You can use the splitting quota arrangement to distribute a procurement proposal among various sources of supply, that is, split them up.

In the material master (MRP 1 view), you have assigned a lot-sizing procedure with splitting quotas for the materials to be included in this procedure.

The order quantity is calculated according to the following formula:

The quota-allocated quantity of a source of supply or the quota rating is not relevant for the splitting quota.

The system splits the requirements according to the sequence that is defined by the quota, that is, the vendor with the highest quota is selected first. The sequence defined by the quotas can be overruled by priorities. This means that vendors that have been allocated priorities are always selected first. The quantity, however, is always calculated according to the formula above using the quotas.

The minimum quantity for the splitting quota determines that the lot has to amount to the minimum quantity (at least) before it can be split.

If a requirement is smaller than the minimum quantity, the system only selects the vendor whose turn it is according to the quota arrangement calculation, that is, it is processed on the basis of the allocation quota arrangement procedure and is not split.

If a requirement quantity has already been split and the remaining quantity causes a lot that is smaller than the minimum quantity, the system does not further split this quantity. The remaining quantity is assigned to the source of supply with the lowest quota rating.