Inspection Lot Automatic Group Counter Assignment (different from GC1)

[former_member14504]

Dear QM Experts,

Scenario is the following:

There is one Task List Group with 3 Group Counters (i.e. 3 different Inspection Plans for the same material under the same Task List Group). Each of these Inspection Plans has the same Usage (04 - Goods Receipt), and the only difference between them is that they have diferent MICs assigned.
(GC1 - MICs from 1 to 5, GC2 - MICs from 6 to 10, and GC3 - MICs from 11 to 15)

Now, when the system is doing the automatic creation of Inspection Lot (after GR), it always chooses (assigns) the first Group Counter that has appropriate Usage (04) for the Material for which the Lot is to be created, which in this case is Group Counter 1.

My question is next: Is there any possibility to tell the system how to select other Group Counters (2 or 3) if they have the same Usage? Is the Usage field the only condition/trigger to the selection of Inspection Plan at all? If yes, what happens if I create custom Usage Z4 - Goods Receipt and put it in GC2 for example, would that make any difference?

Thank you.

Rodolfo

[sourabh_maheshwari2 · Accepted solution]

hi

1) in case you have multiple group counters having the same usage, then system will never automatically assign the TL to the lot. The lot goes into CRTD status and the user will have to manually select the Grp Counter to be assigned. this itself should solve your problem.

2) if you want automatic assignment:

there has to be a logic which determines when you would use GC1, GC2 and GC3

you need to enhance the system based on that

this would also mean that you need to ensure that you create the same GC for all other materials as your logic would revolve around the GC

[former_member14504 · Accepted solution]

Thank you Sourabh,
so for automatic assignment some field within Inspection Plan's header must be taken as a condition, on which the logic will be created? Or there is any other way?

[former_member42743]

Usages are assigned to inspection types. This is configuration and can differ from installation to installation.

Materials would be assigned to GC1, GC2, GC3, etc..

Thus the GRx plan selected is driven by the usage assigned to the inspection type.

The inspection type used is driven by the material master setup and the inspection types activated and which one, if multiple for an inspection origin, are set as preferred.

If there is any ambiguity the inspection lot is created in CRTD state and the plans need to be manually chosen. Ambiguity usually arises from a material being assigned to multiple plans with the same usage, Or not assigned to any plan with the correct usage.

[former_member14504]

Thank you Craig

[former_member14504]

Usage 05 - Goods Receipt * , sorry (not relevant anyway)