Quantity Distribution

You can use this function in the Raw Material Procurement Cockpit to distribute requirements quantities across vendors.

Integration

This function is integrated in the Web Dynpro application Raw Material Procurement Cockpit on the Material View tab page. For more information, see Raw Material Procurement Cockpit, section “Integration”.

Prerequisites

You have made the settings described in the “Prerequisites” section of the Raw Material Procurement Cockpit documentation.
You have selected purchase requisitions and materials in the Web Dynpro application Raw Material Procurement Cockpit.

Features

Material View:

You use this function to distribute the quantities of the purchase requisitions for a specific delivery date among the appropriate vendors. You do so by specifying the actual quantity for the respective vendor. When you enter the actual quantity, the system decreases the open quantity and increases the total actual quantity, which can potentially lead to overdeliveries or underdeliveries. The system defines the various quantities as follows:

Target Quantity: The sum of the quantity of all purchase requisitions plus the quantity already ordered per delivery date
Actual Quantity: The sum of the quantity of all purchase requisitions that has already been assigned to a vendor plus the quantity already ordered
Open Quantity: The sum of the quantity of all purchase requisitions that has not yet been assigned to a vendor (difference between target quantity and actual quantity)

You can also enter the current price in the material view.

Material View Details:

In the Details screen area, the system displays the purchase requisitions and purchase orders that exist for a selected row. If you select a row with a vendor in the material view, the system displays the tab page with the sources of supply (purchasing info record or contract) in the Details screen area.

Save:

When you save, the system makes the following changes:

The system assigns the vendor to the original item in the purchase requisition. If you have distributed the quantity among several vendors or have not distributed the entire quantity, the system splits the item into several items.
If the distributed quantity is more than the target quantity, the system generates a new purchase requisition with assignment to the vendor.

Note Note

After you have saved, the system recalculates the target quantity. If the distributed quantity is more than the target quantity and new purchase requisitions have been generated, the target quantity increases accordingly after you save.

End of the note.

Activities

Choose the Web Dynpro application Raw Material Procurement Cockpit and enter the requested quantity (and if necessary, the new price) for the relevant delivery date on the Material View tab page. To do so, expand the node in the Material/Plant/Vendor column until you reach Vendor. If you expand the Cumulated Quantity node, the various quantities are displayed. Save your entries.