direct procurment indicator in production order

[Former Member]

hi

I found in a production order, there is a "1" maintained under "direct procurment indicator " which means "external procurment" for an item, and a purchase requisition is generated for it. And in CO02 I just can't remove it.

I wanna know where does this come from and what should I do if I wanna delete it, thanks.

[former_member184655 · Accepted solution]

Dear Lauliu,

Are there any non-stock items assigned in the BOM of the header material for which the production order is created?

Check for this in CS03 for the material(for which production order is created).check whether that item (for which you are able

to notice in the production order)is maintained as N - non-stock item.

Only for non-stock items which are represented with item category N,the system proposes the value 1 - direct procurement

in the production order.

Check and revert back.

Regards

Mangalraj.S

Edited by: Mangalraj.S on Aug 19, 2011 3:44 PM

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

hi Mangalraj.S

yes, this material in question is a non-stock item with item category as N, how can I correct it? I just tried cs02 and it just didn't work...

Thanks a lot for your help!!

[former_member184655 · Accepted solution]

Dear Lauliu,

1.For all non-stock items which are represented with item category N as BOM items,this is the standard SAP behaviour(system

will be setting value 1 in direct procurement in the production order).

2.Only by making that particular item as a stockable item(to be represented as item category L) this can be met.But I would

suggest you not to make that change because generally the pipe line materials or any component that will be required for

specific header material's order will be generally maintained as non-stock item and the purchasing data can be maintained there

itself.

for what business requirement do you want to change this?

check and revert back.

Regards

Mangalraj.S

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

hi Mangalraj.S

Thanks for you quick response.

Because user wants to get this material backflushed and they have already maintained the backflushe indicator as "1" which is always backflush. Now this material just can't be backflushed. I think the reason is this material is maintained as non-stock item in BOM.

What should I do then?

[former_member184655 · Accepted solution]

Dear Lauliu,

As you have said,it's not possible to backflush non-stock items as the same will not be kept in stock at any time.

GR against for the purchase order(for such items gets directly linked to the production itself for which the PR has been

created).correct me if I'm wrong.

Check and revert back.

Regards

Mangalraj.S

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

hi Mangalraj.S,

When I check the material stock using MMBE, I can find stock is there, and when I check the material document using MB51 for this material, I can find the 261 MIGO movement.

And I can see a PR in the line of this item in production order and I don't think GR had happened for this material because user used manually 261 for this material to this production order.

[former_member184655 · Accepted solution]

Dear Lauliu,

check this link to understand more about direct procurement,

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/en/f4/7d2be144af11d182b40000e829fbfe/content.htm

If my understanding is correct then the items which are maintained as non-stock item and during production order execution PR

gets generated for these items and once these items are recieved it gets directly consumed and generally not kept in stock.

Assuming the production declaration is done in the system(GI/GR) as soon as the physical production is completed.

Check and revert back with your queries.

Regards

Mangalraj.S

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

hi Mangalraj.S,

I think your understanding is right, but that process is not what the users want, they want to backflush this item directly from the stock.

What shall I do?

Thanks a lot!

[former_member184655 · Accepted solution]

Dear Lauliu,

If my understanding is correct then setting the backflush indicator for the directly procured items(Non-stock Items) may be

possible,but however this item does not get displayed in the goods movement tab in CO11N/CO15 for backflush that's automatic

Goods issue(261 GI posting may be possible during confirmation).

Only by making these items as stockable items(item category L)you can backflush these items.

Also if my understanding is correct even during manual GI the system does not propose the non-stock items(as these items

does not gets copied in the reservation list),check in MB23 for the reservation no generated for the production order.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Regards

Mangalraj.S

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

hi Mangalraj.S

You are right about "If my understanding is correct then setting the backflush indicator for the directly procured items(Non-stock Items) may be possible,but however this item does not get displayed in the goods movement tab in CO11N/CO15 for backflush that's automatic Goods issue(261 GI posting may be possible during confirmation)."

I am not sure about "Only by making these items as stockable items(item category L)you can backflush these items." since I can't change it.

Regarding to the "Also if my understanding is correct even during manual GI the system does not propose the non-stock items(as these items does not gets copied in the reservation list),check in MB23 for the reservation no generated for the production order." Actually I can do manually 261 of this material to this order.

Please help further, thanks.

[Former Member]

Hi,

If there is External Operation control key for any operation in the routing, system will generate PR for the operation once you create Production order.

check the routing, if there are any external operation control key - PP02 in standard (or view the control key details).

You can change the control key to normal, in next production order system will ot generate PR.

Ifyou want to delete the PR for the already created Prod. order, first delete the PR and the delete the whole operation in the prod.order, if it only one operation (system will not allow you to delete, since there is noly one operation), create one more operation in the prod. order and delete the first one.

thanks,

JK