AFS MRP List (SAP Library - Production Planning and Control)

AFS MRP List

Use

You use the display of the AFS MRP list to evaluate the result of the latest planning run. AFS has developed its own function for this. This function displays the result of the latest planning run taking the AFS-specific data into account (grid value and categories). The objective of the AFS MRP is to determine if there is a requirements shortage for an AFS material. The AFS MRP list displays the requirements shortage at SKU level with any corresponding MRP-relevant information.

Functions

You can select which data should be displayed in the MRP list, so that the AFS-specific data (grid values and categories) is easier and clearer to read (see Single-Item Planning). You can also include or exclude certain MRP statuses as well as certain stock and requirement numbers in the view.

The AFS MRP list contains the following data for each SKU:

Stock/ requirements category
Grid values
Quantity
Requirements date
Availability date
Requirement type, such as planned independent requirement
Stock type, such as production order
Requirement number, such as number of the sales order
Number of the stock element, such as the batch number or the number of the planned order
Indicator showing whether a certain stock element is fixed
Item number in the corresponding document
Storage location for batches
Number of the exception message
Additional information, such as the status of the production order or the end of the SKU horizon.

The MRP statuses help you better understand the stock/ requirement situation after the most recent planning run per SKU of the planned AFS material (see Importance of the AFS MRP Status).

The evaluation of the exception messages helps to indicate exceptional situations per SKU, such as the absence of a BOM or routing.

In the AFS MRP list you can also use the function to call the required components (both AFS and R/3 standard components) per MRP element of the planned AFS material. That way you can include the consumption of the AFS components at SKU level per MRP element in the evaluation of the latest MRP run.

To optimize the production cycle, you can form SKU groups using the AFS lot-sizing procedures during the planning (compare Lot Size Overview). That means that you can combine several SKUs of the planned AFS material to an SKU group during the AFS MRP run. Only a procurement proposal is then created for the grouped SKUs, for example a planned order number (material master). You can also create a procurement proposal for each SKU. For example, you can create a separate planned order number (material master) for each SKU. The AFS MRP list displays the result according to the settings you have made.

A further function especially developed for AFS MRP is the technical log (J_3AMPRO). Using this log you can make an error analysis of the AFS MRP run in the background, considering the MRP module (AFS Customizing).