Independent reqmt consumption

Question

Hi,
I am using Stategy 50 where the independent requirements are consumed for final assembly only when sales order comes.
But the client requirement is that Ind reqmnts to be consumed only when prodcution order is created.
please let me is there any possibilty?
Regards
Ramesh

Answer 1

Ramesh,
Yes, that is how I understood it.
My requirement is when the MRP run for Customer requirements,the planned orders to be generated for 10 nos.
But the reduction of forecasted planned orders should happen only when i convert 10 nos planned order to Production order.
Let is focus on what would happen  after  the customer order arrives, but before you actually convert the planned to production.
Depending on the time lag, MRP could run multiple times.   During this period, you have two planned orders:  One unconvertible for 100 (from PIR rqment) and one convertible for 10 (from the SO rqment).  The total of these two orders is 110 Nos.  Each of these orders will generate dependent requirements for the lower level components.  One assumes that your purchasing people are going to use these dependent requirements to buy raw materials.  Eventually, you will have enough raw materials to build 110 FGs.
This scenario could be repeated over and over as new sales orders appear.  With each sales order entered, you get additional clones of demand (the forecast is never consumed but sales orders add to the demand).  Unless you convert every planned order immediately, you run the risk of increasing your total requirements over the amounts that you predicted you were going to sell.
Now, today, you convert the FGs planned order to a production order.  Suddenly, the forecast is now consumed, and now the total Rqments for FGs is 100 (90 from PIR and 10 still existing from the Sales order).  MRP runs, and generates a planned order for 90 (non convertible)(let's don't quibble right now about MRP parameters, the overall effect is the same).  Now, the planned order for 90 Nos and the Production order for 10 Nos create dependent requirements for the components.  You now have requirements for the components to support 100 Nos of FGs.  You clearly do not need the extra 10 Nos worth of Raw material that you thought you needed 'yesterday'.
To answer your original question, SAP does not have a strategy that exactly meets these requirements.  I personally would never try to implement such a strategy.
Rgds,
DB49.