Scheduling Agreement Types with Release Documentation
If you use scheduling agreements with release documentation, the delivery schedule lines are not transmitted directly to the supplier. Initially, these lines, which are stored in the system, are for internal information only.
Messages cannot be transmitted until you create a scheduling agreement release. Through this process, you can change the way the schedule lines are represented. With the release documentation, you can display the scheduling agreement releases (delivery schedules) transmitted to a supplier over a certain period at any time. This enables you to trace precisely when you sent which information to the supplier.
For scheduling agreements with release documentation, you can use the LPA document type.
There are two types of scheduling agreement releases for scheduling agreements with release documentation:
- Forecast (FRC) delivery schedules
Use this to give the supplier a medium-term to long-term overview of your material requirements. - Just-in-Time (JIT) delivery schedules
Use this to inform your supplier of your short-term (near future) requirements. This type of schedule shows requirements per day or even per hour.
Hint
In the planning run, schedule lines can only be generated on a daily basis. Schedule lines on an hourly basis (with time entry) are only possible manually or with external planning.
Scheduling Agreement Releases
You can specify that only forecast delivery schedules are possible for the schedule lines of your scheduling agreement with release documentation. You do this by leaving the JIT Indicator field in the item details of the scheduling agreement blank.
A scheduling agreement release can be created either manually or automatically on a regular basis, using a report. When you use the report (online or in the background), scheduling agreement releases can be generated either for all selected items of a scheduling agreement or only for those items for which schedule lines have been newly created or changed.
The release documentation enables the following:
- You can find out when you sent particular information to the supplier.
- The supplier can see which deliveries have already been taken into account. This is done through a cumulative quantity that has been accumulated automatically by the system since the start of the scheduling agreement. If the scheduling agreement runs for a long time, you can – in consultation with the supplier – reset this number occasionally.
Scheduling Agreement with Forecast and JIT Delivery Schedules
If you set the value in the JIT Indicator field in the item details of the scheduling agreement to 1, you can generate and send not only forecast delivery schedules, but also JIT delivery schedules.
To create scheduling agreement releases, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Logistics → Materials Management → Purchasing → Outline Agreement → Scheduling Agreement → Delivery Schedule → Create SA Release (ME84). On the SAP Fiori launchpad, you use the corresponding Create Scheduling Agreement Releases app.
Through the menu path (Menu) → Edit → Generate Forc. Schd. or Edit → Generate JIT Sched. on the delivery schedule maintenance screen (transaction/app ME38), you can directly create forecast and JIT delivery schedules.
To set the cumulative quantity, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Logistics → Materials Management → Purchasing → Outline Agreement → Scheduling Agreement → Administer → Set Agreed Cumulative Quantity (ME88).
Scheduling Agreement Releases Archiving
You can archive scheduling agreement releases to improve application performance.The archiving function is available on the SAP Easy Access screen under Logistics → Materials Management → Purchasing → Outline Agreement → Scheduling Agreement → Administer → Archive Scheduling Agreement Releases (ME83).
You cannot reverse the archiving of scheduling agreement releases. Archived scheduling releases are located in tables EKEKH and EKEKHH.
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