Knowledge Management

Question:
Hi all I describe the scenario like this
client wants for the same vendor , material combination say if the base unit of measure is kgs, for one plant per drum the conversion will be 180 kgs where as for other plant for the same vendor material combination the conversion ratio may be 200 kgs. systems stores only one material vendor combination as info record and only that conversion is defaulted into the purchase order. is there any way to handle this requirement through info record or any other means.
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D.Gopalakrishnan
L&T Infotech
Edison, NJ
USA
Answer:
Hi,
You can change the purchase order unit in the PO line item. You need to set up the following conversion:
Info record: 1 Drum = 180 KG
Material master: 1 DR = 200 KG
Then you change the purchase order unit in PO line item.
Hope it can help.
Regards,
MM Team
Answer:
hi
thank you for the feedback.
i thought about this solution. but the problem is that system will only defauly what is there in the info record. what if the number of plants is more than 3 say 4 of 5
then every time, the user has to be careful in ensuring the correct conversion factor is entered. the system will default only from info record (that will be only one) and there is a possibility of making the order with wrong coversion factor.
is there a possibility of having more than one info record for material vendor combination or is there any other means
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D.Gopalakrishnan
L&T Infotech
Edison, NJ
USA
Answer:
Hi,
I think the MM Team's comment is right. And you can use the plant specific infor record. As for your case, the price is different among plants. When you create info record, what you need to do just specify the info record within plant, not the entire Purchasing organization. For each info record, you can specify individual unit of measure as MM Team recommended. The price for each plant should be defaulted.
Cheers,
BY
Answer:
Hi,
I too am interested in knowing the options available to have this functionality possible. The previous answer about the uom conversions that they could be entered differently for different plants has to be checked. What I reckon is that the Uom Conversion factor data sits in the "General data" screen and is applicable universally i.e irrespective of at which level the info record is created(it is only vendor/material specific). This is the crux of the issue as per my understanding.
Cheers
Answer:
the data related to the UOM conversion sits in the general data of the info record and it cannot be stored plant specific. so it is not possible to have plant specific data related to conversion factor. i had tried this already. the only option so far i have found is to define variable order unit active in the material master and maintain the desired UOM converion in every purchase order what is required. if u find any other solution , please forward
regards
DG
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D.Gopalakrishnan
L&T Infotech
Edison, NJ
USA
Answer:
Hi,
The conversions you mentioned that could be maintained on the PO I understand would be between the Order UOm and the ORder pricing Uom.
How do you maintain the conversion factors in the pO line item for different order uom conversion ?
Thanks