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 Distributed Supply of Non-Consumable Goods

Purpose

You supply non-consumable goods (NCGs) in a distributed environment.

Prerequisites

In both the decentralized and central systems, you have made the Customizing settings for release procedure 2 in Customizing for Materials Management by choosing Start of the navigation path Purchasing Next navigation step Purchase Requisition Next navigation step Release Procedure End of the navigation path .

In transaction /ISDFPS/CFRGKZ_CS, you have set the relevant release indicator for the distribution.

In the IMG activity Assign Plant/Storage Location to Logical System ( under Start of the navigation path Defense Forces and Public Security Next navigation step Distributed System Landscape Business Add-Ins Next navigation step Distributed Materials Management End of the navigation path ), you have entered the logical system for the plant/storage location combination.

Process Flow

Requesting an equipment package in the decentralized system

  1. Log on to the decentralized system .

  2. Call up the Material Categories Planning application and request an equipment package (EPA).

  3. Choose the display transactions PReq .

    One item is displayed for each material in the requested EPA.

  4. In a second session, call up the Planning Workbench and display your purchase requisitions.

  5. Release the purchase requisition that were created.

    The system generates IDocs and sends them to the central system .

  6. You can use transaction WE02 to check the status of the IDocs and display the IDocs.

Planning the EPA in the central system

  1. Log on to the central system .

  2. Call up the Planning Workbench .

  3. Select the item line 10 for the EPA requisition.

  4. In the requisition list, choose Stock Situation .

  5. In the stock/requirements list , select a row containing an appropriate handling unit (HU).

  6. Choose Copy Row .

  7. In the requisition list, choose Change PReq .

  8. Choose Copy Reference Line .

  9. Choose Save .

    The system generates IDocs and sends them to the decentralized system .

  10. Release the purchase requisition items.

  11. In the central system , call up the Planning Workbench again.

  12. Select the purchase requisition for the EPA, and choose Convert PReq .

  13. Generate a delivery and post the goods receipt.

Checking the procedure in the decentralized system

  1. In the decentralized system , check in transaction BD87 that the IDocs generated are processed correctly.

    In the event of an error, call transaction UPS and trigger the update manually.

  2. Call the Material Categories Planning application. In the stock/requirements list, display the inbound delivery that were generated.

  3. Switch to edit mode and post the goods receipt.

  4. Choose Refresh.

    A new stock line is displayed with a new HU.

This concludes the supply of NCGs in a distributed environment.