1.1 ... MRP Basics ... 19 1.2 ... MRP within the Supply Chain in SAP Systems ... 20 1.3 ... MRP with SAP S/4HANA ... 24 1.4 ... Summary ... 28 2.1 ... MRP Procedures ... 29 2.2 ... The MRP Planning Process ... 35 2.3 ... Summary ... 53 3.1 ... Material Master ... 56 3.2 ... Procurement Master Data ... 95 3.3 ... Planning File ... 126 3.4 ... Summary ... 128 4.1 ... Overall Plant Parameters ... 132 4.2 ... MRP Group ... 158 4.3 ... MRP Type ... 170 4.4 ... Lot-Sizing Procedure ... 174 4.5 ... Availability Check ... 178 4.6 ... MRP Areas ... 180 4.7 ... Parallel Processing ... 185 4.8 ... Summary ... 187 5.1 ... MRP Live versus Classic MRP ... 189 5.2 ... Classic MRP ... 193 5.3 ... MRP Live ... 211 5.4 ... Planning PP/DS Materials in MRP Live (One MRP Run) ... 221 5.5 ... Summary ... 223 6.1 ... Exception Messages ... 225 6.2 ... Rescheduling Checks ... 230 6.3 ... The Stock/Requirements List ... 235 6.4 ... MRP List ... 260 6.5 ... Information and Settings for Materials in MRP on SAP HANA ... 263 6.6 ... Order Report ... 264 6.7 ... Pegged Requirements ... 268 6.8 ... Evaluation of the Planning Situation ... 270 6.9 ... MRP Cockpit ... 272 6.10 ... Summary ... 301 7.1 ... Planned Orders ... 303 7.2 ... Planned Order Availability Check ... 308 7.3 ... Planned Order Conversion ... 311 7.4 ... Additional Options for Mass Processing ... 317 7.5 ... Summary ... 321 8.1 ... Subcontracting Planning ... 323 8.2 ... Planning Calendar ... 329 8.3 ... BOM Explosion Number ... 333 8.4 ... Parts Interchangeability ... 336 8.5 ... Range of Coverage Profile (Dynamic Safety Stock) ... 341 8.6 ... Summary ... 346 9.1 ... What Is Demand Management? ... 348 9.2 ... Planning Strategies ... 352 9.3 ... Creating a Demand Plan ... 368 9.4 ... Configuring Demand Management ... 374 9.5 ... Summary ... 377 10.1 ... What Is DDMRP? ... 379 10.2 ... Setting Up DDMRP ... 386 10.3 ... Running DDMRP ... 400 10.4 ... Integrating DDMRP with SAP IBP ... 409 10.5 ... Summary ... 410 11.1 ... Creating a Long-Term Planning Scenario ... 414 11.2 ... Running Long-Term Planning ... 419 11.3 ... Processing Simulative Planned Orders ... 422 11.4 ... Evaluating the LTP Results ... 426 11.5 ... Cleaning Up the Long-Term Planning Scenario ... 435 11.6 ... Summary ... 438 12.1 ... Prerequisites to Run pMRP ... 442 12.2 ... Creating a pMRP Simulation ... 443 12.3 ... Processing pMRP Simulations ... 448 12.4 ... Releasing the pMRP Simulation ... 456 12.5 ... Summary ... 457 13.1 ... Housekeeping MRP ... 459 13.2 ... Troubleshooting MRP ... 464 13.3 ... Improving MRP Performance ... 478 13.4 ... Summary ... 492 14.1 ... Enhancing Classic MRP ... 494 14.2 ... Enhancing MRP Live ... 498 14.3 ... Enhancing the SAP Fiori Applications of the MRP Cockpit ... 501 14.4 ... Summary ... 504 15.1 ... Performing Readiness Check ... 505 15.2 ... Assessing Simplifications in MRP ... 507 15.3 ... Reviewing Custom Code ... 515 15.4 ... Evaluating New MRP Features ... 516 15.5 ... Summary ... 519 A ... Roadmap for MRP in SAP S/4HANA ... 521 B ... The Author ... 525