In this scenario, planned independent requirements are created as follows for the production plan. For information on how to create planned independent requirements, see Creating Planned Indep endent Requirements with R eference or Creating Planned Independent Requirements Witho ut a Reference .

The system finds requirements type LSF because the strategy group has been set to 10. See the Table of Planning Strategy Assignments .

The requirements are passed on to MRP. The stock/requirements list (  Logistics Production MRP Evaluations Stock/reqmts list) displays the following information:

Stage 2: Procurement Before Sales

Procurement requisitions are created in the MRP run (  Logistics Production MRP Total planning ). The stock/requirements list displays the following information:

These procurement requisitions are the starting point for production or external procurement. Various possibilities exist for handling the procurement process in the system. One option is to convert the planned order into a production order, then release the production order and a goods receipt of the yield quantity. It is also possible, however, to use returns or other goods movements for make-to-stock production.

After goods receipt for the order, the stock/requirements list displays the following information:

Stage 3: Sales Order

 A sales order is created for 90 units (Logistics Sales and distribution Sales Order Create).

Note the following:

It is possible to confirm any quantity up to the stock quantity (100 pieces in this example) under  Edit Check availability.

The system will find the requirement type KSL (under the Procurement type tab title) because the strategy group has been set to 10 and it is not possible to select another requirement type. The table of planning strategy assignments shows this mechanism.

The system finds the schedule line category CP and the item category TAN because the item category group was set to NORM.

After the sales order has been entered, the stock/requirements list displays the following information:

In net requirements planning according to strategy 10, the order does not create a requirement; the sales order is displayed, but does not generate planned orders. In the above table, you can see that the order does not reduce the Available quantity in the right-hand column which remains at 100 pieces. When you perform the availability check (in the sales order or in the stock/requirements list, choose  List Calculate ATP quantity ), only 10 pieces are available.

The planned quantity is still 100 pieces. The source of the requirement is the independent requirement alone. The planned independent requirement is unchanged, and no allocation is carried out.

Stage 4: Procurement After Sales