Planning for Components to be Provided in Subcontracting

Hi all,
May I know what is the business rational to plan the requirements to be provided for the components (material provide to vendor) for one subcontractor separately from all other requirements with the use of MRP area (i.e. what is the business reason to carry out MRP with MRP areas, to define an MRP area for each individual subcontractor, and thus plan the components to be provided separately for each subcontractor).
Can you give me an example of business process (i.e. business requirement) which require this kind of setup on subcontracting process?
thanks.
tuffy

Hi Tuffy,
one example for using subcon MRP areas is the following process:
- components are usually provided by a 3rd-party vendor directly to the subcontractor
- in the tab "delivery address" of the purchasing document the subcontractor can be specified that shall receive the components
- the MRP-run can automatically create such purchase requisitions but only when it knows the subcontractor that shall receive the components. This can only be realized by subcon MRP areas.
Best Regards
Uwe

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