Kit to Order (SAP Library - Service Parts Management (LO-SPM))

Kit to Order

Purpose

With this process, you can have the system automatically assemble kits to order if there is no kit in stock.

The following rules apply to kits:

· A kit is always delivered in full to a customer.

· The kit header and the kit components are always scheduled for the same date.

· All components of a kit must come from the same warehouse (this can be achieved by means of internal transfer between warehouses).

· Kit prices are always calculated at kit header level.

· The kit header and kit component have a quantity ratio – defined by the kit structure – to each other. This quantity ratio is recalculated as soon as there are quantity changes at kit header level or at kit component level.

If the kit is in stock, outbound processing in Service Parts Management (SPM) takes place in the ERP system.

Prerequisites

You are using the following systems:

· SAP CRM 5.0

For more information, see the SAP Library of SAP CRM under Components and Functions ® Availability Check ® Availability Check using SAP APO ® Additional ATP Functions in Service Parts Management ® Kits in the Sales Order.

· SAP ECC 6.0

For more information about the required settings, see Customizing Settings.

· SAP SCM 5.0

¡ EWM:

For more information about the required Customizing settings, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for SAP SCM under Extended Warehouse Management ® Goods Issue Process ® Make Settings for Kitting.

¡ APO:

For more information, see the SAP Library of SAP SCM under SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO) ® Global Available to Promise (Global ATP) ® Advanced Availability Check Methods ® Comparison of Multilevel ATP Check and Capable-To-Promise (CTP) ® Availability Check for Kits.

Procedure

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1. Create sales order (SAP CRM)

You create a sales order. There are two means of triggering the Kit to Order process.

¡ For a requirement from the sales order, the system triggers the rule-based ATP check in SAP APO. The system determines one or more rules with replacements. One of the replacements is a kit.

¡ A requirement for a kit as an input product originates from the sales order. On the basis of this, the system triggers the ATP check in SAP APO.

No matter which of the two triggers the process, the subsequent process step is as follows:

a. The system initiates the credit check in SAP ECC.

b. The system performs the price determinations and checks for the sales order, and checks for foreign trade determinations.

c. The system transfers the data from the sales order to SAP ECC.

For more information about editing sales orders, see the SAP Library of SAP CRM under Components and Functions ® Process Sales Orders.

2. System performs ATP check and confirms quantities (SAP APO)

The system checks whether the kit is in stock. If the kit is not in stock, the production that is activated in the validation rule creates a kit structure that contains the kit components that the system requires to assemble the kit. The system then performs the ATP check for the kit components and confirms the quantities for the sales order.

3. System creates unchecked delivery (SAP ECC)

The system creates an unchecked delivery without creating an SD order.

For further information, see Creating and Updating Unchecked Deliveries.

4. Convert unchecked delivery into checked delivery (SAP ECC)

You convert the unchecked delivery to a checked delivery in the transaction Check/Combine Unchecked Deliveries (transaction code VL10UC).

For more information, see Conversion of Unchecked to Checked Deliveries.

5. System executes ATP check and confirms quantities from checked delivery (SAP APO)

The system performs another ATP check for the various kit components for the outbound delivery.

For more information, see the SAP Library of SAP SCM under SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO) ® Global Availability To Promise (Global ATP) ® Advanced Availability Check Methods ® Compare Multilevel ATP Check and Capable-To-Promise (CTP) ® Availability Check for Kits.

6. Create warehouse request for outbound delivery (SAP EWM)

When it receives notification from SAP ECC, the system uses the checked delivery to automatically create a delivery order, that is to say, a warehouse requirement for an outbound delivery.

For more information, see the SAP Library of SAP SCM under Extended Warehouse Management ® Delivery Processing ® Creation of a Warehouse Requirement for Inbound Delivery or Outbound Delivery.

7. Pick outbound delivery (SAP EWM)

You pick the outbound delivery.

For more information, see the SAP Library of SAP SCM under Extended Warehouse Management ® Delivery Processing ® Creation of a Warehouse Requirement for Inbound Delivery or Outbound Delivery.

8. System changes/confirms outbound delivery (SAP ECC)

¡ Either the system changes the delivery if quantity shortages are confirmed by the EWM system and then confirms the delivery

¡ Or the system confirms the delivery if exact delivery fulfillment is confirmed by the EWM system

For more information, see Processing of Checked Deliveries.

9. System posts goods issue (SAP ECC)

The system posts the goods issue for kits.

For more information, see Transfer Posting for Kits.

10. System clears ATP-confirmed quantities (outbound delivery) (SAP APO)

11. System updates stock (SAP APO)

12. Update sales order (SAP CRM)

The system updates the data in the sales order.

For more information about editing sales orders, see the SAP Library of SAP CRM under Components and Functions ® Process Sales Orders.

13. System executes billing (SAP CRM)

The system executes billing.