This function enables you when you are entering or changing a purchase order to include other articles from a selection offered by the system in addition to the articles already entered. This may be useful in the following cases:

• When you wish to add items to a purchase order manually so that the minimum order value stipulated by the vendor is reached.

• When you wish to order manually (after visually inspecting the stock).

You can use this function for creating or changing purchase orders (Vendor known or Stock transfer).

The articles that the system proposes for the additional items have to be defined as orderable for the site ordering the merchandise.

• On the initial screen of additional planning, you can narrow down the additional articles using the following selection criteria:

• Vendor sub-range
• Merchandise category
• Promotion
• Purchasing group
• Stock planner
• Planning cycle
• Delivery cycle
• Layout module
• RP type

• If you select the flag for selecting articles from the purchase order only, the system only displays items contained in the associated purchase order. You can therefore use the additional planning screen as a kind of order control.

• The system displays all items that already exist in the purchase order (and does not allow you to change them). It also displays as additional items the articles listed in the receiving site that you can order from this vendor.

• You can arrange the items according to the following criteria:

• Article number
• Promotion and article number
• Promotion and range of coverage
• Range of coverage
• Self-defined (via user-exit)

• If desired, all the generic articles in the list can be broken down into their variants.

• On the details screen of additional planning, you can include any additional fields you defined yourself. User exit EXIT_SAPLMDZU_003 is available for this. The following additional fields are allowed:

• 5 fields for texts
• 5 fields for indicators
• 5 field combinations for value and currency
• 9 field combinations for quantity and unit of measure

• On the details screen of additional planning, you can include a maximum of two fields you defined yourself. User exit EXIT_SAPLMDZU_002 is available for this.

• You can go directly from the details screen to displaying a promotion.

• If you go directly from additional planning to posting a purchase order whose content does not match the restriction profile of the vendor, the system issues a warning message.

• The system offers a simple algorithm on the details screen that determines default values for the order quantity on the basis of the stock on-hand, the order stock and consumption values. You can enter a required range of coverage manually.