1. Planned independent requirements are created for the production plan. The material number of the "planning" material is entered. The expected total requirements for all variants are created. For information on how to create planned independent requirements, see Creating Planned Independent Requirements with Reference or Creating Planned Independent Requirements Without a Reference.

The system finds requirements type VSEV because the strategy group has been set to 63.
See the Table of Planning Strategy Assignments.

2. The requirements are passed on to MRP. The stock/requirements list (Logistics ® Production ® MRP ® Evaluations ® Stock/reqmts list) displays the following information for the planning material.

Date	MRP element	MRP element data	Received/ required quantity	Available quantity
<today>	Stock			0
<today>	® Planning w/o assembly
<reqdat1>	IndReq	VSEV	100 -	100 -
<reqdat2>	IndReq	VSEV	100 -	200 -
<reqdat3>	IndReq	VSEV	100 -	300 -

1. Procurement requisitions are created in the MRP run (Logistics ® Production ® MRP ® Total planning). The stock/requirements list of the planning material displays the following information:

Date	MRP element	MRP element data	Received/ required quantity	Available quantity
<today>	Stock			0
<today>	® Planning w/o assembly
<reqdat1>	PlOrd.	1234/IndR	100	100
<reqdat1>	IndReq	VSEV	100 -	0
<reqdat2>	PlOrd.	1235/IndR	100	100
<reqdat2>	IndReq	VSEV	100 -	0
<reqdat3>	PlOrd.	1236/IndR	100	100
<reqdat3>	IndReq	VSEV	100 -	0

 

These procurement requisitions are the starting point for production or external procurement. Various possibilities exist for handling the actual production process. The following factors, however, are important for this strategy:

· Stock is not taken into account.

· The planned orders are not yet "real," because the variant product cannot be produced until after receipt of the sales order. Technically speaking, the planned orders have order type (VP). It is impossible to convert these (VP) planned orders into production orders, or to use them in a repetitive manufacturing environment. The Conversion field in the display of the planned order is not set, which indicates that it is not possible to produce this planned order.

2. The MRP run also creates procurement requisitions for the components. The stock/requirements list for the component ROH63A, for example, is as follows:

Date	MRP element	MRP element data	Received/ required quantity	Available quantity
<today>	Stock			0
<reqdat1>	PlOrd.	1237/Stck	100	100
<reqdat1>	DepReq	PLANNINGMATL	100 -	0
<reqdat2>	PlOrd.	1238/Stck	100	100
<reqdat2>	DepReq	PLANNINGMATL	100 -	0
<reqdat3>	PlOrd.	1239/Stck	100	100
<reqdat3>	DepReq	PLANNINGMATL	100 -	0

 

3. The main objective of this strategy has now been reached: procurement for the components has been triggered, even without sales orders, based on the sales forecast from Demand Management only. Procurement of the components can occur in a variety of ways. Here we are assuming that a goods receipt (for a purchase order, for example) takes place. The stock/requirements list for all components of the planning material displays the following information:

1. A sales order for a variant material is entered

· Suppose that, for this example, an order with a quantity of 90 pieces is entered with a required delivery date of today. This order can be confirmed after the first planned independent requirement date <reqdat1>, if :

· The consumption parameters have been maintained correctly ( Consumption mode, Bwd consumption per., Fwd consumption per.) in the planning material.

· This date and the planned independent requirements can be found.

For more information, see Consumption Strategies and Logic.

2. After the sales order has been entered, the stock/requirements list of the variant material looks like this:

Date	MRP element	MRP element data	Received/ required quantity	Available quantity
<today>	Stock			0
<orderdat1>	Order	00035/0010/001	90 -	0

 

3. The stock/requirements list for the planning material changes as shown below because an allocation has taken place:

Date	MRP element	MRP element data	Received/ required quantity	Available quantity
<today>	Stock			0
<today>	® Planning w/o assembly
<reqdat1>	PlOrd.	1234/IndR	100	100
<reqdat1>	IndReq	VSEV	10 -	90
<reqdat2>	PlOrd.	1235/IndR	100	190
<reqdat2>	IndReq	VSEV	100 -	90
<reqdat3>	PlOrd.	1236/IndR	100	190
<reqdat3>	IndReq	VSEV	100 -	90

 

4. At component level, the requirement from the planning material has been switched to a requirement from the variant material (SZ-63 in this example). The sum of the requirements stays the same.

Date	MRP element	MRP element data	Received/ required quantity	Available quantity
<today>	Stock			300
<orderdat1>	DepReq	SZ-63	90 -	210
<reqdat1>	DepReq	PLANNINGMATL	10 -	200
<reqdat2>	DepReq	PLANNINGMATL	100 -	100
<reqdat3>	DepReq	PLANNINGMATL	100 -	0

1. After a second planning run, the stock/requirements list of the variant material is as follows:

Date	MRP element	MRP element data	Received/ required quantity	Available quantity
<today>	Stock			0
<orderdat1>	PlOrd.	000335/Stck	90	90
<orderdat1>	Order	00035/0010/001	90 -	0

 

The planned order (‘Stck’) for the variant material can now be converted to either a production order, a process order, or allow backflushing in the repetitive manufacturing process. This triggers the production after sales order stage. Production of this material can now be executed quickly because all the necessary components are available.

2. After creation and release of the production order (for the variant product) the stock/requirements situation remains the same. This means that the planned order is replaced by a production order.



Working with production orders is only one option for production. This process is also possible in the area of repetitive manufacturing.

At component level (ROH63x), the dependent requirements ("DepReq" in the planned order) are replaced by an order reservation ("OrdRes" in a production order).

3. Perform a Goods Receipt for the "variant" material, after production. Note the increase in available stock in the stock requirements list of the variant material.