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Former Member
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Hi,gurus:

I want to use discontinued parts for material replacement.

material master:Discontin. ind.=3,Individual/coll.=2

BOM:Discont. group=D1 for the material which wants to be replaced A

Follow-up group=D1 for the successive material B

but after run MD41 for the finished product,the stock of the B has not been considered,so PR for A generated

But,if i set material master:Discontin. ind.=1,Eff.-out=2008-08-08,Follow-up matl=B,Individual/coll.=

after run MD41,it'sok, the stock of the B has been considered.that's what i want.

can anyone give me some advice,thanks in advance.

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rupesh_brahmankar3
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Hi Wang,

Discontinued materials in SAP means:

If you want to use some of the components in place of the original components & these original components , you are

no more using.

In the material master if you enter discontinued material

system will prompt you to give effective out date.

That means from which date you are going to use the substitute material.

These fileds are in Material master MRP 4 view.

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1) Follow-Up Material:

Number of the material that the system uses in materials planning to replace the material to be discontinued once its warehouse stock is depleted.

Use

In the material master record and also in the bill of material (BOM), you can define a follow-up material for a material to be discontinued. The follow-up material defined in the BOM has a higher priority than that in the material master record.

Procedure

You must always specify a follow-up material in the material master record for the system to know a follow-up material if none has been specified in the BOM.

Dependencies

Simple discontinuation

A component to be discontinued is replaced with a follow-up component at a particular date.

In the material master record of the component to be discontinued, you must set discontinuation indicator 1, enter a follow-up component, and specify an effective-out date.

Dependent parallel discontinuation

A group of materials is replaced with a group of materials; that is, if one component is to be discontinued (the main component), another component must also be discontinued (the subordinate component).

In the material master record of the main component to be discontinued, you must set discontinuation indicator 1, enter a follow-up component, and specify an effective-out date. In the material master record of the subordinate component, you must set discontinuation indicator 3.

2) Discontinuation indicator

Identifies the material as a part to be discontinued and includes it in the discontinued parts procedure in materials planning.

Use

If this indicator is set, the system transfers the dependent requirements in materials planning to the follow-up material if they are no longer covered by warehouse stocks. However, this requires:

a)The part to be discontinued and the follow-up material to be planned using material requirements planning (MRP)

b)The base unit of measure of the follow-up material to be the same as that of the part to be discontinued

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Hope it is clear.

Regards,

R.Brahmankar

Former Member
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I know the two kinds for discontinud parts,my point is when i set material master:Discontin. ind.=3, it doesn't work.

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