Knowledge Management

Question:
Hi,
I am working on a project where there are three companies (belonging to the same group - but different legal entities) who are going to operate on the same SAP system - same server.
They will have common material and vendor numbering. But regarding PR and PO numbering, how do I differentiate them between different companies?
Regards,
Guest2003
Answer:
how is you structure concept of MM on plant level, purchase organisation level etc...
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Answer:
Hi Guest,
Each of these three companies have one plant each defined under it. Also each of these three companies will have seperate Purchasing Organizations + one Reference Purchasing Organization.
They would be having common material and vendor masters.No issues on that. But for Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Orders it is taking a continuous numbering. this is not desired. since each of the three companies will like to see their Purchasing documents in a series - in order.
How do I achieve this? Do I have to define different document types for these? If I do this I can have seperate number series but there is a possibility of a user selecting a wrong document type and creating a mess of it.
Regards,
Guest 2003
Answer:
Hi,
It is a necessity that you have to define different document types for these three company codes. To prevent end users from picking up the wrong PO document type, you have to look at the Authorization Object M_BEST_BSA which will define which document type, a certain end user can create for his/her PO.
Cheers,
HT
Answer:
Thanks