R/3SystemMRPAreasfi©Copyright1999SAPAG.Allrightsreserved.NopartofthisbrochuremaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorforanypurposewithouttheexpresspermissionofSAPAG.Theinformationcontainedhereinmaybechangedwithoutpriornotice.SomesoftwareproductsmarketedbySAPAGanditsdistributorscontainproprietarysoftwarecomponentsofothersoftwarevendors.Microsoft®,WINDOWS®,NT®,EXCEL®,Word®andSQL-Server®areregisteredtrademarksofMicrosoftCorporation.IBM®,DB2®,OS/2®,DB2/6000®,ParallelSysplex®,MVS/ESA®,RS/6000®,AIX®,S/390®,AS/400®,OS/390®,undOS/400®areregisteredtrademarksofIBMCorporation.OSF/Motif®isaregisteredtrademarkofOpenSoftwareFoundation.ORACLE®isaregisteredtrademarkofORACLECorporation,California,USA.INFORMIX®-OnLineforSAPisaregisteredtrademarkofInformixSoftwareIncorporated.UNIX®andX/Open®areregisteredtrademarksofSCOSantaCruzOperation.ADABAS®isaregisteredtrademarkofSoftwareAG.SAP®undSAP-Logo®,R/2®,R/3®,RIVA®,ABAP®,SAP-EDI®,SAPBusinessWorkflow®,SAPEarlyWatch®,SAPArchiveLink®,R/3Retail®,ALE/WEB®,BAPI®,SAPPHIRE®,ManagementCockpit®,SEM®,areregisteredtrademarksofSAPAGinGermanyandinseveralothercountriesallovertheworld.Allrightsreserved.Design:SAPCommunicationsMediaSAPAG·Neurottstraße16·69190Walldorf·GermanyContentsIntroduction..........................................................................................................................................3Basics....................................................................................................................................................4MRPUpToNow....................................................................................................................................4MRPAreas.............................................................................................................................................5Settings..................................................................................................................................................6TheMRPProcess.................................................................................................................................7MRPAreasforStorageLocations..........................................................................................................8SubcontractorMRPArea.......................................................................................................................8PlantMRPArea.....................................................................................................................................9PlanningStrategiesatMRPAreaLevel...........................................................................................10Multi-PlantTotalPlanning.................................................................................................................10Scenarios............................................................................................................................................11StockTransferPlanttoMRPArea.......................................................................................................11SubcontractorThird-PartyOrderProcessing.......................................................................................13Multi-LevelSubcontracting...................................................................................................................13IntegrationSalesandDistribution(SD)................................................................................................14ATPAvailabilityCheck......................................................................................................................15ForecastandLong-TermPlanning...................................................................................................16Summary.............................................................................................................................................17MRPAreas·July1999Thisandfurtherreadingontherespectivetopicscanbefoundinthemediacentersonourhomepage.(timetomarket),toincreasethevarietyofproducts,andtoreactflexiblytochangesinthemarket.ThisresultsinspecialdemandsonmodernMRP(MaterialRequirementsPlanning).ThemainfunctionofMRPistoguaranteetheavailabilityofmaterialsbymonitoringstocksandtoautomaticallycreateorderproposalsforpurchasingandproduction.MRPtriestooptimizeservicelevelsbutalsominimizecostsandcapitallock-up.OneofthedemandsonmodernMRPisdecentralizedMRPforindividual,independentplanningareas.ThisrequirementisfulfilledbytheimplementationofMRPareas.MRPareasarefreely-configurableorganizationalunitswithinSAPR/3withindependentMRP.4BasicsMRPUpToNowUptoR/3Release4.5MRPtookthefollowingorganizationalunitsintoconsideration:qPlantqStoragelocationMRPOrganizationalUnitsPlant1000V5013V5012Subcontractors005000600090010000700080002000100030004001200110StoragelocationsThelowestorganizationalunitwasthestoragelocation.However,thistypeofplanningwas