Caetano Almeida is a Center of Expertise support architect at SAP. He has ten years of experience in manufacturing and supply chain management, with a focus on production planning and MRP.

Explore planning with demand-driven and predictive MRP

... Preface ... 15

1 ... Introduction to MRP with SAP S/4HANA ... 19

1.1 ... MRP Basics ... 19

1.2 ... MRP within the Supply Chain in SAP Systems ... 20

1.3 ... MRP with SAP S/4HANA ... 24

1.4 ... Summary ... 28

2 ... MRP Basics ... 29

2.1 ... MRP Procedures ... 29

2.2 ... The MRP Planning Process ... 35

2.3 ... Summary ... 53

3 ... Master Data and Basic Settings ... 55

3.1 ... Material Master ... 56

3.2 ... Procurement Master Data ... 95

3.3 ... Planning File ... 126

3.4 ... Summary ... 128

4 ... Configuring MRP ... 131

4.1 ... Overall Plant Parameters ... 132

4.2 ... MRP Group ... 158

4.3 ... MRP Type ... 170

4.4 ... Lot-Sizing Procedure ... 174

4.5 ... Availability Check ... 178

4.6 ... MRP Areas ... 180

4.7 ... Parallel Processing ... 185

4.8 ... Summary ... 187

5 ... Running MRP ... 189

5.1 ... MRP Live versus Classic MRP ... 189

5.2 ... Classic MRP ... 193

5.3 ... MRP Live ... 211

5.4 ... Planning PP/DS Materials in MRP Live (One MRP Run) ... 221

5.5 ... Summary ... 223

6 ... Evaluating the MRP Results ... 225

6.1 ... Exception Messages ... 225

6.2 ... Rescheduling Checks ... 230

6.3 ... The Stock/Requirements List ... 235

6.4 ... MRP List ... 260

6.5 ... Information and Settings for Materials in MRP on SAP HANA ... 263

6.6 ... Order Report ... 264

6.7 ... Pegged Requirements ... 268

6.8 ... Evaluation of the Planning Situation ... 270

6.9 ... MRP Cockpit ... 272

6.10 ... Summary ... 301

7 ... Managing Planned Orders ... 303

7.1 ... Planned Orders ... 303

7.2 ... Planned Order Availability Check ... 308

7.3 ... Planned Order Conversion ... 311

7.4 ... Additional Options for Mass Processing ... 317

7.5 ... Summary ... 321

8 ... Advanced MRP Features ... 323

8.1 ... Subcontracting Planning ... 323

8.2 ... Planning Calendar ... 329

8.3 ... BOM Explosion Number ... 333

8.4 ... Parts Interchangeability ... 336

8.5 ... Range of Coverage Profile (Dynamic Safety Stock) ... 341

8.6 ... Summary ... 346

9 ... Demand Management ... 347

9.1 ... What Is Demand Management? ... 348

9.2 ... Planning Strategies ... 352

9.3 ... Creating a Demand Plan ... 368

9.4 ... Configuring Demand Management ... 374

9.5 ... Summary ... 377

10 ... Demand-Driven MRP ... 379

10.1 ... What Is DDMRP? ... 379

10.2 ... Setting Up DDMRP ... 386

10.3 ... Running DDMRP ... 400

10.4 ... Integrating DDMRP with SAP IBP ... 409

10.5 ... Summary ... 410

11 ... Long-Term Planning ... 413

11.1 ... Creating a Long-Term Planning Scenario ... 414

11.2 ... Running Long-Term Planning ... 419

11.3 ... Processing Simulative Planned Orders ... 422

11.4 ... Evaluating the LTP Results ... 426

11.5 ... Cleaning Up the Long-Term Planning Scenario ... 435

11.6 ... Summary ... 438

12 ... Predictive Material and Resource Planning ... 441

12.1 ... Prerequisites to Run pMRP ... 442

12.2 ... Creating a pMRP Simulation ... 443

12.3 ... Processing pMRP Simulations ... 448

12.4 ... Releasing the pMRP Simulation ... 456

12.5 ... Summary ... 457

13 ... Administering MRP ... 459

13.1 ... Housekeeping MRP ... 459

13.2 ... Troubleshooting MRP ... 464

13.3 ... Improving MRP Performance ... 478

13.4 ... Summary ... 492

14 ... Enhancing MRP ... 493

14.1 ... Enhancing Classic MRP ... 494

14.2 ... Enhancing MRP Live ... 498

14.3 ... Enhancing the SAP Fiori Applications of the MRP Cockpit ... 501

14.4 ... Summary ... 504

15 ... Migrating to SAP S/4HANA ... 505

15.1 ... Performing Readiness Check ... 505

15.2 ... Assessing Simplifications in MRP ... 507

15.3 ... Reviewing Custom Code ... 515

15.4 ... Evaluating New MRP Features ... 516

15.5 ... Summary ... 519

... Appendices ... 521

A ... Roadmap for MRP in SAP S/4HANA ... 521

B ... The Author ... 525

... Index ... 527