Hi Gurus,
We have came across a new business scenario which I found out to be resolved through STO process. I have browsed and found so many good links for STO configuration but incomplete and I am getting confused in some points. The process for which I want to configure STO is:
"Our company is going to take the services of some vendor for warehousing of Finished Goods. The vendor will charge some percentage e.g. 5% on the value of Finished Goods. Vendor will send us the Goods Transfer Order and on that basis we will transfer the stock. Once we receive the Sales Order from the customer, we will issue sales order and instruct the Vendor for shipping from there. The company want to see the stock in "Transit" when it ships from main facility to bounded warehouse. Also the delivery needs to be created for shipment documentation but commercial invoice will not be generated."
Now for that I found that it is a case of STO and following are the steps I configured but couldn't able to generate the delivery.
- Created a new Plant (e.g. 2100) - Receiving Plant
- Assigned the appropriate Purchasing Organization and Storage Location.
- Created a new customer let say ABC with Plant customer account group.
- In STO Configuration:
- Defined the new plant in "Define shipping Data for Plants". In that I have assigned the customer no ABC with 2100 plant and complete Sales Area combination. With Supplying plant e.g. 1100, I have assigned the same Sales Area combination.
- Now I define the checking rule '02' with 'B'.
- In "Assigned Delivery Type and Checking Rule", I have maintained the document type "UB", the supplying plant "1100", Delivery type "NL" and Checking Rule "B".
- In "Assigned Document Type, One-Step Procedure, Underdelivery Tolerance", I maintained SPl 1100, Plnt 2100 and Type UB.
Now when I am going to create Purchase Order, after selecting the Document Type the system is asking for Supplying Plant.
But here I need to clarify the following:
- Do I need to mention Supplying Plant 1100 and 2100 at line item level.
- System is not accepting and asking for shipping data if I mention 1100 as Supplying Plant.
- How can I mention the commission charges 5% at PO level?
Also
- Is it mandatory that I must create a new Plant for that Warehousing facility which is geographically different. Let say manufacturing plant is "JJ" and receiving warehouse is "KK". Can I done it with only Customer as my company want to roll out this process with others as well.
- What is the concept of creating Plant as customer?
Following are some of the links which I studied.
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/c05e2251-91f0-2c10-4e91-e919468e4687?overridelayout=t…
Stock Transport Order with Delivery and Billing Document/Invoice - Managing Special Stocks (MM-IM) - SAP Library
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_di471/helpdata/en/4d/2b90dc43ad11d189410000e829fbbd/content.htm
http://scn.sap.com/thread/1280165
http://www.erpgreat.com/sap-sd/configure-intercompany-stock-transport-order.htm
http://scn.sap.com/message/9853077#9853077
Need expert opinions.
Regards
Imran