Planned Orders for Direct Procurement (SAP Library - Material Requirements Planning (PP-MRP))

Planned Orders for Direct Procurement

Use

The system creates planned orders for direct procurement during planning for components that are procured directly. Depending on which creation indicator for purchase requisitions you have set in the initial screen for the planning run, the system chooses between the following procedures:

if you have set indicator 1 (Purchase requisitions only), the system does not create any planned orders for direct procurement.
if you have set indicator 2 (Purchase requisitions in opening period), the system only creates planned orders for direct procurement after the opening period.
if you have set indicator 3 (Planned orders), the system only creates planned orders for direct procurement.

Features

Every planned order for direct procurement contains the number of the superior planned order (tab index Assignment, screen area Direct procurement). The requirement to be procured directly comes from the superior planned order.

The entry for the superior planned order is purely informative. If you double-click on the number, the display for the planned order appears.

You can change planned orders for direct procurement manually, but such changes are not advised, as they lead to inconsistencies and are overwritten by the next planning run. You should only change fields that are not critical, for example, where you add or delete a component, and then convert the planned order immediately.