MRP Procedures (SAP Library

MRP Procedures

Use

The aim of material requirements planning is to tailor available capacities and receipts on time to suit requirements quantities. You can use MRP or consumption-based planning for this. A special form of MRP is master production scheduling.

Features

Material requirements planning is carried out using current and future sales figures. The planned and the exact requirements quantities trigger the net requirements calculation.

In Master production scheduling, finished products and important assemblies, so-called master schedule items, are planned separately and with extra attention. Only the master schedule items are planned in this planning run. The system creates dependent requirements for the BOM level directly below the planning level. It does not, however, plan levels below this.

Consumption-Based Planning uses past consumption data (historical data) to calculate future requirements with the help of the material forecast or statistical planning procedures. The net requirements calculation is not hereby triggered by an independent or dependent requirement, but is triggered either when stock levels fall below a reorder point or by forecast requirements.