SAP MM--13(Quota Arrangements)

 

Purpose

This process principally involves procurement aspects of the supply chain (MM).

The system can make use of a certain mechanism to determine which source is to be assigned to a material requirement. The assignment of requirements to different vendors and plants is based on quota arrangements. 60% of a material requirement can be automatically assigned to one vendor and the remaining 40% to another, for example.

In this process, you display the material master record (quota arrangement field) and a quota arrangement. To see how the system assigns sources on the basis of quota arrangements, you enter two manual purchase requisitions and have the sources assigned. The system assigns different sources in accordance with the quota arrangement.

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Process Information

 

 

 

To activate quota arrangements, proceed as follows:

• In the material master record for the item, specify that a quota arrangement applies to this item.

There is a field in the master record that indicates whether a quota arrangement applies to the relevant material. By entering the appropriate value in this field, you specify whether the quota arrangement applies to requisitions, purchase orders, planned orders, requisitions generated via MRP, or items of scheduling agreements. The quota arrangement can be used for any combination of the aforementioned documents.

• Specify the vendors or plants that are to be covered by the quota arrangement.

Quota arrangements are specified individually. You specify the vendors affected by the quotas and the share to be allocated to each individual vendor. A quota arrangement consists of a record containing the vendor or plant, a validity period, a maximum quantity, and the percentage distribution between various vendors and/or plants. If the maximum quantity is exceeded, the system suggests no source on the basis of the quota arrangement.

 

 

1. Displaying a Material Master Record (MM03,

   Logistics ® Materials Management ® Material Master ® Material ® Display ® Display Current)

2. Displaying a Quota Arrangement (MEQ3,

   From the Purchasing node, choose Master Data ® Quota Arrangement ® Display.)

3. Entering Manual Purchase Requisitions (ME51N,

   From the Purchasing node, choose Purchase Requisition ® Create)

4. Assigning and Processing Purchase Requisitions (ME57,ME21N,

   From the Purchasing node, choose Purchase Requisition ® Follow-on Functions ® Assign and Process.)

5. Displaying Quota Arrangement and Updated Quota Allocation Procedure (MEQ3,

   From the Master Data node, choose Quota Arrangement ® Display.)