SAP Material Management

Complex Plant Copy

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Verify Plant Parameters
 1

Material Master
Field Section
Ensure Maintenance
Status and Field
reference is COPIED
correctly from Source
Plant to Target Plant.
(Configure this
Parameter when
necessary)
 2

CBP Plant
Parameter

Click Maintain to
check new Plant
Paramter
Enter New Plant, Click
Maintain to check if CBP
Plant parameter copied
successfully
If plant parameter from
source plant to target
plant copied successfully,
this record is found. Else
perform COPY from
previous screen !
If New Plant
Parameter copied
over, at least check
the Number Range to
see if it is copied
correctly
Check if Number Range
copied (normally i would
check a few of these
paramters to make sure
there are copied correctly)
 3

CBP MRP Group

Parameter
Enter Target Plant
and click
Maintain
It F4 on MRP
Group field in
dialogue box, this
list shows means
MRP Group copied
from Source Plant
Its not easy to check
all parameter, i usually
check a few !
I compare a few
parameters
(usually) to be on
the safe side !
 4

Check MRP
Controller
Check if copied,
delete, add if
necessary !
 5

Ensure Special
Proc Keys copied
correctly
Check if copied,
delete, add if
necessary !
 6

Ensure MRP
Planning is
ACTIVATED
Note Complex
Plant copy may
not activate MRP
for new Plant !!!!

CLICK to Activate it !
SAVE into a separate
Transport !!!!
 7

If the above check is

intacted ! normally the rest
of the parameters should
be so ! However,
depending on project
requirements of CBP
features, check them and
ammend or add/configure
when necessary !!!
 8
These are not
Plant-dependent
Parameters

Purchasing Group,
configure if
necessary !!! (This
paramter is
neither Plant nor
Purchasing Org
dependent)
 9

Usually should
focus on Plant
Dependent
parameters like
this one which is
the Source List
Ensure Source
and Target Plant
settings as
required !
 10

Purchasing Documents
configuration is not at Plant level,
if existing Document Types and
Processes are used for Target
Plant, then this configuration is
not required to be checked !

Release Strategy
Stock Transport ..
configurations
well be dealth with in a separate
document as there can be quite
detail.
 11

Condtion Control
at Plant level
(check)
Source vs Target
Plant config,
ammend when
necessary !
 12

Texts and Forms

are not Plant
level.

Even if no new Doc. types

introduced for new Plant, Output
Control for Printer
determination can be
configured for key combinations
at the PLANT level ! (this
configuration if desired can be
dealth with in a separate doc !).

Printer
determination can
be by Pur.Group or
assign to USER !
Source Determination
by Regular Vendor in 13
PIR (check source
Plant and target
plant) ammend if
requried !
 14

External Services
configuration
Plant Dependent
parameter is at
the Message
Output for SES !
configure if
necessary.
 15

Most important in
MM-IM, check the
Plant Parameter
here for IM
Check source and target
plants IM parameter,
ammend when
necessary.
Most of the pararmeters in the 16
RED box (GI, GR etc) if it is at
Plant level can be found in this
single config (so check it
thourougly)
 17

If NO new Movement
Type required for new
Plant scenario, skip this
configuration
 18

Print Control for GR/GI

slip or Labels are not at
Plant level !

Plant maybe a key

combination
characteristics in Output
Determination
Depending if PLANT is
configured as Condition
Table field for key
combination for Output
Determination !

If Plant is a influencing
factor, then configure for
if new LAYOUTs are
required for the new
Plant.
 19

Determine Printer
settings for the new
Plant
Output Type

User

Printer

Plant and
SLoc
Printer Determination
can be setup most
basic for each user
 20

Group Together
Valuation Area, check
Plant assignment.
If new Plant is an influencing Source Plant and Target
factor for Account Determination Plant should be assign to
in OBYC, then it is required to be the same VGC from
assign to a new VGC code here ! complex copy results
 21
LIV configuration mostly at
COMPANY code level, new
Plant introduced for existing
company code may not
require any specific
configurations here
 22

Message
Determination for
LIV (eg: Invoice
for Consignment)
Plant is not a factor,
but Purch. Org can be
a factor (if new Purch.
Org introduced for
new Plant,
configuration maybe
required if necessary)