Scheduling agreements are similar to quantity contracts in that they are agreements between the customer and your company to order specific quantities of a product. However, while the quantity contracts do not contain the delivery dates for the materials, scheduling agreements do.

A scheduling agreement is fulfilled when the customer places deliveries against it in the agreement period. Thus, scheduling agreements do not have orders placed against them. Instead, if the function is run on the same day as one of the deliveries is due, then it is used to directly create a delivery. After the delivery is created, the quantity in the scheduling agreement is correspondingly reduced.

If the customer cannot supply specific delivery dates for the product, then it is preferable to use quantity contract, and refer orders to this contract when they are created.

To create a scheduling agreement, use the following path: Logistics –> Sales and Distribution –> Sales –> Scheduling Agreement –> Create (Transaction Code: VA31)