Auto PO

[Former Member]

In automatic PO conversion from PRs. Can system consolidate the total required quantity materiual wise.e.g in one PR an item X has 3 qty and in one PR it has 7. will the system take it as 10.

Also ,I want the system to allow selecting the PRs which acn be converted into POs in test run. is it possible.

Secondly, how the system converts Subcontracting PO.

Edited by: dhrubajyotimalakar on Sep 26, 2011 7:21 PM

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

System will consolidate if the delivery date is same in both the PR. And i hope both the PR are of same plant.

Please run the scenario and check.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

I checked in ME59N by converting two PR's for same material having same delivery date.

It created PO with two line items , i guess this is because it updates PR no. in PO line item details.

Since PR no. update happens in PO it cant club both the PR's in to single line item though the PR's are having same material, same delivery date and are created from same plant.

If this is client requirment then u need to create Z t code ZME59N and change the program to meet your requirment.

[Former Member]

Answered

[former_member540826]

Hello,

This is not possible in the standard SAP. The conversion happens one to one as far as I know.

[Former Member]

Can you tell me any enhancement or development in satandard ME59N.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Consolidation of the PO quantites for given material by considering all the Purchase requisitions is not possible in standard SAP.

What options we have in standard SAP are..

1. One PR to One PO

2. Multiple PRs to one PO, in this case your PO will have all the PR references against each line item.

Why system can not consolidate the quantities, When we use ME59N system always establishes the link between PR Vs PO, So when you consolidate all the PR quantities, which PR you will reference to create a PO and how this cumulative quantites can be copy over to PO screen....having all these problems standard SAP can not perform this function.

I hope you understand the issue from system point of view.

However, my client has the same issue but we have done using different approach through custome development.

We have copied the RM06BB20 and modified to get all the Purchase requisitions belongs to one material and the sum the PR quantities, take the first PR number which is in sequence and update the cumulative quantities and close the other purchase requisitions.

This cumulative quantities will be copy over to the PO and we will have PR reference with correct quantities.

Remember this cumulation of the quantities per plant.

We also have problems in terms of delivery dates and inventory was going up but client is ok to live with these problems.

So unless client insists for this kind of solution please do not propose, as it has its own consequences.

I hope it clarifies your doubts.

Thanks,

Satya.

[former_member540826]

Why do you want to create the PO combined. Please propose the solution in which the PR are created in consolidation for the required quantity via MRP. It is standard SAP. The creation of the PR separately and creation of po for the clubbed pr is not a standard sytem and should not be proposed

Hope you understand the limits of SAP

[Former Member]

Hi,

You cannot consider it as 10. The thing we can do is maintaining proper master data,individual and collective processing settings, and right lot sizing procedure. A n alternative way is to creATE SCHEDULE LINES by selecting the create schedule lines option in ME59N. It will not club all the quantities, but clubs all those into one PO item with different schedule lines.

The Subcontracting PO will get generated automatically using ME59 if you have maintained all the required settings. Specifically the Material should have the special procurement key as 30 in MRP2 view, BOM for the Finished product and you need to maintain a subcontracting info record for the material, vendor, Porg combination. This is the standard process to have your MRP generated subcontracting PRs with item category L to convert to POs. Subcontracting PO can be created without BOM also. B ut should enter atleast one component in components tab during PO creation. I hope the above points taken care and resolve the issue. Thanking you.

[Former Member]

Hi Can you give an example...

[Former Member]

I will do a test in the test system to get the answers