Saturday, August 18, 2018

InterCompany STO

Contents

Introduction



Master Data
1.    Creating Supplying Plant as Vendor
2.    Creating Receiving Plant as Customer
3.     
Configuration Guide
1.    Define Document Type
2.    Set up Stock Transport Order
2.1  Define Shipping Data for Plants
2.2  Create Checking Rule
2.3  Define Checking Rule
2.4  Assign Delivery Type and Checking Rule
2.5  Assign Document Type , One Step Procedure, Under delivery Tolerance
2.6  Define Allocation Type for STO
2.7   
Transactional Data
       3.1 Create Intercompany Purchase Order
       3.2 Create Outbound Delivery
       3.3 PGI Outbound Delivery
       3.4 Goods receive the Purchase order

Introduction
Companies with plants in multiple locations typically have the requirement to transfer stock between plants, The STO(stock transport order) process is used to handle this transfer systematically in SAP.

However if these plants belong to different Company Codes then we need to use intercompany STO process. This requires several configuration steps and prerequisites to be in place for this solution to work and entities can benefit from the ability to monitor stock in transit , traceability through document flow and ability to account for delivery costs on the stock transport order.

We will discuss the prerequisites and configuration that needs to be in place in achieve the intercompany STO process in SAP.

Master data

In order to carry out the STO process the two plants that stock transfer is taking place, I,E one plant that supplying the stock and the other plant that is receiving stock need to be set up as a Vendor and a Customer respectively.
1.    Creating Supplying Plant as Vendor
Tcode: XK01
Here you will set up a regular intercompany vendor as following setting.
On the purchasing Data screen on the vendor master, add the relevant plant as shown below.

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2.    Creating receiving Plant as Customer

Tcode: XD01
Here we will set up receiving plant as customer for shipping data determination.
Ensure the setting is made as below shipping tab.
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Configuration Guide

The following configuration needs to be in place for intercompany process.
1. define document type

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Purchase order for STO is used UB and intercompany STO you can use standard NB type, You could also define a separate z document type to differentiate these purchase orders.

2.Setup stock transport Order
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All setting relevant for STO will be under this node.

2.1 Define shipping data for plant

Plant that need to be defined and shipping data added. I, E. the customer no that was created as a prerequisite needs to be added there.
 
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2.2 Creating checking rule

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Here you can define a checking rule which will be used for ATP checking, typically standard checking rules are used for intercompany STO since there is an outbound delivery involved the checking rule B is used.

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Here you can assign the checking rule to the Availability check (on the material master ) and maintain relevant settings (types of stock / inward movements ATP would consider to fulfill the requirement ) for the combination.

2.4 Assign the delivery type to checking rule.

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Here you assign the PO document type and Delivery type to Checking rule to used for each Supplying plant.
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2.5  Assign Document type , One step procedure , underdelivery Tolerance

The assignment will restrict the use of order document types with the given Supplying plant / Plant combinations when creating purchase orders.

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2.6  Define Allocation Type for STO

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Transactional Data

To better understand STO process we will step by step cycle to see what transactional data is needed to complete the intercompany STO process.
3.1. Create Intercompany Purchase Order
Tcode: ME21N
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Note- The shipping tab needs to be active for intercompany POs the relevant fields populated. If you can not see the tab there could be an issue with the customer being not assigned to the Vendor or shipping data not maintained and you would not be able to drop the outbound delivery .

3.2 Create Outbound Delivery

You would need to create an outbound delivery referencing the purchase order to indicate the stock movement out of the supplying plant (define as intercompany vendor here)
Tcode: VL10B
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If you select the line and hit Show/Hide delivery button it should display the delivery number.

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Note- you need to have sufficient unrestricted stock in the supplying plant to create outbound delivery , You can check this in Transaction MMBE. Display the stock overview or check the ATP horizon in the purchase order as below.


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3.3  PGI outbound Delivery
Next step would be to carry out the post goods issue for the outbound delivery to indicate the stock leaving the supplying plant.
Tcode:VL02N
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3.4 Goods receive purchase order
Once the delivery is receiving at the receiving plant you can perform a goods receipt to complete the logistics process

Tcode: MIGO
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This complete the logistics part of intercompany STO process and the intercompany sales and payment invoices can be created to complete the financial postings.

Saturday, May 19, 2018

SALES BOM CS61

■受注BOM使用の目的と背景
受注ごとに仕様が異なり、事前にBOMマスタなどを用意できない特注製品を受注、生産、出荷する業務をR/3システムにて行ないたい

■処理フロー





■マスタ登録
・受注BOM:受注単位に登録
 事前に登録したBOMをコピーして、構成部品を取り替えるなども可能
・作業手順:受注単位に登録
作業手順のパターンをグループカウンタを分けて登録

■パラメータ設定
・評価バリアント:原価計算バリアントに割当
 受注原価積上計算時に使用する価格の取得元を設定する
・原価計算バリアント:所要量クラスに割当
 受注原価積上計算時に使用する日付、価格の取得元を設定する
・所要量クラス: SD受注明細カテゴリから導出させる
原価の計算方法を設定する(製品原価見積、個別受注原価計算など)

■受注BOMを使用した受注登録
・受注登録①
 受注先、得意先発注番号、品目、数量を入力
 また構成部品を考慮した販売価格も手入力

・受注登録②
 個別受注原価を使用する場合は所要量タイプを指定
 (初期提案させる事も可能)
 
・受注BOM登録①(CS61)
 品目BOMからコピー


・受注BOM登録②(CS61)
 コピーしたい明細を選択しコピーボタンを押下

・作業手順登録(CA01)
 標準作業手順をコピーして登録


・原価計算①(VA02)
 個別受注原価を計算


・原価計算②(VA02)
 計算内容を確認して「マーク」
 (明細と合計の差異を防ぐ為)

■利点
・受注ごとに仕様が異なり、事前にマスタの用意できない特注製品を受注、生産、出荷する業務を標準機能で実現可能
・複雑なマスタ設定は必要ない
・個別受注原価を使用する事が可能


■導入前の課題と対応

①受注登録の処理手順が多い
受注登録後に 受注BOM、作業手順、個別受注原価積上 の登録がそれぞれ必要
標準品目のBOM、作業手順を事前に用意し、それを参照して都度登録をするなど運用の軽減を図ることが必要

②選択オプション毎の価格設定が不可能
製品の価格はマスタ化が可能であるが、オプション品などに依存して価格決定ができない
受注登録時に都度マニュアルにて価格を登録する必要がある

③CO収益性分析に差異が発生しうる
個別受注原価を使用した場合、「マーク」処理をしないとCO収益性分析の合計と明細で差異が発生する
「マーク」処理されていない場合は、入庫時にUSEREXITにてエラーとするなど対応が必要

④誤った計画手配が作成されうる
MPS、MRPの実行前に受注BOMを登録しておかないと、標準BOMを使用して計画手配が作成されてしまう
受注BOMが登録できる段階になったら受注登録をする(それまでは見積伝票登録、又は手管理)などの対応が必要

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

What is RICEF?

What is RICEF? Many a times asked in interviews! Unfortunately a lot of people fail to answer a simple question, even though working on it for years. 

You usually come accross the word RICEF when searching for SAP ABAP Developer jobs.
RICEF isn't a standard SAP acronym. It's not defined by SAP like we have ABAP, ALV, etc. It's a comon term used to describe five areas of technical developments in SAP.

RICEF stands for Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms.

R- ReportsR stands for Report developments. All the technical objects/developments that deal with programing of SAP Reports. It includes different types of reports; Simple reports where you output using WRITE statements, Simple ALV reports, ALV Grid, ALV Grid with advanced functionality,etc.

I - Interfaces
I stands for Interface developments. Interfaces are ALE/IDOCs development. Involves not just ABAP programming for IDOCs but also IDOC customization.

C - Conversion
C stands for conversion objects. Conversion refers to BDC programing. Data upload from legacy system in flat files format to SAP system is done via Conversion Objects. This involves uploading data through BDC, LSMW, BAPI, etc.

E - Enhancements
Enhancements are User Exits, Customer Exits, BADI's etc. ABAP code that has to be written in order to enhance SAP system functionality.

F - Forms
Forms include SAP Smartforms, SAP Scripts. Technical development that deals with fetching necessary data from SAP system and displaying in terms of forms for printout are classified as under Forms.

Common questions :-
1. As an ABAPer, why do I care what RICEF means? What does it have to do with me?
Well it's really simple. It's just that one must know the category of the technical development he is working upon.
2. What's the use of RICEF?
SAP Project managers usually refer technical development in terms of RICEF objects.
Project technical team leads usually distinguish the objects based on this categorization and assign them to team on basis of experience. Reports being a first choice for beginners and Enhancements being the favourite choice for experts.

Thats all on RICEF!! Details on each of these category coming soon!!

Sunday, April 1, 2018

456691 - FAQ: Price determination in purchasing

Catalog of questions
1. Problems occur during price determination in transaction ME21N or ME22N.
2. What is the difference between master conditions (time-dependent conditions) and document conditions?
3. How does the price determination determine the conditions using a 'last purchase order'?
4. Why does the system not carry out price determination when a scheduling agreement is created?
5. Rounding errors occur during a price determination process that takes into account the conditions in the info record.
6. Why does the system not use a condition type when a purchasing document is created?
7. Why does the system not transfer the conditions from the contract to the scheduling agreement when a scheduling agreement with reference to a contract is created?
8. Why does the system not find any prices when I post a goods receipt for a scheduling agreement or during the price simulation for a scheduling agreement (the scheduling agreement has been created with reference to a contract)?
9. How can I maintain conditions for a material group item in the contract?
10. A plant-dependent info record and a plant-INdependent info record exist. The deletion indicator (EINE-LOEKZ) is set for both info records. However, the system uses the price of the plant-independent info record when I create a purchase order (PO). Why is this the case?
11. Why is the 'Refresh' (Refresh prices) pushbutton inactive on the header conditions screen in a PO?
12. Why does the system not determine the conditions automatically when I maintain a quotation (transaction ME47)?
13. Why does the system not transfer the price from the purchase requisition to the PO?
14. ME22N. Why does the system not convert the price of the PO into the new currency when the vendor is changed (different currency)?
15. When I change data, such as the material group or the account assignment category, in a PO item, the new EnjoySAP transaction (ME21N/ME22N) automatically carries out a new price determination process. This is not the case in the 'old' transaction ME21/ME22.
16. Why does the system adjust the absolute conditions of a purchasing document to the goods receipt (GR) quantity, or proportionally calculates them, when I post a GR?
17. How does a new price determination process affect the values that were posted during the GR when a GR is canceled?
18. In what circumstances does the system update the header conditions when a PO item is deleted?
19. When I display or change a purchasing document (scheduling agreement/contract), a runtime error occurs because the price (net price or effective price) is negative. How can I correct this problem?
20. When I change or display a PO, why does the system display other or additional conditions that were not displayed when I created the document?
Why does the system suddenly display the gross price (PB00) in addition to the manual gross price (PBXX), or vice versa?
21. Why does the price determination not determine a price even though the master conditions (info record, contract, scheduling agreement) contain valid prices (with scales)?
22. Conditions that are valid at the time are maintained in a contract or in a scheduling agreement (that has time-dependent conditions). Why does the item overview display an obsolete price?
23. A PO item contains a manual gross price (PBXX in the standard system). I use transaction ME21N or ME22N to change fundamental data, such as the plant.
Under what circumstances does the system retain the price (the conditions), and when does it delete it (the system issues message 06 218 "Net price must be greater than 0")?
24. Why does the system not use the better price, which results from the scales, for a PO (several items for the same material, scales are maintained in the master conditions)?
25. I create a PO with reference to a quotation with document conditions. The quotation contains further conditions, such as discounts or surcharges, in addition to the gross price (PBXX in the standard system).
When a price determination of the type "C" ("Copy manual pricing elements and redetermine the others") is carried out for the PO item (either manually, or triggered by the system when, for example, the account assignment category is changed), the system doubles several conditions. Why is this the case?
26. I post a GR for a PO item with pricing date category "5" (new price determination at GR). Why does the price determination determine several conditions twice?
27. I post a GR for a PO item with pricing date category '5' (new price determination at GR). The system issues error message ME 573 "Transaction cannot be posted due to errors in price determination".
28. When is the net price in the item overview for a PO ready for input, and when is the net price not ready for input?
29. When is the condition value for the condition of a returns item negative, and when is it not negative?
30. How are the prices determined in the info record or in the contract if fixed conditions (calculation rule 'B', fixed amount) are included in the net price?
31. I use the user exit EXIT_SAPLMEKO_002 and price determination in transaction ME21N differs from price determination in transactions ME21 and ME59.
32. I copy a PO item (ME21/ME22 or ME21N/ME22N). The reference item contains taxes. Why does the system copy the corresponding condition, but it does not copy the condition amount and the condition value?
33. When I post a GR for a scheduling agreement with pricing date category '5' (new price determination at GR), the system may determine a price that has a value of zero; this price is also displayed in the PO history (and in the GR/IR clearing account). Why does this happen?
34. Can I change conditions after the GR/IR has taken place? Is it still possible to carry out a new price determination process at this stage?
35. I want to use the report RM06ENP0 to update the net price in the contract. The document contains valid conditions. Why does the report not determine the net price?
36. In a scheduling agreement that has time-dependent conditions, I maintain a condition that has scales. The system always uses the first scale level to calculate the net price. Is this the intended system behavior?
37. I maintain supplementary conditions in a quotation, for example, discounts (condition type RA01). Why does the system ignore these conditions when I compare quotations (transaction ME49)?
38. Can I use net prices that have more than 11 digits (including decimal places) so that the system does not issue the corresponding error messages (06 217 and 00 089), which prevent further processing, when I create the relevant documents?
39. How can I prohibit changing the amounts on the condition screen in the conditions PB00 or PBXX using transaction ME22N?


2.
Question:
What is the difference between master conditions (time-dependent conditions) and document conditions?
Answer:
The conditions in the info record and in the contract are master conditions.
The differentiation for quotations and scheduling agreements is made through the document type (indicator "Time-dep. conditions"). The master conditions are restricted to a specific validity period, they have the characteristics of master data, and they are usually valid over a long period of time.Master conditions that refer to more general price agreements, such as the vendor or the material type, can also be mapped (general conditions, transactions MEK*).
Generally, the conditions in the POs are document conditions. They are only valid for this document.The document conditions may also be available for quotations and scheduling agreements if you have configured this in Customizing.

Saturday, March 17, 2018

What are Special Business Transactions?

1 Rush order and Cash order




2 Consignment 

3 Free-of-charge delivery and subsequent delivery
4 Free-of-charge subsequent delivery

SAP Business process 23

1.Sales Quotation Business Process in SAP
2.Sales Order Processing: Sale from Stock
3.Sales Processing Using Third Party (without Shipping Notification)
4.Sales Processing using Third Party (w. Shipping Notification)
6.Free of Charge Delivery
7.Credit Management
8.Returns and Complaints
9.Advanced Customer Returns Management
11.Sales Order Processing for Prospect
12.Sales of Non-stock Item with Order Specific Procurement
13.Debit Memo Processing
14.Foreign Trade Export Processing
15.Customer Consignment Processing
16.Returnables Processing
17.Cross-Company Sales Order Processing
18.Sales Order Processing with Customer Down Payment
19.Sales Third-Party Process with Subcontracting
20.Sales: Period End Closing Operations
21.Credit Memo Processing
22.Sales Order Processing with Collective Billing
23.SAP SD Tables
24.Consignment 

Saturday, March 3, 2018

SAP Role Single-role Com-role

Comp.Role
Single Role
Organizing Authorization Administration
Authorization Objects

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text

Functional specification

Comanpy Plant  Eare Storage Location
Single Role 1 Comp1 AAA 111
Single Role 2 Comp1 BBB 111 222
Single Role 3 Comp1 CCC 111 222 333


Single Role,Comp Role
Comp Role 1 Comp Role 2 Comp Role 3
Single Role 1 X
Single Role 2 X
Single Role 3 X    
   







Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Outline Agreement Release Strategy Table


Release To Date

T16FS
T16FT
T16FG
EKAB   Release Documentation 
EKEH    Scheduling Agreement Release Documentation 
EKEK    Header Data for Scheduling Agreement Releases 
T161E   Release Codes 
T161F   Release Point Assignment for Purchase Requisition
T161G   Release Prerequisite, Purchase Requisition 
T161H   Fields for Release Procedure, Purchase Requisitio
T161I    Determination of Release Strategy 
T161S   Release Indicator, Purchase Requisition 
T161U  Texts for Release Indicator 
T163P    Release Creation Profile 
T163S    Description for Release Creation Profile 
T16FB    Release Indicators: Purchasing Document 
T16FC    Release Codes 
T16FD    Description of Release Codes 
T16FE    Descriptions of Release Indicators: Purchasing Do 
T16FG    Release Groups 
T16FH    Descriptions of Release Groups 
T16FK    Release Statuses 
T16FS    Release Strategies 
T16FV Previous Strategy
CAWN   ⇒   chararacteristic

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Outline Agreement - Release Strategy


Step1
 Create outling agreement  ME31K
       Input validity Date
       Input Type
       ......
Step2
   You will see the release button.
   From release button , to see Release Group , Release Strategy.
   Release Date:
   Release XXXX:

Step3
   ME35K  Release Code = Release end
   In this process , you can release the outing Agreement.