How to manage quality inspection specifications at inbound batch level for different customers?

[Former Member]

Dear gurus,

Maybe you could help. Below a short summary of my current concern:

We receive raw material 1 that we send to QM for inspection. The specifications are defined but may vary per customer. Ie: herbicide acceptance level < 10 mg/kg for customer A, B,C and D but only < 5 for customer E.

Scenario 1: At inspection time, material 1 ( batch 11) passed with 7 mg/kg because accepted by many of our customers. This raw material batch is totally handled manually when starting the production to avoid to use it for finish good to customer E.

Scenario 2: At inspection time, material 1 (batch 12) passed with 4 mg/kg because accepted by all our customers. This raw material batch is totally handles manually when starting the production to have it used only for production of finish good to customer E.

How could we avoid this manual practice and have the correct batch selection at production level automatically? Is there any function we can use in SAP?

I read about active ingredient but not sure this is the solution for the described issue.

Thank you.

Sandra.

[milton_gallegos]

Hello Sandra.

Have you considered manage different material numbers?.

• 001 Material <10
• 002 Material < 5

Then you can use the appropiate material for your customer.

If you manage different raw materials in an unique material master you have to deal issues not only in quality inspection but also in planning, purchasing, inventory management and production.

Best regards

Milton Gallegos

[Former Member]

Hello Milton,

Thanks. It is what we are doing today but this is not the best option for our product creation team.

As well, we want to avoid duplication of materials for any purposes like certifications management.

I am looking on a more sustainable solution.

Best regards,

Sandra.

[rupesh_brahmankar3]

Hello,

You can use the functionality of Material Quantity Calculation  in process order.

Please refer this useful SAP help link for active ingredient potency in material quantity calculation,

Material Quantity Calculation With Batch Data - Process Orders (PP-PI-POR) - SAP Library

and http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-45136

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-46113

Best Regards,

R.Brahmankar

[Former Member]

Hi R. Brahmankar,

Thank you.

I am not a technical person and I just need to understand if we can manage different quality inspection results per customer. As explained in my 2 scenarios. I am reading all the docs but very into details and still I am still not really sure this is the solution.

Could you help?

THanks.

SAndra.

[rupesh_brahmankar3]

Hello,

I would suggest please go through SAP Best Practices for Chemicals

how active ingredients influence Manufacturing, see the corresponding scenarios Q80 and Q81.

along with Batch specific Material unit of measurment and Potency Calculation

Characteristic should have proportion unit A from the  material master

Assignment of Class characteristic to MIC

Select Calculated characteristic to assign a formula in inspection plan.

Small over view of the process

Also refer this useful link

Best Regards,

R.Brahmankar

[Former Member]

Hi,

Thanks.

Will investigate this way.

Sandra.