While a scheduling agreement is for consignment, SUBCONTRACTING and stock TRANSFER, a contract is for Standard items and can be limited to a certain quantity or value.

A contract can be CREATED centrally with different pricing conditions for every plant WHEREAS a scheduling agreement needs to be created at that particular plant LOCATION. In a contract, only time-dependant conditions can be created whereas in a scheduling agreement, you can have time-dependant or time-independent conditions subject to the customizations in the document type.

While a scheduling agreement is for consignment, subcontracting and stock transfer, a contract is for Standard items and can be limited to a certain quantity or value.

A contract can be created centrally with different pricing conditions for every plant whereas a scheduling agreement needs to be created at that particular plant location. In a contract, only time-dependant conditions can be created whereas in a scheduling agreement, you can have time-dependant or time-independent conditions subject to the customizations in the document type.