0Service procurement:
When we need service to machinery or maintenance at that time we will procure the service from external vendor. That is called as service procurement.
Planned cost and unplanned cost:
In service procruement planned cost and unplanned cost is very very important.
Planned cost is the cost which occurs against known issue and the unplanned cost is the cost which occurs unknown issues. During the service procurement we can't predict the overall service cost. ex when we are doing the service for the machinary once we open the machinary then only we will come to know wheather we can repairt the part or we have to replace the part.
Unpalanned cost is control the overall service cost.
1. Creation of Service master - AC03.
In service procrement we have to create service master data using AC01. Here we have to maintain the below important informations
A. Service description.
B. Service group.
C. Unit of measure.
D. Long text.
2. Creation of service Purchase order.
In sap we will use ME21N T code to create the service PO. In ME21N item category "D" defines as service procurement. In items tab wiill maintain the Account assignment catogry, Item catorgory, material descritption, qty, plant and sloc. In item details tab we will maintain the service no, qty, UOM and price. Unplanned cost can be maintained in the overll and expected value.
3. Posting service entry sheet.
In service procuremnet there is no goods reciept concept. When the service starts we have to create the service entry sheet using ML81N. In service entry sheet we can bring the planned activities from PO and we can directly we can maintain the unplanned servie also but this unplanned service cost will be controlled by unplanned service cost maintained in the PO.
