Status

MPOs have their own status but no validity period (in contrast to the assignment of the MPO to a different object).

A material planning object can have the following statuses from SAP status management: Planned, Requested, Released by Material Owner, Approved, Locked, Flagged for Deletion, Deletion Requested, Obsolete , and Rejected . See also Status Networks .

Properties

For MPOs, you can assign properties using the following header data, tab pages, fields/field groups, and pushbuttons in the application Authorized Materials and Material Packages :

Header Data

Material Planning Object

The unique object ID of the MPO.

Description

The long name of the MPO.

Basic Data tab page

Material Owner

You specify who (organizational unit/force element, position, or person), as material owner, is responsible for processing the MPO. This enables you to control the assignment of authorizations for processing the objects.

MPO Material Master

For an MPO, you can define properties that belong to a material master record by default. When an MPO is created, the system automatically creates a material master record of the material type material planning object .

This material master record has a purely technical function (used for storing properties) and does not represent a specific material.

To edit the properties, you can navigate from this field to the Create/Change Material application (transaction MM01 or MM02). For more information about this application, see the documentation for the Materials Management component in SAP Library under SAP ERP Central Component → Logistics .

You can define the prefix for the names of the generated material masters by choosing Defense Forces and Public Security → Organizational Flexibility → Material Planning Objects and Material Packages → Assign Material Types . The name then comprises this prefix and the object ID of the MPO. (You can also assign material types to iPPE nodes if necessary.)

In this way, you can define data about the weight and measurements, for example, directly in the MPO (and independently of the assigned models and materials), or identify the object as military material (relevant for export regulations and arms control). See also Control Requirement for Arms/Weapons of War .

Status

You can choose this pushbutton to change the status of the MPO.

Classification by RIC

You can assign an MPO to a reportable item code .

Inheritance

Properties of an MPO that are managed in the material master can be passed on to material master records that are assigned as models and vice versa. The material group is inherited by default:

Material Group

The assignment to a material group (material groups group together several materials with the same properties). It is used to map the material group and class.

If the MPO’s material group is changed, the system checks whether all associated models are also assigned to the new material group. If this is not the case, the user is informed and the material group is changed in the material master records (models) involved.

In Customizing for Defense Forces & Public Security , you can define which properties are to be inherited and in which direction by choosing Organizational Flexibility → Material Planning Objects and Material Packages → BAdI: Inheritance.

The MPO material master and assigned material master records (models) for properties for which you have not set up inheritance are allowed to have different attributes (no additional effects).

Relocation-Relevant

Indicates whether the assigned material is relevant for relocation and whether it is to be exported to non-SAP systems for controlling relocation processes, if necessary.

Level of Detail

You set this indicator if you want to enable an MPO to be planned in detail and converted right up to serial number level.

In order to use this indicator in operational logistics, you must enter a serial number profile in the material master data for all materials that have been assigned as models to the MPO. Whether or not a material can or must be converted at serial number level depends on the serial number profile that has been entered for it.

Weights and Measurements

All the weights and measurements specified in the MPO material master and in material master records assigned using models.

You can use the above Business Add-In, BAdI: Inheritance , for the inheritance of weights and measurements.

OrgAreas tab page

In order to prevent an MPO being overplanned for a given organizational area, you can define subscribing organizational areas (see Force Element ) and the quantities planned for them.

You can check overplanning and underplanning using Report: Scheduled Material Planning Objects .

Additional Parts tab page

You can assign other MPOs to an MPO as additional parts. For more information, see MPOs as additional parts .

Components tab page

You can assign other MPOs to an MPO as components. Components are also mapped as MPOs and represent equipment that is a fixed part of the equipment it belongs to, but that is managed individually for planning reasons.

Components of an MPO are grouped together and assigned as a component BOM . This enables you to map alternative component BOMs.

Alternative

The name assigned automatically to the component BOM when it is created.

Description

The long name of the component BOM.

Status

The status of the component BOM.

Only one approved component BOM can exist for a particular MPO at any given time.

Models tab page

To specify MPOs in more detail, that is, to define possible materials, you assign material master records to MPOs as models .

Model

The name of the model.

Material

The short name of the associated material master record.

Description

The long name of the associated material master record.

Detailed Planning

You specify which model the system is to use as the default value.

Lock Flag

You can use the lock flag to exclude individual models from further use in the system.

Standard Price

The maximum cross-plant standard price of the assigned material master record.

MA Price

The moving average price or periodic unit price of the assigned material master record.

Classification tab page

On this tab page, you can assign an MPO a class from SAP R/3 classification. For more information, see the documentation for Classification System in the SAP Library under SAP ERP Central Component → Cross-Application Components → Classification.

WBS Elements tab page

The WBS elements assigned to the MPO.

Documents tab page

As in the case of force elements, you can also assign documents to MPOs. See also Documents .

Texts tab page

In the Description field, you can define one name for each language required, if necessary. The name assigned when the MPO is created is transferred automatically for the logon language.

Force Elements or Positions/Jobs tab page

Displays the objects to which the MPO is assigned as authorized materials. On these tab pages you can also make assignments. To do so, choose Append Row

Material Container tab page

An overview of the material containers (MCs) to which the MPO is assigned. You can also make assignments to MCs.

MC

The object ID of the MC to which the MPO is assigned.

Description

A description of the MC to which the MPO is assigned.

Number

The required number/quantity of the materials planned using the MPO.

Minimum Number / Maximum Number

The minimum/maximum number/quantity of the materials that are to be assigned and that are planned using the MPO.

Material Ind.

The material indicator used for the assignment.

Status

The status of the assignment of the MPO to the MC. The assignment can have the following statuses: Planned , Requested , Approved , Rejected, Locked, and Obsolete . You can choose this pushbutton to change the status of the assignment.

Storage

The properties of MPOs are stored in the following tables:

For this object, you can define your own fields, without the need for any extra modifications. To do so, use the include CI_PNMPO in table /ISDFPS/PNMPO.

To display details about an MPO that is assigned as authorized materials:

Choose the required object under Material Categories in the selection area in the Structures Workbench

Call up the required object for display in the application Authorized Materials and Material Packages

Material

You can navigate from a displayed material to the properties of the material master record.

You can display the MPOs assigned to a material in the application Create/Change/Display Material (transactions MM01, MM02, or MM03) in the material master ( Basic Data 1 tab page).

You can navigate to the MPO from the material.