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Process Flow For Material Requirements Planning With MRP Areas
Process Flow For Material Requirements Planning With MRP Areas
This wiki aims at providing an overview of Process flow for Material Requirements Planning with MRP Areas and the key
configuration required for the same.
MRP Area
MRP Area can be defined as an organizational unit in which material requirements planning can be carried out individually.
The different types of MRP Areas that can be defined and planned independently are Plant MRP Area, MRP Areas for
Storage Locations and MRP Areas for Subcontractors.
These process steps describe the configuration needed and the master data that is to be maintained in order to be able
to carry out material requirements planning at MRP area level.
- Individual planning file entries at Plant MRP area are converted to individual file entries at MRP
area level.
Navigation: SPRO > Production > Material Requirements Planning > Planning File Entries > Convert Planning File Entries
for MRP Areas
In the IMG activity Activate MRP for MRP areas, set the MRP area active indicator.
Navigation: SPRO > Production > Material Requirements Planning > Master Data > MRP Areas > Activate MRP for MRP
Areas
The plant MRP area initially contains the plant together with all its storage locations and stock with subcontractors.
With storage locations MRP Areas and MRP Area for subcontractors which are planned separately, the plant MRP area is
reduced by the same number.
Storage location MRP areas consist of one or more number of storage locations.
Only one subcontractor can be assigned to an MRP area of the type subcontractor.
Navigation: SPRO > Production > Material Requirements Planning > Master Data > MRP Areas > Define MRP Areas
Plant MRP Area (Type 01)
Select New entries and create MRP area SLOC 0001 with MRP area type 02 as shown
Subcontractor MRP Area (Type 03)
Create MRP area Subcon MRP with MRP area type 03 with New Entries
Select Subcontractor for assignment
4. Assign MRP Areas to Materials
A material can be assigned to one or more MRP areas by creating a segment for each MRP area.
For each MRP area, individual MRP and forecast parameters can be defined which are different from those defined in the
material master at plant level
MRP Areas are assigned in MRP1 View of Material Master
Requirement for the Materials within Storage location MRP Area can be defined by entering PIR in
Stock Requirement List for Storage Location MRP Area before MRP Run
1. Material Requirements Planning with different MRP parameters can be carried out to suit different business scenarios.