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title: Outline Agreement in SAP: Contract &#038; Scheduling Agreement ME31
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## What is Outline Agreement?

Outline agreement is a long-term purchase agreement between vendor and customer. Outline agreement are two types:

1. Contract
2. Scheduling Agreement

**Contract** The contract is draft agreement, and they do not include delivery dates for the material. Contract is two types :

1. **Quantity Contract**: This contract considered to fulfilled when the company supplied an agreed total quantity of materials against the contract.
2. **Value Contract**: This contract considered to fulfilled when the company supplied agreed total value of material against the contract.

## Create Quantity Contract

**Step 1)**

1. Enter T-code ME31K in the command field.
2. Enter Vendor / Agreement Type (MK- Quantity Contract) / Agreement Date.
3. Enter Purchase Org., Purchasing Group in organizational data.

[](https://www.guru99.com/images/sap/2012/12/quantity-contract.png)

**Step 2)** Enter Validity End date of contract in header data screen.

[](https://www.guru99.com/images/sap/2012/12/quantity-contract2.png)

**Step 3)**

* Enter Material ,Target quantity (A quantity for which quantity contract being created) and net price
* Click On Save Button.

[](https://www.guru99.com/images/sap/2012/12/quantity-contract3.png)

 A message as ![Create Quantity Contract in SAP]() will be displayed.

## Create Scheduling agreement

The scheduling agreement is a long-term purchase agreement with the vendor in which a vendor is bound for supplying of material according to predetermined conditions. Details of the delivery date and quantity communicated to the vendor in the form of the delivery schedule.

**Step 1)**

1. Enter T-code ME31 in command field.
2. Enter Vendor / Agreement Type (LP- Scheduling agreement) / Agreement Date.
3. Enter Purch. Organization / Purchasing group.

[](https://www.guru99.com/images/sap/2013/01/sch%5Fagr.png)

**Step 2)** Enter Validity End Date in header screen.

[](https://www.guru99.com/images/sap/2013/01/sch%5Fagr2.png)

**Step 3)**  Enter Material / Target Quantity / Net Price / Plant in Item Overview Screen.

[](https://www.guru99.com/images/sap/2013/01/sch%5Fagr3.png)

**Step 4)** Enter Exclusion in next screen .

[](https://www.guru99.com/images/sap/2013/01/sch%5Fagr4.png)

**Step 5)** Get back previous screen item overview and click on save button. A message as below –

[](https://www.guru99.com/images/sap/2013/01/sch%5Fagr5.png)

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