Cylinder tracking - in MM perspective and in SD perspective

[Former Member]

Hi,

Please let me know the best approach to handle this scenario (in MM perspective and in SD perspective) in SAP:

Our client is in the business of providing oxygen cylinders (for rent) to patients. The client is renting out the cylinder from a vendor i.e. the ownership of the cylinder lies with the vendor. The empty cylinder from the patient is collected and a full cylinder is provided. The patient is charged based on full cylinder delivered.

Requirement:

Full cylinder and Empty cylinder quantities needs to be tracked. Not at the serial number level but at the quantity level.

Can somebody explain the document flow, stock type, movement types involved etc. in both MM point of view and SD point of view? Any documentation on this topic would also be helpful.

Thanks,

Shan

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Create Material for Cylinder. (Nomenclature)

2. Prepare Purchase Order as per the current practice

3. Prepare Gate Inward as per the current practices

4. Prepare Goods Receipt with the following considerations u2013

4.1. Fill all information as per the current practices

4.2. Select line item

Inward

Goods Receipt

General Guideline

(Maintain and Track Gas Cylinder Stock)

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4.3. Click on u201CTransport Equipmentu201D button

Note:= System will change movement type and special stock indicator

(501:M)

501 = Receipt w/o purchase order into unrestricted RTP

M = Ret.trans.pkg vendor

4.4. Select / Enter Material in Material Tab

4.5. Enter Qty in Unit of Entry in Quantity Tab

4.6. Enter following information in Where Tab

4.6.1. Plant

4.6.2. Storage Location

4.6.3. Goods recipient

4.6.4. Unloading Point

4.7. Select / Enter Vendor in Partner Tab

4.8. Enter following information in Batch Tab

4.8.1. Batch No Cylinder Number

4.8.2. Vendor Batch Cylinder Number

5. Prepare consumption entry as per the current practices

6. Prepare Goods Receipt for reversal document

6.1. Enter / Select Movement type 502 and special stock indicator u201CMu201D

6.2. Fill general information

6.3. Click on non-ordered item button

6.4. Enter / Select Material in Material Tab

6.5. Enter Qty in Unit of Entry in Quantity Tab

6.6. Enter following information in Where Tab

6.6.1. Plant

6.6.2. Storage Location

6.6.3. Text (Any remarks, narration)

6.7. Enter / Select Vendor in Partner Tab

6.8. Enter / Select Batch in Batch Tab

7. Prepare Gate Inward as per the current practices

Consumption

Outward

General Guideline

(Maintain and Track Gas Cylinder Stock)

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How to Manage Current Stock

We have to upload existing stock through transaction code MB1C with movement

type 561.

How to monitor the stocks

1. Run MB52 u2013Display Warehouse Stocks of Material

1.1. Select u201CDisplay Batch Stocksu201D option

1.2. Select u201CAlso Select Special Stocksu201D option

1.3. Select/Enter Special Stock Indicator u201CMu201D

1.4. Select display option

Nomenclature for material description

Material description should have following component

1. Cylinder <Prefix>

2. Color

3. Type

4. Size

Example: - Cylinder Red band 5 feet

Cylinder Red 5.45 feet

Cylinder Orange band 5 feet

Cylinder Black band 4.45 feet

Cylinder Brown 5.45 feet

[sankaralingam_maharajan · Accepted solution]

Use an user exit to convert stock type from Vendor Special Stock to Customer Special Stock.

[eduardo_hinojosa]

Hi

It's a perfect sample of returnable packaging. See the print file for sales in this [link|http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/print46c/en/data/pdf/SDSLS/SDSLS.pdf] in page 227 to 233. Empty cilynder is the packaging.

I hope this helps you

Regards

Eduardo

Edited by: E_Hinojosa on Dec 13, 2011 10:22 AM