Stock/Pool 
Purpose
The Stock/Pool tab page shows the parameters required for inventory management for the force element.
You also use this tab page to create the material master data for the force element and trigger the initial supply run.
In the SAP system, force elements enable organizational changes and task organizations to be planned and implemented flexibly. They also form the link between authorized and actual materials and personnel. Force elements are designed to represent elements in the organizational structure of armed forces as well as security and aid organizations.
From a functional perspective, a force element is considerably more than the existing "organizational unit" in the SAP system. This also affects inventory management, since orders, personnel, and materials are now linked in one element of the organizational structure: The definition of the authorized material for an element in the organizational structure is grouped with the "actual" material in Inventory Management.
Structure
Stock Element Subscreen
· Plant
Plant where accountable stocks are managed for the force element.
· Storage Location
Storage location where the actual material for the force element is held in stock.
· Accountable
By setting the Accountable indicator, you specify whether the force element is accountable for the stock of its subordinate force elements.
If you set this indicator, you have to create an MRP area (materials planning area) for the force element.
· MRP Area
Here, you create an MRP area with associated storage locations for the specified plant and assign it to the force element.
To create the MRP area, choose the Create pushbutton.
This pushbutton is activated as soon as you have assigned a plant (see above).
· MRP Area pushbutton
Displays the stock for each MRP area of the force element.
· Storage Location pushbutton
Displays the stock of the actual material for each storage location used by the force element.
Pool Element Subscreen
· Plant
In this field, you enter the plant where the provisions for the force element are managed.
· Stockholding
By setting the Stockholding indicator, you specify that the force element holds stock, such as spare parts, replacement parts, damaged parts, or consumption material.
· MRP Area
If you decide to use inventory management for provisions, you can create an MRP area with associated storage locations here and assign it to the force element.
To create the MRP area, choose the Create pushbutton.
This pushbutton is activated as soon as you have assigned a plant (see above).
· MRP Area pushbutton
Displays the stock for each MRP area used by the force element that manages provisions.
Execute Subscreen
· Create Material Master Data
When you choose the Create Material Master Data pushbutton, the system creates the database information required for the material as well as the material master data for the force element. Only when this material master data has been created can the relevant materials be managed and the force element work with them.
The material master data is created on the basis of a representative template force element.
· Trigger Initial Supply Run
When you choose the Trigger Initial Supply Run pushbutton, the force element receives the initial supply of material.
The initial supply is the pool requirements equivalent of the initial supply with table or organization and equipment material. The objective here is to procure the initial supply quantity stored in the material packages assigned to a force element.
The initial supply run can only be carried out once.
The supply element is determined from the supply relationships for each material. If this is not successful, the initial supply element on the Logistics Data tab page is used. If an error still occurs, the system outputs a message and terminates the process. However, it still attempts to procure the remaining materials. In this way, the system provides you with a complete list of error messages, which you can then process to repeat the run successfully.