Material that is stored in crates or other standard containers and is requested -- independent of existing production orders -- as the quantity defined in the control cycle. With this material staging method, you use a separate transaction to order another full crate.

In the standard system, this object is always ordered manually. When a worker on the shop floor notices that a container or particular production storage bin is becoming empty, the worker uses the Warehouse Management (WM) or Production Planning Shop Floor Control (PP-SFC) component to replenish the bin using this transaction. You define the quantities required in the control cycle.

The request for the provision of these parts can be processed in the background as soon as you have entered the material, the production supply area, and the plant.