Here, you will define:
- the periodicity in which forecast requirements are taken into consideration and are split on the time axis in MRP
- for how many periods the forecast requirements are taken
into consideration in the net requirements calculation
The splitting indicator is defined depending on the period indicator.
The period indicator defines the periodicity used to record the historical values for the forecast and the periodicity to be used to output the forecast values.
However, this periodicity may be too large for the planning run. Therefore, you can use the splitting indicator to:
- split monthly values into daily and weekly forecast requirements, and to
- split weekly forecast values into daily forecast forecast values.
In this step, you can also limit the number of forecast requirements for which the net requirements calculation is to be carried out.
To split the forecast requirements for a material, the
splitting indicator defined here is assigned in the material master record.
Notes:
The splitting of the forecast requirements is only relevant for copying forecast values to MRP. It has no influence on the forecast execution.
Step-by-step action:
1. Access the activity choosing one of the following navigation options:
IMG Menu - Production -> Material Requirement Planning -> Forecast -> Define Splitting of Forecast Requirements for MRP
2. On the Change View “Splitting Forecast Requirements”: Overview screen, choose New entries.
3. On the New Entries: Details of Added Entries screen, make the following entries:
Plant SI Period ind No.days No.wks Pds
BP01 A M 1 2 4
BP01 A W 4 16
4. Save your entries.
Outcome
The standard settings for process messages have been copied.
Notes:
Field description for Step 3:
Define the following in the field entitled, "No. of days":
- How many periods are to be calculated to the day in MRP?
Define the following in the field entitled, "No. of weeks":
- How many periods are to be calculated 'to the week' in MRP?
Define the following in the field entitled, "No. of periods":
- For how many periods - in addition to the periods to be split - is the system to carry out the net requirements calculation in the planning run?
