Re-Inspection data

[Former Member]

Hi Everybody,

The scenario is that one material is manufactured in Plant A and sent to Plant B via intercompany transfer. The QM settings in both the plants for the material are as follows :

Plant A :(Manufacturing plant)

Inspection Interval - 182 days

Re-evaluation type - Blank

Plant B :

Inspection Interval - 0 days(Receiving plant)

Re-evaluation type - 3(No retest only expiration)

Batches are maintained on client level and batch number remains same when it comes in Plant B. Now please throw some light on the following :

1. The re-inspection data is not maintained in Plant B. So the Inspection Interval will be picked from the Plant A ?

2. If Plant B maintains Inspection Interval, which Inspection Interval will be considered ? That of Plant A or Plant B ?

Regards,

Manish.

[former_member42744 · Accepted solution]

The key is that you are at client level with regard to batch.

When the batch is moved to plant B nothing changes with regard to the next inspection date on the batch record since the next inspection date already exists.

If your system was set with batch management at the plant level, then it would work as Joshi indicated. The next inspection date would be maintained in table MCHA at the plant level.

But at material or client level the next inspection date is maintained in the MCH1 table. What this means is that you should maintain the same value for inspection interval across all plants in the material QM plant view.

When a recurring inspection, 09, is completed, the system will use the current date of the UD plus the inspection interval from the QM view of the plant the inspection is being performed in.

So..in answer to your questions... when the batch arrives in plant B, it will have the same inspection date (as well as expiration date), as it did in plant A.

Upon reinspection it will use the inspection interval maintained in the plant the 09 inspection lot is created in. I don't know how it will behave if you have never maintained a value in the inspection interval. If you try to change a value from say 180 days to null, it will automatically set it to zero. And thus give you a reinspection date of the same day as the UD was made on the 09 inspection lot. There is no logic in standard SAP to look at the inspection interval in the originating plant.

In addition, there is no follow-up action involved in this process. This is standard SAP functionality. Many clients however add a follow-up action to perform specifc functions such as overwriting the next inspection date with a different value. Many places don't want the date calculated based on the date of the UD but based on the most recent inspection date. Other clients want the next inspection date to remain in sync with the expiration dates in some manner. So a lot of places have follow-up actions in place. But they are not required to calculate a next inspection date.

I am also confused at to what you mean by re-evaluation type. You'll have to explain what and where that field is and how you think it is used. I do not remember a re-evaluation type field being involved with the reinspection process. Inspection types yes....

Craig

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Craig,

Pleased with your inputs. Thanks for updating / correcting my inforamtion also.

Regards,

Shyamal

[Former Member]

Hi, Manish,

As you may know that reinspection date (Next Inspection date) get calculated as a result of the Follow-up action for the UD code. Ok.

Now comming to answering your question: -

For both the questions 1&2 the common answer is :

Hence the screen field PRFRQ - Inspection Interval belongs to table MARC which contains the Plant specific data for Material master, the Next inspection date will be calculated as per the relevant plant data maintained for the material. I mean, when you transfer the stock from Plant A to B system will assign the same batch number for the material at plant B also and calculate the next inspection date will be counted according to the plant data maintained for plant B for this new batch.

You can check the scenario on your own:

Create Material in your testing client, maintained the data accordingly, Extend it to another plant, then create PO, Do GR, Observe the Next inspection date, Perform the internal stock transfer, check the next inspection date for the material for both the plant.

check the scenario. And come back with either Points or query.

Regards,

Shyamal

[Former Member]

Hi shyamal,

Is it a recurreing inspection case?if it is so then how the Next Inspection date) get calculated as a result of the Follow-up action for the UD code. Ok.

Because it will be get calculated on the basis of inspection interval defiened in the material master.

And where we are maintainting "Re -evaluation type"

ASD

[Former Member]

Material Master----> QM view -

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> Inspection set up -

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> Inspection type (STD SAP is 09)