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CONFIGURATION
OF RELEASE
STRATEGY &
PURCHASE ORDER
PROCEDURE
IN SAP MM
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Release Strategy Configuration,
Purchase Order Procedure in SAP
What is Release Strategy?
SAP has introduced the concept of Release Strategy to control the
process of purchasing. When a Purchase order is made it is not
directly sent to the vendor first it requires approval from other
departments in order to avoid any inconvenience or unauthorized
transac tions.
For this reason, it is very important to control the procurement
process by approval of the purchase order. This approval is known as
Release Strategy. In other words, Release Strategy is used to
approve the Purchasing document.
For example, we are making a release strategy for the
following release conditions:
Case 1: If the Order value is <= 20000 then it is released by Gen.
Manager.
Case 2: If the Order value >20000 and <= 60000 then it is
released by Gen. Manager and Manager.
Case 3: if the Order value is > 60000 then it is released by Gen.
Manager, Manager, and Team Lead.
Process Flow of Release Strategy
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Create Characteristics-> Create Class-> Define Release
Procedure for Purchase Order (Create Release Groups-> Create
Release Codes-> Release Indicators-> Create Release Strategies)
The main table required for the Release Strategy is:
1. Purchase Order: RFQ
2. Outline Agreement: CEKKO
3. Purchase Requisition: CEBAN
To get all the information required for creating the Characteristics
table CEKKO is very important.
Goto table CEKKO by T.Code SE11 or SE12.
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Select theDatabase table field as CEKKOfor Purchase Order and
press the Display button.
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Steps to configure Release Strategy for
Purchase Order
Define Characteristic
Characteristics define the property of the object.
For example in the case of Purchase Order, we are using
characteristics Purchase Organization, Purchase Group and Net
Value etc.
The value of the characteristics can be in character format, numeric
format, alphanumeric format, or date format.
Steps to create characteristics for a
release procedure for Purchase Orders.
Step 1: In the command box type SPRO -> Sap IMG -> Material
Management -> Purchasing -> Purchase Order -> Release
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-> Edit Characteristics
Procedure For Purchase Orders
or T.CodeCT04 is used for creating Characteristics
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Step 2: On the Characteristics, screen create a characteristic for
each field for your release strategy.
In the Characteristics tab type the names for the characteristic, you
can give any name. For example Characteristic: P_DOC1
and select the create icon or press enter button then comes the
screen asking, Do you want to create the characteristic? Press
the Yes button.
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button
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Select the values which you want to involve in the release strategy.
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press Stimulate release button
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If you select Release already effected and press Set/reset
release button you will find that Release is possible.
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In a similar way create Release Strategies for other approvers P2
and P3.
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Here the Release Statues show that if all the release codes A1, A2,
and A3 are approved then the Purchase Order is released.
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