Generated by Jive on 2015-02-07+01:00 1 Vendor Consignment Process What is Vendor Consignment? Vendor Consignment is a process wherein the supplier provides materials and stocks them in the purchaser’s premises. The material remains in the books of the supplier (vendor) until the same is withdrawn from the stock of the consignment and put to use. The inventory gets transferred to the books of the purchaser only when the same is removed from the consignment stock. The supplier (vendor) would not invoice the purchaser initially when they come into the premises of the purchaser. The purchaser is liable to pay the supplier (Vendor) only when the stock is withdrawn (consumed). Key Process Design for the Consignment process for Vendors in SAP - - Consignment has been designed as a special procurement type in SAP - - The consignment stock is not valuated till the time it is consumed or withdrawn, since theoretically, it lies in the books of the supplier (Vendor) - - The consignment material number is the same as that of a material in unrestricted stock in the purchaser’s books - - Since the sourcing of a material can happen from multiple parties, the consignment stock is maintained at the level of each supplier or vendor. - - The price of the consignment is maintained in the purchasing info records (PIR) of the info category, Consignment - - When the withdrawal happens from the consignment stock of a supplier, the goods receipt in the purchaser’s books happens at the price maintained in the purchasing info records of type consignment for that vendor and material combination. - - The goods receipt against a consignment purchase order is always non valuated Basic Configuration Steps for Vendor Consignment Process in SAP 1. 1. Activate Purchasing Info Record for Info category as Consignment. The Configuration transaction code for the same is OMEV.
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Vendor Consignment Process
What is Vendor Consignment?
Vendor Consignment is a process wherein the supplier provides materials and stocks them in thepurchaser’s premises. The material remains in the books of the supplier (vendor) until the sameis withdrawn from the stock of the consignment and put to use. The inventory gets transferredto the books of the purchaser only when the same is removed from the consignment stock. Thesupplier (vendor) would not invoice the purchaser initially when they come into the premisesof the purchaser. The purchaser is liable to pay the supplier (Vendor) only when the stock iswithdrawn (consumed).
Key Process Design for the Consignment process for Vendors in SAP
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- Consignment has been designed as a special procurement type in SAP
- - The consignment stock is not valuated till the time it is consumed or withdrawn, since theoretically, it lies
in the books of the supplier (Vendor)
- - The consignment material number is the same as that of a material in unrestricted stock inthe purchaser’s books- - Since the sourcing of a material can happen from multiple parties, the consignment stock is maintained at
the level of each supplier or vendor.
- - The price of the consignment is maintained in the purchasing info records (PIR) of the info category,
Consignment
- - When the withdrawal happens from the consignment stock of a supplier, the goods receiptin the purchaser’s books happens at the price maintained in the purchasing info records of typeconsignment for that vendor and material combination.- - The goods receipt against a consignment purchase order is always non valuated
Basic Configuration Steps for Vendor Consignment Process in SAP
1. 1. Activate Purchasing Info Record for Info category as Consignment. The Configuration transaction
code for the same is OMEV.
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1. 2. Configure the special procurement type 10. This is done in IMG Node:
IMG>Production>Material Requirement Planning>Master Data>Define Special Procurement Type
3. Assign the special procurement type in the material master. The Master Data transaction code for the same
is MM02. This is done in MRP2 view of the material master
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4. Create a purchasing info record (PIR) of the category, Consignment. This is done using the transaction code
5. Maintain the automatic account assignment for material posting. The below transaction need to be
maintained in the configuration transaction code OBYC
- a. Consignment Payables : KON
- b. Expense/Revenue from Consignment Material Consumption : AKO
- c. Offsetting entry for Inventory Posting : GBB – VBR
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Consignment Process Steps in SAP
The consignment process steps in SAP are fairly simple. It involves creating a purchase order,doing a good receipt and a withdrawal of the stock from Vendor’s books. The last step in theconsignment process for a vendor is the settlement of the vendor’s liability. The steps arehighlighted as:
The goods receipt is done using the standard transaction code MIGO. The stock is posted asconsignment stock without value. The same would reflect as a special stock for the vendor. Sincethe material lies in the purchaser’s premises, the same would be reflected in terms of quantity ata storage location as well till the time the same is consumed for use. The same can be checked inthe standard stock reports in transaction code like MMBE. There is no accounting document whichis created when the GRN is done in case of a consumption purchase order.
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1. 2. Consumption – Consumption of consignment material happens when goods issue is done with item
category K. The price at which the goods issue will be done will be picked from the purchasing info record
which has been created for consignment for the material and vendor combination. In this particular case, to
elaborate the process a production order was created and a goods issue was done with the item category K
against the production order. Generally the consignment materials are part of Bill of Materials (BOM). Goods
issue document is posted in such a case when activity confirmation is done for the production order through