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  Relocation of Material

Use

In this context, relocation involves relocating stock and provisions as part of an operation or exercise.

To provide material in areas of operation, you can relocate material to these areas based on relocation plans.

Prerequisites

You have created a relocation plan .

Features

You use the Relocation Execution application (transaction /ISDFPS/RELOC1) to relocate material.

The following logistics follow-on documents are generated for relocation:

  • Stock transport orders

  • Outbound deliveries

    When a stock transport order is created, the system also copies the relocation/relocation step to the purchase order, for evaluation purposes.

    The delivery date is calculated from the relative time span between the start of the relocation and the relocation step.

    For provisions packages (PPAs), the purchase order quantity is the same as the initial supply quantity. For material planning objects (MPOs), the purchase order quantity is calculated based on the authorized materials.

In the delivery worklist for stock transport orders ( Purchase Orders application, transaction code VL10B), you can select purchase orders by relocation and relocation step.

Relocation Planning According to Relocation Step Type

Different types of relocations are supported:

  • Relocation step type 1

    Initial supply during the process of forming new operational structures

    The system supports both direct relocation to the area of operation and formation at home with subsequent relocation to the area of operation (special case).

    The system creates stock transport orders.

    Formation process using relocation step type 1 – direct delivery and transportation from the supplier to the area of operation (receipt of materials in the target area):

    • Goods issue at the supplier

    • Transportation to target area

    • Goods receipt by the force element awaiting supplies in the target area

  • Relocation step type 2

    Relocation of a force element with materials, materials transported by external party

    The force element has already received the materials and is now relocated along with its materials. The materials are transported by external transport capacities that do not belong to the force element.

    The system creates stock transport orders.

    The goods movements in this process are characterized as follows:

    • The issuing storage location and the receiving storage location are identical.

    • A goods issue is posted when the material is issued and a goods receipt is posted when the material is received. This enables the material flow to be mapped in the system.

    • The materials are transported. In the target area, the materials are transferred again.

  • Relocation step type 3 – Own transport

    Relocation of a force element with materials, materials transported using own transport

    A force element is relocated and transports its materials itself. Therefore, the materials do not have to be transferred again in the target location.

    Depending on the Customizing settings, the system creates purchase orders or deliveries to create the papers required for transportation.

    See Relocation Using Own Transport .

  • Special case: initial supply

    Formation at home with subsequent relocation to target area

    Various relocation step types can be combined: Part of the material to be relocated is relocated directly as initial supplies (type 1), part is transported by external capacities (type 2), and part is transported using the force element’s own transport (type 3).

  • Relocation step type 4 – Redeployment, deletion of operational structures

    Once the operation is complete, the force element is returned to its initial location and the operational structure set up in relocation step type1 is deleted.

    The force element to be deleted submits its own provisions or stocks.

    The system uses the supply relationships to determine one or more receiving force elements.

    The process in relocation step type 4 is the reverse of that in relocation step type 1:

    • Goods issue at force element

    • Transportation to receiving force elements

    • Goods receipt by the receiving force element

      When you plan a redeployment, you can determine the last vendor of this material when processing the return delivery requisition for a material that requires a serial number. The system uses this vendor as the issuing storage location of a source force element and copies it to the return delivery requisition as the redeployment destination. During a redeployment, you can thus return a material that requires a serial number to the force element that delivered this material.

Support for the Relocation Process in Decentralized Systems

See Support for Relocation in Decentralized Systems .

Display Options

You can use the following pushbuttons to access functions for adjusting the view:

  • Fullscreen

    Switches the screen view from partial screen to full screen.

  • Refresh Data

    Displays the current scope of the worklist and adds new entries to the overview.

  • Only Logistical Requirements

    Displays only those lines that relate to PPAs (filter for logistical requirements).

  • Only Material Categories

    Displays only those lines that relate to MPOs (filter for material categories).

Notes

  • The relocation step type determines the document type of the follow-on document (of the stock transport order or the outbound delivery).

  • The issuing plant and issuing storage location are determined from the supply relationships or from the MPO plans. The delivery date is the commander’s required date (CRD) from the assignment of the relocation/relocation step to the force element.

  • The delivery address (goods recipient) is defined in the force element and has a validity period.

    When the logistics follow-on document is created, the address that is valid for the delivery date is used.

  • From the relocation, you can call the Material Categories Planning application (see Material Planning for a Relocation ).

Activities

Log. Follow-On DocsTab Page

The system displays a worklist of planned records (for the force element and its substructures), which are created when PPAs are assigned to force elements or when MPOs are planned in detail.

All force elements involved must have the status Active , otherwise the system cannot process them further.

The records in the worklist are grouped by certain criteria that function as splitting criteria . The following fields in the data records must have the same content:

  • Stock Transport Order

    • Order Type

    • MRP Area

    • Iss. Plant

    • Iss. Stor. Loc.

    • Purchasing Group

    • Purchasing Org.

    • Company Code

    • Item Delivery Date

    • Relocation ID

    • Relocation Step ID

    • Issuing Force Element

    • Rcvg Plant

    • Recvg StorLoc

    • Route

    • Shipping Conditions

  • Deliveries

    The same fields as for the stock transport order, plus:

    • Sales Organization

    • Distribution Channel

    • Division

    • Delivery Type

    • Shipping Point/Receiving Pt

Functions from the standard ERP system (such as route determination and shipping conditions) are used for further processing (performing the delivery, picking, goods receipt, and so on).

The documents are checked for completeness. An error log is output.

Processing can take place immediately or as a batch (in the background or scheduled for a specific time). A log is generated for each processing run.

Creating Follow-On Documents

  1. Select one or more rows to process and choose Create Follow-On Documents .

    The Create Follow-On Documents screen appears.

    An overview screen appears, grouped by issuing plant, issuing storage location, delivery date, and route.

  2. You can enter data in the CP Date (date on which the material must be at the collection point) and time fields.

    You have the following processing options:

    • Start Immediately : Processing is triggered immediately.

    • Schedule Job : The system opens a new screen on which you can enter your processing parameters, such as date and time.

Defining Output Control for the Relocation

You can generate purchase orders in the relocation planning application.

You create the associated deliveries in the Purchase Orders application (transaction VL10B). Two new selection fields have been included in this application for relocations: Relocation and Relocation Step .

When the system creates the delivery, it calls processing report /ISDFPS/REL_RVADDN01, which searches through the existing delivery items and checks whether the preceding document is a purchase order. If so, the system writes the relocation information (receiving force element, relocation, relocation step) to table /ISDFPS/REL_DEL.

You define the output control settings in Customizing, Start of the navigation path by choosingLogistics Execution Next navigation step Shipping Next navigation step Basic Shipping Functions Next navigation step Output Control Next navigation step Output Determination Next navigation step Maintain Output Determination for Outbound Deliveries End of the navigation path :

You define output determination procedure V1REL1 and assign it at header level. The output type for this transaction is LDRL.

You have to create a condition record for this output type:

Key field = delivery type, medium = 8, time = 4.

Checking Rows

The worklist can contain rows with a red cross in the first column ( Complete ).

You can select one or more rows. If you choose Check , the system shows a screen with messages about the cause of the error.

Displaying an Overview of the Follow-On Documents

Choose Follow-On Docs Ovrvw .

On the left of the tab page, the system displays the structure, expanded hierarchically downwards: receiving force element, relocation, relocation step, and material.

The system lists one row for each document (purchase order or delivery).

Note Note

If you delete a purchase order item from a purchase order created here (transaction ME22N), the system reactivates the associated planned records and makes them available in the worklist. It also adjusts the authorized/actual comparison. You can create a new purchase order from the reactivated planned record.

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Displaying the Log

  1. Choose Display Log .

    The Analyze Application Log screen appears.

  2. Enter values as required and choose Execute .

    In the upper area of the screen, the system displays all the logs that meet your selection criteria.

  3. To display the messages in a particular log, you can double-click the log.

    The messages are displayed in the lower area of the screen.