Planning Run

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Planning Run: Unit Objectives

At the conclusion of this unit,
you will be able to:
Distinguish between the various planning

run types and creation indicators for the

MRP run
Explain other important factors influencing

the planning run

Carry out MRP as single-item planning

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Planning Run: Business Scenario

You need to consider how the planning run

is to be executed, how the number of

materials to be planned can be limited
appropriately and which result the planning
run is supposed to have.

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Carrying Out the Planning Run

Plant

Planning run for one plant - background processing

(total planning)

Planning run for one plant - online (total planning)

Plant

Planning run for one material - online (single-item planning)

Material

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You can carry out the planning run as a total planning run for one specific plant. With this procedure,
all the materials that are relevant for planning are planned. It includes BOM explosion for BOM
materials.
The total planning run can be carried out online or in the background processing mode.
You can carry out the planning run as single-item planning. In this case, the planning run is carried out
for one particular material either single or multi-level. In single-item, single-level planning, the system
only plans the BOM level of the selected material. In single-item, multi-level planning, the system plans
the level of the selected material plus all the lower BOM levels.

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Planning File Entry

Customizing
MRP
Plant 1000

Material master record

Material

Material 1, Plant 1000

MRP type VB

Active
X

Planning file entry

Low-level Material
code
1
005
...

Plant

NETCH

NETPL

1000

Change relevant to
planning

...

Change relevant to
planning in planning
horizon
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The planning file contains entries for all the materials relevant to planning, provided that MRP is
activated for the plant.
The planning file controls the planning run and the scope of the planning.
When a change relevant to planning (for example, creation of a purchase order) occurs, a change
indicator is set in the planning file for the respective entry (file entry NETCH). When a change relevant
to planning occurs withing the planning horizon, another change indicator is set (file entry NETPL).
In Customizing, you can define the planning horizon as a plant parameter or as a MRP group
parameter.
Changes relevant to planning can be:
Changes involving stocks, provided they change the stock/requirements situation of the material
The addition of purchase requisitions, purchase orders, planned orders, sales requirements, forecast
requirements, dependent requirements or reservations.
Changes to fields relevant to planning of these goods receipts or issues or of the material master
record,
The deletion of goods receipts or goods issues.

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Planning Sequence
Finished product 1

BOMs
BOMs

Assembly 1
Component 1

Low-level
Low-level code
code 000
000
Low-level
Low-level code
code 001
001
Low-level
Low-level code
code 002
002

Finished product 2

Component 2

Assembly 2

Component 2

Component 2

Finished product 1

Assembly 1

Component 1

Component 3

Finished product 2

Assembly 2

Component 2

Component 4

Component 4

Component 3
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The low-level code is the lowest level that a material appears on in any bill of materials.
The low-level code controls the planning sequence: first, the low-level code 0 materials are planned,
then, the low-level code 1 materials are planned, and so on.

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Planning Run Types

NEUPL - Regenerative planning
Planning file entry
Low-level Material
code
005
...

Plant

...

1000

NETCH - Net change planning

Planning file entry
Low-level Material
code
005
...

Plant

NETCH

1000

...

NETPL - Net change planning in the short-term planning horizon

Planning file entry
Low-level Material
code
005
...

Plant

NETCH

NETPL

1000

...
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Requirements planning can be carried out for various numbers of materials. The planning run type
controls the scope of the materials to be planned. The planning run type is specified by the field
processing key in the entry screen.
The following types of MRP runs are possible:
Regenerative planning (processing key NEUPL): The system plans all materials which are included
in the planning file irrespective of all indicators.
Net change planning (processing key NETCH): The system only plans those materials which are
provided with the change indicator NETCH.
Net change planning in the short-term planning horizon (processing key NETPL): The system only
plans those materials provided with the change indicator NETPL.
On completion of the planning run, the appropriate indicator is automatically deletetd in the planning
file:
The system deletes the total change indicator and the net change indicator for a regenerative
planning run and a net change planning run.
The system only deletes the net change planning indicator for a net change planning run in the
planning horizon.

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Net Change Planning

NETPL:
NETPL:
Material
Material is
is planned
planned

Planning horizon

Time
Today

NETPL:
NETPL:
Material
Material is
is not
not planned
planned

Planning horizon

!!!

Time

Today

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In order to accelerate planning, it can be limited to a certain planning horizon. Only those requirements
that are within the planning horizon are covered by receipts.
Note: Due to the progress of time, requirements can occur in the planning horizon that have not yet
been covered by receipts. If no other changes relevant to planning occur, these requirements will only be
covered during the next planning run over the entire time frame. This is why this kind of planning run
should be carried out on a regular basis.
In Customizing, the planning horizon is defined as a plant or MRP group parameter.

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Creation Indicator
Creation indicator for purchase requisitions

2
PReq

3
Plnd
ord.

PReq

Plnd
ord.

- Opening period -

Creation indicator for schedule lines

2
PReq

Plnd
ord.

Sched.
line

PReq

Plnd
ord.

Sched.
line
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- Opening period

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The creation indicator controls the creation of planned orders or purchase requisitions, schedule lines,
and MRP lists.
By entering the creation indicator for purchase requisitions in the entry screen of the planning run, you
can control whether the system should directly create purchase requisitions or planned orders first.
If a schedule line exists for a material and the source list contains an entry relevant for planning,
schedule lines can also be created directly via materials planning. This is controlled by the creation
indicator for schedule lines in the entry screen of the planning run.
You can save the planning results in the form of MRP lists. The creation indicator for MRP lists
controls whether the system should always create an MRP list for all planned materials or whether it
should create an MRP list for certain materials depending on the exception message.
In total planning, the creation indicator in the entry screen is used for planning if no other plant or
MRP group parameters have been maintained for the material.

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Plant Parameters / MRP Group Parameters

Creation indicator for schedule lines
Purchasing department processing time
Rescheduling horizon
Planning horizon

Plant

Available stock
Number ranges and item numbers
Opening period
...

MRP
group

Creation indicator

Plant

Planning horizon

Rescheduling horizon
...

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Plant parameters are control parameters for material requirements planning which are defined in
Customizing for each plant.
The MRP group is an organizational object which is used to allocate certain control parameters for
MRP to a group of materials. If your company requires more detailed control of the planning for each
plant and you want to allocate control parameters to certain material groups that are different from the
plant definition, you can maintain MRP groups and MRP group parameters in Customizing.
You can allocate the MRP group in the material master record.
If an MRP group was allocated to a material type, it will default in the material master record.
In total planning, the system checks for each material whether the material was allocated a MRP group:
If no MRP group is allocated to the material, it is planned using plant parameters.
If a MRP group is allocated to the material, it is planned using MRP group parameters.
In single-item planning, the parameters entered in the entry screen are always used for planning.

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Planning Run: Summary

Two main options are available for carrying
out the MRP run: total planning online or in
background mode for all materials in a plant
relevant to planning or single-item planning
for an individual material.
MRP is based on entries in the planning file
entry table.
You can limit the number of materials relevant
to planning by defining the planning run type.
Creation indicators define the planning result.
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