Exercise Objectives
Task 3: Using the Collective MRP List
Your nightly planning run has just completed. The first thing that you must do as a planner is to evaluate your planning results. You are responsible for more materials than you have time to review. Use the collective MRP List to identify what materials have issues that you must resolve.
1. As a planner, you need to find out what materials need your immediate attention. Access the MRP list - Collective display and select the MRP lists by plant 1000 and your MRP controller number 0## and MRP lists have been created in the current week. In addition, filter using only exception groups 8, 7, and 4.
You want to edit MRP lists with exceptions that affect the rescheduling of procurement proposals, such as Selection group 7. Restrict the selection by selecting the exception group 7 on the tab page Exception groups. Start the selection by choosing Enter.
How many materials were selected? ___________
2. Define your traffic light so that exception group 7 and 8 will give your a red light, and 4, 5, and 6 will give you a yellow light.
3. Did any changes occur in the Material overview screen?
4. The system displays the overview of the materials selected. This means, it displays all materials for the MRP controller 0##, for which there are MRP lists in which receipt elements with exception messages for rescheduling have been created. Choose all the materials and review the details
5. In the lists, find a planned order for which exception message 10, 15, or 30 is displayed and for which the rescheduling date is not today.
Make a note of the material number and the number of the selected planned order: __________
6. For the order in question, see how many exception messages exist.
In the detailed data for the selected MRP element, two rescheduling dates are executed in the exception messages for rescheduling. What are the two dates and what significance do they have?
1. Date: __________ Significance: _______________________
2. Date: __________ Significance: _______________________
7. If the order in question has a rescheduling date to the right of the MRP Element data we need to reschedule the planned order for the date it is suggesting. Change the Planned order so it will arrive in time to cover the requirement in question.
8. After making the changes to the plan, you need to acknowledge that the material list has been processed. Set the processing indicator for the material and return to the Material List. In which MRP list, that is, in which material MRP list, did you set the processing indictor?
Material: ____________________________
Exit the collective display of the MRP lists.
9. Return to the S/R list and for the planned order that you firmed remove the firming indicator and save.
Solution 2: Using the MRP Lists
Task 1: Navigation Profiles in the Stock Requirements list
Upon completion of a planning run, certain exceptions or problems will be raised.
As a planner you need a tool that will allow you to resolve any exceptions that have come about since the last planning run. Customize the List reports so that you can have several ìhot buttonsî that will allow planners to speed up the exception process.
1. As a planner, you often have more exceptions to deal with, than time to correct them. You have been told that the Stock/Requirements list is a very flexible tool to manage the supply and demand situation. However you need to make it more flexible. Use your material R-F1## at plant 1000 to access the Stock/Requirements list
Using your user settings, add the Navigation profile SAPPPMRP00 - MRP Controller so you can use the List Reports more easily.
a) SAP ERP menu path: Logistics → Production → MRP → Evaluations
→ Stock/Requirements List (MD04)
b) Enter Material R-F1## and plant 1000and press ENTER c) Select Save Settings
d) Scroll through the tabs and select the General settings Tab
e) In the Navigation profile field select SAPPPMRP00 - MRP Controller f) Select Save and enter through any informational messages.
2. What changes took place as result of adding the navigation profile?
Answer: Several icons were added to the icon bar for planning transactions, (MRP, Planning File, etc.)
3. In the S/R list, review your purchased material R-T1##. Did the icons change at all?
Answer: Yes, due to settings in the navigation profile, different transactions show up for those materials that are ìpurchasedî versus being manufactured.
4. One of the transactions that you normally run, the stock overview report (MMBE) is not available through the navigation profile. Add the stock overview report to your ìOwn Favorites î so that you can access it at any time. Use the following settings:
Field Value
Navigation no. 1
Transaction code MMBE
Text in menu Stock Overview Report
Icon Select Any
Icon text First select enter to
refresh the screen, then enter Stock
Info text Stock Overview Report
a) From the S/R list menu path Environment → Own Favorites → Maintain
b) Select New Entries
c) Enter the parameters in the table d) Select Save
e) Select Back twice and answer YES to saving the changes.
5. What were the results of your activity?
Answer: A new icon was added, with the icon and the icon text. In addition if you place your cursor on the icon, quick info, will give you the description for you transaction. Lastly, if you use the menu path Environment → Own Favorites , the text for your menu appears.
6. Exit the stock requirements list a)
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Task 2: Filters in the Stock Requirements list (Optional)
Your production manager has just requested the production plan for one of your pumps R-F1## at plant 1000. In this instance she would like the firmed schedule compared to the current demand. Demonstrate how this is possible by using the filters and selection rules in the stock/requirements list for material R-F1##.
Choose Filter on then, the system displays two new fields in the list header where you can define a display filter or a selection rule.
1. Access the Stock/Requirements list for material R-F1## at plant 1000. Use the display filter with the description SAP requirements and firmed receipts. What changes do you observe in the display of the MRP elements?
a) SAP ERP menu path: Logistics → Production → MRP → Evaluations
→ Stock/Requirements List (MD04)
b) Enter your material R-F1## at plant 1000 and press ENTER.
c) Select Filter On.
d) Set the filter to display: Requirements and firmed receipts.
2. Do you also see changes in the available quantity that is calculated for each MRP element?
a) Changes to the available quantity: No, the available quantity is not changed by the display filter.
3. Test the effect of display filter SAP Only Receipts. What was the affect on the display
a) Effect of display filter SAP Only Receipts: The system only displays the receipt elements and no change to the Available Qty
4. Enter a selection rule with the description SAP Only Receipts. What is the affect of the selection rule?
a) The available quantity have been recalculated using only receipts.
5. Select Filter off to work without a display filter or a selection rule.
a)
Task 3: Using the Collective MRP List
Your nightly planning run has just completed. The first thing that you must do as a planner is to evaluate your planning results. You are responsible for more materials than you have time to review. Use the collective MRP List to identify what materials have issues that you must resolve.
1. As a planner, you need to find out what materials need your immediate attention. Access the MRP list - Collective display and select the MRP lists by plant 1000 and your MRP controller number 0## and MRP lists have been created in the current week. In addition, filter using only exception groups 8, 7, and 4.
You want to edit MRP lists with exceptions that affect the rescheduling of procurement proposals, such as Selection group 7. Restrict the selection by selecting the exception group 7 on the tab page Exception groups. Start the selection by choosing Enter.
How many materials were selected? ___________
a) SAP ERP Menu path: Logistics → Production → MRP → Evaluations
→ MRP List - Collective Display (MD06) b) Enter the following Data:
Field Name Value
Plant 1000
MRP Controller 0##
MRP date from: Beginning of the week
to: Today
Select the Exception groups Tab
Field Name Value
2. Define your traffic light so that exception group 7 and 8 will give your a red light, and 4, 5, and 6 will give you a yellow light.
a) From the Material List select Define traffic light.
b) Set the radio buttons for exception groups 7 and 8 so that they will trigger a red traffic light.
c) Set the radio buttons for exception groups 4, 5, and 6 so they will trigger a yellow traffic light.
d) Select Save as user setting.
3. Did any changes occur in the Material overview screen?
Answer: Some or all of the materials should have changed from green to yellow or red.
4. The system displays the overview of the materials selected. This means, it displays all materials for the MRP controller 0##, for which there are MRP lists in which receipt elements with exception messages for rescheduling have been created. Choose all the materials and review the details a) Select Select All and then select Display selected MRP lists to
display the corresponding lists in order.
5. In the lists, find a planned order for which exception message 10, 15, or 30 is displayed and for which the rescheduling date is not today.
Make a note of the material number and the number of the selected planned order: __________
a) To navigate through the list of materials select Next Material and/or Previous Material to switch between the lists. Additionally you can use the Show Overview Tree button and use the worklist to navigate between the materials.
b) Number of selected planned order: Varies
6. For the order in question, see how many exception messages exist.
In the detailed data for the selected MRP element, two rescheduling dates are executed in the exception messages for rescheduling. What are the two dates and what significance do they have?
1. Date: __________ Significance: _______________________
2. Date: __________ Significance: _______________________
a) Select Details of element for this order. In the additional data, a maximum of two exception messages are saved. To display the long text of an exception message, you can select the respective message in the detail screen for the MRP element and select Exception-Info.
b) 1. Date: Varies Significance: Availability date 2. Date: Varies Significance: Goods receipt date
7. If the order in question has a rescheduling date to the right of the MRP Element data we need to reschedule the planned order for the date it is suggesting. Change the Planned order so it will arrive in time to cover the requirement in question.
a) Select Details of element for the order in questions.
b) In the MRP list for this order, select Change element.
c) Enter the Reschedule date, less one day as the order finish in the dates section. Delete the dates in the fields Start and Plnd Open. Choose Enter so that the system determines the current start and opening dates.
d) Select Save
8. After making the changes to the plan, you need to acknowledge that the material list has been processed. Set the processing indicator for the material and return to the Material List. In which MRP list, that is, in which material MRP list, did you set the processing indictor?
Material: ____________________________
Exit the collective display of the MRP lists.
a) Select Processing indicator on in the list. Check in the header details that the processing indicator is set. If not, repeat the last step.
b) Exit the material MRP List
c) In the Material List, the material that has been process has the following indicator set .
d) Material: Varies, for example R-F1##.
e) Exit the collective display of the MRP List.
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9. Return to the S/R list and for the planned order that you firmed remove the firming indicator and save.
a) SAP ERP menu path: Logistics → Production → MRP → Evaluations
→ Stock/Requirements List (MD04)
b) Enter your material R-F1## at plant 1000 and press ENTER.
c) Double click on the firm planned order with the * at the end.
d) Select change element.
e) In the bottom right corner remove the check from the Firmed indicator.
f) Select Save.
Lesson Summary
You should now be able to:
ï Demonstrate how to use the MRP and Stock Requirements List for use in day to day planning.
ï Describe the differences between the MRP List and Stock Requirements (S/R) list
Related Information
The follow Notes may offer more information about the list reports:
ï 94145: MD04: Explanation note for displaying columns