MRP planning components at multiple plants

I would like to present a unique scenario, we have a plant and a warehouse both are created as two different plants in SAP.
When we run MPS/MRP at a Finished product (FERT) level at the mfg plant, I would like to
1) Consume inventory of components (Packaging material - VERP) at the plant first
2) It should then consume inventory of packing material from warehouse
3) Only then it must creates a procurement proposal for the remaining qty at the mfg plant.
4) There shall not be procurement proposals created at a warehouse, all proposals should be directed to the plant.
Most of them would advice to create the warehouse as a storage location within the manufacturing plant but that is not possible due to financial reasons.
Flood me with ideas.

Hi Manoj
The standard MRP cannot consider stock in different plants for the same material.
Please observe that this issue has been already discussed on several thread on this forum. Check for example my answer on the thread below:
MRP Run considering Stocks for Multiple Plants and Requirement maintained for Plant Cluster
BR
Caetano

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Can we plan RM & FG Material in MRP planning in a single plant

Hi Sap Gurus,
I have one doubt my client has a requirement
client plans fg (make to stock) material by putting PIR Correspondingly Raw material planed and all raw material having coverage profile according to that requirement got generated.
now client wants to plan the same raw material separately in same plant so i have made that making strategy type 11 in raw material.after that i run mrp after i got requirement considering the coverage profile.
but my clients want for fg material requirement which flows to raw material there coverage profile should be considered but in case of raw material which are plan separately is there coverage not consider is it possible do so
if possible can any body put some light on it.
Thanks & Regards
Sandeep KUMAR Praharaj

Hello Adelino
Strategy 10 is a special business case without consumption and only with the PIR reduction during the delivery (goods issue). You can see in customizing OPPS that both requirements KSL and LFS are set with "No consumption with customer requirements". In this case, BAdI MD_PIR_FLEX_CONS is not called.
The BAdI can be used with strategy 40, so please make sure that the consumption indicator of the PIR is set to '4 - Flexible Consumption for Different MRP Elements (BAdI)'.
BR
Caetano

Can MRP be done for multiple plants in Single Run?

Can MRP be done for (MRP Areas) for many plants, many storage locations and many
subcontractors in a single run?

hello
u can perform mrp run at mrp area level which could be different then plant.
thx
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Common MRP area for Multiple plants

Hai gurus,
I had created a MRP area called 'X' , this MRP area contians some 10 storage locations.
1) Now my question is whether I can assign the above MRP area 'X" to Multiple plants namely A/B and C
2) Can i run MRP for plant A seperately and plant B seperately and plant C seperately , so that the storage location
stocks in the MRP area 'X' is considered , and create the requirement accordingly, plant wise
waiting for the positive reply.
regards,
sekar chand

HAi,
The company has three plants, which is under same management, they produce some similar products in all plants
and some different products in each plants.
so the requirements from all the plants are collected , procurement is made commonly and stored in common storage
locations( As we are calling now as common MRP area) for all the three plants, and based on the requirement the raw material
is moved to three plants.
This is the scenario and not the simulation , so my question is can we assign one single common storage MRP area to
all the three plants, so that while running MRP run for each plant individually or under scope of planning, the stock under
common MRP area is considered each plants , and then the requirement is created accordingly.
regards,
sekar chand
Edited by: sekar chand on Aug 26, 2009 6:00 AM,,

Setting up MRP in multiple plant scenario

Hi,
We are planning to implement MRP in our system. I understand that MRP is normally carried out at a plant level. However, since we have multiple plants (from which we ship our products), we want to be able to run MRP across multiple plants. To elaborate, we want to have one forecast figure for all the plants (basically forecast at material level, NOT by plant), consider inventory across all the plants, and then based on that, we want to be able to generate PRs/POs. It would be ok to create POs with one default plant and if needed, change later the receving plant on the POs manually based on the inventory situation in each plant. Of course, we need to tie in the demand situation (customer orders) in each plant in the MRP process.
Is there a way to do this using standard SAP or with some amount of customization?
Any insight/ideas would be greatly appreciated and help us move in the right direction.
Thanks,
Prayarna

Total Planning
Use
Total planning covers the planning of all the materials that are relevant for requirements planning and includes the BOM explosion for materials with a bill of material.
You can use total planning for a single plant or you can use the scope of planning to control whether the total planning run is executed on a multi-plant level
for several plants
for one MRP area
for several MRP areas
for a combination of plants and MRP areas.
Prerequisites
Only for multi-plant planning with scope of planning:
You have grouped together the plants or alternatively the MRP areas, which are to be planned together, in Customizing for MRP in the IMG activity Define scope of planning for total planning.
In Customizing for MRP, you have made the necessary settings for Parallel processing in the IMG activity Define parallel processing in MRP.
Features
Defining the Scope of Planning
You can define different scope of planning groups in Customizing.
You specify the sequence of the individual MRP units (plants or MRP areas) for each scope of planning by entering a counter. This counter defines the sequence in which the MRP units are to be planned.
You can enter as many plants as you like in the scope of planning.
If you have activated material requirements planning with MRP areas, the entry of a plant thus includes all the MRP areas of this plant. During the planning run, the MRP areas of a plant are always planned in the following sequence: plant MRP area, storage location MRP area, subcontractor MRP area.
You can, however, also enter one or several MRP areas in the scope of planning and thus restrict the total planning run to these MRP areas.

Same Material MRP planning in 2 plant

Hi ,
1 Common material which is used in two different plant ( Plant A & Plant B) , In Plant A there is requirement of 10 qty but the stock is 0 , but the quantity is available in the B plant . So how we can consider those stock of material in MRP run of Plant A . What are the Customization or master data set up requirement for this scenario.
satish

Hi Satish,
Please refer link http://scn.sap.com/thread/1995407 for your query. below is the reply given by Alok in the linked thread.
Dear,
Create a scope of planning in OM0E and assign ur plant there.
Use that scope of planning in "MD01" for run mrp.
Scope of planning is used to run mrp for
1. Several plants
2. One mrp area
3. Multiple mrp areas
4. Combination of plant & mrp area
Hope it will solve ur problem. Revert back.
regards,
Suraj Kamble

MRP Run for Multiple plants

Hi Guys:
IN SAP R/3
My client has requirement to merge planning of material for multiple plants and run the MRP under one head plant.
For example:
Plant : 1000, 1001, 1002, where plant 1000 is a head plant who had authorization to perform MRP run.
if I run MRP Sepeartely:Each plant has below requirement for one material number (M1)
Plant 1000 : 3 EA
Plant 1001 : 2 EA
Plant 1002 : 5 EA
Instead of running MRP per plant, my client needs to run MRP for multiple Plants that Consolidate total requirement for all plants.
and generate PR--->PO , In the PO, M1 should be delivered to 3 different plant locations by vendor and Po Will be issued from Head Plant 1000?
Is there any Report in SAP , Where MRP Controller can See Requirements from Different Plants @ Central Purchasing level after one Multi Plant MRP run, So that he can decide on how much to allocate to each plant?
Thanks for help
Thanks
Sweth

Hi,
If u want to perform the MRP in one plant for all the plant requirement is depends on the bussiness process.
You can try the following scenario:
Planning in one plant nd production in other plant - Respective master data and special procurement have to maintain.For
further clarity please follow the below link
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/f4/7d3f9344af11d182b40000e829fbfe/frameset.htm.
We can evaluate the PR and PO by providing the authorisation object for the multiple plant to the respective users.
Revert me back in case of clarification.
Thanks
P.Srinivasan

MRP across multiple plants

Hello everyone,
I have a scenario where I have multiple plants. During Production of some finished products, I have to procure some material from anothere plant. For this I have used Special procurement key in MRP 2 to throw requirement to corresponding plant.
As Per MRP run, I Hope to use NEUPL run once a week for the corresponding plant. Do I Have to run MRP seperately for each plant so that MRP requirement for semi finished products are also raised in corresponding plant. Will in that case help to group together multiple plants under scope of planning or an MRP area.
My second question is that if we run MRP with processing Key: NETCH what can be the corresponding impact. I was hoping to run it daily so as to capture changes in requirements, if any.
Please do give your suggestions.
Sincerely,
Aji Kurian Mani

Brian,
I am looking for a way to run MRP across multiple plants as if it was one plant.
Well, that phrase can mean different things to different people. In general, though, SAP ERP does not support this requirement.
I guess you overlooked the rules of engagement for this forum, which state that you should first search the forums for answers before posting a question. There are lots of workarounds, using Special Procurement and/or MRP Areas. Just search the ERP PP and ERP MM forums. This topic has been discussed extensively.
There are also several third party products available that can probably meet your requirements as well. Be advised that the purchase price of these products are substantial, and the implementations are not trivial. Many shops are unwilling to invest the money and effort into advanced planning systems, and end up just working with ERP planning, using workarounds, enhancements, and business process changes.
SAP is also marketing one of these advanced planning products as a 'solution extension', that they are calling Supply Chain Response Management (SCRM). This software was developed by the third party software company ICON, and SAP now has established a relationship with ICON. You can see info on the software at
http://www.sap.com/solutions/solutionextensions/supply-chain-response-management/index.epx
and also on the ICON website at
http://www.icon-scm.com/en/products/sap-supply-chain-response-management-by-icon-scm/
Best Regards,
DB49

How to use Same Inspection plan for Multiple Plants?

Hello,
When I create a Process Order for material (M1), release and save it for a Plant A then I get the Inspection lot automatically.
Now I have another Plant B that we have created. We would like to use the same Inspection plan that has been created for Plant A and M1
So in the changed mode(QP02) of the Inspection plan for Plant A in the material assignment tab I added the Material M1 and the Plant B. I am assuming this means when I create the Process order for M1 in Plant B then it should use the same Inspection plan.
But when I create the Process Order for M1 for Plant B, release and save it then it does not created the Inspection lot automatically(though I can create Inspection lot manually)
Can you tell me if there is setting that will allow me to create the Inspection lot automatically on saving the Process order which should use the Inspection plan that I just assigned.
And also let me know if there is a better way to handle same Inspection Plan for same material but multiple Plants.
Thanks
SAP Fans...

Dear,
For your message my understanding is that you are not getting Inspection lot created in Plant"B". Inspection lot for a material would get created based on the Inspection Setup for the material master "QM View", so compare the QM for the material in both plants and correct it for Plant "B".
Probably I feel Inspection Setup is not complete for the material in Plant "B" - Generally when extending material by copying referance, in the QM view you need to click the Inspection Setup Button, for the data to be copied...otherwise it does not copy the Inspection setup from the referance plant.
Regards,
Prasobh

Using inspection plan in multiple plants

Hi,
I would like to use one inspection plan in multiple plants. Are there any disadvantages or pitfalls? (besides the fact that if I use workcenters, the same workcenters must exist in all plants using the plan)
Marcus.

I love to use material specs. They can be used alone or in conjunction with a plan.
There are several reasons why plans must be used in certain situations.
Dynamic modification is one of the big ones. You can only use DMR in inspection plans.
You also need plans to work with PRT assignments.
Security based on workcenters. Some plants require that only certain techs or personnel perform certain inspections. And the people who can do results recording is strictly monitored. This is especially true for those using SAP in the Pharm and food industries.
Using calculated characteristics. These can only be taken advantage of if your use inspection plans.
Enginerring change management. Plans can used ECM to track and document changes. Another big requirment in Pharma and food.
If a material spec is used it is an all or nothing situation. In many places, there might be 20 or 30 characteristics on a given material spec. If you inspect by material spec then all the characteristics in the material spec are copied into the inspection lot. If you inspect in conjunction with a plan, any characteristics that don't match up with an inspection plan characteristic are appended to the last operation of the plan.
Since in many places, inspections are done at various stages, or maybe derived from batch derivation, they often want to pick and choose what tests get performed at what inspection. A good example would be 03 and 04 lots. Many places might test some characteristics via the 03 inspection that get the tests from the routing/receipe. If the test is done in a later operation, there may not be any need to repeat the test in the 04 inspection lot. Using a material spec, they wouldn't have that flexibility. Anther example are 09 recurring inspections. Many companies may only inspect a certain subset of characteristics to requalify the material at reinspection.
Capturing costs for specific testing must use an inspection plan. (yes, you can use general QM order in the material master if you want, but the operation header of a plan has various values and settings for working with costs)
And now in 6.0, if you want to use the multiple spec functionality, you have to use inspection plans.
If you integrate with EH&S and maintain specs in EH&S then EH&S can create and update all the inspection plans as changes are made. But not material specs.
I think I hit some of the big reasons, I'm sure others can probably come up with ones I've missed.
Craig
Edited by: Craig Snyder on May 1, 2008 9:35 PM

"CLOSED":How to plan inventory from multiple orgs simultaneously using MRP?

Hello everybody,
How to plan inventory from multiple organizations simultaneously using SCP?
My customer found that in supply chain planning (MRP) system always plans in single manufacturing organization, say, ATC, firstly. If set in organization item master, the source type as 'Inventory' and the source organization as another trading organization name, say, ANX. if there is insufficient inventory in ATC, SCP-MRP would plan in ANX, disregard of the inventory exist in ANX for the item.
But for some items, there are both inventory in ATC and ANX and we want plan BOTH their inventory simultaneously instad of firstly ATC and then ANX.
Is there any standard function in Oracle that can do so? I found that the sourcing rule cannot help in this case.
A simple test case is described in
https://gtcr.oracle.com/gtcr-dir/gtcr_4607/5580425.992/Alternative_to_plan_multi-org_MRP.doc
Thanks
Catalina
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Catalina,
Net the inventory simultaneously? Its not quite clear what your client wants.
Even in the old SCP, you can use sourcing rules to first net inventory in org1 and then net the inventory in org 2 via a transfer from rule. The key point is it is always incremental based on where you place teh demand and then you provide source to fill that demand.
One restriction that ASCP still has up to 11.5.10 is that you can only have sourcing rules going in one direction. This means that you can't have a rule that sources ORG1 from ORG2 for item A, then have the revers in ORG2 sourcing from ORG1. That won't work, ASCP will randomly ignore one of the rules.
The best choice may be to use GOP with a sourcing split % so that yo do consider the inventory in both orgs when demanding the order, but it would still be done by checking ORG1 then ORG2.
Hope this helps.
Kevin Creel

MRP STO from multiple plants

Hi All,
Is there any way that we can configure standard SAP to look in multiple plants before it can create a STR for special procurement key ?
thanks for your help.

Chandru,
If it is your only business requirement is to manually search other plants for stock, you don't need to do anything special.
When you are in the sales order, perform your ATP. On the Availability control screen, you will see what the ATP situation is against the plant contained in the sales order. If the proposal is unsatisfactory, you can clik on the "other plants" button at the top. It will propose a list of plants that can supply this product. Select the ones you want, and proceed to the next screen. It will show you the possible commit dates available for each of these plants. Select the one you want, and it will then perform a standard ATP check against that plant. If you accept the results, it will change the plant in the sales order item to the one you have selected. Save.
Yes, a bit of work. But, no more than you would have to do if you manually searched for stock, and then transported the stock to the original plant.
Regards,
DB49

Checking the stock in multiple plants by creating STO to fulfil an order.

Hi All,
The requirement is to do a Stock Transfer from different Plants for fulfillment of Configuration Order(putting together different components to make one product) which always be done at one central plant. When configuration order is created the Order Header requirement is always set to u2018Complete Deliveryu2019, which means that all the line items on the Order be delivered to the Warehouse in one delivery for Configuration completion.
There are multiple plants around the Central plant and the suggestion made was to create STO from other plants to the configuration plant whenever there is a shortfalls. Currently in legacy the STO process for meeting shortfall requirement is met through Automated STO. The system looks for inventory in nearby Plant in a Sequence until it finds the inventory in one of the Plant and not external Procurement is done for this configurable materials.
Is there any way that this can be configured in SAP from MRP or planning perspective to look for the stock in a sequence of plants specified? I know using a Special procurement key u201Cstock transferu201D under the MRP view in Material master but I was not completely clear on this process.
Can anyone provide me their thoughts on how to resolve this issue.
Regards
Shane

HI Csaba,
Thanks for your thoughts. Yes it is not possible to acheive this with in Materials management. It looks like APO has the in built functionality to handle these kind of scenarios.
Shane

Single Subcon Vendor for multiple Plants - CTM

Dear friends,
We are planning some materials with Subcontracting scenario using CTM
Facing issue when same vendor is executing sub-con process of same material for multiple plants
Total demand of lower level material is flowing to a single plant instead of flowing to the corresponding multiple plants
Because of which excess planning is happening in one unit & no planning is occuring at other units which is leading to a mess
In library, it is provided to proceed with 1050 Location type but not clear on how to proceed further
Kindly guide on this
Regards,
Antony

Hi,
Now Planning has to happen at dummy location of type 1050 and not at 1011 to transfer demand to correct plant.
Please check following-:
1. If you are using PPm create product in new location of type 1050.
2. Also check whether Tlane is created for components from plant to this new location.
3. Suggest to retransfer all master data including your subcontracting inforecord post creation of location of type 1050.
If you are using PDS product should get created in new location automaticaly.
Regards,
Santosh

Is ATP for Multiple Plants possible????

Hi Gurus,
I have requirement like this
we are having two SAP Systems in one Sales order is raised.. and tha will pass to 2nd system with ALE. in Second system actual Availability Check will run for the plant given in the line item of sale order.
but in second system there will be 6 plants containing the same material. here my requirement is system has to check all the stock lying in all the plans at it need to propose the plant at line item level in sales order.
I know that Avail.Check will run for single plant. Is there any way to run this for multiple plants. at present user is changeing sales order and splitting line item into 6 line Items and performing Availability check based on that he is abelt find the in which plant stock is availble it become cumbersome process.
is any User Exit can we give multiple plants for checking Stocks???.
if End User is doing any mistake in doing Avail.Check it leads to Dead Stock.
please provide your Inputs on this
-Pradeep

BC,
Well, I will assume that you have been diligent and have already determined that the material masters are comparable between your qual system and your production system (I don't know what pre-production means).
First thing I would check would be the differences between qual and prod in availability check configuration. OVZ2. Look especially at the 'accumul' settings. Actually, any difference between qual and prod should be reviewed. Differences are a no-no!
Best Regards,
DB49

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