How to report/map non-stock items into a virtual storage location statistically

[former_member195427]

Hi Experts,

I seek your advice on one scenario explained here as follows:

I have a material requirement of material "A"  for my project (requester is not bothered about whether its stockable or non-stockable). For stockable items I am not worried because it is going to inventory first (with WBS). For non-stock items, it should go for consumption directly, but we have some concerns here .As, Warehouse and Project both want a virtual storage location against which they want to track their 'non stockable' materials.

(It looks conflicting to record non stock items against a SL)

But, projects don't have separate area/location to put those non stock items. So they want warehouse to take custody of bulk quantities of non stock items (during GRN) and issue it to project (say in hundreds) as and when required. So, for it there is a need of tracking these materials against a 'virtual'  SL.

Can you please suggest how I can map this scenario in system and which account assignment category should be used.

Please feel free to ask if any point is not clear to you.

Thanks & Regards

Saurabh

[JL23]

Within SAP there is no difference between a virtual and a real storage location. Both have to be customized and used the same way. 

And Non-stock is just what the name says, hence it cannot be stored in a virtual storage location either.

Almost the same question was asked 3 days ago:

[former_member195427]

Thanks for clearing my doubt on SL. Jurgen.

From that link, (yes it meets almost all of my requirement), but UNBW will not work for us because we want tractability quantity and cost both.

But, I got issues with

"creating Non-stock materials was the wrong solution., as you could already know from the name that a non-stock material cannot have any stock"

Because , I am worried about the accountability of those "left over" items (non stock) which were returned from projects. If they come back to inventory then i am supposed to create material codes for them.

So,in the end, this material is having liability on both warehouse and projects and I am supposed to show non-stock items movement with cost,quantity and G/L ( project G/L should be used during GRN and inventory G/L should be used while return to inventory).

Kindly suggest what we need to do in such cases. Or please advise if we are on wrong track.

Thanks & Regards

Saurabh

[JL23]

Honestly, I had passed the last question to my PS consultant. Isn't it controlled by the project setup if project stock is quantity managed? This is what I remember from an exciting business trip to China, where I had to find a solution for a wrong defined project because they wanted to show this inventory in warehouse until it is really consumed.

if you want stock with value when a material is returned from project to neutral warehouse stock, then you must not use UNBW nor NLAG, you have to use a standard material type like ERSA.

The account assignment in the PO decides mainly (interaction with material type definition) whether you create stock or not. E.g. with a UNBW setup you always get stock despite of having an account assignment, that is nature of this material type setting.

For the difference between Q and P see HaTran's answer in

[former_member195427]

Hi Jurgen,

Yes, that I can make to setup projects with "non-valuated" stock.But it will help me to some extent only.Because, the project will be accounted at GRN only for these materials but if I want to transfer these materials to different projects, it will not give rise to actual cost on those(receiver) projects (as only quantity movement will be there,hence no accounting entries). It will not allow us to settle our projects individually.

Apart from that, as you said ,

"creating Non-stock materials was the wrong solution., as you could already know from the name that a non-stock material cannot have any stock"

I am still confused on why cant we create material codes for non-stock items? As, when I am creating planned independent requirements (assigning material components to objects like WBS, PM orders etc.) then I am defining material's nature by giving 'item category' of that material and I am procuring Non-Stock items with material codes there.

I am a bit confused on it, please help on clearing my doubt.

Thanks & Regards

Saurabh

[JL23]

Not sure what other explanation for Non-stock you would like to see. Non-stock = no inventory, nothing in MMBE, nothing in MB52, nothing on the stock account. 

If you give project stock back to the warehouse, then you have to make sure that the material master is quantity and value managed and has price maintained

Only then your warehouse can manage stock and track movements

And only then the value is withdrawn from the project and added to the stock, and again issued to another project if you want.

[abumohammad_shoyeb]

HI,

You are talking about Non Stock material and the same time you are saying Storage Location which is not possible. You may use "Project" for this purpose. there you can track your stock.

Best Regards,

Shoyeb