OPJJ

[Former Member]

Hi experts,

I am not able to understand two options in OPJJ.

(a) Checking period: GR

I am not able to clearly understand the corresponding F1 help. It looks like it is the number of days allotted to check for missing parts, right? What is the relevance of this parameter with respect to availability checking rules set in OPJJ?

I have some idea regarding GR processing time in MM01-MRP2. It is the number of workdays required after receiving the material for inspection and placement into storage.

(b) Receipts in past

Which past/future receipts are being referred to (with respect to Sales order)? Any goods receipt from in-house production/external vendor - to the storage in the past?

Thank you very much for your time

Sethuraman Atisivan

[sap_pp13]

You can check this document posted in the MM forum for better understanding w.r.to Missing parts/GR checking period.

[Former Member]

Hi,

a) Checking Period:

Query: It looks like it is the number of days allotted to check for missing parts, right?

Yes it is right.

Query: What is the relevance of this parameter with respect to availability checking rules set in OPJJ?

If you are using this checking rule then your MRP controller will get the mail  for the missing parts when Goods Recipt is reported by the system. But you can use this functionality when you check Replenishment lead time along with checking period. You need to maintain this MRP controller in customizing "Define missing parts MRP controller"

Means if MRP controller is assigned to any FG material and after MRP run MRP controller found that for you FG material production component parts are missing then if checking period is 2 days and in 2 days missing parts are brought into system then he will get the mail confirmation for the same so that he can proceed further for production of FG material.

Query: I have some idea regarding GR processing time in MM01-MRP2. It is the number of workdays required after receiving the material for inspection and placement into storage.

What you are saying is different thing and it has no direct relation with Checking Period. When your purchaser bring the material within 2 days (Checking Period)  even though it is mentioned 5 days in GR processing time then it trigger the mail.

(b) Receipts in past

Query: Which past/future receipts are being referred to (with respect to Sales order)? Any goods receipt from in-house production/external vendor - to the storage in the past?

Whenever you punch or create sales order then the GR for FG material which is happened before the sales order punching or after the sales order punching will be considered or not. This Receipt is Material which is requirement from sales order. It may be FG/SFG. The considerations are listed in option in F4 key.

Hope it may clear your doubts.

Regards,

Narresh

[Former Member]

Thanks for the reply. OPJJ is used to specify a particular checking rule. The purpose of OPJJ is to decide which material (restricted stock, safety stock..) or whether a dependent reservation (from a production order of parent material) should be included to determine what is available to promise. The settings in OPJJ reflects in entries we see in CO09.

Now we talk about GR checking period which is about checking for missing parts and sending mail to MRP controller. I am not clear regarding how this option is related to purpose of OPJJ.

[Former Member]

Hi Sethuraman,

This field is to intimate Missing parts information to Missing Parts MRP controller which we define in OPPQ / OPPR transaction separately.

You can see in search help (F1) text :

Use

The value entered iniates the workflow.  The MRP controller only receives an
e-mail for a missing part if a checking period is entered.

Maintain the checking period for the Inventory Management checking rule only,
since it has no effect on other checking rules.

Dependencies

The workflow is only executed if you have set the check with replenishment
lead time.

So you also need to ensure if check box of RLT is marked then only this option will work in OPJJ.

Hope this information is enough to clear your doubt.

Revert if still any query.

Regards,
Tejas