The Special procurement key is used for the determination of:
- Stock transfer: The material is produced in another plant in the company code of the finished product, or in another company code (materials in other plants ),
- Subcontracting/Tolling: The material is provided by Solvay companies and is processed by an external supplier,
- Phantom Assemblies: Represents a logical grouping of materials that is not produced as an assembly, yet is managed together,
- Direct production: The material is delivered directly to stock without the semi finished products.
Example of special procurement keys available in PF1:
The codification for some specific cases could be different from one system to another one.
- Stock transfer : The special procurement key could be applied in material master data whenever a product is transferred from one plant to another.
In PF1, the special procurement key is only maintained for transferences between plants of the same company code
In WP1, the special procurement key is only maintained for transferences between plants of the different companies
In case these rules are not followed accordingly, we may have some critical impacts in Stock Margin Elimination and Integrated Contribution Margin processes. The SPK is a very important field for the determination of integrated cost, mainly in WP1 system.
Example:
A material 1234 is produced in Plant a and then transferred to plant b.
In the master data of the material code 1234 in plant b a code "XX procurement from plant a" is entered in the field SpecProcurem Costing
If the SPK does not exist, a request to IS Team needs to be raised. After, the RPA FICO Template needs to be prepared and sent to SU MAC Data Management Team for the updated of this field.
Example in SAP PF1:
Material code 195051 is produced in plant SMF and transferred to plant 6006 ( same legal entity 5835).
A SPK X1 was created to link this flow.
Then, the cost estimate (and the costs split) of plant SMF will be reflected in plant 6006.
Example in SAP WP1 :
Material code 46095 is produced in plant 0241 and transferred to plant 7667 (different legal entities → from company 7424 to ZFR3).
A SPK EU was created to link this flow.
Then, the cost estimate (and the costs split) of plant 0241 reflected in plant 7667.
The Special Procurement key is maintained in the Costing 1, but it can also be maintained by the supply chain in the view MRP2 .
If there is no Special procurement type in the Costing 1 of the material master data, the system will consider the Special procurement type in the MRP view. If you have different special procurement types in the Costing 1 and MRP views, the entry in the Costing view is used - For cost estimate purposes, for example.