Planned independent requirements are planned and organized in Demand Management. A planned independent requirement contains one planned quantity and one date or a number of planned independent requirements schedule lines. That is, one planned quantity split over time according to dates.

Using segmentation, you can maintain separate planned independent requirements for a combination of material, plant, version, requirements plan number, and external requirements plan ID. For more information about PIRs in the standard ERP system, see Planned Independent Requirements (PIRs).