MRP is the backbone of manufacturing, so get the SAP S/4HANA details you need to maximize your system! With this comprehensive guide, set up master data and configure SAP S/4HANA with step-by-step instructions. Run classic MRP, MRP Live, or both to plan your materials; then evaluate your results using either SAP GUI transactions or the SAP Fiori apps in the MRP cockpit. From order planning and procurement proposals to stock/requirements lists and rescheduling checks, this book has your back.

Table of Contents

Introduction to MRP with SAP S/4HANA

MRP Basics
MRP within the Supply Chain in SAP Systems
MRP with SAP S/4HANA

• Classic MRP
• MRP Live
• MRP Cockpit
• Demand-Driven MRP
• Predictive Material and Resource Planning

MRP Procedures

• Material Requirements Planning
• Master Production Scheduling
• Consumption-Based Planning
• Demand-Driven MRP

• Reading the Planning File
• Calculating the Net Requirements
• Calculating the Procurement Quantity
• Determining the Replenishment Proposal Type
• Scheduling Replenishment Proposals
• Exploding the BOM
• Creating Exception Messages

Material Master

• MRP Type
• Lot-Sizing Procedures
• Procurement Types and Special Procurement Types
• Scheduling Parameters
• Net Requirements Calculation
• MRP Area

• Internal Procurement
• External Procurement
• Quota Arrangement

Configuring MRP

Overall Plant Parameters

• Maintain Environment
• Maintain Master Data
• Maintain Planned Orders
• Maintain Planning Run

• Consumption Mode/Adjustment Horizon
• Horizons
• Determine Production Storage Location
• Convert Planned Order
• Program Plan: Independent Requirements Split
• Evaluation
• Planning Run
• External Procurement
• Availability Check

Running MRP

MRP Live versus Classic MRP
Classic MRP

• Control Parameters
• Single-Item/Single-Level Planning
• Single-Item/Multilevel Planning
• Single-Item Interactive Planning
• Multilevel Sales Order/Project Planning
• Total Planning Run
• Master Production Scheduling

• MRP Dispatcher
• MRP Live Control Parameters
• Running MRP Live in SAP CUI
• SAP Fiori

Evaluating the MRP Results

Exception Messages
Rescheduling Checks
The Stock/Requirements List

• Individual Access
• Collective Access

• MRP Cockpit
• Shortage
• Accessing SAP Fiori Applications for MRP
• Monitor and Manage Material Coverage
• Monitor and Manage Internal Requirements
• Monitor and Manage External Requirements
• Monitor and Manage Production or Process Orders
• Display MRP Master Data Issues
• Manage Change Requests
• Detect MRP Situations

Planned Orders
Planned Order Availability Check
Planned Order Conversion
Additional Options for Mass Processing

Advanced MRP Features

Subcontracting Planning
Planning Calendar
BOM Explosion Number
Parts Interchangeability
Creating an MPN-MRPSet
Planning an MPN-MRPSet
Range of Coverage Profile (Dynamic Safety Stock)

Demand Management

What Is Demand Management?
Planning Strategies

• Planning with Final Assembly (Strategy 40)
• Net Requirements Planning (Strategy 10)
• Gross Requirements Planning (Strategy 11)
• Make-to-Order Production (Strategy 20)
• Planning without Final Assembly (Strategies 50 and 52)
• Planning with a Planning Material (Strategies 60 and 63)
• Planning at Assembly Level (Strategies 70, 74, and 59)
• Assembly-to-Order (Strategies 81 through 86)

• Splitting Independent Requirements
• PIR Reorganization

Demand-Driven MRP

What Is DDMRP?

• Buffer Calculation
• The DDMRP Process

• Product Classification
• Mass Maintenance of Products
• Buffer Proposal Calculation

Long-Term Planning

Creating a Long-Term Planning Scenario
Running Long-Term Planning
Processing Simulative Planned Orders
Evaluating the LTP Results

• Evaluating Work Center Capacity
• Transferring the LTP Results to the Logistics Information System

Predictive Material and Resource Planning

Prerequisites to Run pMRP
Creating a pMRP Simulation
Processing pMRP Simulations
Releasing the pMRP Simulation

Administering MRP

Housekeeping MRP

• Keeping the Planning File Consistent
• Managing Background Jobs
• Deleting Old MRP

• Material Not Planned
• Inconsistencies
• MRP Live Support Functions

• Classic MRP
• MRP Live
• Frequent Causes and Solutions

Migrating to SAP S/4HANA

Performing Readiness Check

Assessing Simplifications in MRP

• Planning File
• Storage Location Planning
• Subcontracting
• Production Versions
• External Procurement
• Total Requirements Cleanup

Evaluating New MRP Features

• MRP Live
• Demand-Driven MRP
• Predictive Material and Resource Planning
• SAP Fiori and the MRP Cockpit

Key Takeaways After reading "Material Requirements Planning (MRP) with SAP S/4HANA," readers will gain the following knowledge: Understanding of MRP basics and configuration. Ability to run MRP and evaluate MRP results effectively and efficiently. Knowledge of how to manage planned orders and use advanced MRP features. Understanding of demand management and demand-driven MRP. Knowledge of long-term planning and predictive materials and resource planning. Ability to administer and enhance MRP. Guide on how to migrate from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA. Author's background and qualifications Caetano Almeida is a Center of Expertise support architect at SAP. He has over ten years of experience in manufacturing and supply chain management, with a focus on production planning and MRP.

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