Problem in UD of Inspection Type 04

[Former Member]

Hi Everybody !

When I tried taking UD for some of the lots of type 04, the Inspection Lot Stock tab is not available on the UD screen. I also observed that the Actual Lot Quantity is zero for these lots.

If I take UD for these kind of lots, the stock is not posted automatically. Stock posting has to be done manually.

This happens with some lots only while for others the things work out normally i.e. Inspection Lot Stock tab is available on the UD screen and also the stock posting is done automaticallly.

Can someone please tell me why this happens for some lots and how to avoid this ?

Regards,

Manish.

[Former Member]

Hi,

In QM view of the MM set up , check whether you have selected "Post to inspection stock " for insp type 04.

If it is not selected , you will not get stock in Quality & you will not get the stock posting tab.

Regards

K.M.Arun

Edited by: ARUN KM on Mar 25, 2008 1:08 PM

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have checked the material and found that Post to insp. stock is checked for inspection type 04. Still the lots dont show the Inspection Lot Stock tab on the UD screen. Also the Actual lot qty in the lot is zero.

If this helps, other values in the Material Master for inspection type 04 are as follows :

Insp with task list = Checked

Automatic assignment = Checked

Check chars = Checked

Skips allowed = Checked

Automatic UD = Checked

Avg insp duration = 0

Q-score prodecute = 06 Quality score from UD code

Allowed scrap share = 0.0000

Control insLot = Y Early lot creation from the order item

Regards,

Manish.

[former_member42744]

Your problem is that the production people are not doing timely GR's for you. You have set the inspection lot control as early inspection lot. The inspection stock tab will not appear on these until a GR receipt has been done against the order. It appears the testing and UD are being done before the GR in some cases. This is bad.

You might want to check some of those earlier lots as you might now find they have stock to post!!! Run the transaction QVM2, inspection lots with stock. You'll probably find some where the UD is made and stock is now there to post.

You might want to use a status profile to prevent the UD until the SPCO status is set or done concurrently.

Craig

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have noticed that the GR and UD were done in proper order. I will give an example here :

Lot Creation Date : 12-Dec-2007

GR Date(Movement Type 101 in MB51) : 13-Dec-2007

Result Recording : 20-Dec-2007

UD : 20-Dec-2007

The datewise material movment for this batch in MB51 is as below :

13-Dec-2007 : Movement Type 101

21-Jan-2007 : Movement Type 701

21-Jan-20007 : Movement Type 713

22-Jan-2007 : Movement Type 643

Please tell me why I am facing this problem.

Regards,

Manish.

[Former Member]

Hi, Manish,

Check in your routing / recipe the control key for that particular operation on which confirmation the lot shloud triggered.

Regards,

Shyamal

[Former Member]

Hi Shyamal,

How do I find out which operation triggers the inspection lot ?

Regards,

Manish.

[former_member42744]

Have you checked to see if this inconsistency is within a material? Or across materials? Is it consistent for a given material?

If it is inconsistent within a material, i.e. for the same material, in the same plant, sometimes the stock tab is there and sometimes it's not.. then that implies it is a problem with the transactions... i.e. the same things are not happening in the same order each time. I felt this is what was happening and so that's why I believed it was a problem with the early lot creation and when the GR was done vs. the UD.

If the problem is consistent for a material.. i.e. the stock tab is always missing for material A but always there for material B, then this implies a master data issue somewhere. For instance, as suggested by previous poster, you have the post to QI indicator turned off for one and not the other.

Can you let us know which type of problem your seeing?

Craig

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have checked and found that for this particular material the lots are always created with Actual lot quantity for this particular material is zero for all the lots and the stock tab is missing from the UD screen. Also in the master data the Post to Quality stock indicator is ticket.

Please suggest.

Regards,

Manish.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Pl ref the help tips provided for

'Y' An inspection lot for an early goods receipt inspection

This setting is only relevant for inspection lot origin 04.

An inspection lot with inspection lot origin 04 is created when a

production or process order is released. You can use this inspection lot to inspect goods receipts of the finished quantities and then manage them after goods receipt posting in the inspection lot stock.

Recommendation: Avoid making a usage decision for this type of early inspection lot before any goods receipts have been posted. The usage decision will then have a stock quantity of 0, but will not have the status completely credited. This means that any following goods receipts will be posted into the stock for this inspection lot. You must then credit this lot from the stock quantity yourself, even if you do not intend to perform further checks.

Also ref the process mentioned for Early inspection for a Good receipt in enclosed document.

http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/QMIMIL/QMIMIL.pdf

Regards

K.M.Arun

[former_member42744]

ARUN,

If you read that postings, that solution was already suggested and he provided the info showing the GR was done before the UD.

Craig

[former_member42744]

Ok... that implies the problem is with the material or other master data related to that particular material. It is probably not a config issue.

Is this material different in some ways then the other materials that work OK? Is it a different material type? Is it using the same type of process orders? Are there any settings in the QM plant view of the material master or 04 inspection type set up that are different then a material that works? Are the inspection plans used different in anyway? (besides the characteristics!).

Craig

[Former Member]

Craig,

Yes you are right . he has already replied for that suggestion. I missed that one on oversight.

As you rightly said ,it may not be a config issue.

Regards

K.M.Arun

[Former Member]

Hi,

I found out a new thing here. There is no section Data for goods receipt in the lots where the actual lot qty is zero. So there is no material document available. But when I checked in MB51, I found that there is a material document of movement type 101 there.

Any suggestions ?

Regards,

Manish.

[former_member42744]

Is it possible they performed a GR without reference to the production/process order? I'm not sure how they would do that but maybe look for a special stock indicator in the material document the receipted the material.

Also, see if the receipts are being done by the same person. inquire as to how they receipt the material. It might be very good to actually watch them do a GR for this material.

You might also look at the production/process orders and compared one that works, with the one that isn't. Again, look field by field for differences that shouldn't be there.

Craig