Special stock assignment for Individual Purchase Order

[Former Member]

Hi everyone,

In Individual Purchase Order, after performing MIGO Goods Receipt, how to ensure that the goods received from vendor will not be taken by other types of sales order, in other words, hijacked by other party and ensure that this particular stock is meant to be delivered to the initial customer whom placed for the respective order.

Thank you

Regards,

Anthony.

[Former Member]

Anthony,

In a Make-to-Order environment, stock cannot be 'hijacked'.  Consider whether you could implement MTO strategy for these materials.

Sales Order Stock - Managing Special Stocks (MM-IM) - SAP Library

In MTS there is no guarantee that stock cannot be hijacked.   You can minimize hijacking by implementing Available-to-Promise and then designing the ATP process properly.

Working with the Availability Check in Sales and D - Availability Check and Requirements in Sales an...

Best Regards,

DB49

[Former Member]

Hi,

During ME21N, under Item Level, under Delivery tab, can i set Stock Type as S - Blocked Stock, to identify that this stock is for the original sales order, in order to avoid it from being "hijacked" or taken by other sales order?

Thank you

Regards,

Anthony.

[Former Member]

Anthony,

Well, if 'blocked stock' is excluded from ATP check, (OVZ9; it is common to exclude blocked stock), then no stocks or supplies marked with 'S' are used in the ATP check.  This means that NO sales order (including your original sales order) will be able to use this Purchase Order for confirmations.

However, blocked stock is also by default excluded from MRP calculations (OPPI). If a purchase order were to be created with a blocked stock indicator, then MRP would most likely re-create an additional purchase requisition for the original sales requirement, which would now be considered to be a shortage, and un-satisfied by supply during the net requirements calculation.

You could answer such questions yourself by testing your concepts in a sandbox.

Best Regards,

DB49