MRP controller

[Former Member]

Dear Gurus

What is a MRP controller and what is its role?

How do i create a MRP controller?

Pls Help

REGARDS

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi dear,

The MRP controller is responsible for the availability of materials for production. This person ensures that the correct materials are procured at the correct time and in the correct quantity. In doing so, the MRP controller minimizes production and storage costs. This person has the following tasks:

Maintenance of master data for material requirements planning (for example, MRP views in the material master).

Monitoring of the availability situation of materials. This person responds accordingly to insufficient ranges of coverage and exception situations. The use of an alert monitor keeps this person aware of requirements relevant to trading.

Use of various information systems to stay informed about important evaluations and key figures.

Spro->Production->Material requirement planning->master data->define mrp controller

[scm_09]

In a manufacturing plant, a person will be identified and will be responsible for a group of materials. Material that takes part in material requirements planning must be assigned to an MRP controller.

MRP will guarantee material availability and once you run MRP, it will be helpful in planning as to whether what quantity a component should be procured or what quantity should be produced in-house. Through MRP, you can automate procurement proposals for purchase and production.

MRP can be planned at Plant level or for different MRP areas If MRP is planned at plant level, SAP adds together stocks from all storage locations excluding customer stock, to determine total plant stock.

If MRP is planned at MRP area level, stocks from storage locations assigned to the respective MRP area are taken into account.

MRP Groups are created in OPPR and assigned in material master MRP1 view.

Check out transaction OMD0 to create MRP controller

[Former Member]

Dear Gurus

The doubt about MRP Controller is clear, but if you could please elaborate more on MRP Group. What is a MRP Group and what is its purpose?

Pls Help

REGARDS

[Former Member]

Hi dear,

MRP group will help you for the material to reac in tems of the settings made relavant to each group. To know more details on the group you can chek the tcode oppr.

MRP groups are used when the plant division for planning is not enough for the division of the different materials MRP requirements. You assign different groups according to the requirements to run MRP (different Settings). These settings will be taken in account when you run MRP for single item or total planning.

MRP controller is the person in charge of the MRP run for the materials. It is still a further division on your MRP. This is work load related. You can have one MRP controller for materials with different MRP groups.

On your MRP group, you will define the parameters for the MRP run. These parameters are calculated in accordance with the settings on your material master MRP views.

Available stock =

Plant stock - safety stock +

receipts of (purchasing orders + purchasing agreements + production orders) - required quantity.

This means that all the requirements are calculated in the bases of your material master settings and your MRP group settings.

[Former Member]

Dear All,

Can anybody explain about the MRP run through PS module in SAP?

How to integrate PS with SD for MRP run?

Kind Regards,

V.Elango

[Former Member]

Dear All,

Can anybody explain about the MRP run through PS module in SAP?

How to integrate PS with SD for MRP run?

Kind Regards,

V.Elango

[Former Member]

Dear ,

MRP controller is a person or a group of persons responsible for the monitoring of material availabilty.He ensures that right quanity of materials are available in right quantity for the production process to run smoothly.

You can define MRP controller by

Spro-ProductionMaterial requirement planningmaster data-define mrp controller.

Regards,

Joseph Charles Vaikathussery