Confirmations from Materials Planning Viewpoint

Use

The quantities and dates relevant to Materials Planning which are derived from vendor confirmations are displayed in the current stock/requirements list. This list indicates which quantities have been reduced to zero as a result of more recent confirmations or goods receipts, and which quantities have only been partly offset in this way.

For example, if an order acknowledgment confirming delivery of 80 tons of steel has been received with respect to a PO that specified 100 tons, the list contains a line with an open PO quantity of 20 tons and a line with an acknowledged quantity of 80 tons.

If an inbound delivery of 100 tons is entered, this has the effect of reducing to zero both the open PO quantity (of 20 tons) and the acknowledged quantity. This means that the scheduled quantity from the PO no longer appears in the list - it is replaced by the notified quantity of 100 tons.

Prerequisites

You define the confirmations that are relevant to materials planning and control in your system via the Customizing facility for Purchasing.