Availability Check for Components in the Planned Order 

Use

You can check whether the quantity available for components in the planned order is sufficient to produce the planned order quantity on time.

Features

The system checks availability for planned orders only on request, that is, the planning run does not automatically check availability.

You can carry out the availability check

You can choose between two types of availability check:

You can see the type of availability check that was last carried out in the header of the planned order in the field entitled, Type of AvC.

You can carry out the availability check as often as you want with the following limitations:

You can switch off the availability check for certain materials. This is especially useful for materials that you know are always available in stock, such as screws. To make sure that these materials are not included in the check, you can set the indicator No check in the material master (view MRP 3) in the field Availability check.