Material Requirements Planning: New Functions in t (SAP Library

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Material Requirements Planning: New Functions in the MRP List and in the stock/requirements list.

Description

In release 3.0, several new functions are available for the evaluation of the planning run:

1. new functions for searching in lists

2. daily grouping of the dependent requirements

3. flexible display of the "extended header"

4. display of the receipt date as availability date or date of the goods receipt

5. possible to save settings in the MRP list and in the stock/requirements list

6. possible to save the last selected standard unit of measure

7. reorganization of the MRP lists

8. material memo

These new functions are explained in the following functions.

1. New functions for searching in lists

a) Exception messages are highlighted on accessing the evaluation so that the MRP controller can recognize exceptional situations immediately. This means that all the lines with exception messages are highlighted to start off with. You can search either according to the date or according to planning segments.

b) All exception messages for a material can be indicated as processed. In this case, the MRP list is flagged with the processing indicator. The system then checks in the following planning run whether the exception message has already appeared for the same MRP element and these are automatically flagged as processed.

c) With the function Search (select Edit -> Search), the system displays a list of the exception messages that are contained in the current MRP list. You also see how often an exception message appears in this evaluation. A selection according to planning segment is also available which you can use if various segments exist in the MRP list. You can also select according to the dates of the MRP elements.
In this list, you can select which exception messages are to be highlighted. Thus, you can select, for example, the exception messages that have high priority for processing purposes. It is also possible in the MRP list to select only processed and unprocessed exception messages. Processed exception messages have occurred in previous planning runs for the MRP element. Unprocessed exception messages are those that are new in the last planning run.

d) With the key, "Continue search", you can spring from one highlighted exception to another. If you have already defined that only specific exceptions are to be displayed with the function Exception selection, then the system only springs to these particular messages and ignores the others.

e) In the collective display of the MRP list, the MRP controller can make selections using the selection criteria, only unprocessed exception messages. The system then only displays the materials which received new, unprocessed exception messages in the planning run.

2. Daily grouping of dependent requirements

With the indicator, grouping requirements in the material master record (MRP 2 screen), the following settings can be made for the MRP evaluation:
If several dependent requirements exist on one day, they are groued together into one dependent requirement. In the MRP list and in the stock/requirements list, only one dependent requirement is displayed per day.
At the same time the system displays the number of dependent requirements that are grouped together in the line where the total daily requirements are displayed.
In the MRP list and in the stock/requirements list, the following settings are possible:

Grouping dependent reuqirements of a selected day:
Position the cursor on one of the dependent requirements of the selected day and choose, Settings -> Reqmts grouping -> Group daily reqmts.

Grouping dependent requirements for all days on which more than one requirement was created:
Select, Settings -> Reqmts grouping -> Group all together.

Opening an individual daily requirement that has been grouped together:
Position the cursor on the dependent requirement and open the daily dependent requirement with a double- click of the mouse.

Opening all daily dependent requirements that are grouped together:
Select, Settings -> Grouping reamts -> Display all lines

1. Flexible display of the "extended header"

The detailed header provides an overview of master data and movement data for each material. This data is grouped together in release 3.0 in individual screens per topic which you can scroll through in the MRP list and in the stock/requirements list. You can also display an extended version of the detailed header, that contains all pre-defined data for the material.

You use the MRP type to control which screens are to be displayed in the MRP evaluation.

For this purpose, the screens are arranged according to screen sequences in Customizing. The screen sequences are provided with keys that are then allocated to the MRP type. Therefore, it is possible, for example, to display other master data for materials that are planned using consumption-based planning methods from materials that are planned using MRP techniques.

A special screen is defined for the MRP list where the MRP date, the processing indicator, the MRP controller, and the following new functions are displayed:

number of exception messages per exception group

processing date, that is the date on which the processing indicator was set

indicator that displays whether new exception messages were created

You can either change the preset screen sequence from SAP, or you can allocate other MRP types or you can define new screens using SAP-SCREEN PAINTER. You can find more information on this in the Implementation Guide for MRP.

1. Displaying the receipt date as availability date or the date of the GR

In the stock/requirements list, you can set the MRP date for the receipt elements as either the availability date or the date of the goods receipt. The availability date is the date that results from adding the goods receipt processing time to either the order finish date or the delivery date. The date of the goods receipt is the order finish date or the delivery date, that is the date that production has been completed or the delivery date. To switch from one date to the other, select Settings -> Receipt date -> Availability or Goods receipt.

1. Saving the last selected standard unit of measure

It is possible to define the standard unit of measure in that the evaluations are to be displayed according to your needs. The following standard units of measure are available:

base unit of measure

order unit

unit of issue

production unit

export unit

To do this, proceed as follows: select the input entry help on the field, Unit . In the dialog box that appears, the standard unit of measure is displayed for the material in the third column. Select a standard unit of measure, for example the order unit. The result of this selection is that when this user branches into either the stock/requirements list or the MRP list, all the materials (for which a unit of measure has been maintained) will be displayed in the respective order unit.

1. Saving the settings in the MRP list and in the stock/requirements list

The following settings can be set to suit your own requirements:

access with detailed header

period totals display

display of the multi-option column in the period totals

settings for the selection in the collective display of the MRP list

With the function Settings -> Selection parameters -> Save, all the settings are saved that were selected while processing the current list.

1. Reorganization of the MRP lists

A report is available for reorganizing the MRP lists which can be found in the MRP menu under the mennu option, Environment. By entering the selection criteria, plant, material, and MRP date, the system deletes all the MRP lists from the database that are no longer required.
This report can also be started in a test session. You can also instruct the system to print out a list of the deleted MRP lists.

1. Material memo

It is possible to create a memo for every MRP list or stock/requirements list. To do this, select Goto -> Material memo.

Change system parameters in customizing

For the flexible organization of the detailed header, you must make the following settings in Customizing:

a) Allocation of sequences to screen sequences.

Please read the Implementation Guide for more information on this topic.

Proceed

a) The sequence key is allocated to the MRP type.

Please read the Implementation Guide for more information on this topic.

Proceed