Subcontracting SNP

[Former Member]

Hi All.

I am using subcontracting in SNP and the planning part is working well. However, when the Preq is converted in R3 to a PO, the PPM source of supply is dropped in SNP and the dependant demand for the component disappears. Any ideas why this is happening?

Thanks for any input.

Mark

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Hi Mark

Sorry for taking time to get back on this one, but I have realised since our telecon what I have done differently to you for subcon:

The main difference is that I am using PDS rather than PPM. Using CFM1 you can assign a subcontracting PDS for SNP which enables slightly different functionality.

The setup steps I went through were (roughly!):

1) created a location of type 1050 - subcontractor in APO manually. This allows you to then assign the supplier location (your vendor) and the stock location (plant where your stocks are held for this vendor) to this location. Planning is then done here.

2) All products I use have to be set up at both the vendor and this planning location manually and allocated to the model as they do not come through the CIF.

3) Set up a subcontracting purchase info record then CIF this over.

4) Create your Bom/Routing/PV at the stock location as you cannot do this at the vendor location (obviously!) then CIF this over as an SNP Subcontracting PDS.

Hopefully the planning should now work correctly when you convert the orders.

Good Luck

Ian

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Cheers Ian.

As much as it grieves me....10 well earned points. Worked a treat, though I'm not too keen on creating lots of extra master data in R3 to drive APO sub-con. R3 only uses a Bom!

Regards, Mark.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Mark

You should not need to create a routing for it, you will find it creates a "dummy" activity on the APO side, though I still think you have to have a PV additionally.

Thanks for the 10 points btw, keeps me nicely ahead of you in the list

Regards

Ian

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Hello Ian

I noticed your message on the SAP forums regarding subcontracting in SNP.

I was following your steps as per your message. I am having a problem with creating the subcontracting location.

In R3 the record is a vendor account, but in APO when you try and create the location as a subcontractor type 1050 the system asks you for plant/vendor assignment. I am using the appropriate plant but it seems I can only use an existing location of type 1101.

When I transfer the info req from R3 it is looking for the 1101 location that = the vendor code from R3.

How do I link these two locations in APO?

Your help is much appreciated.

Regards

Dave Nagel

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Hi Dave

Not sure I fully follow the question you are asking, but hopefully the following will help:

When you create an integration model for locations, this should include your supplier (this will be the 1011 type location - which is the one I assume you mean instead of 1101)

On creation of the 1050 type location manually in APO, you should asign the plant type 1002 to the "Assigned Plant" and this new 1011 type location to the "Assigned Vendor" field.

Regards

Ian

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Ian

Thanks for your response

I will try to clarify my problem as much as possible so that you can try understand what my problem is.

Would you please check and see if I have too many steps or too few steps in my example below.

Master data in R3

1) Plant 1130

2) Material 25521 we use a special procurement type F and a special procurement key of 30 and a product version containing the BOM only

3) BOM for material 25521

4) Vendor 201748

5) Info Record of type subcontracting

Master data in APO

1) Location 1130 (as per R3)

2) Location 201748 (as per R3)

3) Created a location manually called 201748 as type 1011 and assigned it to the model.

4) Created a location manually called 201748_SUBCONTRACT as type 1050 and here I link 1130 to 201748 and assigned it to the model.

5) Product 25521 in Location 1130 (as per R3)

6) Created product manually for 25521 in Location 201748 and assigned it to the model.

7) PDS (BOM only) against 25521 (for SNP and PP/DS) drawn from R3

8) Created a transportation lane manually from 1130 to 201748 with a subcontractor setting.

Things that are working.

1) The SNP planning book displays locations 1130 and 201748 when I select product 25521.

2) When there is demand for 25521 then the heuristic generates a purchase requisition ( planned receipts) to procure product 25521 from location 211748.

Things that are not working

1) I do not see the demand in the planning book for product 25521 against location 211748.

2) When I publish the purchase requisition to R3 the item category on the purchase requisition should be an L but ours is displaying a space or blank.

Best Regards

Dave

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Hi Guys,

Sorry to jump in to this thread like this, Hope your guys don't mind I am doing this.

I got similar problem and mine not even work in the SNP planning book.

My Situation, I am using PPM, what I get in APO are

Location 0000142477 Location type 1011 Vendor as CIF from R3

Location AU20 Location type 1001 production as CIF from R3

Product 52864094, for both Location and procurement type F

PPM for 52864094, CIF up from R3 as type P and Generate SNP PPM

Transportation lane Start loc 0000142477, to Au20 with the Sub contracting

My problem is that in the Planning book 9ASNPSBC, I material location,I have demand in AU20, execute the Multilevel heuristic, Nothing Happen, no Purchase req suggest.

Vice versa, If I run in T-code RRP3 I got Correctly Purchase req,

Do I missing something in SNP ???

Could you guys give me a hint on this

Thanks

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Hello,

I want to create SNP subcontracting PPM, But I am stuck at R/3 only.

Master Data in R/3

1. Material - 21500327 with F-30

2. Plant a003

3. Vendor - 100731

4. PV with only BOM attached

5. Info record subcontracting type with PV attached to it.

Master Data in APO

1.Product 21500327 ciffed from R/3

2.Location a003 of type 1001 ciffed from R/3

3.Location 0000100731 of type 1011 ciffed from R/3

4.External Procurement relation ciffed from R/3.

But while creating integration model to CIF subcontract PPM, system is not reading the products.

What thing I am missing in order to CIF subcontracting PPM?

Regards,

Pankaj