QM cycle in Procurement and Source Inspection

Give you an example of the process overview of QM during source inspection.

Scenario: You need to inspect raw material received from the vendor at plant premises.

Basic Settings needed in IMG (PRIOR) : Control Key for QM in Procurement

Certificate Type

Master data needed : Material Master (ROH)
Master Insp. Characteristics
Inspection Plan

Steps :

1. MM01 : Create Raw material

In QM View in Material Master :

Give Certificate type. QM Control Key and ensure QM Proc. active
Click Insp. setup
Assign insp. Type 01 – GR Insp. for order, by selecting new insp. Types.
Ensure it as active plan, by ticking the active indicator.

2. Goto QS21 , create Master Inspection characteristic

Give Status as Released and Complete copy model for mic
Select Quantitative characteristics and tick the relevant indicators i.e., in this case Lower specific limit, Upper specific limit and Check Target value.
Press Enter
It`ll prompt you for entering lower, upper and target values for the MIC,
Enter the values.
SAVE

3. GOTO QP01 – Create Inspection Plan with status – Released (4) and Usage – GR (5)

- Click operations, Create Insp. Operation and give the control key as QM01
- Select the inspection operation and click on the insp. Characteristics, assign the MIC you`ve created and press enter. All the characteristics will be copied.
SAVE

4. GOTO ME21N – Create Purchase Order

5. GOTO ME28 or ME29N – Release Purchase Order with both 1 & 2 Status

6. GOTO MIGO – GR for Purchase order

Check in where tab : give storage location
Check in Purchase order details tab : Give certificate enclosed status: YES
Ensure item ok indicator is ticked
Post (SAVE)
Now the inspection lot gets generated as you post the goods.

7. GOTO MMBE – You can observe that the stock is moved to Insp. Stock automatically

8. GOTO QA32 – Inspection lot selection

Give Material and Plant Execute
Select your inspection lot line, and select result recording.
{Incase, if it is not allowed to record results, GOTO QE02, give insp. Lot and select Change Insp. Lot Icon, give the relevant task list usage and press TASK LIST button in the Inspection specification Tab and then SAVE}
Give inspected quantity and target value that is checked
SAVE
You can find in QA32, that the status is changed to INSPECTED
Now again select the insp. Lot in QA32 and goto Usage decision,
Give UD as A – for accept and Quantity to be moved to unrestricted use stock
SAVE
REFRESH

9. GOTO MMBE

Now you can observe that the stock has moved to Unrestricted use.

Source Inspection Steps :

ME41 - CREATE REQUEST FOR QUOTATION
ME9A - MESSAGE OUTPUT (REGD. QUAL. AGREEMENTS, TECH. DELY. TERMS. ETC.)
ME21N - CREATE PURCHASE ORDER
ME9F - MESSAGE OUTPUT ( REGD., PURCHASE ORDER)
QI07 - WORKLIST OF SOURCE INSPECTION
QA11 - UD FOR SOURCE INSPECTION
MIGO - GR
MIRO - CREATE INVOICE
MRBR - RELEASE INVOICE
QC55 - CERTIFICATE PROCESSING
QF11 - DEFECT RECORDING
QA11 - UD FOR GR
QA12 - INCASE TO CHANGE QUALITY SCORE
QA13 - TO CHECK HISTORY CHANGES

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