Kit to Order (SAP Library - SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM))

Kit to Order

Purpose

With this process, you can have the system automatically assemble kits to order if there is no kit in stock.

The following rules apply to kits:

● A kit is always delivered in full to a customer.

● The kit header and the kit components are always scheduled for the same date.

● All components of a kit must come from the same warehouse (this can be achieved by means of internal transfer between warehouses).

● Kit prices are always calculated at kit header level.

● The kit header and kit component have a quantity ratio – defined by the kit structure – to each other. This quantity ratio is recalculated as soon as there are changes at kit header level or at kit component level.

If the kit is in stock, the SPM goods issue process takes place.

For more information about the SPM Goods Issue Process, see the SAP Library for SAP ECC under Logistics ® Logistics - General (LO) ® SAP Service Parts Management (LO-SPM) ® Goods Issue Process.

For more information about kit to stock, see Kit to Stock.

Prerequisites

You are using the following systems:

● SAP CRM 5.0

For more information, see the SAP Library for mySAP Customer Relationship Management under Components and Functions ® Availability Check ® Availability Check using SAP APO ® Additional ATP Functions in Service Parts Management ® Kits in the Sales Order.

● SAP ECC 6.0

For more information about the required Customizing settings, see the SAP Library for SAP ECC under Logistics ® Logistics - General (LO) ® SAP Service Parts Management (SPM) ® Goods Issue Process ® Kit to Order ® Customizing Settings.

● SAP SCM 5.0

○ Extended Warehouse Management (EWM):

For more information about the required Customizing settings, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for SCM under Extended Warehouse Management ® Goods Issue Process ® Make Settings for Kitting.

○ Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO):

For more information, see SAP Library for SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM) under SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO) ® Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP) ® Check Methods ® Connection to Production ® Availability Check for Kits.

Process

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1. You create a sales order (SAP CRM)

a. The system triggers the rule-based ATP check in SAP SCM for a requirement from the sales order. The system determines one or more rules with substitutions. One of the substitutions is a kit.

b. A requirement for a kit originates as an input product from the sales order. The system then triggers the ATP check in SAP SCM.

c. The system initiates the credit check in SAP ECC.

d. The system performs the price determination and checks for the sales order, as well as checks for foreign trade determination.

e. The system transfers the data from the sales order to SAP ECC.

For more information about editing sales orders, see the SAP Library for mySAP Customer Relationship Management under Components and Functions ® Process Sales Orders.

2. The system performs an ATP check and confirms quantities (SAP SCM-APO)

The system checks whether the kit is in stock. If the kit is not in stock, the production that is activated in the validation rule creates a kit structure that contains the kit components that the system requires to assemble the kit. The system then performs the ATP check for the kit components and confirms the quantities for the sales order.

3. The system creates an unchecked delivery (SAP ECC-SPM) without creating an order.

For more information, see the SAP Library for SAP ECC under Logistics ® Logistics - General (LO) ® SAP Service Parts Management (SPM) ® Goods Issue Process ® Creation and Update of Unchecked Deliveries.

4. You convert the unchecked delivery to a checked delivery (SAP ECC-SPM).

For more information, see the SAP Library for SAP ECC under Logistics ® Logistics - General (LO) ® SAP Service Parts Management (SPM) ® Goods Issue Process ® Conversion of Unchecked to Checked Deliveries.

5. The system performs another ATP check for the various kit components and confirms the quantities from the checked delivery (SAP SCM-APO)

6. EWM creates a warehouse request for the outbound delivery (SAP SCM-EWM).

When it receives notification from SAP ECC, EWM uses the checked delivery to automatically create an outbound delivery order, that is, a warehouse request for an outbound delivery.

For more information, see Generating a Warehouse Request of Type Outbound Delivery Order.

7. You pick the outbound delivery order (SAP SCM-EWM).

For more information, see Generating a Warehouse Request of Type Outbound Delivery Order.

8. The system changes/confirms the outbound delivery (SAP ECC-SPM)

○ The system changes the delivery if quantity shortages are reported by EWM and then confirms the delivery.

○ The system confirms the delivery if exact delivery fulfillment is reported by EWM.

For more information, see the SAP Library for SAP ECC under Logistics ® Logistics - General (LO) ® SAP Service Parts Management (SPM) ® Goods Issue Process ® Processing of Checked Deliveries.

9. The system posts the goods issue for the kits (SAP ECC-SPM).

For more information about posting goods issue, see the SAP Library for SAP ECC under Logistics ® Logistics - General (LO) ® SAP Service Parts Management (SPM) ® Goods Issue Process ® Transfer Posting for Kits.

10. The system clears ATP-confirmed quantities (SAP SCM-APO).

11. The system updates the stock (SAP SCM-APO).

12. The system updates the data in the sales order (SAP CRM).

For more information about editing sales orders, see the SAP Library for mySAP Customer Relationship Management under Components and Functions ® Process Sales Orders.

13. The system executes billing (SAP CRM).