Issue in Production order "TECO"

[former_member220469]

Hello,

                I tried to change a material type from HALB to FERT in MMAM, the thrown the message as follows,

"

Production orders exist for the material. This is not allowed if only

external procurement is defined for the new material type, or if the

new material type has a different account category reference than the

old material type."

and one production order was displayed and i checked the status of the production order, and was already "TECO", the status of the production order is as follows

REL  Released

PRT  Printed

PCNF Partially confirmed

DLV  Delivered

GMPS Goods movement posted

MACM Material committed

PCC  Product cost collector used

and production order is confirmed, Goods issued and delivered.

Now even after closing the production order also i am unable to change the material type, due to this production order. Where should i check and what should i do for changing the material type for the material. Kindly solve the issue

J.Balakrishnan

[marcelo_pacheco]

Hi,

Unfortunately TECO or DLFL (deletion flag) are not enough to change the material type. You must archive and delete the production order to achieve your requirement.

Regards,

Marcelo

[former_member220469]

Sir,

           How to delete a production order completely.

[krishna_chandra5]

Hi,

     Go through the below link

Deletion of production orders

http://scn.sap.com/thread/839988

Regards,

Krishna Chandra

[marcelo_pacheco]

Hi,

Step 1: 

Run program PPARCHP1: set Deletion Flag and Deletion Indicator for Production Order

Step 2:

Run program PPARCHA1: archive Production Orders (write program)

Step 3:

Run program PPARCHD1: archive Production Orders (delete program)

Keep in mind that once the order is deleted it's not possible to retrieve it from the archive file.

Note 540834 contains more information on archiving issues.

Regards,

Marcelo