Difference between LP and LPA while creating schedling aggrement

[Former Member]

Hi experts,

1. while creating Sched aggrement we make use of LP or LPA type what is the difference between the two?

2.And while maintaining delivery schedule we enter delivery date and st.del date why do we want that st.del date?

3.When we create plant in EC02, is it mandatory to assign the plant to storage location by using transaction sm30 table/view V_T320 .

explain with examples

Thanks in advance,

Nandan

Edited by: Nandan HA on May 5, 2010 7:04 AM

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Nandan,

1. while creating Sched aggrement we make use of LP or LPA type what is the difference between the two?

If you are talking about creating scheduling agreement LP or LPA there is not that much difference but purpose is different which i have explained earlier

2.And while maintaining delivery schedule we enter delivery date and st.del date why do we want that st.del date?

Statical deliver date is use for rating of the vendor performance this is one of the factor for calculating L1 vendor or L2 vendor.

3.When we create plant in EC02, is it mandatory to assign the plant to storage location by using transaction sm30 table/view V_T320

Assignment of storage location to plant is not mandatory it's depends how the company's business process.

For example: We have plant EC02 and company has decided to have to storage location 0080 for new materials and 0001 for scrap and return goods(for warranty)

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Schedule agreement schedule lines are created on MRP run planing and this MRP run will be carried out on plant with storage location 0080 (depending upon configuration).

I mean MRP run will be executed for plant EC02 it will consider only storage location 0080

In this case it will make more sense to create schedule agreement for plant with storage location 0080.

This is reason in schedule agreement storage location is required provided company has business scenario like above.

Let me know for any quries

Thanks,

Nikhil

Edited by: Nikhil P on May 6, 2010 8:20 PM

[Former Member]

thanks alot Nikhil

[Former Member]

Hi Nandan,

There is difference between LP and LPA .

LA is scheduling agreement with out release.

LPA means scheduling agreement with release procedure

When creating scheduling agreements you can create them with or without release documentation. Working with release documentation (type LPA) has the advantage in that at any time you can see when you sent specific scheduling information to your vendor.

If you work with scheduling agreements without release documentation (type LP), the current schedule lines are transmitted to the vendor automatically after creation using the message output control program.

If you use scheduling agreements with release documentation, the delivery schedule lines are not transmitted to the vendor automatically as soon as they are created. Instead you release the scheduling agreement. Transmission of scheduling data can take place only after you have created such a release.

Thanks,

Nikhil

[Former Member]

Hi Nandan,

1) We have used LPA and i think there is no difference b/w LP & LPA.

2) Delivery date - Date on which Goods are to be Delivered,

St.del date -Date for the calculation of the delivery time. ( If St del date is not mentioned then Delivery Date will be taken for calculation)

If it becomes known that the vendor can only deliver ordered goods some days later than originally stipulated, for instance, you can change the delivery date accordingly for materials planning and control purposes. However, the statistics-relevant delivery date remains unchanged.

As a result, the vendor's "on-time delivery performance" score worsens. At the same time, it is ensured that materials planning and control works on the basis of the right date.

3) Assigning Plant to a storage location is not Mandatory but its very much required in any business scenario.

Regards,

Vasu