Checking Group  

You must allocate those material components for which you want to check material availability to a checking group. You do this in the material master record.

In the checking group, you can specify:

If the material lock indicator is set, the committed quantities are kept in a lock table. This allows for more exact results since the inspection results for an order are taken into account when checking other orders (before you save the order).

It is a good idea to use the check with the cumulative ATP quantity, because you can avoid inconsistencies in the commitment situation, which may arise if there is a change in the date of expected goods receipts.

The checking group is used to group materials that are to be checked according to the same criteria (see Checking Scope).

You can also switch off the availability check for a particular checking group. Materials with such checking groups then do not take part in the check.

You must also enter a checking group in the material master record (MRP screens / Sales data screens) of the assemblies/components for which the availability check against planned independent requirements is to be carried out. The system uses the checking group to control whether the check against planned independent requirements is allowed. You can make the following settings for the checking groups:

If this option has been selected for the checking group, no check against planned independent requirements can be carried out in the planned order for this component. However, the material can still be included in the availability check according to ATP logic.

If this option has been selected for the checking group, the availability check against planned independent requirements can always be carried out in the planned order for this component. At the same time, it is also possible to carry out the availability check according to ATP logic for this material.

If this option has been selected for the checking group, the system can only carry out the check against planned independent requirements when dealing with phantom assemblies (special procurement key phantom assembly). At the same time, it is also possible to carry out the availability check according to ATP logic for this material.

These settings for the checking groups are made in Customizing for Sales and Distribution (Define Checking Groups), in the Relevance during check against planning field.