on 05-02-2011 12:09 PM
Hi,
I have the following problem.
I have an SD order and a material in there. By saving the document i want the system to check (in the background) whether the material is on stock.
If yes, there is stock, nothing special should happen and a delivery could be created from the sales order by somebody
If the material is not on stock, the system should automatically create a purchase requisition.
So I need the system to decide whether to create a purchase requisition or not, based on the availability check of the sales order.
I know that there are schedule line categories.
In the customizing of the schedule line categories it seems i have to check 'Availability' there so that the transfer of requirements is switched on
But if i do that, i cannot provide details about the purchase requisiton to be created inside the schedule line categories (i want to provide in the field 'order type' e.g. 'NB')
If i fill out the field order type, i get an error message from the system:
'Availability/requirements check not possible for external procurement'
So i could do it vice versa and fill out the field 'order type' for the purchase requisition. But then i cannot switch on the transfer of requirement (checkbox 'Availability').
If i would do the latter, it would mean that the system is always creating a purchase requisition without checking the availability and without a transfer of requirements. But i want the system to decide (not me) whether to create a purchase req. or not.
Can somebody advice?
Thanks in advance,
Miguel
Hi Miguel,
If you look at your business requirement from a bit different angle, it can be rephrased as this:
1- create sales order with ATP. If stock exists, then confirmed by ATP check. This is standard.
2- else if there's no stock, ATP will not confirm. Save the SO without ATP confirmation. Requirements are transferred (in any case).
3- run MRP (can be done in the background automatically). If there are uncovered requirements (need to choose a proper planning strategy, like 40 for MTS), system will create purchase requisitions.
4- run a rescheduling run of SOs in the background (maybe automatically once a day), to confirm existing unconfirmed orders when new stock is comming in from purchasing, or based on purchase requisitions/orders if it makes business sense.
What do you think?
Rgards,
Mario
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