In the standard system, individual QM orders are identified as order type QL02. This order type has the following properties:

• The order is a short-term cost collector.
• The order accumulates only the costs associated with the assigned inspection lot.
• The costs are settled in the Controlling (CO) component on a one-time basis.

With an individual QM order, you can:

• Assign only one inspection lot to the order
• Confirm the activities for an inspection operation during results recording or when you make the usage decision
• Specify in the material master that the order is to be created automatically when an inspection lot is created
• Post goods movements with account assignments (for example, internal CO orders or cost centers)

When the system creates a QM order automatically at inspection lot creation, you can specify the order type on the basis of the inspection type. You can assign a QM order type to each inspection type in Customizing. This order type is copied when an inspection lot is created. If an order type is not assigned to an inspection type, the system uses the order type for QM orders with an individual account assignment as specified in the settings at plant level. You can also specify the order type in a customer enhancement.