Intercompany sales proces with automatic PO in delivering plant

[Former Member]

Dear Experts,

We have implemented the following standaard Sales Order Intercompany proces (current situation):

The customer orders from sales organization 0001 (selling company code 0001), the goods are delivered from plant LY02 (company code of the delivering plant LY02) DIRECTLY to the customer. The delivery occurs in the shipping point specified in the sales order which is assigned to the delivering plant. The customer billing document (delivery-related) is created by sales organization 0001, the intercompany billing document (delivery-related) is created by the sales organization of the delivering company code and issued to the selling company code. This scenario is working fine.

Now our customers wants to implement the following Intercompany proces (future situation):

The customer orders from sales organization 0001 (selling company code 0001). In Sales Organization 0001 a Sales Order is created for the Customer and based on this Sales Order there should be a created an automatic Purchase Order to the delivering company code/plant (LY02/LY02). The items should be delivered from the delivering company/plant (LY02/LY02) to the Selling company (0001). Then the selling Company/Sales Org (0001/0001) deliver the goods to the customer. Based on the Sales Order in the selling company 0001 a cutomer billing document should be created. From the delivering company (LY02) an Intercompany Invoice should be created based on the automatic generated Purchase Order.

Is there a solution for the above mentioned process in SAP, or any alternative solutions? It concerns an Intercompany process where the goods are first delivered from the delivering company to the selling company and then from the selling company to the customer, instead of the goods being delivered from the delivering company DIRECTLY to the customer (as described in the first scenario = current situation).

Intelligent ideas will be rewarded!!

Thanks in advance.

Roel

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Palani,

Thanks for your respond. I have been customzing the whole day and came to the same conclusion that you suggested. But 1 problem though:

When creating an automatic PR from a Sales order, it is mandatory to have an account assignment defined in the schedule line category that's in the sales order (Tcode VOV6). When I do the GR in local plant 0001 the goods are posted in the plant with a reference to the sales order (in the material document). But the goods are not posted in a storage location due to the fact that there is an account assignment on the PO. So in the Delivery I have to leave the storage location empty. But during the GI I get an error message because the Goods Issue needs a Storage location.

Any ideas how to solve this?

Many thanks.

Roel

[n_palanisami · Accepted solution]

Hi Roel,

Please use item category TAB. This is individual PO scenario as explained in the below help document :

[Individual PO|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/dd/5602ae545a11d1a7020000e829fd11/frameset.htm]

[Details|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/dd/5602ae545a11d1a7020000e829fd11/frameset.htm]

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Palani

[n_palanisami]

Hi Roel,

Yes, it is possible. When the sales order is created in 0001 sales org, based on the item category configuration we can trigger automatic PR. This PR can be converted to PO and issued to LY02. GR and IR (Intercompany invoice) will follow for this PO and the stock will come into sales org 0001 's local plant. Then the sales order can be delivered and invoiced to the customer.

Hope it helps.

Regards,

Palani