storage location issue

[Former Member]

Hi All,

I have a issue related to storage location determination. There are three materials X,Y and Z. Material X is main item and Y, Z are components of X. While creating sales order when we enter X it explodes BOM. Now in customizing for material X and Z storage location has been determined as SL1 but for material Y SL2 is determined. When we create delivery system automatically proposes storage location for all materials as-

Material X- SL1

Material Y- SL1

Material Z- SL1

For material X and Z it should be SL1 (which is coming right) but for Material Y it should be SL2 (but its coming as SL1 automatically)

I've checked every area right from the combination of plant, shipping point and storage condition (storage condition is different in case of Material Y). There are also no stock determination rules defined in item category and material master. SL req. and determine SL is marked for item category of each line item.

Please help me with this issue

[Lakshmipathi]

Hi Mohit

In the BOM explosion, the system tries to find a storage location in the BOM item (component). If no issue storage location has been defined, the system reads the MRP group of the assembly or of the finished product and thus determines the strategy it is to use for storage location (or supply area) determination. If you have not defined an MRP group with a strategy for storage location/supply area determination, the system finally checks to see whether an issue location has been maintained in the material master record.

The same procedure is used to determine the supply area.

<b>Strategies for storage location/supply area determination</b>

The following strategies for withdrawing components are available for determining the storage location/supply area:

1) If you set indicator 1 (Only components), the system checks to see whether the issue storage location has been maintained in the material master records of the components and uses this storage location. This storage location is then used as the withdrawal storage location and is displayed in the components list in the planned order.

You use this procedure if you always withdraw one particular component from the same storage location. That is, every component is used at a specific storage location in the plant.

2) If you set indicator 2 (Only assembly), the system checks to see whether the proposal withdrawal location has been maintained in the production version of the assembly or finished products. If this has been maintained, the system uses this withdrawal storage location for all components and displays it in the components list in the planned order. If no proposal withdrawal location has been maintained, the system uses the assembly’s receiving storage location as the withdrawal storage location for the components. You can define the receiving storage location in the production version of the assembly in field GI proposed stor. loc. or in the material master record of the assembly in field Issue stor.location.

If neither of these entries has been maintained, you can enter the receiving storage location (goods receipt storage location) in the backflush transaction in Repetitive Manufacturing which is then used as the withdrawal storage location for the components.

You should use indicator 2 when all components lie together in one storage location close to the production line where they are required.

3) If you set indicator 3, the system first proceeds as for indicator 1 described above. If it cannot find a storage location using indicator 2, it then proceeds as described above for indicator 2.

4) If you set indicator 4, the system first proceeds as for indicator 2 described above. If it cannot find a storage location using indicator 2, it then proceeds as described above for indicator 1.

You define the strategy in Customizing for Repetitive Manufacturing or for MRP under Define stor.loc./supply area determination for BOM explosion. You assign the strategy you want to use via the MRP group.

Thanks

G. Lakshmipathi