Material Manager Question:

Download Job Interview Questions and Answers PDF

What is the difference between a contract and scheduling agreement?

Materials Manager Interview Question
Materials Manager Interview Question

Answer:

While a scheduling agreement is for consignment, subcontracting and stock transfer, a contract is for Standard items and can be limited to a certain quantity or value.
A contract can be created centrally with different pricing conditions for every plant whereas a scheduling agreement needs to be created at that particular plant location. In a contract, only time-dependant conditions can be created whereas in a scheduling agreement, you can have time-dependant or time-independent conditions subject to the customizations in the document type.

Download Materials Manager Interview Questions And Answers PDF

Previous QuestionNext Question
Can a computer help in forecasting future demand?If you have multiple line items in purchase order, can you release line by line that purchase order?