Withdrawal from Alternative Plant

Implementation Options

You can specify for an assembly that the components required to build the assembly are to be
withdrawn from a different plant from the planning plant (that is, the issuing plant). Dependent
requirements for these components are directly created in the issuing plant. You can
use withdrawal from alternative plant for both components produced in-house and procured
externally. A special procurement key is defined for both procedures.

This procedure provides an alternative to using stock transport orders and is especially useful
when plants are close together.

Prerequisites

 In Customizing for MRP, in the IMG activity Define special procurement type, you have
maintained a special procurement key for Withdrawal from alternative plant and you
have entered the issuing plant there.

 You have assigned the component, which is to be withdrawn from an alternative plant, to
this special procurement key in the material master of the planning plant (MRP 2 view).

 In the withdrawal plant, you have created a material master for the component to be
withdrawn.

Process Flow

The following example shows the steps involved in withdrawing material from another plant:
An assembly in plant 0001 contains two components. Component 2 in plant 0001 has the
special procurement key Withdrawal from alternative plant with the issuing plant 0002. This
defines that this component is to be withdrawn from plant 0002. Therefore, when producing the
assembly in plant 0001, component 2 is withdrawn from the plant 0002 but the other
components are withdrawn from plant 0001.

1. You carry out the planning run in the planning plant, that is, in plant 0001. During the
planning run, the system creates a planned order for the assembly in plant 0001, if this is
necessary.
2. The system creates a dependent requirement for component 2 in plant 0001. A
dependent requirement is created in the issuing plant, that is, in plant 0002, for the
component 2 with the special procurement Withdrawal from alternative plant.
3. When the planned order for the assembly is converted into a production order, the
dependent requirements of the components are automatically converted into dependent
reservations. The withdrawal for the production order is carried out in plant 0001 for the
component 1 and in plant 0002 for component 2.
4. When creating the goods receipt for the production order, the stock in the planning plant is
increased.