Working with the Planning Result 

Use

The planning result display allows you to adjust and test the result.

Prerequisites

You have either:

Procedure

Function

How to call up function

What you should know

Hide and show header details for the material

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The header details point to various tab pages for master data and movement data for the material selected.

You define the sequence of the tab pages in Customizing for MRP under Define Screen Sequence for Header Details.

Enter or display material memo

Next to the symbol for the material memo the name and date of the last change are displayed.

Display the exception message

Position the cursor on the exception message and choose

 

Display additional data for the MRP element.

 Next to the MRP element

 

Activate period totals display

 

Change procurement proposal

Double-click the procurement proposal

In the lower section of the screen is an area with the data of the procurement proposal selected and here you can make your changes. Copy the changes with .

The procurement proposal is firmed automatically. Firmed procurement proposals are not adjusted in the planning run. Note also the firming logic of the master production scheduling (see Firming Type ).

Reschedule procurement proposal

Position the cursor on the procurement proposal and choose

If the system issues a rescheduling proposal for the procurement proposal, the procurement proposal is automatically rescheduled to this date.

If the system does not issue a rescheduling proposal, a dialog box appears in which you can enter the MRP date desired.

Add procurement proposal

 Procurement proposal

After you have defined the type of procurement proposal, you can enter the relevant data in the lower section of the screen.

If you choose Enter, the stock/requirements situation changed by the procurement proposal is visible immediately. Transfer the data with .

Delete procurement proposal

Position the cursor on the procurement proposal and choose

 

Add/change production order

 Production order or

This function is only available in single-level single-item planning and in interactive planning.

Change or add components of a planned order

Double-click the planned order and choose Goto ® Maintain material components or Enter material components.

This takes you to the component processing.

Here, you can:

  • change requirement quantities or dates directly
  • call up the detail data for the components in the lower screen area, by double-clicking the components.
  • add new components via Detailed entry or Collective entry.

Explode BOM again

Double-click the planned order and choose Goto ® Explode BOM

The BOM is exploded again and the component processing appears.

Check availability of the components of a planned order

Double-click the planned order and choose Goto ® Check availability

 

Plan capacity for material

Double-click the planned order and choose Goto ® Capacity planning ® Capacity leveling ® Material view

The indicator for scheduling in the initial screen of planning must be set so that lead time scheduling is carried out.

For further information on capacity planning see the SAP document PP-Capacity planning.

Plan capacity for planned order

Double-click the planned order and choose Goto ® Capacity planning ® Capacity leveling ® Order view.

See above

Print planning result