Define Requirements Classes (SAP Library

Define Requirements Classes

In this menu option, you define and maintain the requirement classes with which you control all functions relevant to requirements in logistics.

The requirement class controls the MRP and the requirements consumption strategy as well as the relevancy for planning. Specifications on the settlement of the requirement class, for example, the settlement profile and the results analysis key , are preferably used by Materials Management and do not have to be used when configuring the availability check and transfer of requirements.

The requirement class specifies the following points:

whether an availability check and a transfer of requirements is carried out for a transaction (for sales documents, fine tuning using the schedule line category is possible, see note),

whether the requirements are relevant for MRP,

the allocation indicator from the sales view which controls the settlement of customer requirements with requirements

whether an item is to be settled to an auxiliary account assignment,

the settlement profile,

the results analysis key.

Note

The availability check and transfer of requirements are controlled globally using the requirement class for all sales document types. For the sales document types, fine tuning is also possible at schedule line level. The specifications from the requirement class are transferred to the schedule lines as a default value and can be overwritten. Fine tuning of the sales document types using the schedule line category is described in the section "Defining the procedure for each schedule line category".

For information on independent requirements allocation and independent requirements reduction, see the manual "SD Sales". The configurations for independent requirements allocation are described in the Implementation Guide for Production Planning in the chapter "Demand Management".

Actions

1. Check first whether the requirement classes available in the standard version are sufficient for your demands.

2. If necessary, enter a new key for the requirement class, which can have up to three characters, and a description.

3. Specify whether an availability check and/or a transfer of requirements should be carried out for the requirement class. At requirements class level, the availability check can only be activated at the same time as the transfer of requirements. On the other hand, the transfer of requirements can be activated independently of the availability check.

4. Specify whether a requirement is relevant for MRP.

5. Specify for the allocation indicator whether a settlement of customer requirements with planned independent requirements should be carried out by allocating a consumption strategy to the requirement class. The allocation indicator corresponds to the settlement indicator which is maintained in planned independent requirements management. Customer requirements can only be settled with planned independent requirements types to which the same consumption strategy was allocated in independent requirements planning.

6. Specify the indicator for requirements reduction, if necessary.

Notes

You can make the settings for the requirements class which concern costing and account assignment in the following activity: Sales and Distribution -> Basic Functions -> Account Assignment/Costing -> Maintain requirements classes for costing/account assignment.