Can I create a single PO for two company codes

[Former Member]

Hi

Can I create a single PO for two company codes. Though I know that Company code is assigned at header level but still I know there is a setting in controlling which when activated two company codes under same controlling area can procure the goods under the same PO.But i forget from where to activate that message or control in config.

Thanks

[Former Member]

Hi

This scenario you can create PO for Plants belongs to different company code.

Create Centralised Purchase Organisation and dont assign it to any Company code....Instead you directly assign it to Plants belongs to diff. company codes..... In this case you can create a single PO for two Plants belong to two company codes

Reward if useful

Regards

S.Baskaran

[Former Member]

Hi All,

Good Efforts from all of you.

But Try this if the company codes are under the same Purchasing Organization and are under the same controlling area and same Country.

You can create a PO with two company codes. You have to define one company code at header level and you can use the same material of another plant which belongs to different company code and you can give that material code and that plant.

And hence now we will have two company codes in same PO and you can create it.

You can post the GR and the 101 Mvt is posted to respective plants.

And at the time of LIV you have to make the message 8393 as warning or info and can post the invoice.

Trust me it works.

So we can have to company codes in a single PO.

[Former Member]

Hi Lekhram,

that's interesting....thanks for the info... shall try that tonight and post the feedback... if itworks, perhaps, after a long time, something new I would learn...

gr8...btw, where is this described in SAP documents??

regs

[Former Member]

Dear Lekhram,

Just Curios,

I 'm not sure about all the configuration that you mention, i already try with several plant which contain different company code, but maintain under same P.Organization and same controlling area and same country, the system prompt error message when enter second material with the other plant, that not allow to user material from different company code.

I think that the only possibility , is that we can procure with different plant with same company code.

Or maybe there's something need to configure again.

Regards,

w1n

[Former Member]

hi

purchasing can be done at

1.client level that means across company codes for this u need to use reference Pur org.

2.companycode level that means for all plants under this co code.

3.plant level thatmeans for each plant will have se[perate pur org..

ok

so byusing reference Pur org u can procure for 2 company codes at a time.

nani

[csaba_szommer]

Hi Rithwik,

To use a purchasing organisation at client level or assign it to company code(s) or plant(s), etc. AND to issue PO for two company codes ARE DIFFERENT ISSUES I think.

BR

Csaba

[Former Member]

concept is totally twisted here about Creation of a purchase order for two company codes. Cross company code purchase or Central purchase org that caters to multiple company codes etc is absolutely different from what the question orignally was-

Simple answer to direct question:

Can we create a PO for two company codes?

ANSWER IS NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I am talking about standard SAP only. If some one can prove diffferently, please provide screen shots where I can see two company codes entered in the org data of the PO....Remaining is all just misunderstood concepts

period

Regards

[Former Member]

hi

yes ur wright

i told cross co code purchasing

for a single po u can have one co code only.

nani

[Former Member]

Hi,

Its pretty simple. Your PO will be having company code at header level. Means, you will have one company code only at the header level. So, you can have a PO for one company code only, period. Its that simple logic keeps helping you throughout your SAP life....

Regards

[csaba_szommer]

Hi Lekhram,

I'm just beginner so maybe I got the wrong end of the stick.

If you order something that something must belong to a definite company > plant. How could possess two company the same thing at the same time (totally)?

(companies are at the same organisational level - none of them is subject to the other).

Maybe I'm mistaken.

So I <b>guess</b> you can use only one company code for one PO.

Controlling area & company code

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/e5/077a704acd11d182b90000e829fbfe/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/08/513f4b43b511d182b30000e829fbfe/frameset.htm

Purchasing & organisation

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/75/ee0a9555c811d189900000e8322d00/frameset.htm

All the best

Csaba