Virtual plant solution

[Former Member]

Helllo gurus,

Current scenario we have :

PlantA is located in regionA, and plantB located in region B. Customers located in regionA order products only from plantA.

It to be scenario :

customers located in region A will start ordering product located in plantB in the same sales order. Main business requirement is that customer would receive still one invoice when he orders products located in different plants. Another requirement that picking and packing should be done on on customer level already in plantB which means we can not use standard stock tranfser order process. So plantA becomes kind of cross dock

Other consideration is that plant B is "Exicse" type which means where never we issue material document from plantB we also create excise document to pay excise taxes. From plantA we don't need to pay excise.

So here is simple scenario, we wich will work:

Sales order is created in region A and availability check is carried out it both plant

> at sales order will have items with two different plant

> then we have delivery split

> we will make one big cross dock shipment from plant B ( including only relevant deliveries) and small shipments from plantA including deliveries from plantA. When big truck arrives from plant B, goods are divided to smaller trucks by by customer ( because it as been picked and packed by customer at plantB)

> additionally deliveries from plant A are added.

> In the end customer receives two deliveries and we make invoice combination to have one invoice.

( in this scenario we won't have any movement from plantB to plantA. Post good issue will happen directly from plantB (for relevant deliveries)

The only thing business is not really satisfied that we have two deliveries notes. And I don't see any other solution for this.

Maybe you could suggest anything ? I was thing about this Virtual plant - what actually it is ? Could we somehow combine both plant into this virtual one, so in the end we could have one delivery note ?

[jignesh_mehta3 · Accepted solution]

What you have worked seems to be the best solution. Yes there would be different Deliveries because Plants (& Ahipping Points would be different).

I believe Virtual Plant will not be usefull in your case beause Plant B is liable for Excise & the goods shipped from Plant B will carry Excise Value which the Customer will later claim as Excise credit. Also for goods shipped out of Plant B, you will have to issue Excise Invoice clearly mentioning the Excise Duties Value.

If you create Virtual PLant for Plant B, you not be able to handle the Excise treatment.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,

Jignesh Mehta

[Former Member]

because in plant A physically no stock will be stored from plantB, it becomes kind of cross dock - only to divide shipments into smaller trucks ( plus adding deliveries from plant A). Therefore in plantB we already need to do picking and packing on customer level.

if we create purchaise requirement referring to sales order that was made in region A, we don't have there any inforamtion regarding customer.

Also have in mind that from PlantB products are shipped to customers in region B Besides some materials that are currently produced in plantA maybe produced in plantB in the future, so we need to carry out availability check for both plants when we have sales order in region A

[Former Member]

thanks. Suppose theoretically plant B would become non liable for Excise. What then we could with this virtual plant ?

[jignesh_mehta3]

If the plants are non-excisable then why do you need virtual plants? Just transfer stocks from Plant A to Plant B & then excecute single delivery from Plant B.

Hope this helps,

Thanks,

Jignesh Mehta