How To Fix /SCMB/VMI_APO025 - Make an entry in the customer location

/SCMB/VMI_APO025 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /SCMB/VMI_APO -

• Message number: 025

• Message text: Make an entry in the customer location

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/SCMB/VMI_APO025 - Details

• The SAP error message /SCMB/VMI_APO025 indicates that there is a missing entry for a customer location in the system. This error typically occurs in the context of Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) processes within SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) or Supply Chain Management (SCM).
  
  Cause:
  The error is triggered when the system attempts to process a VMI-related transaction, but it cannot find a valid entry for the specified customer location. This could happen due to several reasons:
  
  The customer location has not been defined in the system.
  The customer location is inactive or not properly configured.
  There may be a mismatch between the customer location in the transaction and the entries in the master data.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the error, you can follow these steps:
  
  
  Check Customer Location Configuration:
  
  Navigate to the relevant configuration settings in SAP to ensure that the customer location is defined.
  Use transaction codes like SPRO to access the configuration settings and verify the VMI settings.
  
  
  
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