Clarification in Planning Statergies

Hi Friends,
1.Please explain about the Main Planning strategies and Alternative Planning strategies...
2.What is the need of Alternative planning strategies..??
3.In what type of scenarios the alternative planning strategies is needed and who it will work??
Regards,
Senthilraja R

please go through the link first
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/cb/7f9b7043b711d189410000e829fbbd/frameset.htm
The main strategy is proposed in demand management or in sales order management and can be overwritten by another alternate planning strategy defined in the strategy group.
You can allocate the strategy group to the materials directly in the material master record, or you can allocate the strategy groups to an MRP group and then in a second step allocate the MRP group to the material in the material master record.
Edited by: Rajesha Vittal on Feb 14, 2008 10:15 PM

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<b>My query to SAP</b>
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michae2414 wrote:
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-Should I port the second and third lines first and not port the primary number (mine) first, so asto not cancel all the lines of service before they're ported? I'm okay porting one number at a time AKA separately instead of all at once if that simplifies the transfer process. You can do it this way - but based on your next question, you wouldn't want to do it this way. You can't do both!!
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