Question no 4263 : Subcontracting Purchasing characeristics

In SAP S/4, a subcontracting purchase order is identified by which of the following ?

(more than one answers)

A)  Item Category in the PO item.
B)  Account Assignment in the PO item.
C)  Purchase Order document type flagged for subcontracting allowed. 
D)  At least one component provided either from the BOM or manually entered in the purchase order.
E)  A Bill of material is prerequisite to subcontracting purchase order creation. 
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Answer: A, D

A) YES. Standard item category is "L" (external representation) with Internal code "3" for subcontracting scenario in SAP MM. 

B) NO. Account Assignment configuration itself do not have any parameter that determine subcontracting requirement. However, it is possible when creating a subcontracting purchase order (with Item Category L), you can specify an Account Assignment Category (such as K for Cost Center or P for Project). This is achieve by combining the desired Item Category and Account Assignment combination allowed in the configuration (SPRO). Therefore, Account Assignment for Subcontracting PO is possible but that is not a hint to the scenario.

C) NO. There is no parameter in the purchase document type that is used to determine subcontracting requirement. However, it is possible to restrict or limit which item categories are allowed for a specific purchase order (PO) document type in SAP Materials Management (MM).

D) YES. At least one component must be provided in the vendor either manual entry or from the BOM.
The ordered material and the component provided can be the same (namely a recursive BOM).

E) NO. If BOM is not found, the user still can manually enter a component in the PO item.