Definition

Minimum procurement quantity of a receipt.

Use

If you define a minimum lot size, the system can only create receipts with a procurement quantity that does not fall short of the minimum lot size. To cover a requirement whose requirements quantity (for in-house production plus assembly scrap ) falls short of the minimum lot size, the system must create a receipt with the minimum lot size.

You can use the minimum lot size for the following standard lot-sizing procedures:

In addition, some heuristics consider the minimum lot size. The minimum lot size is not relevant for manually creating a receipt; here the system always creates a receipt with the required yield.

Example

You have defined a minimum lot size of 100 pieces and an assembly scrap of 20% for a product produced in-house. To cover an uncovered requirement of 40 pieces, 50 pieces must be produced altogether, taking the assembly scrap into account. Due to the minimum lot size of 100 pieces, however, the system creates a receipt with a procurement quantity of 100 pieces (corresponding to a yield of 80 pieces).