Fix Date & Qty Field in Schedule Lines Sales Order

[Former Member]

Dear Friends,

I want to understand the need and use of the Fix Date & Qty field check in the sales order -> Item -> Schedule Lines.

Can anybody explain me the need of the same.

Regards,

Harsh

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Delivery date and quantity fixed

Indicates whether you want to fix the delivery dates and quantities that are confirmed after an availability check for the item.

Use

You use this field if you cannot confirm the delivery date or quantity that the customer initially requests.

Procedure

If the customer accepts the delivery and quantity confirmed by the system, mark the field. The system then passes on MRP requirements so that the confirmed date and quantity can be met.

Note

If you leave the field blank, the delivery date and confirmed quantity are not fixed. If you are able to expedite either the manufacture or purchase of goods, you may be able to deliver the goods closer to the customer's original request (and sooner than the date the system confirmed).

F1 Help

[Manoj_Mahajan78]

Harsh,

Delivery date and quantity fixed

Indicates whether you want to fix the delivery dates and quantities that are confirmed after an availability check for the item.

Use

You use this field if you cannot confirm the delivery date or quantity that the customer initially requests.

Procedure

If the customer accepts the delivery and quantity confirmed by the system, mark the field. The system then passes on MRP requirements so that the confirmed date and quantity can be met.

Note

If you leave the field blank, the delivery date and confirmed quantity are not fixed. If you are able to expedite either the manufacture or purchase of goods, you may be able to deliver the goods closer to the customer's original request (and sooner than the date the system confirmed).

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Regds

MM

[Former Member]

Thanks Sam.

F1 Help does give the inputs, but can you please explain the same in a more practical way with some example.

Thanks in Advance.

Harsh

[Former Member]

If the availability check for an item determines that the item cannot be delivered fully on the requested delivery date, and, as a result one or more schedule lines have to be created for later delivery dates, the customer can decide whether to accept these delivery dates and quantities.

You can record the customer's decision either by setting an indicator in the Fixed date and qty field or by leaving this field blank. The field is displayed both on the schedule line overview screen and on the availability screen.

<b>Customer Accepts the Schedule Line Proposal</b>

If the customer accepts the schedule lines which are proposed by the system, mark the Fixed date and qty field. The system then transfers the requirements for the schedule lines to material requirements planning.

<b>Customer Requires Goods Earlier</b>

If the customer requires the goods earlier than the date that the system can confirm after the availability check, leave the Fixed date and qty field blank. The system then only passes on the requirements for the requested delivery date and does not take the quantities and dates confirmed by the system after the availability check into account. In this case, it is assumed that the requested delivery date can be kept to because, for example, additional production capacity may become free. The system only confirms the sales order once the entire order quantity can be delivered on the requested delivery date. In the subsequent delivery processing, the sales order is only considered to be completed when the entire order quantity has been delivered or when all partial delivery agreements have been fulfilled.

A fixed item is considered to be completed once the entire confirmed quantity (which can be smaller than the originally requested order quantity)has been delivered. Therefore, it does not make sense to fix the confirmed quantity to 0 as the item is considered to be completed from the start.

During rescheduling, the fixed quantities and dates are no longer taken into account.

The same info u can get easily from help.sap.com

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