Master Data in Subcontracting (SAP Library

Master Data in Subcontracting

Definition

No special settings in the master data are necessary for procuring a material using subcontracting. However, if you want to procure material frequently or exclusively using subcontracting, you have the option of entering information in the master data, which will help you when you carry out the procurement process.

Structure

Material BOM

When you create material BOMs for a subcontracting material, they will be exploded by the system into subcontract orders.

To create a BOM choose Logistics ® Production ® Master Data ® Bills of Material ® Bill of Material ® Material BOM ® Create

Choose the subcontracting material as the header material and create the bill of material plant-specifically. Group BOMs are not considered by the system in plant-specific purchase orders.
You control whether or not a BOM item will be considered in the explosion using the indicators Production relevant and Mat. provision ind. Select an item of the bill of material and choose Goto ® Item ® Status/long text. An item will be considered during the explosion if the indicator Production relevant is set and the Mat. provision ind. is not set.

To create bills of material for AFS materials, please refer to the documentation on Production Planning and Control.

Material Master

If the subcontracting material is to be procured externally and planned automatically, you can specify in the material master that SC purchase requisitions will be created during the MRP run, in which the corresponding bills of material are exploded. To do this, enter the special procurement type Subcontracting (30) in the selection field Special procurement in the MRP 2 view. Another result of this entry is that warning or error messages will be issued as soon as users manually create a purchase requisition or purchase order without the item category L.

Purchasing Info Record

If you also obtain an AFS material from a specific vendor using subcontracting, you can enter this information in the purchasing info record:

You can specify a special price for the material in a subcontracting purchasing info record, which you can create in addition to a normal purchasing info record. To create an SC purchasing info record, choose the info category Subcontracting in the initial screen. During a source allocation for an SC item, only SC purchasing info records will be considered.

Note

Creating an SC purchasing info record is especially helpful when specifying a different price for material that is procured using subcontracting. The price specified in the SC purchasing info record will be proposed in all purchase orders with item category L. The existence of an SC purchasing info record does not, however, limit the procurement of a material to subcontracting. You can also procure the material using other methods at any time.

You specify prices at grid value, category, or SKU level in the condition records, not in the info record:

To do this, choose Logistics ® Materials Management ® Purchasing ® Master Data ® Conditions ® Other.

Enter the condition type J3AP and choose Enter.

Choose a key combination for the material info record at grid value level, category level, or price group level and confirm your selection.

Choose the info record category 3 (Subcontracting) if you want to create prices at SKU level for a subcontracting purchasing info record.

Using the input help, enter the corresponding grid values and categories and specify the prices.

Note

In condition records you have the option of specifying different prices at SKU level for subcontracting and other procurement types. You must therefore make sure that you choose the appropriate info record category when you specify the condition records (for example, 3 for subcontracting, 0 for normal procurement).

If you want to ensure that a material is procured from a vendor exclusively using subcontracting, set the indicator Pref. Sub. Ind. in the AFS Additional Data of a normal purchasing info record or an SC purchasing info record. If this indicator is set, the user will see a warning or error message if he or she wants to create purchase requisitions or purchase orders without item category L.