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 Allocation of Vendor Consignment Goods

Use

When you create purchase orders in consignment processing using an allocation table (externally/internally), you specify the stock category for which or to which you would like to procure or transfer goods for a site, in addition to the usual settings.

Prerequisites

  • You have activated consignment processing in SAP Retail.

    For more information, see Customizing for Logistics – General under Start of the navigation path Retail Consignment Processing Next navigation step Activate Retail Consignment Processing End of the navigation path .

  • In the item category enhancements for the allocation table, you have entered defaults for consignment processing.

    For more information, see Customizing for Logistics - General under Start of the navigation path Retail Consignment Processing Next navigation step Allocation Table End of the navigation path .

  • You have defined the stock transport order follow-on document for the item categories of the allocation table that you are using in consignment processing.

    For more information, see Customizing for Logistics - General under Start of the navigation path Merchandise Distribution Next navigation step Allocation Next navigation step Allocation Table Next navigation step Item Categories of Allocation Table End of the navigation path .

  • For preferential procurement of articles for consignment stock, you have set the Consignment Control flag.

Features

  • When using an allocation table to create purchase orders for each site, you can control consignment processing as follows:

    • Perform procurement according to the consignment control defined in the master data for the article

    • Procure goods for the consignment stock

    • Procure goods for your own stock

  • In two-level allocation tables, you can define separate procurement for each site. For example, the distribution center can order an article as a consignment good, but when stock is transferred this article might be transferred to the consignment stock of one store but to another store’s own stock.

    Procurement combinations that make good business sense from a distribution center and a store point of view

    Distribution Center Procurement

    Store Procurement

    Define in master data

    Define in master data

    Define in master data

    Own stock

    Own stock

    Own stock

    Consignment stock

    Define in master data

    Consignment stock

    Consignment stock

    Consignment stock

    Own stock

Activities

When you create an allocation table, you can change the default settings for Item Categories that you have defined in Customizing:

In the detail view of the allocation item, choose the Control tab page and define the required procurement under Consignment Processing .

Note Note

Provided that the system has not generated any follow-on documents for external procurement, you can change consignment processing for items in the allocation table.

End of the note.

See also:

Allocation