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12 Source Determination

The document discusses source determination in SAP, including: 1. Using source lists and quota arrangements to define sources of supply for materials. 2. The source determination process for manual and automatic purchase requisitions and MRP runs. 3. How to block specific vendors or source list entries from being selected.

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12 Source Determination

The document discusses source determination in SAP, including: 1. Using source lists and quota arrangements to define sources of supply for materials. 2. The source determination process for manual and automatic purchase requisitions and MRP runs. 3. How to block specific vendors or source list entries from being selected.

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Source Determination

Trainer : Email : Ph : (Australia)


Gurjeet Singh [email protected] +61413159465
Types of Source list records.
Uses of using a Source List.
Source determination process using
source list.
Quota Arrangement.
Source determination process using Quota
Topics arrangement.
Covered Automatic source determination in a
manual Purchase Requisition.
Automatic source determination in MRP
run.
Vendor and source list blocking process.
Use of a Regular vendor
Source
Determination
Overview
Source
Determination
Overview
Source List
In your company, for some of your
materials, there is more than one
Business source of supply.
You have been asked to ensure
Example that source determination is always
unique for manual and automatic
Purchasing documents.
Source
List
The Source List is used to manage a
list of sources for a material in a
particular plant and for particular time
Functions periods. It has following purposes:
of a Defining a Source as fixed source.
Source Blocking a Source.
List Defining a source for MRP run.
Supplementing Source determination
with Quota Arrangement.
Source List
Requirements
Source List
Requirement
for Materials
Source List
Requirement
for Plant

SPRO  Material Management 


Purchasing  Source List  Define Source
List requirements at Plant level.
Different ways of
Maintaining
Source List Records
Maintaining
Source List
records

Logistics  Material Management  Purchasing


 Master Data  Source List  ME01/ME05
Source List for
Material Group
Contracts
Source
List for
Material
Group
Contract
Evaluation of
Source Lists
The following evaluations are available
for Source List –
Source List for the material – ME0M
Source Analyze Source List – ME06
List
Evaluation
Assignment
(Source List)
Create a new material for plant 1000.
Create 2 PIRs and 1 scheduling agreement
using different vendors for the above material.
Goto ME01 and enter your material and plant
and press enter.
Assignment Generate records by clicking button “Generate
(Source List) records” and save your record.
1 Create a new P/req and see if the system
assigned a source of supply? Why or Why not?
Goto ME01 again and this time select a vendor
as “Fixed vendor”.
Create a new P/req again and see if the system
assigned a source of supply? Why or Why not?
In ME01 record, first remove any fixed vendor
flag and then for one of your vendor select
“Source list usage” as 1 (MRP relevant).
Enter some safety stock for your material to
Assignment generate some requirements and run MRP
(Source List) (MD03) on it within planning horizon.
2 Check if the system generate a P/req?
Did system assigned any source of supply?
Why or why not?
Quota
Arrangement
For some of your materials you
have more than one vendor because
you do not wish to rely completely on
Business
one vendor.
Example The requirements for these
materials should be distributed
among the various supply sources
using a fixed ratio.
What is
Quote
Arrangement
Creating a
Quote
Arrangement

Logistics  Material Management  Purchasing 


master Data  Quota Arrangement  Maintain
(MEQ1)
Quote
Calculation
Quote
Arrangement
Usage
Quota Arrangement
in MRP
Requirement
Splitting
Requirement for Material – 1000pcs
Requirement Lot Size Procedure - ES
Splitting
Example

In the case of “Quota arrangement with


splitting” the “quota allocated qty” and “quota
rating”, both are ignored.
To prevent the system from splitting up a
requirement that is too small during MRP run,
you can specify a minimum quantity for splitting
Minimum in the quota header.
Splitting
Quatity
Lot Sizes in
Quota Arrangement
Maximum
and
Minimum
Lot Sizes
Maximum Qty in
Quota Arrangement
Example :
Maximum
Quantity
Assignment
(Quota Arrangement)
Create a new material and assign a “quota
arrangement usage” in the purchasing view.
Create a quota arrangement for this material in plant
1000 with a validity of one year and assign 3 vendors to
Assignment this arrangement and save your record.
(Quota Create a P/req (make sure the flag “source
Arrangement) determination” is ticked) for the same material.
Did the system assigned a vendor automatically? Why
or why not?
If not then troubleshoot what was missing.
Once system automatically assigned a vendor to your
p/req, open the quota arrangement and monitor the
changes.
Further Aspects
of Source
Determination
Source
Determination
during MRP run
Source
Determination
during
MRP Run
Source
Determination
outside MRP run
Source
Determination
outside
MRP Run
Regular
Vendor
Regular
Vendor
“Regular vendor” is same like “fixed vendor”
but you use the regular vendor if you do not
wish to create source list.
SPRO  Material Management 
Purchasing  Source Determination  Define
Regular vendor
Source
Determination for
Material Group
Source
Determination
for Material
Group
Procurement with
Catalogue
Procurement
with
Catalogue
External
Sourcing
External
Sourcing
Blocking Vendors
Blocking
Vendors
(MK05/XK05)
Blocking
Source List
Entries
Blocking
Source List
Enteries
a

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