Settings in the R/3 Material Master (SAP Library - Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS))

Settings in the R/3 Material Master

As well as the normal configuration of material master, you must make certain settings for the process to run as expected. When setting up the material master you must ensure that issuing a sales order for the material results in requirements in sales order stock. These requirements must consume forecasts in general plant stock.

The relevant settings are on the MRP tab pages in the standard system.

Tab page	Field	Required effect	Suggested Value
MRP 1	MRP type	MRP planning should not be carried out for the material. However requirements msut be transferred. This means you should not set value ND (no planning) in the standad system	X0
MRP 3	Strategy group	The strategy group must lead to a requirements class that has value 2 (Consume planning w/o assembly) for the Allocation indicator and stipulate the transfer of requirements. To confirm the sales order, you must also set the Availability indicator in the requirements class See also Planning Strategies in the SAP Library for R/3 Demand Management.	SAP recommends a strategy without final assembly. DO NOT use strategy 10 - for Make-to-Stock production (see Requirements Strategy)
MRP 3	Availability check	Check individual requirements	2

You can enter details for consumption here on the MRP 3 tab or in the product master in SAP APO. It is not important in which system you do this, but that you make the settings in one of the two systems. For more details, see Settings in the APO Product Master

See also:

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Defiine Requirements Class in the SAP R/3 Implementation Guide.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Material Master in the SAP Library for SAP R/3

Note 143314 for more detailled information on the Integration of APO and R/3 ith respect to production planning.