Procedure documentationCarrying Out MRP Live

Prerequisites

You have activated the business function Performance Optimizations for MRP.

Procedure

  1. Starting from the MRP node, choose Start of the navigation path Planning Next navigation step MRP Live End of the navigation path. Alternatively you can use the transaction MD01N.

    The system displays the initial screen for the planning run.

  2. You define the scope of the planning run by entering data as necessary.

    For example, you can enter:

    • One or several plants

    • One or several materials

    • One or several product groups

    • One or several MRP controllers

  3. You determine the scope of planning in more detail by defining what exactly is to be included in the planning run.

    You can enter:

    • BOM Components

      By selecting this checkbox, the system does not only plan the materials entered in the Planning Scope section but their BOM components as well.

    • Stock Transfer

      By selecting this checkbox, the system does not only plan the locations defined by the plants you entered in the Planning Scope section, but also the supplying plants of the materials procured using stock transfer procedures.

  4. You define the planning run type.

    • If you do not select the Regenerative Planning checkbox, the system automatically performs net change planning.

    • If you select the Regenerative Planning checkbox, the system performs regenerative planning.

      This makes sense when you are carrying out the planning run for the first time as well as later during production if data consistency cannot be guaranteed due to technical error, for example.

  5. Choose whether you want the system to calculate basic dates or whether you also want to execute lead time scheduling. Make the appropriate setting in the Scheduling field.

  6. You can choose between Planning Mode 1 and 3. With planning mode 1, the system adapts existing planning data and with planning mode 3, the system deletes and recreates planning data.

  7. Enter a name of your choice in the Name for Performance Log if you want to define a name under which the system is to save your MRP Live results in the MRP Live Performance Log.

  8. Choose Execute (F8) (Execute (F8)).

    The system executes the planning run.

Result

The system carries out the planning run according to your settings and displays the results. For more information on the results list, see MRP Live Performance Log.