Confirmation Control Process Flow

[#1]

My Dear Gurus,

I want to know the actual confirmation control process in material manangement. Becoz of one of my client having the following scenerios.

PO is created only by PR reference with confirmation tab enabling in po. Once he created the PO again he come back to change mode in PO and enable the confimation control (0001) and the confirmation category as AB.

Once the vendor is received the PO and the delivery date is accepted by vendor and he manually over phone tell the final delivery date.

So our client wants to update the final delivery date given by vendor.

My question is either he need to do *the inbound delivery through VL31N* then only do the MIGO (GR) or directly without doing VL31N do the MIGO transaction.

Kindly xplain process flow for the above case.

Regards,

Vimal

[former_member329706 · Accepted solution]

Yes, either you can go with the std process with VL31N and then GR process for confirmation process (or) direct GR if de active the GR confirmation control key in IMG against your confirmation control key.

[Former Member]

Vimal,

Basically PO confirmation is haapen when you have goods remain in transit for longer

It depends on business process and interface assign to it

Normally

Once Vendor send you ASN ( advanced shipping noticification) through interface when it come to SAP and create a Inbound delivery refering that PO and update the PO, You can also create the inbound delivery Manually.

[Former Member]

Thanks for all...

[Former Member]

Hi Vimal,

The confirmation process starts with definign your key in SPRO There are standard keys like 0001 0002 etc. If your mainly concerned only about the actual deliivery date you need to use the LA. You can use 0004. and if you wan to make GR thorugh the inboud delivery you can define the same here wheter its is G relavant . AB is used for acknowledgement of the PO. LA is used as the ASN(Advance Shipping Notification). You can assign the conf control key in vendor master for it to be defaluted in the PO. If ur CC key is not GR relavant then you can make GR with refrence to PO. If you use LA creation of Inbound is manadatory bu GR is optional.

Path: Spro-MM-Purchasing-Confirmations-Set up Confirmation Control.

[Former Member]

You can define and do the required confirmation control key under

SPRO -- > Materials Management --> Purchasing --> Confirmation .

Confirmation control Key "AB" is refers to Order Acknowledgement.

Based on configuration under " Set up Confirmation Control " system decides whether only Order Acknowledgement is required or subsequent operation is required prior to GR.

Suppose " Inbound Delivery is required" then one need to do Inbound delivery under VL31N.

Then GR. You can remove the inbound delivery steps by making blank key under Confirmation tab.