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Material Requirements Planning: Rounding Profile

Description

You can enter a rounding profile in the material master record. This profile is used by the system to calculate the quantity for the order proposal in the planning run. The rounding profile is defined in Customizing.

If the following rounding profile is defined in Customizing:
2 -> 5
32 -> 40

This means the following: from a requirement of 2 units, the system rounds up to 5 units, from a requirement of 32 units, it rounds up to 40 units. In the following example, the unit of measure, "piece" is used.

Using these settings, the following situation can be organized. A material's base unit of measure is 1 piece. The order is to be deliveredin layers (one layer corresponds to 5 pieces) or in pallets (one pallet corresponds to 8 layers which corresponds to 40 pieces).

With these settings, the system calculates the order proposal quantity according to the following table:

Requirements	Order quantity
1	0
2	5
6	5
7	10
21	20
22	25
31	30
32	40
41	40
74	80

• For a requirement of 7 pieces, the system checks how often 5 can be divided by 7. This results in an order quantity of 5 pieces (1x5=5). The system rounds up the remaining 2 pieces to 5 pieces. Thus, for a requirement of 7 pieces, one order proposal is created for 10 pieces.

• For a requirement of 21 pieces, the system checks how often 21 can be divided by 5. This results in an order quantity of 20 pieces (4x5=20). As the remaining quantity is unter 2, the quantity is not rounded up. Thus, for a requirement of 21 pieces, an order proposal is created for 20 pieces.

• For a requirement of 74 pieces, the system checks how often 74 can be divided by 40. This results in an order quantity of 40 pieces (1x40=40). The system rounds up the remaining 34 pieces to 40 pieces. Thus, for a requirement of 74 pieces, an order proposal is created for 80 pieces.