Explaining Logistical Integration in Org. structure

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to describe the Integration of Logistics for Provisions and Organizational Structures

Logistical Integration and Org. Structure

In this lesson, you will learn about:

How to describe organizational elements for Provisions and their integration into the Organizational Structure.

Scenario

You would like to set up your organizational structure for provision-related processes by linking organizational elements such as plants, MRP areas, and storage locations to individual force elements.

The image shows the setup for a Provision MRP area in SAP. It highlights that a first provision MRP area must be created to group the provision storage locations. For each MRP area assigned to the Force Element, one or more provision storage locations can be defined. Additionally, one storage location can be directly linked to the Force Element.

Provision storage locations cannot exist without an MRP Area.

The image is a conceptual diagram showing the relationships between different elements in a supply chain system. The key elements depicted are Shipping Point, Plant, Storage Location, Force Element, MRP Area, and Customer. Arrows indicate the connections and flow between these elements.

The Force Element is the central Point of Integration. It is linked to Plant, MRP area, and Storage Location.

The image shows a SAP screen for a Force Element called 2nd Tank Platoon 50002445. It highlights the Provision Element section, which indicates that for each Force Element, multiple Provision Storage Locations can be defined. A specific Storage Location can also be assigned to a Force Element in the Logistics Data or Provision Element sections. The Storage Locations of the Provision MRP area can be assigned to different Force Elements.

Linking the provision element of a Force Element to the Plant, MRP Area, and Storage Location.

Storage Locations of a Provisions MRP area can be assigned to subordinate Force Elements, but only one storage location can be assigned to a Force Element.

The image depicts the concept of a Supply Relation between two Force Elements, which is a relationship defined per External Material Group (Material Master). It has two different views - Supplier of and Supplied by. The Supply Relation is used for Automated Supplier Determination for Purchasing Documents, but cannot be inherited from a superior force element for consumable goods. It is subject to Validity Periods and independent of the usage type.

Supply relationships are defined either by external material group or as a standard supply relationship. A standard supply relationship means that the receiving force element will request all its materials that are not part of a supply relationship based on external material group from a standard supplier.

In a supply relationship based on external material groups, only materials of that specified external material groups will be affected by the supply relationship. For example, if we have a supply relationship for an external material group called Petrol, Oil, and Lubricants, then only materials related to petrol, oil, and lubricants will be affected. This is useful if a force element receives / requests materials from different depots (ammunition from an ammunition depot and spare parts from a spare parts depot).

Storage locations in provision MRP Areas can be defined per external material group. For example, a specific storage location for ammunition.

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