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Direct Procurement

ou can use direct procurement to order BOM components directly for a planned order, bypassing the warehouse.

Direct procurement is also possible in connection with make-to-order production and engineer-to-order production.

There are two alternative processes:

If direct production is to be used generally for a particular component, you enter this in the material master for the component. If direct production is to be used only for a particular BOM, you enter this in the respective BOM item. This entry overwrites the entry in the material master.
You flag the components that are to be directly procured with the item category for a non-stock item in the BOM. This is the only type of processing possible for materials without a material master.

We recommend the process using the special procurement key.

In Customizing, you define at what time the direct procurement is to be triggered: during MRP or only once a production order has been converted or created. The system then triggers direct procurement automatically at the chosen time.

For materials without a material master, the system does not generate dependent requirements, but does generate purchase requisitions directly. The long text for the BOM item is hereby copied to the purchase requisition. The system does not display the materials in the MRP list or stock/requirements list.

For materials with a material master, MRP generates dependent requirements and (according to the creation indicator for the planning run) planned orders for direct procurement or purchase requisitions for direct procurement. The system displays these in the MRP list and the stock/requirements list in a separate section for direct procurement.

When the planned order for a finished product is converted into a production order, all planned orders for lower-level components that are procured directly are converted into purchase requisitions.

Planned orders for direct procurement and purchase requisitions for direct procurement are adjusted to match changes in date and quantity for the higher-level assembly, even if they are firmed, so that inconsistencies in planning can be avoided. All changes are reversed.

In the case of changes to firmed purchase requisitions for direct procurement, the buyer automatically receives a mail with the datafor the change.

Note

If direct procurement has been authorized for a material in the material master, the system treats the material in all BOMs as a material that is to be procured directly.

By using the "No direct procurement" indicator in the explosion type, you can switch off direct procurement in individual BOMs.