Definition

Assignment of a force element to a plant, MRP area, and storage location for managing the inventory of non-consumable goods.

Use

For a force element, you maintain material as a stock element, which represents the non-consumable goods. This material is compared to the authorized materials as actual.

Force element that is accountable for stock

A force element that is indicated as accountable for stock has its own MRP area (stock MRP area) that can include the following storage locations:

The storage location in which the material used by the force element is held in stock (stock storage location)

The storage locations that may be used as stock storage locations for lower-level force elements that are not accountable for stock

Force element that is not accountable for stock

This force element does not have its own MRP area. To manage the inventory, it uses a storage location from the upper-level force element that is accountable for stock.

Structure

The following fields and pushbuttons are available in the Structures Workbench on the Stock/Provisions tab page in the Stock Element screen area:

Plant

The plant to which the force element is assigned

Accountable

Indicates that the force element is accountable for the stock of its own actual materials, as well as the actual materials of lower-level force elements. If you set this indicator, you can create an MRP area for the force element with subsequent storage locations.

MRP Area

For the assigned plant of a force element that is accountable for stock, you create a stock MRP area with the relevant storage locations and assign these to the force element.

To create or change the MRP area, choose Create or Display <-> Change . If required, select an MRP area as a template. The template is displayed on the tab pages that then appear:

The following fields are displayed on the MRP Area tab page:

MRP Area (The number of the MRP area.)

Type (key that defines whether the MRP area is assigned to a complete plant or to a storage location. The MRP area types Plant and Storage Location are supported within inventory management for force elements. In the case of the type Plant , the MRP area is a whole plant. In the case of the type Storage Location the MRP area comprises one or more storage locations. This means that within the force element, one Plant MRP area type exists for each plant. This type contains all the storage locations that are not assigned to MRP areas with the type Storage Location )

Name (description of the MRP area)

Plant (key that describes the plant to which the MRP area is assigned.)

You can either assign an existing MRP area or define a new one.

On the Stor. Loc. tab page, you can specify the storage locations for the MRP area. You can either create new storage locations or copy existing storage locations as a template. Indicate a storage location as preferred. For the operational processes, you must enter additional data in the detail view for the storage location. To do so, choose Details for Selected Stor.Loc.

You must also create a sales area (sales organization, distribution channel, division) for the storage location.

When you save the MRP area, the object ID of the force element and the suffix_Sare automatically assigned as the name. As a result, the MRP area is unique across all plants.

You can also change the stock MRP area for force elements that have the status Active.

Stor. Loc

Stock storage locationin which the actual materials for the force element are held in stock. This makes it possible to compare the actual materials with the authorized materials.

For a force element that is accountable for stock, select a storage location that belongs to the MRP area of the force element.

For a force element that is not accountable for stock, select a storage location that belongs to the MRP area of the higher-level force element that is accountable for stock.

MRP Area and SLoc pushbuttons

When you have made these assignments, you can:

Choose MRP Area to display the stock of actual materials for the entire MRP area of a force element that is accountable for stock.

Choose SLoc to display the stock of actual materials in the stock storage location of the force element.

See also Reports: Stock Levels and Provision Levels .

Example

This example displays the accountable force element1234with one stock MRP area and two assigned storage locations. Storage location1000is the force element’s own stock storage location. Storage location2000is the stock storage location for the lower-level force element2345,which is not accountable for stock.