Planning for Components to be Provided in Subcontracting 

Use

Using the MRP area, you can plan the provision of components for individual subcontractors separately from the usual requirements (see also Subcontracting).

Prerequisites

  • You have created an MRP area for the subcontractor X in Customizing and have entered the vendor number of the subcontractor there.
  • You have assigned the components to be provided to the MRP area for the subcontractor X by creating an MRP area segment in the material master record of the components to be provided.
  • You have entered the special procurement key Stock Transfer from Plant to MRP Area or the special procurement key for external procurement in the MRP area segment, if you directly procure the components to be provided using subcontracting/third-party purchase requisitions.
  • You have entered the special procurement key for subcontracting in the material master of the assembly that the subcontractor produces.
  • You have created a source list entry for the assembly that the subcontractor produces. In this, you have entered the subcontractor as a fixed vendor and have set the indicator 1 for relevant to MRP in the MRP field (see also Determining Source of Supply for External Procurement).

Features

During the planning run, the system explodes the BOM of the assembly to be manufactured and determines the requirements for components that are to be provided to the subcontractor X. The dependent requirements of the components to be provided are only assigned to the MRP area of the subcontractor when the system can determine the subcontractor as the source of supply for the assembly. The source of supply is determined using the source list.

Depending on the requirements situation and the settings entered, the system creates either