Problem in creating third party PO

[bhushan_bivalkar]

I have tried to ceate the PO as suggested in earlier post by using the method of Shopping cart type icon on item details tab . This I have done for the consolidation . But as my PO has account assignment I entered the Cost Center . But system gives following message

Requisition 10000036, item 00010, assigned to other order account

Message no. 06251

I just exp[lain the scenario as follows

Iam simulating the Third Party Process and PRs are getiing generated in background at the time of Sales Order creation there are 2 sales order as follows

SO1

Mat1 10 Pcs Requisitioner R1

Mat2 15 Pcs R1

SO2

Mat1 20 Pc R2

PRs

PR1

Mat1 10 Pcs Requisitioner R1

Mat2 15 Pcs R1

PR2

Mat1 20 Pc R2

In PO

line Item 10 Mat1 30 Pc Del Sch Tab 10 & 20 Pc from R1 & R2

Line item 20 Mat2 15Pcs

Account assignment is same in all the PRs items and for PO also

And system gives error message

I hope you understand my problem

[Former Member]

This message was moderated.

[bhushan_bivalkar]

Very helpful replies and very logical

Thanks ...

[csaba_szommer]

In third party process SO / PR / PO should be in integrity. Your manual modification violates this I think (you are making one PO item from two SO item...).

http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_04/helpdata/EN/dd/560287545a11d1a7020000e829fd11/frameset.htm

Processing Third-Party Orders in Purchasing
When you save a sales order that contains one or more third-party items, the system automatically creates a purchase requisition in Purchasing. Each third-party item in a sales order automatically generates a corresponding purchase requisition item. During creation of the requisition, the system automatically determines a vendor for each requisition item. If a sales order item has more than one schedule line, the system creates a purchase requisition item for each schedule line.
Purchase orders are created from purchase requisitions in the usual way. For more information about creating purchase orders, see the Purchasing documentation. During creation of the purchase order, the system automatically copies the delivery address of your customer from the corresponding sales order. In a sales order, you can enter purchase order texts for each third-party item. When you create the corresponding purchase order, the texts are automatically copied into the purchase order. The number of the purchase order appears in the document flow information of the sales order.
All changes made in the purchase order are automatically made in the sales order as well. For example, if the vendor confirms quantities and delivery dates different from those you request and enters them in the purchase order, the revised data is automatically copied into the sales order.

Regards,

Csaba

[bhushan_bivalkar]

OK I got your point but if suppose 10 diffrernt customers are ordering the same item then that much of line items will be created in PO and no consolidation is possible .

Example :

Cust 1 Mat1 10 Pcs will have 1 line item in PO

Cust 2 Mat1 15 Pcs the same material ordered by other will have second line item in PO

So as per standard SAP its not possible to consolidate the both as 25 Pcs as single line item .

If its so then , I have to find for some user exit available or development . Do you have any such idea about the available user exit .

Second option I will deveop PO print program in such way that this consolidation will be done during the printing .

Thanks

[csaba_szommer]

In my opinion your request is not justified.

PO item; material; qty; customer

10; mat1; 10 pcs; customer1

20; mat1; 15 pcs; customer2

30; mat1; 5 pcs; customer3

How do you want to "consolidate" them? I mean this PO is not only about mat1 and 30 pcs. Each item of the PO means an instruction to which customer the goods should be delivered.

If you had only one "consolidated" PO item, how would you tell the vendor to which customer the goods should be delivered? In SAP one PO item has one delivery address - in this case this derives from the SO (ship-to party).

In your vendor ERP system these PO items maybe will be SO items and their MRP can handle the requirements as consolidated requirements - based on their system, strategy, etc.

So, I think it's your vendor's problem how to solve this and not yours. I do not understand why you need one PO item instead of several.

Regards,

Csaba

[bhushan_bivalkar]

Ok thanks . You are right .