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Activate MRP
and Set Up Planning File
In the IMG activity "Activate plant", you make
the settings required for carrying out the
planning run:
- Activating material requirements
planning
- Setting up the planning file
- Consistency check for the planning
file
Activate Material Requirements
Planning
You define the plants for which you want to
carry out MRP here. Entries are only to be made in the planning file once this
indicator has been set. This means:
- When creating a material, the material number
is entered in the planning file and the system sets the total change indicator
as well as the net change planning indicator
- Every time the material undergoes a change
relevant to the planning run, the system sets the total change indicator
and/or the net change planning indicator (depending on the planning
horizon).
Set up Planning
File
Here, you must carry out a background job for
creating the
planning file entries.
Choose "Set up planning file" if you want to
activate MRP for a plant whose material master data already exists in the
system. Thus, the materials are then included in the planning file.
The procedure for setting up the planning file
entries is as follows:
1. Create
variant for your background job.
2. You have two
options on how to proceed:
a) Using
Schedule, you can define when the background job is
to be started. The background job is then automatically started on the defined
date (date and time).
- By choosing Show
scheduling, you can display the scheduled background
jobs.
a) By choosing
Immediate start, the job is started immediately and
is carried out in the background.
Consistency Check for the Planning
File
The planning file
entries are checked to make sure that they are consistent by using a
background job. This program deletes planning file entries that are no longer
valid or adjusts them accordingly.
Carry out the
consistency check, if you:
- Deactivcate material requirements
planning
- Deactivate
materials planning for material master records by using the MRP
type "No planning"
Actions
Activating material requirements
planning
1. If
necessary, activate MRP for plants that are relevant to planning
2. Set up the
planning file for the appropriate plants
Deactivating material requirements
planning.
1. If
necessary, deactivate MRP in the appropriate plants.
2. Start the
background job which you use to delete the planning file entries in the
planning file that are no longer relevant.
Reorganize the materials in the planning file
by starting the background job that deletes the materials in the planning file
that are no longer relevant to the planning run.