SAP MM: Supply Source Determination for Retail Order Proposals Creating Order Proposals

Use

This function only applies to work done using Retail.

Purchase requisitions or delivery schedules can be created during the planning run. The system attempts to find a unique source of supply for every requirement. For delivery schedules to be created, the system must find one unique source of supply for the scheduling agreement. Purchase requisitions, on the other hand, can be generated with or without a source of supply. A source of supply in a purchase requisition can either be a vendor or a vendor and an outline agreement.

There are two types of outline agreement: contracts and scheduling agreements. Purchase requisitions are generated in Replenishment Planning for contracts. These are then converted into release orders issued against the contracts. Delivery schedules are generated in Replenishment Planning for scheduling agreements and are issued to a vendor in the same way as a purchase order.

In determining the source of supply, the system proceeds as follows:

First it checks if quota arrangements exist;

Secondly it checks the source list;

Thirdly it checks the supply source indicator in the article master for

external supply sources

internal supply sources.

If relevant quota arrangement exist, the system checks in Customizing if the quantity required has to be split among different sources of supply (quota arrangement split).

In Replenishment Planning the system only processes unique sources of supply, except if a quota arrangement split has been defined. If the source of supply is not unique, no supply source is assigned to the requirement.