You can maintain a minimum lot size, a maximum lot size and a rounding profile for each quota item.

The minimum lot size, maximum lot size or rounding profile that you have maintained in the quota item override the entries in the material master and are valid for the assigned sources of supply. If you have maintained the minimum or maximum lot size in the material master, the values that you have entered there are valid for all sources of supply.

The minimum lot size defines a minimum quantity for the procurement proposal. If a source of supply is determined on the basis of the quota arrangement logic, for which a minimum lot size has been entered and if the requirement quantity is smaller, the system creates the procurement proposal for the amount of the minimum quantity.

The maximum lot size determines the largest possible quantity for the procurement quantity. If a requirement exceeds the maximum lot size recorded for the quota item, then several procurement proposals are created for the maximum lot size until the total requirement is covered. If there is a remaining quantity that is smaller than the maximum lot size, the last procurement proposal is created to cover the amount of this rest quantity.

To avoid a situation where more than one order proposal is created per requirement for a source of supply, with the maximum lot size, you can set the Only once indicator for this particular source of supply. This source of supply is then only used once per requirement.

If a quota item with a rounding profile is selected, then the quantity of the procurement proposal is adjusted according to the rounding profile.