Project Stock (SAP Library

Project Stock

Definition

Viewed from material requirements planning, projects can have their own stock. Materials that are needed to carry out the project are managed in project stock.

Each WBS element in a project definition has a separate individual stock segment. Each stock segment is permanently assigned to a WBS element and, from a MRP view, is only available for this WBS element. However you group stock segments for a project together. For more information, see Grouping for Individual Project Planning

Unlike general stock, you must enter the relevant WBS element, as well as the plant and storage location, when entering a goods movement.

Project stock can be valuated or non-valuated. See Valuated Project Stock and Non-Valuated Project Stock

Use

You use project stock in complex make-to-order production if:

You want to use a work breakdown structure to monitor the costs of goods you manufactured yourself as they pass through the stages of production
It is necessary, from the inventory management or materials planning points of view, to separate the materials needed for one project from those needed for another
You want to order materials with long delivery times at an early stage in your project
You want to plan configurable materials, since MRP for configurable is only possible in individual stock.

Integration

Since working with project stock affects several areas in a company, you should involve the people responsible for inventory management, controlling and possibly purchasing in the decisions about suitable scenarios and settings.

See also:

Managing Stocks of Material Components

Monitoring Costings in Complex Make-To-Order Production