One BOM with three resources in SAP PP-PI

[former_member1147077]

Dear All,

We have one scenario that we have a one finish material BOM  and there are three resources.

So how to we map in system so this is convenient and easy  for ens users.

BOM A for finish material B and its produce from resource 1,2 and 3.

then how we can do in system.

According to me .

BOM A + Recipe 1 with resource 1 =PV01

BOM A + Recipe 2 with resource 2 =PV02

BOM A + Recipe 3 with resource 3 =PV03

but is complex for users when they create process order and do confirmation then they Confuse  to select the process order.

Please suggest me ASAP.

Regards

Mahendra

[former_member184574]

Hi Mahendra,

your requirement is not clear....at what stage user will select the exact resource which is going to be used or already used....

If the selection of the actual resource is done during process order release stage please use the planning resource functionality.....check the below document.

If the entering of the actual resource used is done during the confirmation stage then check the below document....

Implementing one of the above will reduce the master data effort of creating Production vesrions for you.... making life easier for you.....

Thanks

Kumar

[Former Member]

Hello Mahendra,

You are maintaining the required PVs already.

I suggest you to maintain text for every PV representing the resource it is containing for ex. Resource 1, Resource 2 etc. as shown,

I feel you must be having configuration in place for manual selection of PV. With this system will give pop up for selecting the desired PV at the time of creation of process order. Here you can change the layout of the pop up & pull the text of the  PV in the third column & you can save that layout also by clicking on 'Configuration' icon. Refer the screen shot below.

This will be quite helpful for the user.

At the time of confirmation user will take drop down in the process order filed for selection of the required order.

There is an option of 'process orders using info system' (the last option). With that option you can select the required order easily. There you will find lot many options for ex. material, system status, resource, selection profile etc.

Can you share in details what kind of difficulties your end users face?

Hope this helps.

Mangesh S

[former_member184666]

Hi Mahendra,

1. The way you are defining PV01,PV02 and PV03 is fine and correct.
2. In OPL8 if your production version selection is manual, then during order creation system will Pop Up separate window to select the production version. Awareness needs to be created to user that PV01 is for Resource 1 and likewise others.
3. In COOISPI using the input as Resource user can fetch the process order pertaining to the respective resource and by applying the status filter you can get the pending process orders which needs to be confirmed. Some training and awareness needs to be given to users.
4. Standard F4 help is also another option available in confirmations screen to identify the process orders based on resource. Please check.

One clarification:

Is the same user is going to confirm process orders pertaining to different resources? or users are different for different resources. If so we can also work on authorization by creating z authorization object and maintain the resource wise authorization list. Once the order input is given on the system the resource pertaining to the order and user authorization can be validated and accordingly can be restricted. This is one way of doing which was implemented for one of the client.

Thanks & Regards,

Ramagiri

[former_member1147077]

Dear All,

As per above discussion we create One BOM and three Resources.

and Now we create three Poduction versions Like PV1,PV2 and PV3.

But my questions is that can we create three recipes in same recipe group or create three different different ?

Regards

Mahendra

[Former Member]

Mahendra

Your initial questions were different & this one is totally new.

If the resources are replacement to each other then yes you can go for separate recipe group for each one of them or separate recipe (group counter) for each resource under one recipe group. So in short you can distinguish with either recipe group or recipe (group counter).

With both the options you can have three PVs too.

Mangesh S

[Caetano]

Hi Mahendra

If the product is made by the three resources in a sequence that means, first resource 1, then 2 and finally 3, then you should only use one master recipe with the three resources in a sequence and only one production version.

If the product can be made by resource 1, 2 or 3, then you should create separate recipes and production versions. The question here would be, how do you define on which resource the product will be produced?

If this is distributed into fixed proportions for each resource, then you can use a quota arrangement and MRP will distribute the quantities for each production version when the planned order is created.

You can also use a BAdI to select the production version.

I don't undertand exactly what is the problem during the confirmation. Generally, during the confirmation, the order/operation number is provided and system automatically proposes the resource.

BR

Caetano

[former_member209265]

Hi Mahendra,

I don't think for any direct solution.

First option is order type selection. Generally when the user has to select a particular order we go for order type level. But in your case this is not convenient and applicable also.

Number range will not help as it depends on order type.

I assume your selection is manual production version in OPL8 and at the time of creation of order PV is being selected manually from PV1,PV2 or PV3.

Better to use one extra field at the time of confirmation which will be visible at the time of confirmation also.

You can not use any user exit as this is a problem in selection. So no condition can be put in code. I mean before code execution you have to select correct order.

If users are same for confirming different orders, then no use.

So the conclusion is use any field which is visible to confirmation screen, use it. Else talk to ABAP person for one extra field.

Regards,

Krishnendu