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3806154 - How External Processing Works in Production Orders — Control Key, Procurement Flow, Scheduling, Costs, and Subcontracting

Symptom

It is not clear how external processing works for individual operations in a production order — specifically, how to configure an operation for external processing, what purchase documents are created automatically, how the procurement flow from purchase requisition to goods receipt works, what operation statuses are set after goods receipt, how scheduling handles external operations, how actual costs are posted, and how to provide components to the vendor for subcontracting. Questions also arise about what happens when dates or quantities in the order change after a purchase order has already been created, and which BAdIs are available for extending external processing behavior.


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Environment

  • SAP ERP Production Planning (PP)
  • SAP ERP All versions
  • SAP ERP Central Component All versions
  • SAP R/3 All versions
  • SAP R/3 Enterprise All versions
  • SAP S/4HANA All versions
  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition All versions
  • SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP All versions
  • SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP, version for SAP HANA All versions

Product

SAP ERP Central Component all versions ; SAP ERP all versions ; SAP R/3 Enterprise all versions ; SAP R/3 all versions ; SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition all versions ; SAP S/4HANA all versions ; SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP all versions ; SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP, version for SAP HANA all versions

Keywords

external processing, Fremdbearbeitung, external operation, subcontracting, purchase requisition, purchase order, BANF, control key, planned delivery time, standard values, EOPD, EODL, non-stock component, direct procurement, provision of components, subcontracting indicator, material provision indicator, costing variant, valuation variant, purchasing info record, PP_OM_BD_BANF_HEADER_MATERIAL, ICH_BIF_WO_INF_IN, CO02, MIGO, PP-SFC-PLN, order scheduling, external operation status, PR to PO conversion , KBA , PP-SFC-PLN , Order Planning , Problem

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