Specific Batch for Specific Order

[former_member1035733]

Hello!

We have instances where we must hold a specific batch of product for a specific customer. Currently our process is to put it on block status until we recieve the order and are about to ship. While this processes does ensure this product doesn't go out to other customers (QC concerns), this creates issues with MRP and such.

Do you have any other suggestions on how this could be done? I know putting the stock on restricted vs blocked will work but was hoping for another solution that didn't require putting this stock on a different status.

Thank you!

[DominikTylczyn]

Hi there, I can see two options to tackle your requirement:

1. If you start production only after you receive a sales order from a customer, you may use sales order special stock to separate stock produced for a particular sales order. Refer to SAP Help on: Make-To-Order Production
2. If you start production before a sales order is received you have to produced to anonymous stock. Then you may want to use batch determination to automatically set a specific batch in either a sales order or in a outbound delivery. Refer to SAP Help on: Batch Determination in Sales Orders and Batch Determination for Deliveries

Whichever way you go you should not play with stock statuses as this will mess up stock availability and MRP planning, which you've experienced already.

HTH, BR

Dominik Tylczyński

[former_member1035733]

hello!

Thank you for you feedback. The instances is that the product is out of spec and sales found customer who can use this product so this makes it unshippable to another customer. The steps you mentioned above are great, my question would lead to how to you prevent the warehouse from picking the inventory held for specific customer not mistakenly get shipped to another customer.

thanks again!

[Caetano]

Hi Michelle

Which kind of MRP issues are you having? From an MRP perspective, you can define in customizing if blocked stock will be available or not for MRP, so it should not cause any issue.

Regards,
Caetano

[Raja_S_Reddy_B]

Hi

This is based on my understanding, about your requirement.
If you are taking about the Finished Product, with specific Batch, once produced, should go to the Specific Customer, then you can follow the MTO Process ( Make To Order Strategy).
In this also, there are couple of options, for Ex: Strategy 20 & Strategy 50..etc

Strategy 20>>> Once you receive the Sales Order, then only you can start you Production from the fresh & produced product is assigned to sales Order, is linked as the Sales Order Stock

Strategy 50 >>>System will allow, to keep all your sub Assemblies ready to produce & once you Receive the Sales Order, then only you can proceed to for the Finished Product production. FG once produced, will be allocated to that respective Sales Order.

With these Strategies, the Finished product produced with ref. to the Sales Order, with the specific Batch number, will always get assigned to that sales Order Only
Hope, this helps. For further assistance required, kindly provide more details.
Thanks & Regards : Raja