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Forecasting – Copy history
In forecasting it is fair to say that most forecast models only sensibly apply to high volume materials and that for low volume materials (although specific models exist)more manual intensive forecasting practices apply. A lot of customers prefer to use historical data one on one for the future predictions: May 2008 – 120 boxes sold [...]
MD04 – Download planning to Excel
Sometimes a planner wishes to share the planning status of a particular material with colleagues or partners that are not SAP users. In this case it is useful to download the planning overview to Excel and perhaps pimp the lay-out with some colorful headers. To do this -from within MD04 or MD07- go to Menu [...]
Batch determination for IM
This blog offers a quick guide on how to use standard SAP Batch Determination for a material transfer. For an internal goods movement we need SAP to pick the batch from stock with the earliest Shelf Life Expiration Date (SLED). We don’t want our fresh products terminate themselves from stock… 1. For this we will [...]
What is a planned independent requirement?
Independent requirements and dependent requirements are the two main types of requirements you encounter when configuring SAP planning. This is what they are:
Lot-size for continuous production and process industry
A suitable lot-size for continuous production can be hard to come up with. Picture the situation of a mineral oils manufacturer that refines crude oil to 3 co-products. The planner wishes to control the process flow to align the production with demand (i.e. the refinery is not continuously refining at the same speed as it [...]
MRP processing keys
NETCH, NETPL and NEUPL are three fundamentally different ways to schedule your MRP run: NETCH – Net Change Planning NETPL – Net Change Planning within Planning Horizon NEUPL – Regenerative Planning I will elaborate on these three options and their workings:
Different planning views
End-users can get confused about the difference between MD04 – Stock/requirement List and MD05 – MRP List. This post will give you the answer on when to use what report and why:
Replenishment to Maximum Stock Level
It is not uncommon that the use of the field Maximum Stock Level in the MRP1 tab in the Material Master leads to misinterpretations. This field can only be properly used together with lot-sizing procedure HB: Replenishment up to maximum stock level. This is commonly used for tanker planning where storage is limited to the [...]
Firming types in MRP
In a production environment it may not be preferable that new requirements on the short term can influence production quantities. The length of the term can be determined by the planning time fence. How MRP treats new requirements in this period can be determined using the firming type in customizing for MRP type:
Distribution of Planned Independent Requirements in MRP