ABSTRACT

Material requirements planning (MRP) is a system that is responsible for finding out purchasing requirements for any plant. MRP takes the quantities of finished products to be made to fulfill the customer orders. MRP tasks are performed by an MRP controller who maintains MRP parameters and runs MRP. The plant MRP area initially contains the plant together with all its storage locations and stock with subcontractors. The forecast used in MRP planning is based on past consumption. To make the forecast more accurate, a correction factor can be applied over the result of the required materials obtained from the forecast. The storage locations of each plant which should be considered for MRP planning can be defined in this implementation guide activity. The MRP type controls the screens that are displayed in the evaluations of MRP. The screen sequences are given a number, which is assigned to the MRP type.