3502124 - Direct Components as Alternative Materials- Parallel Discontinuation

When creating a Production Order, it is possible to determine that a material is to be replaced by another one at a certain point in time.

The system differentiates whether:

• exactly one material is to be replaced by one follow-up material (simple discontinuation), or
• a group of materials is to be replaced by another group of materials (parallel discontinuation).

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

In parallel discontinuation, the link between the parts to be discontinued and the follow-up material in the BOM needs to be defined.

In parallel discontinuation:

• the indicators in the material master have been used,
• and the link in the BOM to instruct the system to discontinue all materials in the group when the stocks of the main material to be discontinued have been used up.
  
  

How the dependent parts react depends completely on the stock of the main material to be discontinued.
These dependent parts are replaced once the stocks of the main material to be discontinued have all been used up. The dependent requirements are then reassigned to the follow-up materials.

See the Prerequisites and additional details at SAP Help Portal:
Discontinued Parts

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