Displaying Forecast Parameters in the Material Master 

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
    2.

    Menu Path

    Logistics ® Materials Management ® Material Master ® Material ® Display ® Display Current

    Transaction Code

    MM03

  2. Enter the following data:
    3.

    Field

    Europe

    North America

    Material

    99-120

    99-120

  3. Choose .

    4. In the Select view(s) dialog box, select MRP 1, MRP 2, and Forecasting, and choose .

  4. Enter the following data:
    5.

    Field

    Europe

    North America

    Plant

    1000

    3000

  5. Choose .

    6. The following fields are of particular interest (the data may change during the course of this process):

    Field

    Entry

    Description

    MRP type

    VV

    Forecast-based planning (forecast-controlled)

    Lot size

    EX

    Determines the precise planning of the values for MRP

    Rounding value

    10

    Round up the purchase quantity to a multiple of 10

  6. Choose the MRP 2 tab page.

    7. The following fields are of particular interest:

    Field

    Entry

    Description

    Safety stock

    Current data

    Determined by the system since the MRP type is VV

    Service level (%)

    Current data

    Influences the automatic determination of the safety stock

  7. Choose the Forecasting tab page.

    8. The following fields are of particular interest:

    Field

    Entry

    Description

    Period indicator

    M

    Forecast values are displayed for each month

    Number of periods required

    Various entries

    Specifies the number of periods for historical values and so on

    Control data

    Various entries

    Various control indicators

  8. Choose until the overview tree appears.