External repairs — Subcontracting orders with the Rules-based ATP check (RBA)

You use RBA to check for available components for a subcontracting order. You trigger the check by choosing Check availability in the Components area of the Component Overview screen. The results of the check are displayed in the ATP popup, where you can accept or modify the ATP proposals. The results of the ATP check are taken into the component list. You can only adopt the result of one material.

RBA is only possible for a material component item with material provision indicator ‘S’ (rework material) and no serial number can be assigned to the corresponding material. For more information, see Parts Interchangeability in Subcontracting.

Internal repairs — Upgrade orders

An upgrade order is a new type of refurbishment order that allows a material number change for a serviceable or unserviceable part which is to be upgraded or modified during repair and returned as a serviceable part. For example, you require a part (material B). Rather than procure a new part, you want to check the stock to see if there is an available part (material A) that can be repaired or upgraded to fulfill your requirement.

For more information, see Parts Interchangeability in Upgrade Orders.

Manual entry of structure nodes in PM orders

You can now manually enter structure nodes in the PM order on the Component tab page. The manually entered structure code is checked to see if it is a valid installation point for the material. For this check the interchangeability information maintained in SAP SCM for all materials active in APO is also used (if you have made all the required settings). This check of the manually entered structure node can be replaced by customer-specific checks, depending on your Customizing settings.