Function documentationMRP Live: Planning Scope

 

You use the options available in this section to determine the main scope of the planning run. You have a great degree of flexibility in defining the scope. For example, you can:

  • Plan one material in one plant

  • Plan one material in several plants

  • Select several materials in one plant

  • Select several materials and several plants

  • Plan one material for one MRP controller in one plant

  • Select all materials for which several MRP controllers are responsible in several plants

Features

The following input fields are available:

  • Plant

    You can choose whether you want to plan one or several plants. All MRP areas in the specified plants are planned together. No selection option is available for planning individual MRP areas. The planning run is always performed for the complete plant.

    Note Note

    If you also select With Stock Transfer in the Included in Planning section, the system does not only plan the material in the locations of the plants defined here but also in the supplying plants according to the correct planning sequence defined by the plant sequence number. That is, receiving plants are planned before supplying plants.

    MRP Live only plans the supplying plant if you have the necessary authorization to plan the material in the supplying plant. If not, the system only creates stock transfer requirements and planning file entries.

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  • Material

    You can choose whether you want to plan one or several materials.

    Note Note

    Note that if you also select the BOM Components checkbox in the Included in Planning section, the system does not only plan the selected materials in the selected plants but also all the components of the selected materials recursively.

    MRP Live only plans a material’s components if you have the necessary authorization to plan the component material. If not, the system only creates dependent requirements and planning file entries.

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  • Product Group

    You can choose whether one or several product groups are to be planned.

  • MRP Controller

    You can plan all the materials in one or in several plants for one individual MRP controller or for several MRP controllers.