Customizing Settings for Direct Production 
Customizing Settings for Direct Production
Use
You can implement a multi-plant collective order with production in another plant using the special procurement key.
Integration
In Customizing for MRP, you have maintained the special procurement key in the IMG activity Define special procurement type (see also
Procurement Type and Special Procurement Type).Features
In Customizing, the system creates a special procurement key for direct production as standard. The special procurement key contains the procurement type E for in-house production and the Direct production field is selected.
You can create a further special procurement key by setting the special procurement type P for Production in alternative plant as well as entering the production plant in addition to making the direct production settings. The settings work in addition to each other and do not block each other. This is how you create a multi-plant collective order.
A material is to always be produced in an alternative plant (plant 0002) and simultaneously be produced directly as a BOM component.
During the planning, the system creates a planned order for direct production for the material when there is a requirement in plant 0001. In plant 0002, the BOM is exploded and dependent requirements are created. When the system converts the superior planned order into a production order, the planned order for direct production for the material in plant 0001 is also converted automatically into a production order. The dependent requirement in plant 0002 is converted into a dependent reservation and production of the components in plant 0002 is initiated.
If the material is simultaneously sold to customers from the warehouse, for example, as a spare part, it is also produced in plant 0002. The setting for direct production is not valid in this case, as the material is a finished product and not a BOM component.