Multiple Alternative Units Of Measure for Ordering Purchasing

[karlaj]

Needed – Multiple Units of Measure for same Vendor/Article combination. Example: 1 Box = 6 eaches, 1 Case = 9 boxes or 54 Eaches. I know how to set this up in the MM. I know how to set up 1 version of the AUM in the PIR for ordering, but I don’t know how to establish multiple options.

We also need to be able to use Replenishement functionality and have the system select boxes or cases based on rounding for Purchase Orders

The vendor supplies over 300 articles that have this option and we are a retailer with over 100 warehouses (or ship to points). Maintaining Vendor/Article/Site PIR would not be manageable. Creating multiple articles in SAP for ordering will not work, as the selling UPC is the same on all the eaches within the different UOM.

[StepanKadera]

Dear karlaj,

You can consider usage of rounding profile in material master (MRP1 view).

There is no releationship to vendor, but might be solution to your problem.

Example:

There are two types of roudning profile:

1) Static - mentioned on picture above

2) Dynamic - where you specify minimum usage ratio for every type of packaging and MRP then optimize lot-sizing calculation

Good to read:

https://answers.sap.com/questions/2627432/rounding-value--rounding-profile.html

https://help.sap.com/saphelp_SCM700_ehp02/helpdata/en/af/2fc95360267614e10000000a174cb4/content.htm?...

You can accept answer if helpful.

[karlaj]

Thank you for the idea. I will pass this along to my IT counterparts for testing.

[StepanKadera]

Dear karlaj,

No problem.

If you are satisfied with proposed solution you can accept the answer and close the question.

[Neeraj_Jain]

Hello karlaj,

Go to MM02 and click on" Additional data" tab on upper left hand corner. In the first tab you can maintain Alternative Unit of Measurement.

Regards,

Neeraj Jain