Dear Experts
We're implementing for Steel Manufacturing and we have the following 2 problems.
Problem 1:
The bottle neck area for your project is to use existing stock in new projects. Especially when you have requirements of plates with specific dimensions with specific grades coz u can store such material in SAP not using dimensions but weight.
However, we proposed the following solution for the plates.
Solution 1:
- Each material master represents a material specification.
- Each material is split into 2 master records of 2 material types (Valuation types Don't Workin this solution)
> Mat.Typ 1 :- New .. UoM = M3
> Mat.Typ 2 :- Used ..UoM = Kg
- Each project will order the New materials either by (Procurement Type) PR+Res for WBS / Or/ Res. for WBS --> MRP --> PR PO etc.
- Project will order New material per M3. Dimensions will be set in the component text.
- any leftovers from the project will be issued as "Assembly Items" per Kg.
- Each Used material master (material specification) will have cost per Kg which is proportionate to the cost of the New material ------> 1 M3 = 4Kg ... etc
- Issuing assembly items will reduce the cost of the project by the amount of the leftovers and increase the stock for the material master (material specification) by Kg.
- Used materials availability (Quantity) and viability (Dimensions) will be checked only by physical inventory (Human Check) for further use not by the system.
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Problem 2:
When we convert the reservations to purchase requisitions using MD51 - the text field in the material component in which u may plan to store the dimension details will not get copied to the purchase requisition - this is because there is no one to one linking between planned orders and purchase requisitions.
Solution 2:
((Awaiting for your answers))
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The Questions here
Does anyone have a better solution than than solution 1 ??????
Did anyone reach a better workaround that is more suitable ?
if so, Please share with us because we're still no so convinced with this solution and we don't know what to do.
And if you can also please help providing solution 2 it would be verrrry great of you.
Thanks
Regards
Ahmed El-Kholy