SAP Note 458606 Note Language: English

FAQ: Subcontracting in purchasing

Summary
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This note contains a list of frequently asked questions regarding subcontracting in purchasing. You can find additional information about the subcontracting procedure in SAPNet in the "Overview Subcontracting" document (see Note 205454). For information about the topic ME2O ('SC stock monitoring for vendor'), see Note 458938.

Questionnaire
1. When you change the quantity of a line item or a schedule line, the system does not adjust the component quantity accordingly. When you post a goods receipt for a subcontract order or for a subcontracting scheduling agreement, why does the system not propose a component or why does it propose other components than expected (movement type 543)? When you post a goods receipt for an SC purchase order/SC scheduling agreement, o you withdraw a quantity from the SC stock that is lower ( < requirement quantity ) than the quantity proposed by the system or you set the proposed quantity to zero or you remove the OK indicator for the component in transaction MIGO.

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Why does the system still update the actual requirement quantity as the quantity withdrawn? 4. The function/handling of the availability check for the components of an SC purchase requisition/subcontract order is unclear. Why can you not hold a subcontract order? (No 'Hold' pushbutton available)? How can you correct inconsistencies in the dependent requirements for subcontracting? For a vendor, you have maintained several quota arrangements with different production versions. When you create a subcontract order, why does the system not use the corresponding production version that should be used according to the quota arrangement? You post a partial goods receipt for an SC scheduling agreement. Why does the system fix the scheduling agreement schedule lines? You want to create a third-party SC purchase order or a third-party SC purchase requisition with an account assignment and a valuated material. Why does the system grey out the subcontractor indicator (EKPO-LBLKZ) on the delivery address tab page?
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You work with production versions for selecting bill of material alternatives. How are they determined for SC purchase requisitions or SC purchase orders? You convert a subcontracting purchase requisition into a relevant purchase order. Why is the outward delivery completed indicator of the reservation (RESB-KZEAR) not set for this purchase requisition?

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1. Question: When you change the quantity of a line item or a schedule line, the system does not adjust the component quantity accordingly.

Answer:
If you change the quantity, the system proportionalizes the component quantities (no new BOM explosion is carried out). When doing this, the system takes the old quantity of the item/schedule line and the old component quantity into account and uses the following formula: new item qty * old quantity of component/old item qty Example: Old item quantity 198 PC Quantity of component 200 PC Quantity according to BOM 1 PC Change item quantity to 250 PC -> Quantity of component 253 PC ... you had expected a component quantity of 250 PC. --------------------------

2. Question: When you post a goods receipt for a subcontract order or for a subcontracting scheduling agreement, why does the system not propose a component or why does it propose other components than expected (movement type 543)?

Answer:
o Check whether you have maintained components/the correct components for the corresponding schedule line. If you have set the bulk material indicator for the component, the system does not post the component. This is due to the characteristic of bulk material. The material is flagged as loose material that is not MRP-relevant. For example, the dependent requirement in the planned order is only generated for information purposes.

Check whether the indicator is set in the bill of material or in the material master. The settings in the material master override the settings in the BOM.
o Check whether the component is flagged as a 'text item'. Components
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that are flagged as text items are not proposed for posting at goods receipt. --------------------------

3. Question: When you post a goods receipt for an SC purchase order/SC scheduling agreement, o you withdraw a quantity from the SC stock that is lower ( < requirement quantity ) than the quantity proposed by the system or you set the proposed quantity to zero or you remove the OK indicator for the component in transaction MIGO.

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Why does the system still update the actual requirement quantity as the quantity withdrawn?

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When you post the goods receipt, the system updates the quantities that are withdrawn in the reservation. These are always proportional to the GR quantity. A manual change of the consumption quantity has no effect. Example: GR of 100 pieces of material A, the BOM contains 10 pieces of material B. However, you only post 9 pieces because the vendor did not consume more. The quantity withdrawn is still updated with 10 PC. Otherwise there would be a remaining requirement of 1 piece in the requirements/stock list, even though this no longer exists. --------------------------

4. Question: The function/handling of the availability check for the components of an SC purchase requisition/subcontract order is unclear.

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Implement Note 323991. --------------------------

5. Question: Why can you not hold a subcontract order? (No 'Hold' pushbutton available)?

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Note 459015 has deactivated the 'Hold' function for subcontract orders. --------------------------

6. Question: How can you correct inconsistencies in the dependent requirements for subcontracting?

Answer:
We recommend that you implement the notes listed in Note 128061 that are
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valid for your release. You can use the correction report RM06C020 to identify and delete inconsistencies in the dependent requirements. SAP Support will send you this report after consulting the development department. --------------------------

7. Question: For a vendor, you have maintained several quota arrangements with different production versions. When you create a subcontract order, why does the system not use the corresponding production version that should be used according to the quota arrangement?

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Implement Note 549330. --------------------------

8. Question: You post a partial goods receipt for an SC scheduling agreement. Why does the system fix the scheduling agreement schedule lines?

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Implement Note 139955. -------------------------9. Question: You want to create a third-party SC purchase order or a third-party SC purchase requisition with an account assignment and a valuated material. Why does the system grey out the subcontractor indicator (EKPO-LBLKZ) on the delivery address tab page?

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This combination is not possible. You can only set the LBLKZ indicator without an account assignment or with an account assignment with a non-valuated material. --------------------------

10. Question: You work with production versions for selecting bill of material alternatives. How are they determined for SC purchase requisitions or SC purchase orders?

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o Purchase Orders: In purchasing, the production versions are assigned in the subcontracting purchasing info record. When you create an SC purchase order, the system determines the SC purchasing info record from the combination of vendor and
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material, and reads the production version. This is then included in the document. It is not possible to manually change the production version in the SC purchase order. If you create the SC purchase order with reference to an SC purchase requisition, the system checks whether the production version from the SC purchase requisition matches the version determined from the SC purchase order. If the production verions differ, the system displays a dialog box and the user can decide whether the production version from the SC purchase requisition is to be transferred or whether the BOM is exploded using the newly determined production version from the SC purchasing info record. A selection of the production versions by date or similar is not available in purchasing. o Purchase requisitions: The system includes the production version that was determined first. There is no function for this area. ---------------------------------------------------

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You convert a subcontracting purchase requisition into a relevant purchase order. Why is the outward delivery completed indicator of the reservation (RESB-KZEAR) not set for this purchase requisition?

Answer:

This is the standard SAP system behavior. When the purchase requisition is converted to a purchase order, a new RESB record is created and it is used for the follow-on processing. The RESB record of the purchase requisition is only updated with regard to the withdrawn quantity (ENMNG). However, the outward delivery completed indicator of the reservation is set for this purchase requisition if the purchase requisition is flagged as completed (EBAN-EBAKZ). Below is a workaround for automatic conversion: Automatically convert the purchase requisitions to purchase orders (using transaction ME59 or ME59N); in the selection screen, you can then determine whether the purchase requisitions receive the completion indicator or not.

Other terms
Subcontracting procedure, SC procedure, subcontract order, SC purchasing info record, provision of material or components, stock of material provided to vendor, subcontracting stock monitoring list, subcontracting monitoring list, SC component, subcontracting component, subcontracting component item, subcontracting item, SC third-party purchase order, subcontracting/third-party order, SC scheduling agreement, subcontracting scheduling agreement, SC purchase requisition, subcontracting purchase requisition, goods receipt, goods issue, transfer posting MB01, MIGO, ME21, ME21N, ME22, ME22N, ME31L, ME32L, ME38, ME51, ME51N,
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Reason and Prerequisites

Solution
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Header Data
Release Status: Released on: Master Language: Priority: Category: Primary Component: Secondary Components: MM-PUR-PO-GUI Userinterface - Purchase Orders MM-IM-GR-SC Subcontracting Released for Customer 22.02.2010 10:50:14 German Recommendations/additional info FAQ MM-PUR-GF-SC Subcontracting

The Note is release-independent

Related Notes
Number 858239 715192 650482 549330 548117 544751 526850 458938 323991 205454 128061 Short Text The Subcontracting Info Record Determination of BOM Usage when exploding BOM FAQ: Subcontracting Selection of production version using quota arrangement ME21N Inconsistency in dependt reqs for subcontrct reqsn ref ME22N Inconsistent dep reqmts after you change sched lines LB031 with subcontracting in MB_CREATE_GOODS_MOVEMENT FAQ: Subcontracting stock monitoring list, transaction ME2O Availability check:Subcontract PReq subcontract PO componnts Documentation on subcontracting Subcontracting: Inconsistencies in dependent requirements

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