Introducing the Planning Steps

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to describe the steps of the planning run.

Overview of Planning Steps

In the previous lessons, we learned about the consumption-based planning methods and saw that you can use the MRP type in the material master record to determine the planning method of a material.

Now we want to start a planning run for a consumption-based planned material and analyze the results. This will introduce us to the different steps of a planning run.

Watch the following demo to learn how to execute a planning run for a single material and analyze the results.

In the demo, we got an idea of what happens during a planning run: the system reacted to a shortage and created a purchase requisition with a specific quantity and delivery date, and also found a suitable supplier.

Now let's have Julia, our virtual trainer, walk us through the steps of the planning run.

The previous video introduces the main processes involved in a planning run, including net requirements calculation, lot size calculation, scheduling, procurement proposal determination, and exception message generation.

In the next lessons, we will take a closer look at the main planning steps and the control parameters that are available.

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