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This function enables the transfer of nonconformance (NC) data from SAP ME to SAP ERP as a quality notification (QN) when a user or machine logs an NC code for an exception on the shop floor, such as product defect, process variation, or low yield when processing a Production shop order imported from SAP ERP (see NC Code and Integration of Production Orders).

This may happen any time and may not be related to a planned inspection.

Integration

  • Only SAP ME NC codes marked as ERP_QN_CODE are sent in the notification to SAP ERP.

  • Only NC codes logged against Production shop orders that was imported from SAP ERP are sent to SAP ERP.

  • When a Production shop order has a batch number, a quality notification is created per shop order/batch combination.

  • Batch master records are created only for top level materials that are designated as batch-managed materials in SAP ERP.

Prerequisites

SAP ERP
  • You have created or updated the Quality Management Partner Determination as follows:

    • On the Maintain: Partner Determination screen (transaction VOP2), select Quality Management and choose Change Partner.

    • On the Change View “Partner Determination Procedures”: Overview screen, choose Procedure Assignment.

    • Select Alloc.PartnDetermProc to NotifType and choose the green checkmark.

    • Switch to the edit mode.

    • Find F3 (Material-Rel. Defect) in the NoTyp (Notification Type) column. Enter Q3 or change the field value to Q3 in the PartnDetProc (Partner Determination Procedure) column.

    • Save your entries.

  • You have created a catalog (any number), a code group, and a code in SAP ERP QM.

  • You have created user master records to be used with the mandatory partner type KU (User Responsible).

SAP ME
  • In User Maintenance, you have entered a value in the ERP User field. This value must be in all capital letters.

  • In NC Code Maintenance, on the Main tab page, you have selected the ERP QN Code checkbox and you have mapped this to the catalog, code group, and QN code that you created in SAP ERP transaction QS41 or QS42.

  • If you want to send additional data to SAP ERP (QM) to be stored in the Item Long Text field in QM, you have created or reviewed the NC data type configuration and assigned this data type to the NC codes (see NC Data Type, Data Field Definition and Assignment, and NC Code Maintenance).

    You can configure additional NC data fields (SFC, Material, Operation, Resource, WC, Comments) within an NC data type:

    • In SAP ERP, on the Change Notification: Initial Screen (transaction QM02), enter a notification.

    • On the Items tab page, choose Create/View in the table Item Long Text column. The values of these fields are displayed in the Item Long Text field on this tab page.

  • If a top level material is batch-managed in SAP ERP, you have done the following:

    • In Next Number Maintenance, set up the numbering pattern for a batch number for all materials (*) or for specific materials.

    • In Material Maintenance, on the Build tab page, select a value from the Increment ERP Batch Number dropdown list.

    • Assign the CREATE_BATCH hook point activity to the last SAP ERP reporting step of the routing (see Create Shop Order Batch Number).

SAPMEINT on SAP MII

In SAPMEINT Workflow Maintenance, you have verified settings workflow parameters of QualityNotification/QualityNotificationBAPIHandler (see SAPMEINT Workflow Configuration) For more information, see SAP Note 1583890Information published on SAP site.

Activities

  • When a shop floor operator logs an NC code that is marked as ERP_QN_CODE in SAP ME, the system triggers a collaboration action.

  • SAPMEINT sends a QN message to SAP ERP to perform the following:

    • Notify the process owners

    • Initiate a containment action

    • Alert an operator and a quality engineer

    • Create or update the quality notification in SAP ERP

  • SAP ERP initiates a CAPA (8D) report to rectify the quality exception captured by SAP ME.

More Information

Nonconformance (NC)