Purchasing process for "by-products"

[former_member214692]

We have products like USB sticks that we purchase from supplier. On the PO, we prefer to indicate just a single material (USB stick), but the supplier always sends us two boxes: one for the USB bottom and the other for the USB cap.

I would prefer to store these as separate materials with their own SU's in WM.

Before they are brought to Production, the material handler needs to assemble the USB stick from the two components.

Our production system is not SAP. We get the 'production order' via custom interface, and in that production order I'd prefer the PP system to just ask for the single USB stick. I'm open to some sort of MRP/BOM explosion to inform Logistics that two materials are needed for the 'kitting' process. The interface is technically just doing a goods issue of raw material, but I'd be open to changing the interface if, for example, a production order was truly required to make this work. (But my preference is to avoid any sort of 'order')

Would somebody be so kind as to outline the basics of how to set this up? I'm very comfortable with MM, WM, MRP.

Thanks, Vlad

[former_member214692]

Anybody have some thoughts?

[BijayKumarBarik]

Hi,

You can create two material codes

1. USB stick

2. USB cap

Now create PO as following

Line item-10---------USB stick

Line item - 20---------USB cap-----------------( select FREE indicator)

Receive  all materials for your PO and store in your warehouse.

NOTE: For line item 20 , select FREE indicator as your getting this material as free

Regards,

Biju K

[former_member214692]

Thanks, that makes sense on the Purchasing end. But what about the material handling and assembly end?

[BijayKumarBarik]

Hi,

What is the issue in material handling- You have two material codes, Receive two materials and if requires use only one material code and do not use other material code- if not required for further processing!

Regards,

Biju K

[former_member214692]

The only open item is what I wrote in my question: I'd like a 'production order' to request the semi-finished product, and have that feed into WM so that there are pick transfer orders for both components. Can any of this be achieved without a true PP order/BOM? Like WM knowing to always create a pick order for component B that goes hand in hand with component A?