How To Fix /SCWM/QINSP171 - Acceptance sampling in procurement is active; 2 inspection rules

/SCWM/QINSP171 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: /SCWM/QINSP -

• Message number: 171

• Message text: Acceptance sampling in procurement is active; 2 inspection rules

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/SCWM/QINSP171 - Details

• The SAP error message /SCWM/QINSP171 indicates that acceptance sampling in procurement is active, and there are two inspection rules defined for the same material. This situation typically arises in the context of quality management within the SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) module, particularly when dealing with goods receipt inspections.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Multiple Inspection Rules: The error occurs when there are two inspection rules configured for the same material in the quality management settings. This can happen if:
  
  The material has been assigned multiple inspection plans.
  Different inspection rules are defined for the same procurement process.
  
  
  
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be a misconfiguration in the quality management settings or the inspection plan that leads to conflicting rules.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Review Inspection Rules:
  
  Go to the Quality Management (QM) module in SAP and check the inspection rules assigned to the material in question.
  Identify the inspection rules that are causing the conflict.
  
  
  
  Consolidate Inspection Rules:
  
  If