MPS Planning

[former_member215620]

Hello,

I have some doubts regarding MPS planning. So I have some basic questions on it

1) MPS plan on single level, means it creates planned order for material which has M0, M1 MRP Type ? If yes, then it means for below bom level material only requirements are generated

2) If MPS plan on only one level, the what is MD41 ? If it plans at all level then it means MPS create planned order and purchase requisition for all level of material

3) What is MD43. When we plan it will get saved then what is the use of MD43

Regards,

Saurabh Kumar

[Caetano]

Hello

Answering your questions:

1) MPS will only plan those materials with MPS MRP type, such as M0 or M1. It will create dependent requirements for the components and you must plan them using MRP. The idea is that you use MPS to plan the most relevant materials, run capacity leveling and then run MRP to plant the components;

2) MD41 is a special transaction that can be used to plan a MPS material and all the components. It is similar to MD02 and the idea is that you use it for testing purposes or on very specific circumstances, when  you need to plan everything together.

3) MD43 is a transaction that can be used to run MRP and then adjust the results before saving. It is very useful to understand the MRP results and for troubleshooting.

BR
Caetano

[former_member215620]

Hi Caetano,

1) So MD41 will create the dependent requirement for all below bom components but it will not create the PR and Planned Order for any components. SO am I right

2) You have used the word adjust for MD43. I want to know its use

Regards,

Saurabh Kumar

[former_member215620]

Hi,

Can anybody give some information

Regards,

Saurabh Kumar

[Former Member]

Saurabh,

Sure, I can give some information.

Question 1:  You can quickly find that out by logging onto your sandbox system and trying it.

Question 2:  "Adjust" means you view the proposal, and then get the option to make some changes before saving the results.  You should try this one in your sandbox as well.

Best Regards,

DB49

[Caetano]

Hi Saurabh

As Dogboy already mentioned, you can find the answers to your questions if you simply test this scenario on a test system. I suggest you to run some tests and come back with more specific questions, especially those for which you don't find an answer on the documentation.

BR
Caetano