During the execution of a project, you may need to source materials from your own inventories and it can be allocated in three different ways:
- Consumption at Site: In this scenario, the project consumes the materials from a particular site.
- Pick-Up: In this scenario, materials are carried to the site of consumption by the person responsible for it.
- Pre-Delivery: In this scenario, the materials are pre-delivered to the site of consumption.
Follow the below document for master data settings, executing the scenario, references and common issues faced.
- Master data
- Executing the scenario.
- References.
- Common Issues.
1. Master Data
1.A Scoping
To source the materials from stock, the Sourcing Materials from Stock business option must be selected in your solution configuration.
1.Go to Business Configuration work center. and Choose the Implementation Projects view.
2.Choose Project and Choose Edit Project Scope button.
3.Go to Step 3 - Scoping -> Project Management ->Project Planning and Execution->Project Stock Consumption here choose the Check Box to scope Project Stock Consumption.
4.Go to Step 4 - Questions -> here enable the question Do you want to use project stock orders to source material from stock, for consumption during a roject?.
5.Complete all the steps until Confirm to save the changes made in system.
1.B Logistics use
you will need to assign the appropriate logistics use to your logistics area to make this available as ship from location in your project stock order.
Consumption at site -Assign logistics use Project Stock for the ship-from site before it uses it for a project stock order in Consumption at Site scenario.
Pick-up - Assign logistics use Project Stock for the ship-from site before it uses it for a project stock order in Pick-up scenario.
2. Executing the Scenario
2. A)To source a material from your own stock, you need to select the From Stock checkbox while planning for the material needed in the project.
2.B) select this material and request for it by creating a project stock order under the Product Overview sub-tab under the Products tab . You can then subsequently view the details of your project stock orders under the Project Stock Orders sub-tab.
2.C) Creates a customer demand corresponding to the order, and performs an Available-To-Promise (ATP) check. You can verify the availability of the material and release the customer demand.
2.D) In delivery proposal view of outbound logistics,
You should allocate material to the project in Consumption at Site scenario
and/or
In the Pick-up and Pre-Delivery scenarios, release the outbound delivery.
note :
2.E) Use the allocated materials in the project by consuming the materials allocated to your project or project task.
2.F) The quantities consumed against the project stock order can be invoiced by creating a project invoice request manually or automatic.
3. References
In the Help Center you can find the following document which can be followed which will explain further into this scenario
Ship-From Determination and Shipment Scheduling for Customer Demand
Sourcing Material from Stock for Projects
Materials in Projects
Delivery Control Quick Guide
Maintaining Projects - Products
4. Common Issues
Please check below some case documents that may help you to solve issue that can affect this scenario
2038616 - Error Message : Project stock order not created; all materials are non stock
2090631 - The Source of Supply Cannot be Determined; check the Sourcing-Relevant Master Data