Discontinuation

In material requirements planning (MRP), the discontinuation data in the material master record transfers dependent requirements for a material component that is no longer in stock (in sufficient quantities) to a follow-up material. You can also specify a follow-up material for an item in a BOM. The data for this is maintained as Discontinuation data.

The follow-up item specified in the BOM overrides any follow-up material maintained in the material master record.

Multiple levels of discontinuation data are not supported. Once a material master record (MRP data) has discontinuation indicator 1 (simple/parallel discontinuation) and a follow-up material, you can no longer enter the material as a follow-up material in a BOM.

Prerequisites

Before you can use discontinuation, the following must be true:

Both materials are planned using MRP
The base unit of measure of the follow-up material is the same as the base unit of measure of the discontinued material
In the BOM, discontinuation data is maintained for the discontinued item and follow-up data is maintained for the follow-up item
The system checks the following item data:

Item category

You can define discontinuation data for the following item categories:

Stock item

Variable-size item

You cannot define discontinuation data for the following item categories:

Document item

Text item

Class item

Intra material

Alternative item group

You can only define discontinuation data for a stock item or variable-size item that is not assigned to an alternative item group.

Once you have maintained discontinuation data for an item, you can no longer assign the item to an alternative item group.

Co-products

Discontinuation is not supported for co-products.