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Use

In reorder point planning, the net requirements calculation is only carried out once the stock level has fallen below the reorder level. Issue elements, such as, customer requirements, planned independent requirements, or reservations are only displayed and are not included in the net requirements calculation.

Prerequisites

You have set an MRP type for the material in the MRP Type field in the material master (View MRP 1) to Reorder point planning, for example VB or VM.

Features

Available warehouse stock is calculated as follows:

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If available warehouse stock falls short of the reorder level then the shortage quantity is the difference between these two.

The system specifies the date of the planning run as the requirements date.

Note

Safety stock is ignored when calculating the shortage quantity. However, if stock should fall below the safety stock level, the MRP controller receives an exception message.

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