Confirmed quantities and dates must be recorded in the purchase order item. Your purchasing department expects suppliers to send purchase order confirmations and shipping notifications. What do you…

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Options

• AA confirmation control key with at least one confirmation type marked as relevant for planning
• BA confirmation control key relevant for the proof of delivery
• CA confirmation control key with a sequence of two confirmation types
• DA purchasing value key with the order acknowledgment indicator preset

• A
  6% (1)
• C
  76% (13)
• D
  18% (3)

Explanation

Option C is correct because the scenario demands two distinct supplier communications - an order acknowledgment and a shipping notification - which requires configuring a confirmation control key that contains a sequence of two confirmation types (e.g., order acknowledgment AB followed by shipping notification LA). The sequence ensures SAP expects both confirmations in order, and the confirmed quantities/dates from each are stored on the PO item as required.

Why the distractors fail:

• A is partially right in concept but wrong in focus - "relevant for planning" is an attribute of a confirmation type that feeds confirmed data into MRP, but a single type only covers one confirmation, not both requirements.
• B confuses the scenario with proof of delivery (POD), which is a GR-related process for verifying receipt, not a vendor confirmation/shipping notification workflow.
• D misdirects to the purchasing value key, which governs tolerances and reminder intervals - the order acknowledgment indicator there only triggers reminder messages to vendors, not the structured confirmation tracking needed here.

Memory tip: Count the supplier messages. One message = one confirmation type; two messages (confirmation + shipping notice) = two types in sequence. The word "sequence" in option C is the giveaway that it handles an ordered, multi-step confirmation process.

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