Hi Jurgen,
Big thanks on your clear feedback, and if you do not mind if I have further question which you can help validate in response to your previous message.
Your Statement: If the field is optional, then it is not required from a data load perspective. If the business needs an entry to have a business process supported then business should have its very own interest in giving you the necessary information to load the master data.
Question 1: Basically running the MIBC for the ABC value to compute and to generate (especially using the consumption option) is that R/3 needs historical data on each of the material records? In another word, if an A, B, C value is provided and load into material master, the MIBC run will not treat the loaded A, B, C value as a main factor to determine the new A, B, C value as because MIBC will base on consumption value of the material.
Question 2: Will it be a good idea to request the business to "Fix" the A, B, C value in the material master so that cycle count always base on the mateiral master ABC value and not determine by the MIBC run (in another word, ignore the consumption history of the material but base on business process decision). Is this a good idea?
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Your Statement: The functional consultant should explain to the business how the ABC indicators for cycle counting get computed in SAP.
Question 3: Frankly I am still not 100% sure the logic behind the MIBC compute, could you provide me a link for this information?
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Your Statement: In general you have to understand that you do not have a figure for last inventory count , hence the count is determined based on the creation date of the accounting view in material master. And as you loaded all materials on the same day, all materials are due for counting on the same day. This means that you do not have less work compared to an annual inventory in the December of the first year as all your D items will appear only in December, together with all A, B and C items.
Question 4: You means in order to run MIBC, one factor (aside of having consumption history) i sthat the material must went through at least one (i.e. past) inventory count with date captured in the system? If yes, I kinda get your meaning, that means all A, B, C material will appear in December as a proposal by system to count?
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Your statement: This is usually an unwanted situation. And you have basically just 2 options to avoid that. a) you determine the materials to be counted ourside SAP in the first year and create inventory documents using the annual inventory method.
Question 5: to avoid the problem on question 4, I think I prefers solution your solution A. But I am quite confused by your explanation. You means business should give me a list of material in excel which are going to perform cycle counting outside SAP in first year. That means after having this list, those inventory count count it physically in the warehouse of the stock and pass back to me and I will create a regular physical inventory document using MI31 (as i can select a list of those material) to generate the PID, and the above problem on question 4 will be resolved?
BR,
Daniel