Subcontracting forMROProcesses supports the maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) business process. If you have another type of business, such as production, you should use the standard ERP subcontracting solution.

For more information, seeSAPNote 853102.

To monitor subcontractor stock for vendors in theMRObusiness process, you cannot use the standard ERP subcontracting function. Instead, you use the Subcontracting Monitor .

For more information about the standard ERP subcontracting process, in theSAPLibrary, see SAP ERP Central Component → Logistics → MM- Materials Management → Inventory Management (MM-IM) → Inventory Management and Physical Inventory (MM-IM) → Managing Special Stocks (MM-IM) → Subcontracting .

Integration

Subcontracting forMROProcesses is integrated with the following:

Plant Maintenance and Customer Service (PM/CS)

Materials Management – Inventory Management (MM-IM)

Materials Management – Purchasing (MM-PUR)

Sales and Distribution – Shipping (LE-SHP)

Features

Subcontracting monitor to provide a comprehensive overview of all relevant information for a material or equipment used in the subcontracting process.

Subcontracting integration with refurbishment orders to combine internal and external repair tasks within a PM refurbishment order.

Serial number management in the subcontract purchase order and purchase requisition.

Material provision indicators to identify the use of a component entry in external processing.

Subcontracting types to suit your subcontracting scenario.

Subcontracting for special stock , such as unvalued sales order stock and unvalued project stock.

Unplanned material exchange (UME).

Forward exchange whereby t he subcontractor sends a serviceable part from his own stock directly to the service provider. The unserviceable part is sent to the subcontractor at a later point in time, who then repairs it and adds it to his own stock.

Goods movements using the Goods Receipt Order function (MIGO), Transfer Posting function (MB1B) and Goods Receipt for Purchase Order function (MB01).

Return material authorization (RMA) orders .

Partial delivery where it is possible to have multiple goods issues with or without outbound deliveries.

Constraints

The following functions are not supported in Subcontracting forMROProcesses:

Repair of configurable parts