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Topics
1. Introduction
2. Availability control inShipping
3. Prerequisites
4. Scope of Check
5. Process Flow
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Introduction
Availability check in Delivery is initiated during creationand
check is done for the picking date.
The check is carried out on the same criteria as in Salesorder
processing.
Availability check at delivery level is carried out forfollowing
reasons Check may not have done for items at order level and
hence
needs to be done at delivery stage. Although check may have been
carried out in order the
availability situation may have changed due to various
unknown
reason. Dynamic check at this stage would ensure correct status
in
terms of availability so that further actions after delivery
i.e.Picking, Packing etc are not affected.
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Availability Control in
Shipping
Control elements for availability are same as in salesdocuments
Checking Group
Checking group specifies in combination with checking rule
the
scope of availability check. It is maintained in material master
in
Plant view and copied on to sales documents. Checking Rule
A Checking rule is assigned to each transaction and in
combination with checking group define what movements are
considered for availability check. These are predefined in
system
Delivery Item category
Additional check exists at delivery item category level to
control
if availability should be checked or not.
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Prerequisites
Following prerequisites need to be fulfilled for
availabilitycheck to take place Control elements in Sales and
Distribution are maintained in
customizing and assigned.
Availability check switched on at requirement class and
delivery
item category level. Plant should be defined at document item
level.
Checking group should be maintained in material master on
Sales/plant screen in Availability check field.
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Scope of Check
Elements that can be included in availability check are
Stock
Safety Stock
Stock in Transfer
Quality Inspection stock
Blocked Stock
Inward/Outward movement of goods
Purchase orders and requisitions
Planned orders and Production orders
Reservations
Dependent requirements
Sales and Delivery requirements
The elements that need to be included depend on the
scenario for which availability check is being set.
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Process Flow
System determines date for availability check on basis
ofearliest material availability date of all schedule lines in
delivery.
If there is insufficient stock following is system behavior
Sufficient quantity of material not available by
materialavailability date, a delivery quantity 0 is entered in
delivery. If
item category of delivery permits 0 quantity then it would
be
included else item would not be allowed in delivery.
Quantity available of material is lower than order quantity,
system would enter available quantity as delivered quantity
andorder would get updated accordingly. If partial delivery is
not
allowed, this would be noted in delivery creation log.
