Determination of storage location based on shipping point in Sales Document

[Former Member]

Hello Experts,

has anybody an idea how to implement the following logic:

we receive a sales order from a customer that contains only plant and shipping point in the shipping details of the item. The shipping point should then determine the possible storage locations. Idea is to assign the material requirements first to a shipping point to be flexible in the selection of the shipping storage location.

Is the standard sufficient or is an ehancement necessary??

Many thanks in advance of your help,

Anna

[former_member184555]

Hi

Storage location is not mandatory in the sales order. It is required if you want the availability check be restricted only to that storage location. If the storage location is not specified in the order, then the availability check happens at plant level.

It is compulsory in Delivery because, the system should know the place from where the stock has to be picked.

There is no direct relation between the shipping point and the storage location. If a plant has relation to a specific Shipping point, then all the storage locations in that plant will be related to the shipping point.

Thanks,

Ravi

[Former Member]

Anna, there is no config to default storage location on the sales doc line item. You will have to use a user-exit.

You could have many storage locations and each client could have varying rules to determine it, so SAP just leaves it open for you to code as you see fit.

The other responses are for defaulting it in the delivery, not the sales doc.

[Former Member]

Hello,

thank you very much for your answers, although my question seems to be a little confused. I am sorry for that. Now I have new infornation and the requirement is more clearly:

We receive a sales order from a customer that contains only the delivering plant and shipping point in the shipping details of the item -> the sales order contains NO storage location. Although it is necessary that the material reqirements will be assigned to a MRP area.

Question is how to implement a logic, that the shipping point from the sales order refers to the right MRP area, without fixing the storage location in the sales order.

Hope, this explanation is understandable?! Has anybody an idea how to solve the problem?

Anna

[former_member184555]

Hi

The OVL3 Tcode is used for defaulting the storage location in DELIVERY only and not related to sales order.

There is no relation between the Shipping point and the Storage location (the relation will be with plant only)

Your requirement is not clear and also confusing. Please explain it in a different way.

Thanks,

Ravi

[Former Member]

hi,

u can maintain the storage loc , in the tcode OVL3,

FOR THAT PL MAINTAIN STORAGE CONDITION IN THE MATERIAL MASTER(plant/storage loc tab)

cheers

[Former Member]

hi,

this is possible

storage loc = shipping point + plant + storage condition

tcode: OVL3

here do the combination w/o stoarge condition

eg:

plant ( 0001) + shipping point (0001) + Storage condi (blank)= stoarge location (1000)

hope this help u

regards,

Arun prasad

[Former Member]

Hello,

Storage location is determined at the delivery document by storage location rules viz MALA, RETA or MARE.

The most commonly used one is MALA. One rule is defined against a Delivery type (ref: check in TC : 0VLK - Delivery type LF).

If you maintian MALA the storage location is determined as below: +STORAGE LOCATION = SHIPPING POINT + PLANT + STORAGE CONDITION+.

So if MALA is used for storage location determination then based on the parameters defined for shipping point, plant and storage condition system will pick the storage location.

You can customize Storage location determination under SPRO --> Logistics Execution --> Shipping >Picking>Determine Picking Location-->Assign Picking Locations.

Prase

[Former Member]

hello prase, arun and sk,

thank you for your answers. the problem ist, that the storage location should already be assigned in the phase of sales orders received (before a outbound delivery is created). the material requirements should first be assigned to the shipping point (and the shipping point should be assigned to multiple storage locations). and in a second step the material reqirements should be assigned from shipping point to one of the possible storage locations. is that possible?

@prase: where can I find those rules you have mentioned? TC OVL3 for example I know, but where is the relation to the rule MALA?

thanks,

anna