1. What are Traffic Lights in MRP?
red = the stock is not available
yellow - the stock is in average level stock
green = the stock is available
2. What is MRP List and what is the use of it?
Definition of the MRP List
The system creates MRP lists during the planning run according to how you set the
creation indicator. These lists contain the planning result for the material. The MRP list
always displays the stock/requirements situation at the time of the last planning run and it
also provides a work basis for the MRP controller. Changes that are made after the
planning date are not taken into consideration, so the list is static.
MRP lists are stored in the system until they are either deleted manually or replaced by
new lists from a subsequent planning run.
3. What is the use of Stock Requirement List?
In the stock/requirements list, the most up-to-date stock and requirements situation is
displayed.
The main difference between the MRP list and the stock/requirements list is that each time
the stock/requirements list is called up, the system selects the various MRP elements and
displays the most up-to-date situation. You thus always see the current availability
situation of the material in the stock/requirements list. Changes that are made after the
planning date are displayed directly, so the list is therefore dynamic.
Stock/requirements lists are not saved in a fixed state in the system, but are subject to
change and only exist in the working memory.
Comparison
The screen layout of both lists is basically the same.
The system automatically runs the rescheduling check directly when both lists are created
and puts forward rescheduling proposals.
The number of exception messages displayed in each list is roughly the same. The only
difference lies in the fact that, due to the nature of the list, no exception messages can
occur for newly planned MRP elements in the stock/requirements list.
Directly after the planning run, both lists contain the same information. As soon as a
change relevant to MRP is made, the system updates the information in the
stock/requirements list.
As stock/requirements lists are subject to change, they cannot be set with a processing
indicator.
4. What is MRP controller Means?
The MRP controller is a person or a group of persons responsible for monitoring material
availability. You can use the number entered here, for example, to select the planning
results per MRP conroller.
Every material that is relevant to the planning run must be assigned an MRP controller
number in the material master record.
You can also determine a special person for backorder processing who receives a mail if a
goods receipt was posted for a missing part. You must enter the mail name of this person in
the field entitled, recipient name.
In addition, you can define a person or a group of persons, who are to informed if you send
a mail from the MRP list or stock/requirements list to the MRP controller for the material
displayed.
Actions
5. What is MRP group and what is the use of it?
MRP Groups
In this step, you can carry out the total maintenance of the MRP groups and you can
allocate a material type to an MRP group.
The MRP group is an organizational object that can be used to allocate special control
parameters for planning to a group of materials. You can maintain MRP groups if planning
control per plant is not precise enough for your requirements and you want to allocate
certain material groups different control parameters from the plant parameters. For this
purpose, MRP groups are defined with these specific control parameters and are assigned
to the material in the material master record (MRP 1 screen).
For example, the following control parameters can be set for the total planning run:
the creation indicator for the plarequisitions, MRP lists, and so on)
the planning horizon
the consumption mode
The following is valid for total planning and single-item planning:
for all materials without an MRP group, the system uses the plant parameters, or the entries
in the initial screen of the planning run
for all materials with an MRP group, the system uses the parameters recorded in the MRP
groupnning run (creation of purchase
6. What is Purpose of Schedule Margin Key?
In this step, you specify the floats for determining the basic dates of the planned orders.
The floats are allocated to the material via the release period key in the material master
record.
Opening period
The opening period represents the number of workdays that are subtracted from the order
start date in order to determine the order creation date. This time is used by the MRP
controller as a float for converting planned orders into purchase requisitions or into
production orders.
Float before production
The float before production represents the number of workdays that are planned as a float
between the order start date (planned start date) and the production start date (target start
date).
On the one hand, this float is intended to guarantee that delays in staging a material do not
delay the production start. On the other hand, the production dates can be brought forward
by means of the float to cope with capacity bottlenecks.
Float after production
The float after production should provide a float for the production process to cope with
any disruptions so that there is no danger that the planned finish date will be exceeded.
You plan the float after production between order finish date (planned finish date) and
scheduled end (target finish date).
Release period
The release period represents the number of workdays that are subtracted from the order
start date in order to determine the production order release. The release period is only
relevant for production order management.
7. What is opening period?
Opening period
The opening period represents the number of workdays that are subtracted from the order
start date in order to determine the order creation date. This time is used by the MRP
controller as a float for converting planned orders into purchase requisitions or into
production orders.
