Hi Santhosh,
Thank you for your inputs.
We have another process which is being used in one of the other manufacturing plants (Plant 3010, Company Code 1000, Sales Org 2000). We have the same Material A and Material B which are variant config KMAT materials. We have a BOM in which Material B is a component of Material A. Sales Order is received in Plant 3010 with Material A as line item. All the variant config details are entered in the sales order line item of Material A. Both Materials A and B are manufactured within the same plant, company code and sold to the customer from the same plant. Materials A and B are setup as collective order. So, once the sales order for Material A is saved, it creates 2 production orders, one each for Material A and Material B. Another point that I would like to mention about the above process is, both the materials A and B don’t have either the Strategy Group or the MRP Group populated in the material master. I think this is being handled on the SD side. But we have Procurement Type (E), Special Procurement (52) and Individual/coll. (1) populated in the material master. But my process is slightly different and it involves inter-company as well.
Now coming back to my process, I have added comments to your responses in RED.
At first create the sales order with MATERIAL A and maintain Relevant settings in the Material master such as Strategy group and MRP group with Plant 3100.
Which strategy should I use? Will 82 work? What kind of fields should I activate within the MRP group? If this is currently being handled in SD side will my config override it or is it better to be handled from SD side itself. How will I specify the production plant as 3100? Should I configure a special procurement key? Also will the variant configuration details for Material A get transferred from the sales order created in Plant 3000 to the corresponding production order created in Plant 3100?
This will create a production order with sales order stock and in the production order add the component as Material B.
Can I setup a BOM in Plant 3100 for Material A with Material B as a component? Do I also need a BOM set up for Material A in Plant 3000?
In the Production order ensure you add the component with Item category N which will create a PO to the Plant 3000.
Should Material B be setup with Item Category “N” in the BOM of Material A in Plant 3100? Do we need a separate BOM setup for Material B in Plant 3100? How or from where will Material B in Plant 3000 get the variant configuration details to carryout production? Also, what should Material B in Plant 3100 have for Strategy Group? Procurement Type will be F. What about Special Procurement Key?
Follow normal MM flow to consume the material into the Production order which will post the cost as well to production order for consumption of Material B.
You mentioned setting up Material B with Item Category “N” in Plant 3100 which would be a non-stock item. But it would be a stock item in Plant 3000 as it is being produced there. Will there be any issues when receiving Material B from Plant 3000 to 3100?
Thanks & Regards,
R