By using the special procurement key, you can combine direct procurement with other special procurement types. The material will then be planned differently, depending on whether it is planned as a BOM item or as a finished product.

In Customizing, the system creates a special procurement key for direct procurement as standard. The special procurement key contains the procurement type F for external procurement and the Direct procurement field is selected.

You can create a further special procurement key by setting one of the special procurement types K for Consignment, L for Subcontracting or U for Stock transfer in addition to making the direct procurement settings. The indicators are not, however, coactive, but work alternatively depending on the context.

This enables the following:

If the material is planned as a BOM component, it is procured directly at the vendor. If, however, the material is planned as a finished product, because, for example, it is sold to customers as a spare part directly from the warehouse, it is not directly procured, but is procured using the special procurement type that you have entered.