Planning with configurable material

Hello All,
We are using a Configurable material and i have a question about the configurable material. The Configurable FERT material should be a MTO and all the configured components should be MTS. I want to enter the forecast for the components in Md61 and put them in stock and the requirement from the Configurable finished good should consume the PIRs. can anyone tell me what strategies i should use at each level. Thanks in Advance.

Hello
I have tried above suggestion, but they did not work. The sub assemblies (variant components) are not being consumed by the Fert level requirement. It is creating Another new requirement, it is not consuming the PIRS for the sub assemblies. Can someone suggest me what to do here.
Edited by: jags on Nov 28, 2009 5:58 AM

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