Before you can create a QM order, make sure the following conditions have been met:
The
Controlling
(CO) component is active in your company.
The following QM order parameters are defined in Customizing for
Notification Processing
:
Quality notification type *
Plant number *
Order type (
QN01
for nonconformity costs)
Business area (optional)
Account assignment (cost object for debiting the costs; for example, cost center, sales order)
Note
The parameters marked with an asterisk above
must
be maintained in Customizing for
Notification Processing
. If the remaining parameters are not defined in Customizing, you can enter them in a dialog box when you create a QM order for a quality notification.
Before you create a QM order, you can specify that you want to change the default account assignment data. You do this by setting the
Spec. SR
indicator (special settlement rule) in the
Costs
block of the notification.
Call up a quality notification in the create or change mode.
If you want to change the default account assignment data, set the
Spec. SR
indicator. When you choose the menu option in step 2, the system branches to the screen for maintaining the settlement rule in the CO component before it creates the QM order.
Choose
The system responds in one of the following ways:
If all of the required QM order parameters have been maintained in Customizing, the system creates the QM order directly.
If the QM order parameters were not completely maintained in Customizing, the system displays a dialog box in which you can enter the QM order parameters.
Save the notification.
When the QM order has been created, the notification receives the status "order assigned" (
ORAS
) and "notification in process" (
NOPR
). The QM order number is displayed in the
QM order
field.