Materials to Classify

The “Strategy for classification" section defines which of the materials determined in the selection should be classified. This is the handling of exceptions. These are materials that, as a result of certain criteria, are to be analyzed separately from the MRP perspective.

For the materials grouped as exceptions, various options are provided on the selection screen. For each group displayed, you can separately select whether the materials are to be included in the classification and thus do not represent exceptions. During classification, the materials are then handled as "normal" materials, that is, materials that do not belong in one of the exception groups. You then see only by a column in the result view that a material belongs to an exception group. To consider a group of materials in the classification, you need to set the Classify indicator. You can also select whether these materials grouped as exceptions are to be displayed in the results overview of the MRP monitor. Even if no classification is to be made, these are materials are displayed in the results list with all of the key figures determined. In addition, you can perform master data reporting for all of the materials displayed. To use this option, you have to set the Display indicator. This alternative is particularly useful if the respective group is not to be included in the classification, that is, if you have not selected the Classify indicator.

You can also select the two options Classify and Display for materials that are not exceptions. This enables you to classify one or more exception groups by excluding the group of normal materials from the classification.

With exceptions, note that materials can be grouped into multiple groups. A new material, for example, can also show zero consumption. In this case, the total number of materials sorted into the individual groups exceeds the total number of existing materials due to multiple counting.