Since materials are planned at plant level, you must specify a plant in the Organizational Levels dialog box to access the MRP screen.
If you want to enter data specific to a storage location, you must also specify the storage location concerned. You must specify a storage location if you want a material to be included in storage location MRP. Storage locations are considered as independent units for MRP purposes.
If you want to create MRP data using a profile, you must specify an MRP profile in the Organizational Levels dialog box. For more information, see Profiles .
Discontinued Materials and Parts
See the following SAP library documentation:
Discontinued Parts in Material Requirements Planning (PP-MRP)
Discontinuation in Bills of Material (PP-BD-BOM)
Material Memo
You use this text to store additional MRP-relevant information for a specific plant. This text can also be accessed from the stock/requirements list. You enter your text in SAPscript in the language assigned to the plant. For information on how to use SAPscript, see the SAP library documentation BC Word-Processing in the SAPscript Editor .
MRP Areas
See MRP Areas in the SAP library documentation Material Requirements Planning (PP-MRP) .
The MRP areas pushbutton is visible only if your system administrator has activated the MRP areas for the whole client. Your system administrator does this in Customizing for Material Requirements Planning in Activate MRP for MRP Areas .
Planning Cycles
See Time-Phased Planning in the SAP library documentation Consumption-Based Planning (MM-CBP) .
Plant-Specific Material Statuses
See Material Statuses .
Production Versions
See Production Versions .
Variant Configuration (Configurable Materials and Variants)
See the SAP library documentation Variant Configuration (LO-VC) .