Explain About The PO Confirmation Control Key In Detail--采购订单中的确认控制

Explain About The PO Confirmation Control Key In Detail

 在实际的采购过程中，虽然与供应商签定了采购协议并在SAP中创建了采购订单，供应商的物料是分批而并不是一次性送达，而且最终送达的数量与订单的 数量有时会有差异。供应商每批发货都会随货出具发货数量单据，如发货计量单等，管理收货的部门需对此单据在SAP中做内向交货凭证。  一张采购订单根据交货的不同批次可以做多张内向交货单，仓库依据内向交货单收货。

创建确认控制型的采购订单后，后续供应商的每次交货都会产生一个内向交货单凭证，。一个采购订单下可以有多个内向交货单，生成的交货单号会在采购订单项目的确认标签页中显示，如果对内向交货单收货（GR for delivery note），则会在项目明细中出现“采购订单历史”标签页，显示内容与标准订单相同，收货的移动类型也是101

The confirmation control key controls the process subsequent to the creation of the PO. 
E.g. For some important materials with long delivery times, you wish to receive advance information (via the shipping notification or inbound delivery) about the expected GR date so that you can include this information in the availability check.

 

The confirmation functionality is used to get better visibility & control over the goods receipts. Due to this requirement, when you work with confirmations, the system will not propose any quantity for MIGO unless any confirmations are entered in the PO. Also, MIGO will propose only such quantity for which the confirmation is entered.

 

In the purchase order, there is a field confirmation control key, following is its function extracted from text book. 

 

1.The confirmation control key governs whether confirmations are expected for specific purchase order items and whether these confirmations are relevant for goods receipt or materials planning.  

 

2. If a material document is to be created when the goods receipt posting for the inbound delivery is carried out, then the goods receipt assignment must be defined in the confirmation control.

 

How to set this field?

 

Configuration path:

 

SPRO -> MM -> Purchasing -> Confirmations -> Set up confirmation control or tcode OMGZ

select the 0001 and check the checkbox Create inb. delivery

then select the line and click on the confirmation sequence  and  make GR relevant, MRP relevant and Gr assign

all three box checked

Process Flow: -

1. ME21N - In PO, Confirmation Tab, select the confirmation control key as "Shipping Notification" or "Inbound Delivery"

2. VL31N - Create Inbound Delivery w.r.t. PO

3. MIGO - Goods Receipt > Inbound Delivery

 

Explain is there a necessity to fill the confirmation control, order acknowledgement & confirmation requirement. In STO normally we input the data for normal P.O.'s.only. If we input the above said data what happens if not what happens.

 

Confirmation gives the details of the shipping data, acknowledgement, delivery details etc......Overall view..

 

If it is used then Inbound delivery has to be created else GR is not possible...

 

VL31N--Inbound PO wrt PO/STO.(manual)..

 

If idoc /edi are configure, then everything will be automatic.

 

Confirmation Control is configured in SPRO -> Materials Management -> Purchasing -> Confirmations -> Setup Confirmation Control. The Confirmation Control should be assigned to the Vendor in Purchasing View (MK01/MK02). This it gets copied into the PO.

 

How to change the confirmation key in PO?

 

I have to change the confirmation key (in me23N) in the confirmation tab. It is working fine if there is no partial GR (entry in delivery schedule tab) against that line item.  But if there is a GR entry against that line item its giving me a message 'confirmation key should not be changed'.

 

This is the standard of SAP....once GR is existing for the line then you can't change the confirmation key.  To change, reverse the GR and change the key then Post GR again.

 

or

 

You can short close the PO line which you already have GR and create new line with remaining qty and enter new confirmation key.