Planning with multiple plants

Hi all,
I have two production plants B and C.
I have a stock of 100 in plant B and a stock of 400 in plant C. So the total stock is available is 500.
I enter the requirement quantity of 1000 at plant A (planning plant) and do the MRP run.
Now I should get the planned orders generated at the two plants B and C for the remaining quantity. What can I do?
Rgds,

Hi,
As per my best knowledge you have no better solution in R/3 than the metioned process, that cannot realize your goal fully (you cannot optimize the process, you cannot consider the planning situation of all your plants during MRP run).
As I mentioned, more advanced solution is SAP APO that could realize your / your client's idea.
As for development: I cannot estimate how much and serious work could be to realize the multi-plant MRP run in R/3...but I'm afraid it won't be an easy job to do.
Please also wait for the others, maybe someone can tell you a workaround / good idea.
Regards,
Csaba
Edited by: Csaba Szommer on Oct 26, 2008 6:51 PM

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