Firming the schedule lines from MRP

Hi All,
I have a scenario where I generate the scheule lines from the total planning run for the material with the help of schedule line indiator = 3.
I want these schedule lines should get automatically firmed. Which are the various ways by which I can do this?
Regards,
MHP

Dear
Using MRP Type with Firiming like P1 , P2 etc is the best way to deal with this situation .
However , there is option in Schedule Line itself that u can give firming period and in that period schedule lines r firmed. Go to ME32L enter ur Scheduling Agreement Then select ur material and click on Additional Data (Shift+F5). There under Scheduling Control 'Firm Zone' field is there, try with this option and see what is sresult?
If the date of a schedule line lies within the firm zone, the vendor has the go-ahead to produce the relevant quantity with the assurance that the orderer will bear any and all material and production costs associated with the scheduled quantity in the event of subsequent cancellation by the latter.
1. Another way of handling your issue is by using the manual firming .
2. In mdo4 in the Edit menu u will find a Set firming date.
3. Now you can select this and this will give u a popup for entering a date.
4.When u give a date in this and hit enter.
Also please note delivery schedule lines in ME38 (even it is created automatically), in Planning time fence, will get affected by MRP run.
Hope clear to you.
Regards
JH

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Hi , I have done the following to firm the schedule lines in Scheduling agreement.
1. Firm Zone as 30 days
2.Tradeoff zone days as 60 days
3.Binding MRP indicator as NULL(Lines not changeable within Zones)
4.In OMIN , Firm Schedule lines enabled for the MRP group
When i run the MRP, schedule lines are getting created with Firm Indicator (*) for the requirements lying within these zones. After transmitting the schedule lines to vendor , if i change the requirement again, the schedule lines within Firm Zone are getting adjusted as per the new requirment. I dont know whats the purpose behind maintaining these Firm Zone and Trade off Zone.
Pointers are much appreciated.
Thanks and regards,
Milton Isaac

Hi,
Rolling delivery schedules issued under scheduling agreements are divided into different time zones indicating the degree to which lines of the schedule are binding.
Firm zone (zone 1) (go-ahead for production).
The schedule lines within this zone count as firm and thus as fully binding. If you cancel a schedule line that falls within the firm zone, the vendor is entitled to charge you with both production costs and the costs of procuring input materials incurred by him as a result of the cancellation.
Trade-off zone (zone 2) (go-ahead for procurement of input materials)
This is the "semi-firm" zone, giving the vendor the go-ahead to procure necessary input materials for the manufacture of the item ordered. If you cancel a schedule line within this semi-firm zone, the vendor is only entitled to charge you the material costs. Schedule lines falling within this time zone are thus less binding that those falling within the firm zone.

Provide -- the steps involve (in detail) to create schedule lines from MRP

Dear All
Please provide me with the steps (in details) involved to create the schedule lines automatically from MRP.
Early help would be appreciated.
Regards
Rahul Bhardwaj

Hi,
1. In Material Master --> Purchasing View --> maintain the Tick for Scource list.
2. Create th Scheduling Agreement. (valid)
3. Maintain the Source list with the Scheduling Agreement and MRP indicator as 2.
4. MRP Control Parameters - Delivery Schedules - 3 (Schedule Lines).
After MRP Run, system will create the Sched. Lines for you..
For your earlier questions also please check these points..
Regards,
Siva

Provide - Steps To generate schedule lines from MRP

Dear All
Please provide me with the steps (in details) involved to create the schedule lines automatically from MRP.
Early help would be appreciated.
Regards
Rahul Bhardwaj

Hi Rahul,
1) MM02 OR MM01- Maintain MRP data in material master- Purchasing and MRP1 view --> e.g.MRP type,lot size etc. in MRP veiw
& JIT schedule indicator in purchasing view (other data /mfr.data)
2) ME01 - Maintain source list for the material (Use in MRP planning to be 2 -schedule lines generation thru'MRP
3) ME11 - Info.record is must for the material and vendor combination.
4) ME31L - Create schedule agreement
5) ME35L - Release schedule agreement
6) ME9L - Message output
7) MD61- Create Planned independent reqt.for the material
8) MD03 - Run the MRP( single level-single item)
( You can check the result in MD04--- Schedule lines to be seen)
9) ME84- Create SA release
10) ME9L - Message output ( Scheudes to be printed & dispayed).
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HOW TO FIRM THE SCHEDULE LINES

Dear All
Scenario is "" Through MRP i am creating the schedule lines for raw materials"".
Now I want that during my next planning run the already created schedule lines should remain firmed & according to requierement only new schedule lines should get created.
Please tell me the steps how can i firm my schedule lines.
Regards
Rahul Bhardwaj

Dera Rahul,
There is option in Schedule Line itself that u can give firming period and in that period schedule lines r firmed. Go to ME32L
enter ur SchedulingAgreement Then select ur material and click on Additional Data (Shift+F5). There under Scheduling Control 'Firm Zone' field is there, try with this option and see what i sresult.
Regards
Sunil Kumar

RE: Firming for Schedule Lines

Hi MM Gurus,
I have posted this question to ERP Manufacturing (PP) forum as I thought this is related to MRP settings.
I am working with MRP creating schedule lines automatically, I need way to have firming indicator for the schedule lines that created out of MRP. I have checked the forums and did some research, all mentioned about the time zones
Firm zone (zone 1) - Firmed
Trade-off zone (zone 2) - Semi Firmed
Planning zone (zone 3) - Forecast
But checking my Scheduling Agreement, ITEM > MORE FUNCTIONS > ADDITIONAL DATA, in the scheduling control portion the FIRM ZONE field and TRADE OFF ZONE field are not modifiable. I have changed SA-->Define document type for SA type to ensure that the indicator for scheduling agreement release documentation is ON. And defined the scheduling control field as optional, but still the FIELDS are grayed out/unmodifiable.
Is there any other configuration change I need to do in order to activate this?
Thanks,
Richard

I think below link clearly explain your scenario have a look at it,
[Firming the schedule lines from MRP|http://forums.sdn.sap.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9492313#9492313]

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How to upload schedule line from flat files to sap file

dear all,
i want to upload the schedule lines from flat files to sap schedulle lines
but the flat files have 15 schedule lines and the data is as per date
so how to upload that and the fields available in flat files are more than the sap screen
we are having more than 6 items
and 15scedule lines its abt 90data to be upload
for one customer in every 15 day
so how to do this
is there any direct use in functional side
with out the help of any abap
but my user will do it
so he need a permanent solution
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Hi Subrat ,
u can upload the data either ( Master /Transaction) data with the help of lsmw. for that all u need to do is go through the lsmw and do it. in that u can go Batch input recording/ BAPI/ IDOC any of that. here i am sending the LSMW Notes go through it and do the work.
once u create the LSMW project then u can ask the data from user or u can explain the user about the program and can run the flat file to upload the data.
if u require LSMW material Just send me blank mail from u. my mail id is [email protected]
Reward if Helpful.
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Firming of the schedule lines

Hi,
in MD04 we can see the firm indicator for some of the schedule lines. We aware of that this indicator is set based on the firm zone period and the schedule release date.
Apart from firm zone is there any other parameter makes the schedule line firm ( except manual change) Please clarify.
This is the very urgrent req from business so your immediate repsponse is really appreciated.
Thanks
Raj

Hi
You can firm all schedule lines which are printed or transmitted to vendor by customizing in OMIN for your plant and material group.
Or if you create schedule line manually.
Regards
Antony

Firming for Schedule Lines

Hi Everyone,
I am working with MRP creating schedule lines automatically, I need way to have firming indicator for the schedule lines that created out of MRP. I have checked the forums and did some research, all mentioned about the time zones
Firm zone (zone 1) - Firmed
Trade-off zone (zone 2) - Semi Firmed
Planning zone (zone 3) - Forecast
But checking my Scheduling Agreement, ITEM > MORE FUNCTIONS > ADDITIONAL DATA, in the scheduling control portion the FIRM ZONE field and TRADE OFF ZONE field are not modifiable. Can you let me know if there's any other way where I can update this?
Thanks in advance,

Hi, In the config SA-->Define document type for your SA type ensure that the indicator for scheduling agreement release documentation is ON.
The fields relevant for the doc.type are specified by the entry in the 'Fleld selection' field. (like LPA or LPL).
Go to Define screen layout at document level.For the Field selection as above choose Scheduling control and double click on the above.
I can only guess that as you are using a customised SA type, the entry is selected as 'Display' for the fields for a custom Field selection again(NOT EQ LPA or LPL).
If yes, you can make it optional or Required.
See if this sorts out your issue.
Although it looks like a ordinary field control change, am not sure what impact inconsistencies/changes like this would bring.
Better to check with MM consultants before making use of the changes.
LP vs LPA: With LP the schedule lines are instantly transferred to vendor. With LPA you have the option to use a creation profile etc to transmit the data in your preferred time bucket at a later stage and then transmit it and not instantly like LP.

SA Schedule Lines from MD03 date calculation

Hi
Please find the following snap from MD03 ,
here the schedule lines generated dt 06-06-14, for this material planned delivery time and GR processing time is zero in material master,
In info record planned delivery time is 1 day, I unable to understand why system generated the schedule after 4 days
Then I created new material copying the above material and done MD03 for newly created then the schedule lines generated on 02-06-14, Why the system proposes two different schedule dates for new material and ol material?
I searched the forum and checked all the available configurations and finally found
IMG-Production-MRP-Planning-scheduling and capacity parameters-Parameters for determining the basic date
when i checked the box for Start in past and again run the MD03 for the same material, then the results as follows, which is correct i think as per MMR
Though i got the required results but did not understand what is this field Start in Past does? how the calculations takes place, what will be the effect if i keep this checked ?
Thanks

But how these fields were populated?? I think at the time of creation of SA, material master has the data and it has been carried forward, is it right
Either a user manually maintained the values that you have in the SA or these values where at time of creation present in either the material master or the info record.
The system (depending on the config set-up) copies the values in the following sequence to the SA.
If values are maintained in the info record the system will adopt the data from the info record
If no values in the info record then the system will copy the data from the material master record.
I can't judge from here what values where maintained where. You can check the change logs to check if you can find the values back. In case you can not find the values in the change logs then it's likely that the values where manually maintained in the SA.
But How this Parameters for determining the basic date work ?
The determination of the date works based on the backward and forward scheduling.
The system will first schedule using backward scheduling if this is not possible then forward scheduling is used.
Some explanation on backward and forward scheduling.
Backward scheduling explained
When scheduling materials in SAP MRP, the system will first try to backward schedule the materials.
With backward scheduling is meant that the SAP MRP system will start to count backward from the
requirement date and will then determine the delivery date. As long as this date is later then the current
date, the delivery date will be determined without a problem.
Below image shows a graphical representation of backward scheduling.
Forward scheduling explained
Forward scheduling is used by the SAP MRP system when the date determined by the backward
scheduling process is lying before the actual date. The forward scheduled date is determined by taking
today’s date and then adding all the relevant processing time to determine the possible delivery date.
This kind of scheduling will throw an exception message in the MRP view screen (MD04 / MD06 /
MD07). These exception messages are telling the materials expeditor that action from her/his part is
required in order to either postpone the production of the finished good or to work with the vendor to
pull forward the required materials.
Below image shows a graphical representation of how the forward scheduling is performed by SAP.

Donot want to fix the schedule lines at an Early date even P.O is the creat

Hi ,
If a material is sourced via a Scheduling Agreement, then MRP automatically creates schedule lines for this to meet MRP requirements.
However, if a separate PO is raised for the same material (irrespective of the supplier) at a date after one or more of the scheduling agreement schedule lines, MRP creates a message to reschedule in the PO in front of the schedule lines even if this is known to not be possible. the result is that the schedule lines for standard supply are not put in early enough.
And We don't want to fix the schedule lines in a t an early date to over come this.Is there any settings for the same.

Hello,
If you want to control MRP messages for rescheduling you can make settings in tcode : OMDW either at plant level or MRP group level.
You can introduce Tolerance value forward & Tolerance value for displacemt in No. of days here.
If system finds requiremnts within the tolerance no of days it will not create MRP Exception messages. This way you can avoid unwanted messages.
Thanks,
Ram

Issue of Schedule Lines in MRP List

Hi,
We ran MRP for one material, we observed MRP generated 3 schedules lines with respect to single Schedule Agreement with exception message as 30(Plan Process according to schedule).
Schedule line 1 --- Delivery Date is 10/06/2011 in MD05, Delivery date in Schedule Agreement is 10/04/2011,Rescheduling date is 08/27/2011 Exception message is 30(Plan Process according to schedule(08/27/2011 08/25/2011).
Schedule line 2 --- Delivery Date is 10/06/2011 in MD05, Delivery date in Schedule Agreement is 10/04/2011,Rescheduling date is 10/05/2011 Exception message is 30(Plan Process according to schedule(10/05/2011 10/03/2011).
Schedule line 3 --- Delivery Date is 10/06/2011 in MD05, Delivery date in Schedule Agreement is 10/04/2011,Rescheduling date is 09/08/2011 Exception message is 30(Plan Process according to schedule(09/08/2011 09/06/2011).
But in Schedule Agreement, we are seeing that all the 3 delivery schedules with delivery dates as "10/04/2011" as GR Processing time is 2 days.
Can anyone tell why the MRP has not updated the Schedule Agreement with the new Delivery dates proposed by the exception message 30 in MD05 list.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Vivek,
I am not knowing how to upload the details.
Please find the Material master details for the issue material:-
MRP type- PD, Lot Size - ZE - Period lot size, Sched.2, Split ( Config Setting of this lot size key is provided below),
Minimum lot size-2,000.000, rounding profile-2,000.000, Material type- ROH,Safety Stock - 1224, Pld Delivery time -63 days, GR Processing time- 2 days, Planning Calendar-ZEX.,Consumption mode     2,Bwd consumption per. 999,Fwd consumption per. 999 ,Mixed MRP --      1, Strategy group =      Z1 ( Final assembly & assembly level, i.e., combination of 40 + 70))
Config Setting of Lot size key- ZE are :-
LotSizeProced. P Period lot-sizing procedure ,Lot-size ind.-   K Period lot size as in PPC planning calendar
Scheduling --    2 Period end := delivery date ,No. of periods 1, Splitting Quota - Checked ,Last Lot Exact- Checked.
b) Scheduling Agreement has 3 delivery schedule lines with Delivery Date as "10/04/2011" and scheduled quantities as 2000,1617 and 2000 EA.
As per the MD05 screen,for this material, corresponding to these 3 schedules lines, we have exception message -30 with different delivery dates. Our Question is why MRP does not updated the Delivery dates for the schedule lines in the scheduled agreement proposed by these exception message.
Can you please let me know whether this information is sufficient for you to understand my problem?.
Thanks in advance.

Help me to guide create schedule lines in MRP

hi
This is my MRP initial screen
Processing key          NETCH               Net change for total horizon
Create purchase req.    1                   Purchase requisitions
Delivery schedules       3                   Schedule lines
Create MRP list           1                   MRP list
Planning mode             3                   Delete and recreate planning data
Scheduling                   1                   Basic
I already Maintain the Source list in ME01 with Vendor & Plant then input the Scheduling agreement number and the MRP as 2.
but i counld,t get schedule lines why
thanks
jai
Edited by: Jai on Sep 30, 2008 12:55 PM
Edited by: Jai on Sep 30, 2008 12:55 PM

hi friends,
once i run the MRP MD03 it creates only PR
there is no schedule lines
thats also my problem
please expalin and solve my problem
thanks
jai

Delivery before the schedule line date in scheduling agreement.

Hi All,
I have a situation where in I am using JIT delivery schedule for processing the delivery requirement from customer. In this, lets say, I have a schedule as 08/05/2009 for material A to deliver 1000 qty and the material is made available to me after production as of 07/05/2009 and I want to despatch the material on 7th only and not on 8th. The system does not allow me to do this.It allows me to make a delivery only on 08/05/2009.
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I think you can change the schedule line date in scheduling agreement itself and do the delivery.
regards,
Sudhir

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