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Can U Think of Any Situation Where U Find VENDOR Info. Populated for a STO?

Former Member
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Hi,

Can you think of any situation where you will find VENDOR information populated for a STO moving stock from a Plant to Store under the same company code?

I got an error ("Enter goods for vendor XXXX only") and this was triggered by the fact that one STO had vendor information in the delivery document. The outcome of this was that every STO beneath this STO could not be GR, but every STO before and including the STO were GR without any issues....

Your response is higly appreciated..

Thanks

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JL23
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Most of my UB orders have a vendor number in field EKKO-LIFNR.

This number is automatically stored there if your vendor has a plant assignment (in vendor master - purchsing data via menu Extras > additional purchasing data)

This is usually the case if you have many companies and each company has many plants. and you exchange goods between plants in the same company and as well goods between plants in different companies. If you exchange goods between plants in in different companies, then you have to use NB order type and need a vendor master.

I would suggest that you look at the change documents of this vendor master and check if the assignment was made after the STO was created (maybe the assignment was removed again)

Former Member
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SegeTx,

I am not sure exactly what you mean when you say "Vendor information populated for an STO". Is this a UB STO?

Tell me exactly what transaction you are performing, and the data you are entering, when you get the GR error.

Generally, when you set up master data for a STO, you have to assign a vendor to the plant. It is possible that somehow the source plant has become un-assigned from the vendor. WB03, clik past any warnings, enter the plant. In the upper right corner, there should be a vendor. If nothing is there, then you have to re-assign the vendor to the source plant. MK02 enter the vendor you wish to assign to the plant, and the purch org you should use for the STOs. Execute. Select extras > addl purch data. enter the plant. Save.

Best Regards,

DB49

Former Member
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HI DB49,

What had happened was multiple STOs were on the same delivgery from Plant to Store. Upon getting to store and using MIGO, the STOs before and including that one STO were GR without issues. Then that STO automatically appended a vendor id to it thereby causing every STO after it unable to be GR. The error was generated when trying to GR the other STOs.

I am trying to think of any scenario where the vendor id can be auto populated for an STO. My thinking is that STOs should normally not have any vendor information added to it. The vendor info was seen from EKKO table.

Any suggestions appreciated.... thanks.

Former Member
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SegeTx

You should still be able to receive against the vendor, as long as the vendor in the STO is the one that is assigned to the source plant. (WB03)

Anyhow, to answer your question, check for the presence of a Purchase info record (ME12) for that vendor, a Source List (ME01) for that vendor, or a Quota arrangement (MEQ1) for that vendor. Delete/inactivate any that apply to the vendor you don't want to use.

Ensure that your ordertype for STOs is UB.

Ensure that all existing Purchase Reqs are sourced to the plant and not the vendor.

Best Regards,

DB49.