SCHEDULING AGREEMENT AND SCHEDULING LINE CREATION

[Former Member]

Hello Guys,

I trying creating a scheduling agreement(SA) for vendor & material combination.

I have created a Scheduling agreement in ME31L then maintained in ME38.

In ME38 i have also mentioned the delivery date. when i am checking EKKO for Purchasing document , its created with the delivery date specified.

My question is how to create a schedule line ? Do we need to maintain a source list of that material, plant and vendor.

If we have the source list maintained, then what is the next step after SA is created and maintained.

Do we need to do MIGO? because i tested by creating one SA in ME31L and maintained in ME38. I mentioned the delivery date as today and when i checked EKKO table the Purchasing document is created.

Do i need to create a Purchase Order?

If no then do i need to do MIGO? If i need to do MIGO, for what reference do i need to do MIGO???

My client never maintained a Scheduling agreement, they want the scheduled lines to be created and sent to vendor and we need to receive the goods on specified delivery date.

Help will be appreciated.

Thanks.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Peter,

This is a very good Information you provided.

Another quick question, can you just tell me where exactly can i see a schedule line created.

My job for now is to create a Scheduling Agreement , Mainatain it and sent it to vendor.

So till now i have created a Scheduling agreement in ME31L, maintained it in ME38 .

So as you mentioned that i have to sent this SA to vendor through means of Output type(print,fax, email, EDI).

So for this scenario (Output), i am using MN07 an MN10

MN07- to create condition records

MN10- to create output condition records

In both MN07 and MN10 i have maintained the Purchase Doc type and also P.org .

I have also entered the vendor, function, Medium, Date/Time, Language.

So is it confirmed that the scheduling lines are sent to vendor???

Is their any way to see if the scheduled lines are created or not???

and also to do MIGO we need to enter the document number, Inbound, Outbound....likewise..

I tried to do migo with the same Purchasing Document number that i received when i have created a Scheduling Agreement.

It said this document doesnt exist....

Can you provide the solution for the above queries???

Thanks.

[Petepall · Accepted solution]

Hi,

In the ME38 transaction, on the screen where you maintain the release data (dates and quantities) go to the menu item EDIT and select the generate Forc. Schd. entry to generate the forecast. Then save the data.

If you have selected in the output definition for the date/time setting a 4 then the message get's triggered when saving the release.

The schedule lines that are generated will show up in MD04 or you can look at these via the transaction ME38 by selecting the line with the material that you want to check and the press F7 or select the button on the left side of the printer icon

For MIGO you use the scheduling agreement number and you enter this under this as the purchase order number. An inbound delivery is an additional functionality that can be used but first try to trigger the release.

As long as the release is not transmitted you can not post the goods receipt.

Regards,

[Petepall]

Hi,

You need to make a distinction between the scheduling agreement (ME31L/ME32L) and the delivery schedule creation (ME38/ME84)

With ME31L you create the scheduling agreement. In the scheduling agreement which is created for a vendor you maintain the parts that you will order at this vendor, the target quantity that you will order over a certain period and the price.

In ME38 you use the scheduling agreement number that is created with ME31L to create schedule lines (manually). These schedule lines consist of a date and an quantity. This is the data that needs to be transmitted to the vendor and against which the vendor is shipping the ordered materials.

Once the vendor ships the materials you post the goods receipt in Migo against the scheduling agreement number.

That is the basic working of the scheduling agreement and the delivery schedule.

Now some remarks.

You need to set-up the required output conditions for transmitting the data to the vendor either via print, fax, email or EDI.

You can do this manually in each scheduling agreement and each release but typically you maintain the output condition records.

For scheduling agreement contract (ME31L) you use transaction MN07.

For the delivery schedule (ME38/ME84) you use transaction MN10.

In order for you to be able to post the goods receipt the delivery schedule needs to have been transmitted otherwise you will get a message that not requirement are found when trying to post goods receipt.

Also the goods receipt can only be posted if the requirements are valid on the day that you are performing MIGO. This means if you would post GR today then the open requirements in the scheduling agreement need to be for today or already from previous dates. The system will not allow you to post GR for quantities that are only due tomorrow (if this is required a user exit needs to be set-up).

If you want schedule lines created via MRP then you need to set-up a source list using ME01. You have to make sure that the MRP key is set to 2 in orer for the system to generate schedule lines and you also have to make sure that you have the correct MRP parameters set-up.

You can use ME84 to transmit the delivery schedule lines generated by MRP if no changes are required. With the ME84 you can transmit multiple releases at once, however this transaction can not be used to make manual changes to the MRP proposal.

The scheduling agreement offers lot's more possibilities but the above should get you going with the basics.

Hope this will help you on your way.

[Former Member]

Thanks a lot Peter,

I am able to see the schedule line in MD04.

Really appreciate your help.....