MTO - how to prevent a second planned order for a sales order?

[Former Member]

Dear friends,

We are working on Make to Order process (Planning strategy group 20).

No Production/process order is used

Shop floor uses a different system --> details from planned order is passed to the shop floor system; and finished product is delivered/posted into SAP Sales order stock - through interfaces

No QM in place

A typical day-to-day scenario –

Sales order Qty = 100

MRP Run à Planned order qty = 100

Raw materials posted to ‘Sales order stock’

Planned order is firmed

For example if Produced qty = 90

sales order stock of the finished product = 90

Balance 10 cannot be produced / delivered for various reasons

Planner posts the raw material to cost center / rejections / own stock etc., and ensures that the ‘sales order stock’ of the raw materials are zero.

Planner deletes the planned order

Next MRP run triggers a new planned order for the balance qty 10

Now, the requirement is to prevent the new planned order getting generated for the balance quantity, during the subsequent MRP run (despite the shortage in the Sales order stock of the finished product).

The following options have been evaluated –

Once the final good receipt is done & before deleting the planned order,

o Change the Sales order quantity to match the total produced quantity

o (or) Change the schedule line category for the Sales order item from CP to CN

§ Since the Sales order and planned order are handled by different teams, considering the frequency of correspondence/coordination needed between these two teams to get the sales order items corrected, this idea is not accepted

§ Additional authorization for the planner to change the sales order item is not acceptable

Include Under delivery / Unlimited tolerances

o at the customer (master) level

o (or) Sales order level…

§ In this case, System seems to consider the tolerances only when the delivery for the Sales order is posted; and not when the sales order stock is received within the tolerance limits;

§ Considering the time gap between the GR and Delivery of the finished product, this option is not accepted

Kindly suggest the other options / settings / processes, to meet this requirement

Thank you for your time and efforts.

With Best Regards,

Senthil

[Former Member]

Closing this thread

Thanks

Senthil