Subcontracting Purchase Order

[Former Member]

When creating a subcontracting Purchase Order is is possible to issue components separate from the goods receipt. Our current SAP system configuration requires the user to receive some amount of the material being manufactured by the subcontractor and issue one or more components.

I assume it is possible to break apart the goods issue and goods receipt for a Subcontracting Purchase Order. Please Confirm.

Thanks.

Bob

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Not sure if i have understood your query correctly. But yes you can issue more qty of components for your sub-contractor via MB1B & mvt 541.

You can do subsequent adjustments via MB04 after posting GR for the subcontracting PO, i.e. if you have issued more qty, add the same, or if your sub contractor has returned a few qty of components unused then subtract the same from here.

Hope the above helps.

Regards,

Vivek

Added

You can use MIGO to post GR & also to do subsequent adjustment.

Edited by: Vivek on Mar 25, 2009 9:03 AM

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Vivek

Thanks for the reply. Please allow me to clarify. There is a subcontracting PO and we would like to issues all the components as they are used and receive the finished good when it arrives at our warehouse.

For example the subcontractor starts manufacturing Monday and issues 2 of the components. We would like to issue those components without receipting any of the finished good. The finished good arrives on Friday. Today our SAP system is configured to prevent this from happening.

So we cannot do a receipt unless we issue components at the same time in the migo transaction. In the future we would like to issue components as they are used and do the goods receipt sometime in the future. I am trying to confirm if this is possible or not.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Regards,

Bob Bernekc

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

If i have understood your need correctly, then you have a material say A which is subcontracted & to make this A, you have to send A1, A2, A3 & A4 to your vendor. But you will be sending the components on diff. days, say on monday you send A1 & A2, on wednesday you issue A3 & thursday you issue A4.

If this is the scenario, then you can issue them accordingly. Use ME2o or MIGO or MB1B, select only the components which you want to issue & process the PO. You can receive the PO via MIGO on friday. It is possible.

Hope it clarifies.

Regards,

VIvek

[rafael_zaragatzky · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I am afraid the key word here is "issue". Robert means mvt 543, while Vivek means 541.

Speaking about 543 (normally posted at the time of the GR), can't you just change the component quantity to zero in MIGO?

If not, then I am afraid this is impossible. In this case, I wonder why do you want to issue the components as soon as they are physically consumed? If it is for planning purposes, then you can bring down your MRP to run on the "MRP area" level and this way exclude the stock at subcontractor from MRP. You will have to define your whse as an MRP area.

BR

Raf

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

You can receive the components through MB04 movement type 543 without receive the manufactured material. For that you have to have available stock at the subcontractor.

When you receive the manufactured material you have to open the component list at MIGO and uncheck the OK for the components quantity.

Regards.

[Former Member]

Thanks to everyone for their help. I now have an approach which we can to issue components as they are consumed rather than at the point of goods receipt.

[Former Member]

Interesting to note your points awarding method, anyways thanks.

Regards,

Vivek

[Former Member]

Hi ,

Issue goods to subcontract vendor from your stock by Tcode ME2O

For subsequent adjustment use MB04.

Thanks & Regards

Prashanth.venkategowda

[Former Member]

Hi ,

How about setting up a outbound delivery to Vendor for issuing the component. Do PGI only for the components you want to issue.

Go to SPRO-Material ManagementPurchase order-- Set Up Subcontract Order

For the supply of the input materials to be provided to the vendor

(subcontractor) with respect to subcontract purchase orders , you have

the option of creating an SD delivery from the list of stocks for a

subcontractor.

Thanks,

Vasanthan