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Function documentationCreation of Subcontracting Purchase Requisitions from MRP

 

The planner can configure the MRP process so that subcontracting purchase requisitions are created directly, without firstly converting a planned order. Typically this is used by organizations that have no internal maintenance capacity, or for parts whose repair requires complex equipment and processes.

To directly create a subcontracting purchase requisition, the material must have a bill of materials (BOM) that has a BOM item that is designated as a repairable component (material provision indicator (MPI) S).

If this BOM item has a part that is the same as the part that needs repair, a purchase requisition is created with subcontracting type 1. If the part to be repaired is, for example, getting phased out, the material in the BOM and the material returned will have different material numbers, so a purchase requisition is created with subcontracting type 2. The planner can go to the purchase requisition and adopt the details as required.

Prerequisites

In addition to the configuration settings made in Converting Planned Orders to Subcontracting Purchase Requisitions, you must check the following:

  • The material for which you want to create a subcontracting purchase requisition must have a BOM.

  • The MPI for the BOM part must be set to S

  • The part must be MRP-relevant with the special procurement indicator in the MRP 2 view of the material master set to Subcontracting.

More Information

For more information on making the required MRP settings, see Procurement Type and Special Procurement Type.