You can transfer the data from the forecast or Sales & Operations Planning of the standard SAP system to the SAP Fashion Management system and use it for the production planning while considering the specific characteristics of the fashion articles. The requirements planning processes uses this data to fulfill the requirements, such as sales orders, with the existing or planned stock.

The main function of material requirements planning is to guarantee article availability, that is, it is used to procure or produce the requirement quantities on time both for internal purposes and for sales and distribution. This process involves the monitoring of stocks and, in particular, the automatic creation of procurement proposals for purchasing and production.

MRP on HANA now supports articles with segmentation.