
Sample Scenario: Strategy 89
Process Flow
Stage 1a: Creating Inactive Planned Independent Requirements
Planned independent requirements are entered exactly as described in stage 1 of strategy 56. In other words, usage probabilities are entered for characteristics.
With this strategy the planned independent requirements have to be entered in an inactive version. Make sure that the checkbox ‘active’ is not marked. Use a special version, for all materials using this strategy, because long term planning requires a special version later on.
You cannot see the planned independent requirement in the stock/requirements list, because it is not active.
Stage 1b: Creating and Releasing the Planning Scenario in Long Term Planning:
Long Term Planning utilizes the version numbers entered before to differentiate these simulative versions from the demand program’s operative versions. In long term planning you can either create new versions of planned independent requirements or you can copy existing planned independent requirements to a simulative version number. A special report is available for copying existing versions.
Create and release a planning scenario using Logistics à Production à Master Planning à Long-Term Planning à Scenario à Create. This scenario provides the control data for long-term planning.
Long Term Planning is here used as a tool only. Refer to the online documentation PP Long Term Planning for further information.
Stage 1c: Carry out MRP for Long Term Planning
Similar to the operative planning there exist among others single item and multiple item MRP programs for the long term planning. Use one of these programs (e.g. Logistics à Production à Master Planning à Long-Term Planning à Long-term planning à Planning run à As backgroud job for the created scenario) to create simulative dependent requirements in the long-term planning
For the configurable material there is only a stock/requirements list in long term planning, which could look as follows:
Date |
MRP element |
MRP element data |
Received/ |
Available quantity |
<today> |
Stock |
0 | ||
<today> |
--à |
Planning w/o assemb. |
||
<reqdat1> |
Ind Req |
VSE |
100- |
100- |
<reqdat2> |
Ind Req |
VSE |
100- |
200- |
<reqdat3> |
Ind Req |
VSE |
100- |
300- |
Stage 1d: Transferring Requirements
In order to plan and consume requirements in the operative system, the simulative requirements created in long term planning must be copied to the operative system as independent requirements. This is accomplished by Logistics à Production à Master Planning à Long Term Planning à Planned indep. requirements à Copy sim requirements; specify the independent requirements target version, and the ‘Date Type’ in the aggregation field. The system will copy the simulative requirements from long term planning to the operative system.
Now there exist planned independent requirements for the components of the configurable material that have been set up according to master data setup (i.e. strategy 70, Mixed Indicator 1, and Individual/Collective Indicator 2). They have exactly the same properties as planned independent requirements created manually as described in ‘Planning at Assembly Level (70)’ in chapter 3.
For a component, which was planned with a usage probability of 40%, the following stock/requirements list in the operative planning results:
Date |
MRP element |
MRP element data |
Received/ |
Available quantity |
<today> |
Stock |
0 | ||
<reqdat1> |
IndReq |
VSFB |
40- |
40- |
<reqdat1> |
PlOrd |
001234/ExtP |
40+ |
0 |
<reqdat1> |
IndReq |
VSFB |
40- |
40- |
<reqdat1> |
PlOrd |
001235/ExtP |
40+ |
0 |
<reqdat1> |
IndReq |
VSFB |
40- |
40- |
<reqdat1> |
PlOrd |
000126/ExtP |
40+ |
0 |
The procurement proposals lead to the stock for the components.
Stage 2: Procurement before Sales
The procurement of components is started based on the planned independent requirements created in stage 1 similar to strategy
Planning at Assembly Level (70).Stage 3 and 4: Sales Order and Procurement after Sales
The sales order is created for the configurable material. No consumption takes place on the level of the configurable material.
The operative MRP run creates dependent requirements for the components. Opposed to the strategy,
Characteristics Planning w/ Dependent Req'ts (56) the requirements for the components are allocated to the planned independent requirements for the components, because the components should be planned with strategy 70.In comparison to strategy 56 only the "right" components get allocated, when entering a sales order.

For the component mentioned above the following stock/requirements list in the operative planning results:
Date |
MRP element |
MRP element data |
Received/ |
Available quantity |
<today> |
Stock |
100 | ||
<reqdat1> |
DepReq |
DPC1 |
10- |
90 |
<reqdat1> |
IndReq |
VSFB |
30- |
60 |
<reqdat2> |
In dReq |
VSFB |
40- |
20 |
<reqdat3> |
IndReq |
VSFB |
40- |
20- |
<reqdat3> |
PlOrd |
000126/ExtP |
20+ |
0 |
Stage 5: Goods Issue
The goods issue of the components reduces the planned independent requirements for the components. The goods issue of the configurable material has no consequences, because the planned independent requirements for the configurable material are not active.