Technical name: SAP_BW_0ROLE_0061

The MRP controller is responsible for material requirements planning and material availability.

They ensure that the materials required to manufacture finished products or superior assemblies are available on time. They evaluate the material requirements planning that generates receipts (order proposals) for customer requirements and the planned independent requirements of the finished products. As a result of these receipts, secondary requirements are created for the subordinate assembly or materials that must in turn be covered by receipts.

Depending on the company structure, the MRP controller can be responsible for the material availability for the entire production chain of a product as well as for the material availability of certain production levels.

They can use key figures such as range of coverage and exception messages to help them complete their tasks.

The MRP controller's tasks include:

• Executing and monitoring material requirements planning

• Converting order proposals

• Monitoring stocks and range of coverage

The MRP controller monitors stocks, carries out order and material analyses, operation and work center analyses, as well as quality analyses. To accomplish these tasks, BW provides Business Content information in the form of workbooks. Each task corresponds to a cluster of one or more workbooks. The workbooks contain one or more queries that yield the relevant information. The tasks (clusters) are logically grouped together into task areas (subchannels). The following workbooks are available for the MRP controller: