Manually Reduce Commitment on WBS Element

[#1]

Dear Experts,

I belong to construction industry that deals in large scale projects. It is a common practice in business that the scope of work reduces as per actual work done.

We have PO in system with original scope of work and reductions to scope are treated through purchase requisitions with negative nature (a separate document type). Each PR/PO is assigned to a WBS and results in commitment to the project, however, the negative variations PR is also having the same effect as any PR i.e. increasing the commitment where as according to the definition provided above, it should reduce the commitment.

Far as I know, commitments created through PR/PO can only be reduced by short closing the line items but my requirement is to manually reduce the commitment on WBS. I'd like to know if that's possible at all in standard/customized SAP to post "negative" commitment?

[srinivasan_desingh]

Hi Saifff Safe,

I don't know my suggestion is helpful or not.

You have mentioned that each PR/PO for each WBS. You can have a user status in the WBS element which is similar to TECO so that you can remove the commitments from PR. But still you can do all the transactions like in REL status.

Thanks

Regards

Srinivasan Desingh

[Former Member]

Hi Srini,

Relationship between PR and WBS is not one to, in fact it is one to many. Example, a WBS for finishing works is used as account assignment in different PRs/POs because all finishing works can't be performed by one vendor.

A control through status may stop adding to the commitments, where as I am looking at way/s  to actually reduce it.

[Former Member]

Hi,

The requirement you mentioned in the OP is a valid case with the Construction industry (mostly). However, based on the knowledge and the information that i have, i dont think it is possible to reduce the commitments manually.

Like Manosij mentioned in his post above, you can either short close the PO or modify the existing PO.

Regards,

Gokul