Availability Check Against Planned Independent Requirements 

In the check against planned independent requirements, the system only checks the open planned independent requirement quantities created for the components. This means that the ATP quantity is not included in this availability check nor are receipts or stocks.

This type of availability check is most useful:

The system uses the open planned independent requirements quantity at component level to determine a committed quantity and this quantity is copied to the planned order header in the Committed quantity field. As opposed to the availability check according to ATP logic, however, the committed quantity is not recorded in the dependent requirements. The planned independent requirements of the components are not consumed by the committed quantity but by the complete dependent requirements quantity. In following availability checks, the system can only commit quantities for the amount of planned independent requirements that have not yet been consumed.

In the availability check against planned independent requirements, the following dates/quantities are not calculated:

The results of the check are displayed as follows:

For more information, please refer to the following sections:

Missing Parts List (Availability Check: Overview)

Missing Parts Overview

 

Settings for the Availability Check Against Planned Independent Requirements

You must maintain the following settings for the check against planned independent requirements:

You must enter a checking group in the material master records (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. The following options are available for setting the checking group:

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).

These settings for the checking groups are made in Customizing for Sales/Distribution (step entitled, Define checking groups), in the field entitled, Relevancy.

In the availability check against planned independent requirements, the checking group does not control the scope of the check as it is only carried out against planned independent requirements.

The following indicators must be maintained in the material master record to determine the period in which planned independent requirements are allowed to be consumed by dependent requirements.

If the availability check against planned independent requirements is accessed in assembly processing, the indicator Type of component check (TCC) must have been given the value ‘1’ (check against planned independent requirements) in the requirements class assigned to the corresponding planning strategy. For more information, see also Settings for Assembly Processing.