As a new member of the PP team, at first I faced with problems
in understanding the logic of backflushing. I was aware of the
places where it can be set, but I could not imagine the effect of
it in practice. Now I would like to share with you the basic
effects of this setting.
The most important facts:
if a component is set as backflush, then this component
will be posted within the confirmation
if you confirm e.g. operation 10, then the system checks
which components are assigned to operation 10 and
then choose the material, which is assigned and
backflush this material post to goods movement
it is important, which components are assigned to which
operation, we need to define this allocation
system proposes automatically both components from
the assigned BOM and if no connection is added here,
the system is automatically added to the first valid
operation (New Assignment button)
Let’s start with the example! Here is my material BOM, which
consists of a semi-finished material (MITYU_TEST2) and raw
materials (one discountinuated and two alternatives):
As a first step, we should check the assignments in the routing:
CA02->operation overview -> Comp.Aloc button -> New
assignment
We have four possibilities to define whether a material
should be backflushed:
1. manually (CO02 -> component overview -> backflush
flag)
2. material master (MM02->MRP2 tab)
– always (CO02 -> component overview ->
backflush flag is set)
– depend on workcenter (CO02 -> component
overview -> backflush flag is not set)
Important: if you change the material master
after creating the order, the existing order
won’t get updated, you have to reread the
master data (CO02 -> Functions -> Read PP
master data
3. work center (CR02 -> Basic data -> Backflush)
– it has an effect on all material being assigned to
this operation
4. customizing of confirmation (OPK4 -> Generally Valid
Settings -> Goods movements)
– if you set the indicator, the system displays all
the components regardless of whether or not the
backflushing indicator is set for the component in
the order
– (in case of problems see note 1872575)
Prerequisits of backflushing:
1. Setting the ‘Movement Allowed’ flag (CO02-component
overview-details -> General data tab -> General Indicators ->
Movement Allowd)
if it is not set: not possible to post goods movements
even if the backflush indicator is set, because it has the
highest priority
backflushing does not automatically set this flag, it is set
during the order creation
setting the ‘Movement Allowed’ indicator can only be
carried out for a released order
2. Either ‘Automatic Goods Receipt’ is set in OPKP or the
operation has a control key, with ‘Automatic Goods Movement’
– if you do not set this indicator then the control key
of the operation decides how the automatic goods receipt is
carried out
Basic example scenario:
No ‘Automatic Goods Receipt’ is set in OPKP
No control key has automatic goods receipt indicator
None of the materials are backflushed
No backflush in work center
Goods movements flag is unset in OPK4
Confirmation in CO11
Scenario 1:
set the ‘Goods movements flag’ in OPK4 (all other
settings are fixed)
Scenario 2:
set a control key with automatic goods receipt indicator
Scenario 3:
set the ‘Goods movements flag’ in OPK4
set a control key with automatic goods receipt indicator
Scenario 4:
set a control key with automatic goods receipt indicator
backflush (CO02 -> component overview -> backflush
flag) for the alternative items and the discontinuated
I really hope, that my short demonstration helped you!
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