Evaluating MRP Lists and Stock/Requirements Lists 

Procedures

Evaluating MRP Lists

To access the MRP list for a single material, start from the long-term planning node and choose Evaluations → MRP list - material.

To select the MRP list using certain criteria, start from the long-term planning node and choose Evaluations → MRP list – Coll. displ.

Comparing MRP Lists

  1. To compare the long-term planning MRP list with the operative MRP list for the selected material, choose Goto → Operational MRP list comparison from the long-term planning MRP list.

The system displays the screen entitled Comparison of MRP List Scenario – Operational: Period Totals.
In the period totals display, the values from the scenario and from operative planning are displayed together in pairs. The value from the planning scenario is displayed in the left-hand column and the value from operative planning is displayed in the right-hand column. Periods with quantity variations are highlighted.

  1. Choose  Planning scenario if you only want to see the period totals for the planning scenario.
  2. Choose  MRP list if you only want to see the period totals from operative planning.
  3. If you want to see the individual MRP elements for one specific totals row, position the cursor on the totals row and choose  Period.

In the lower section of the screen, the system displays the individual MRP elements for the period.

  1. To compare the long-term planning MRP list with the MRP list of another planning scenario, choose Goto → Comparison → Comparison with another scenario from the long-term planning MRP list.

The functions available here are identical to those in the planning scenario / operative MRP list compare.

Evaluating the Stock/Requirements List

To access the stock/requirements list, start from the long-term planning node and choose Evaluations → Stock/reqmts list.

Comparing Stock/Requirements Lists

To compare the long-term planning stock/requirements list with the operative stock/requirements list for the selected material, choose Goto → Stock/requirements list comparison from the long-term planning stock/requirements list:

The following procedure is the same as described for the MRP lists.