Purchasing Block with Return PO enabled

[Former Member]

Hi SAP Gurus,

I just want to ask if anyone knows a standard way of blocking purchasing for a particular material/article but at the same time allowing Return Purchasing Order creation.

The business scenario is this: a material will have to be pulled-out by a Vendor, say for quality issues. In order to prevent issuance of POs for the material, an article status for purchasing block is assigned to the material master. Yet we actually need to create return POs for the material.

What is the best way to go about this scenario?

Thank you,

Kai

Message was edited by: Kai Bangcola

[Former Member]

Hello,

As the material is to be blocked for External procurement but is to be allowed for Vendor Return in such case Block the material in MRP2 View for External procurement(Plant-sp.matl status-1) This will restrict in PO creation for procurement & in configuartion T code OMS4 set warning message for Inventory Management so that system will allow you to move the Goods Return to the Vendor.

Hope this will help you.

[former_member197616]

Hi, There is no such kind of facility which will block the material for forward processing and allow for return process  . However you can plan for the DEVELOPMENT IN SUCH A WAY , when a particular material status is assigned then let the screen program do not allow to create a po and allow when the returns item is checked . Regards,

[bestepolat]

Dear Kai,

There is a field called as "Cross-Plant Material Status" in Material Master Data -  BasicView 1. This field can be customized.

This is Material Master - Basic View 1:

this is the IMG Path: IMG Path: Logistics General -> Material Master -> Settings for Key Fields -> Define Material Statuses (Tcode: OMS4).

Here you can create your custom blocking status and customize the blocking type.

Create your custom status and update your materials which you want to block for special cases.

Sincerely,

Beste

[manikandan_ka]

Hi Kai Bangcola,

Yes,

            For this you have to create/check the material status in material master.

Transaction: OMS4

           Here you select option "B for purchasing" and all other blank., this settings will block the material for further procurement & allows Inventory activities like GI, GR etc.

Transaction: ME01

          For your requirement, try for blocking  procurement of material in source list (ME01) instead of blocking creation of  further purchase order of material.

For just blocking,

Transaction : MM02

         Basic Data: X-Plant Material Status--> Option-01 [Blocked for Procurement], hope you aware of it.

Also refer, the note:

Regards

Mani