Schedule Line Categories
The last level of the sales order is the schedule line level. As a refresher, these are the 3 levels on a sales order:
Sales Document Type | Header level |
Item Category | Item level |
Schedule Line Categories | Schedule Line level |
Schedule Lines are used to determine the delivery dates of a product. For example, a customer might make an order for 1000 units, but want 500 delivered today, and 500 delivered in 2 weeks. This is specified on the schedule line level.
Defining Schedule Lines
The path to define schedule lines is as follows:
IMG Path: | SPRO | Sales and Distribution | Sales | Sales Documents | Schedule Lines | Define Schedule Line Categories |
Transaction Code: | VOV6 |
Key controls in the schedule line setup include:
- Delivery block
- Delivery Relevance (schedule lines that belong to an item in a quotation are not relevant for delivery)
- Movement Type = This determines the movement type when the goods are issued out of the system
- Order Type = Once a sales order is saved, it is possible that it automatically generates a purchase requisition (i.e. for a 3rd party scenario). This is where the order type is set
- Req/Assembly indicator = Whether Transfer of Requirements of the material to production takes place
- Availability check
- Product allocation = ensures when production is low, the first customer does not get the full amount of stock. Instead, stock is allocated to customers in advance, so that each customer receives a share.
Schedule Line Determination
This is set in the following configuration path:
IMG Path: | SPRO | Sales and Distribution | Sales | Sales Documents | Schedule Lines | Assign Schedule Line Categories |
Transaction Code: | VOV5 |
The schedule line category is determined based on:
Schedule Line Category = Item Category + MRP Type
- Item Category = As defined in the item category section of the website
- MRP Type = This setting is defined in the material master