA in Kg and sells in Gr. (Refer SAP Note 883504 - Different UoM for the same Item)

1. Define ItemA with kg as the unit of measure in the Purchasing Data tab - and Gr as the sales unit of measure in Sales Data tab. Enter items per purchase unit as 1000 and the items per sales unit as 1.

2. Generate an AP invoice with a quantity of 1, the items per purchase unit is 1000 so 1000 items enter the stock.

3. Generate an AR invoice with a quantity of 1, the items per purchase unit is 1 so the stock of the item is reduced by a quantity of 1 gram.

There is no way to indicate that the stock has been reduced by 1000kg which is equal to 1 gram.

Workaround:

1. Duplicate ItemA as Purchase Item (UoM=Kg) and Sales Item (UoM=Gr) - This means that you will have 2 items, ItemA1 and ItemA2

OR

2. Generate ItemA (both Sales and Purchase Item) by configuring UoM and Price according to the smallest UoM and perform every transaction by keeping this UoM

NB: Do not forget to define UoM in Administration - System Initialization - General Settings - Display tab - Default Weight Unit

Also check following links for understanding:

Thanks & Regards

JP