Special VMS Master Data in Customizing for Sales and Distribution

Item Category Determination

One item category is basically used in the sales order.Item category determination is controlled by the sales document type and the item category group . You can find the item category group in the material master record for the view Sales and Distribution: Sales Organization 2 .

I tem category group VMS0 ( Vehicle VMS ) is delivered for VMS as standard, which links to the special VMS item category VTAC that is also delivered as standard.

Item category VTAC differs from the standard item category TAC by billing relevance “B”. VTAC can be billed related to the order, in other words, the billing document can be created as soon as the sales order has been created.

If you enter item category group VMS0 in the material master record (see also: Creating a Vehicle Model ). You still have to copy the entries for the sales document types AF, AG and RE for the item category 0002 to the VMS item category VMSO.

You can also create your own item category groups and item categories. To do this, choose the following activities in Customizing for Sales and Distribution (in the given order):

  1. Start of the navigation path        1.      Sales Next navigation step Sales Documents Next navigation step Sales Document Item Next navigation step Define Item Category Groups End of the navigation path

  2. Start of the navigation path Sales Next navigation step Sales Documents Next navigation step Sales Document Item Next navigation step Define Item Categories End of the navigation path

  3. Start of the navigation path Sales Next navigation step Sales Documents Next navigation step Sales Document Item Next navigation step Assign Item Categories End of the navigation path

    Note Note

    If you decide to use your own item category, you should use the existing item category VTAC as a template to copy from as far as possible. Then check and test all the settings you have copied, such as copy control and statistics updates.

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Determining the Requirement Type

In VMS, the requirement type is determined via the transaction. Check the settings in Customizing for Sales and Distribution under Start of the navigation path Basic Functions Next navigation step Availability Check and Transfer of Requirements Next navigation step Transfer of Requirements Next navigation step Determination of Requirement Types Using Transaction. End of the navigation path

Determination of the requirement type via the transaction overrides determination via the strategy group (view MRP 3 ) or the MRP group (view MRP 1 ) in the material master. Check the Customizing settings for Production under Start of the navigation path Production Planning Next navigation step Master Production Scheduling Next navigation step Planned Independent Requirements Next navigation step Planning Strategy Next navigation step Define Strategy. End of the navigation path

Requirement type 041 (order/delivery requirement) is normally determined for item category VTAC . Requirement type 041 links to requirements class 041 . Check the Customizing settings for Sales and Distribution under Start of the navigation path Basic Functions Next navigation step Availability Check and Transfer of Requirements Next navigation step Transfer of Requirements Next navigation step Define Requirements Types End of the navigation path .

No account assignment category has been defined in requirements class 041 since VMS works with individual batch valuation. Check the settings in Customizing for Sales and Distribution under Start of the navigation path Basic Functions Next navigation step Availability Check and Transfer of Requirements Next navigation step Transfer of Requirements Next navigation step Define Requirements Classes.. End of the navigation path

Note Note

Although account assignment category E is often used for configurable materials, this is not possible for VMS since the vehicles are not managed as sales order stock.

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