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1 MRP Exception Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2 Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1 Analysis Scope Tab Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2 Selection Rule Stock/Requirements List Tab Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3 Critical Documents Tab Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.4 Exception Groups Tab Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.5 Days' Supply Tab Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.6 Other Settings Tab Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
2.7 Use of Variants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Default variants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3 Results Overview of the MRP Exception Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

3.1 SD Orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.2 MM Orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
3.3 Stocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.4 PP Orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.5 MRP Exception Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Customizing Exception Group Texts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
3.6 Forecast Exception Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

4 Material View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.1 Calling from the Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.2 Key Figures in the Material View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.3 Days' Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.4 Detail Views, Navigation, Processing Indicator, and Material Master Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.5 MRP Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.6 Number of Material Withdrawals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.7 Period View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.8 BOM Explosion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
4.9 Where-Used List (Material View). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.10 Demand-Driven Replenishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.11 Refresh Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.12 Use of Layouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

5 Days' Supply View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

5.1 Calling from the Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
5.2 Days' Supply - Replenishment Time Matrix in the Days' Supply View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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5.3 Comparison Table in the Days' Supply View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

6 Missing Parts View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

6.1 Calling from the Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
6.2 Results List of the Missing Parts View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
6.3 Where-Used List (Missing Parts View). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

7 Work center view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

7.1 Work Centers Subscreen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
7.2 Order Operations Subscreen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
7.3 Components Subscreen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
7.4 Order Linkage Subscreen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
7.5 Maintenance of MRP Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Tasks, Resubmissions, and Comments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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1 MRP Exception Monitor

Identify issues in your supply chain so you can eliminate them quickly. The MRP exception monitor provides a
central cockpit for the most important planning exception messages.

The MRP exception monitor provides an overview of errors in operational material requirements planning and
displays relevant MRP data. These include general exception messages from the stock/requirements list
relating to overcoverage, undercoverage, delays, and forecast messages for example.

Movement data that has critical planning status (such as delayed sales orders or production orders with
missing parts) is also displayed in aggregated form. MRP controllers therefore have an excellent overview of
any errors in their stock.

The Material View allows all the materials of an MRP controller to be displayed with the relevant planning
statuses. In addition to standard information about the material, it also lists relevant MRP exceptions and
movement data errors. Differentiated and configurable days' supply and requirement key figures provide
information about the past and future stock situation.

Detail views displaying the detailed information from the aggregated views can also be called for all materials
and movement data. You can also navigate to the standard transactions of the respective data objects.

The main functions of the MRP exception monitor include:

● Provision of MRP and forecast exception messages that exist in the standard SAP system with user-
dependent group assignments as well as influenceable group descriptions (priority 1 and 2 messages) at
aggregated and disaggregated level
● One view of all customer orders, in-house production orders, and external procurement documents that
need to be processed from MRP perspective
● Provision of additional exception messages for MRP elements from the SD, MM, and PP areas
● Traffic light or grid function, based on the relationship between replenishment lead time and range of
coverage
● Mass maintenance of planning-relevant material master data based on the results of the MRP run
● Plant-related or cross-plant view of stock and MRP elements (for a given period or as a period view)
● Missing parts view
● Jump to the corresponding transactions from a central cockpit

You can also use the comprehensive functions. These include the following functionalities:

● Measures and resubmissions

● Comment function
● Individual material groups
● Alerts
● Formula editor for creating your own formulas
You use the formula editor to create your own formulas to calculate your own key figures. The formulas can
be used in all SCM consulting solutions.

In addition, the following SCM Consulting Solutions are part of the comprehensive functions:

● Material master update

● Enhanced Material Master View

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● Material Document Analysis
● Excel Upload/Download
● Flexible Material Master Update

The comprehensive functions consist of various functions that can make your work with the SCM Consulting
Solutions even more effective.The material master update allows you to save data in standard SAP fields and
fields of the enhanced material master view. You can edit the material master data directly from the results
list of your SCM Consulting Solutions.You can use the enhanced material master view to access the material
master data fields of the SCM Consulting Solutions. You can use material document aggregation to create
customized consumption and inventory histories that you can use for the analyses in the MRP monitor,
inventory controlling cockpit, and safety stock simulation. The stock development shows you the current
stock values and provides you with a variety of aggregation options.

In the event of error messages, please create a customer message under the component XX-PROJ-CON-FM.

SAP Note: 1341705

Link to additional content: Materials

Related Information

Documentation on the comprehensive functions

Overview of SCM Consulting Solutions

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2 Selection

The MRP exception monitor can be called using transaction /n/SAPLOM/ERM or report /SAPLOM/ERM. If
you access it using alternative transaction /n/SAPLOM/ERM_U, you can also perform mass maintenance of
material master data.

The selection screen is divided into several tabs:

● Analysis Range
● Selection Rule Stock/Requirements List
● Critical Documents
● Exception Groups
● Days' Supply
● Other Settings

2.1 Analysis Scope Tab Pages

On the Analysis scope and Analysis scope II tab pages, you can define the materials to be analyzed using
material master selection fields such as plant or MRP controller.

You also define one of the following business roles:

● Material planner, to analyze critical documents, exception groups, and ranges of coverage
● Production supervisor, to evaluate planned orders and production orders with and without missing parts
for each work center (machine)
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In the Vendor Selection block, you can restrict the selection of materials by vendor and delivery date. You can
select by fixed vendor from the source list and/or by vendor in open purchase orders, purchase requisitions,
and planned orders. You can also specify a delivery date with reference to the specified documents.

You can further restrict the material selection using the following checkboxes:

● Only materials with MRP list: Only materials that have an MS05/MD05 list are selected. Subsequent
checkboxes are only active if this first checkbox is active.
● Only with exceptions: Only materials that have an exception message of your choice are selected.
● Only with new exceptions: Only materials that have an exception message of your choice that was added
with the last MRP planning run are selected. Note: Rescheduling exception messages receive the status
‘New’ if the rescheduling date changes.
● Only unprocessed materials: Only materials with the status ‘Not processed’ are selected.
● Only flagged materials: Only materials that have the status ‘Net change’ are selected.

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Note that if you use MRP Live, no MRP lists are created. As a result, the aforementioned checkboxes are not
used in combination with MRP Live if you want to read MD04 data online. As an alternative, you can use the Set
Selection Rule selection screen tab to read historical data. For more information about historical data, see
Selection Rule Stock/Requirements List Tab Page [page 8] and the documentation for the comprehensive
functions under Save current stock/requirements list.

The following checkboxes are available with historical data:

 Note

The response times of the MRP exception monitor vary significantly depending on the selected scope of
the analysis. You should therefore tailor your selections as precisely as possible to the required scope. It is
recommended to limit the selection range at least to the selection criteria Material and Plant (and MRP
area if MRP areas are activated). Press the Number Materials button to display the number of materials
that match the selection criteria.

 Note

If you choose the production supervisor business role, selection screen tabs that are not required are
hidden (that is, Critical Documents, Exception Groups, Coverage Range, and Other Settings). To run an
evaluation using work centers, you first have to execute the preliminary report Report for Order Relation
for the required work centers.

Related Information

Selection Rule Stock/Requirements List Tab Page [page 8]

Report for Order Relation

2.2 Selection Rule Stock/Requirements List Tab Page

On the Selection Rule Stock/Requirements List tab page, you can define whether the MD04 data is to be read in
real time or whether historical MD04 data is to be accessed for a specified date. If you opt for real-time MD04

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data, you can define the settings for the selection rule. A selection rule consists of particular time information
and groups together MRP elements and stocks. The selection rule controls the selection of this data in the
stock/requirements list:

● MRP elements are only displayed for the period that has been defined in the selection horizon.
● Only those MRP elements selected in the selection rule are displayed.
● Of the MRP elements displayed, only those flagged in the selection rule as relevant for availability are used
to calculate the quantity available and days’ supply.

 Note

When you execute the MRP exception monitor, a new selection rule is created for each user session. The
selection rule is deleted when you exit the results screen correctly by choosing Back or Exit. It is
recommended that you schedule the program /SAPLOM/ERM_X in a background job that recurs at night
to also remove the selection rules that remain in the system because the result screen was not exited
correctly.

If you want to read historical data, a stock/requirements list must be saved in advance. Use /SAPLOM/XMD for
this purpose.

In the XMD settings for data storage, choose the options Save Header Data, Save Raw Data, Save Formatted
Data, and Save Period Totals, and set the period indicator to be the same as the period indicator on the Other
Settings selection screen tab.

For more information on transaction /SAPLOM/XMD, see the documentation for the comprehensive functions
under Save current stock/requirements list.

The previous or subsequent period is entered in calendar days.

Only the stocks defined in the selection rule are used to calculate the unrestricted-use stock.

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The No Dependent MRP Elements for Consumption-Based Materials checkbox means that dependent
requirements are not displayed for materials that are planned using consumption-based planning, even if
Dependent Requirements and Dependent Reservations are preset to Display availability relevance.

The Execute MDVP in Background checkbox causes transaction MDVP for the availability check of planned
orders to be executed in the background before the results screen is created. On the results screen, the most
recent results are then displayed under Planned Orders with and Without Missing Parts.

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If you choose the Production Supervisor role, you define the planned orders and production orders to be
selected by time using the selection horizon. The system uses the earliest scheduled processing date.

The selection horizon is also used to specify the time frame for the alert display at work center level:
Work center view

Selection Rule Stock/Requirements List

If the difference between today and the defined end date is 1 to 4 days, the length of an individual time frame is
set to 4 hours. If 5 to 7 days, it is set to 8 hours. If 8 to 21 days, it is set to 24 hours. If greater than 21 days, it is
set to 48 hours.

The Execute XCL in Background checkbox causes transaction /SAPLOM/XCL to be executed in the background
before the results screen is created. The results screen of the work center view then displays the most recent
results. For more information about transaction /SAPLOM/XCL, see the user documentation for the
comprehensive functions under Report for Order Relation.

Related Information

Save current stock/requirements list

Documentation on the Comprehensive Functions

2.3 Critical Documents Tab Page

On the Critical Documents tab page, you define which MRP elements selected according to the selection rule
are to be analyzed for critical status.

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 Critical Documents

For Stock: future backlog (in the Inventory management area), the days' supply (stock days' supply, first receipt
days' supply or second receipt days' supply) for materials produced in-house is compared with the total
replenishment lead time or material replenishment lead time. For externally procured materials, the days'
supply is always compared with the material replenishment lead time.

For valuation of sales orders, you choose between the delivery date and the material availability date.

 Note

The Purchase orders with a too high days’ supply checkbox is only displayed if the SCM Consulting
SolutionMRP Monitor is installed. The necessary days’ supply limits are defined in regard of the ABCD/
XYZN-sign, see Days’ Supply tab. This sign, in turn, is determined by the MRP Monitor.

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2.4 Exception Groups Tab Page

On the Exception Groups tab page, you define which exception groups to display and whether to include priority
2 messages in the analysis.

Exception Groups

You can use multiple selection to freely assign exception numbers to the related groups. Press the Exception
Message pushbutton to display the source exception messages associated with the numbers.

Messages with prio 1 are those displayed directly on the results screen of transaction MD04.

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 Prio 1 Messages in MD04

To view prio 2 messages, double-click an MRP element and open the detail screen.

Prio 2 Messages

In addition to exception messages from MD04, you can also evaluate forecast errors from MP33.

Under Settings for Missing Parts View, specify in Num. of shortages to be displ. how many shortages are to be
displayed for the relevant material number in the missing parts view. By default, only the first determined
shortage is displayed.

You can use the Ignore Past Receipts setting to specify whether the past receipts are to be added when
determining shortages.

2.5 Days' Supply Tab Page

On the Days' Supply tab page, you define the days’ supply to be displayed in the Days’ Supply View, the
intervals for the days’ supply/replenishment time matrix, and the days’ supply limits for purchase orders with a
too high days’ supply. The days’ supply limits can also be selected in the Compare Days' Supply for use as a
basis for comparing the calculated days’ supply and target days’ supply.

 Note

The Days’ Supply Limits area is visible only if the SCM Consulting SolutionMRP Monitor is installed.

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 Background: Days’ supply limits are defined in relation to the ABCD/XYZN sign. This sign, in turn, is
determined by the MRP Monitor.

The days’ supply limits are defined using transaction /n/SAPLOM/MRP_R. However, you can override these
temporarily on the Days' Supply tab page for a particular program run.

Days' Supply Tab Page

In the consumption settings, you can define whether the table Material Consumptions or Material Documents
is to be used as the basis for calculating consumptions. If you define Material Documents, the program /
SAPLOM/MDA must be executed beforehand to create custom consumption statistics with the same key that
you specify in ERM. For more information about the program, see the user documentation for the
comprehensive functions under Material Document Aggregation.

On this tab page, you can also determine the intervals of the days’ supply/replenishment time matrix. The
defined intervals apply for both the days’ supply axis and replenishment lead time axis of the matrix and have a
direct impact on the result to be displayed in the matrix. Defining the intervals also determines the limits for
comparing the relevant materials. The matrix can contain up to 20 intervals. By default, 4 interval fields are set.
For days‘ supplies that are calculated on the basis of material consumption, you can also set the consumption
period.

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Related Information

Material Document Aggregation

2.6 Other Settings Tab Page

Other Settings

The setting Aggregation Object for the Overview defines which object is used for the aggregated display of
results in the overview.

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  Example

Examples of different aggregations:

Aggregation by MRP Controller

Aggregation by Product Group:

The following options are available for exporting data to an Excel file. You can store the Excel file in a predefined
download directory on the desktop (front end) or the back end, display it directly in the SAP system, or send it
as an e-mail attachment. You can define which main views are to be included in the Excel file. You can also
generate a book of reports. For details on configuring the book of reports, see the guide for the configuration of
the comprehensive functions under General Report Folder.

You can use the color settings of the Material View to color the fields of the relevant Material View columns
according to preference. This improves clarity: Since not every error type is typically available for every material
in the Material View, this provides a means of highlighting filled cells. The list below shows the standard colors
and their numbers:

1. Gray-blue
2. Light gray
3. Yellow
4. Blue-green
5. Green
6. Red
7. Orange

The above dialog box can be displayed by pressing F4 in the color settings for the Material View.

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The setting Optimize Runtime activates parallel processing. This helps to improve the processing time of the
MRP exception monitor. In Customizing for the MRP exception monitor, under Define Server Group for Parallel
Processing, you can define only one server group that is used as the basis for parallel processing. Entries are
case sensitive.

 Note

The Optimize Runtime block is displayed on the selection screen only if you have defined a server group for
parallel processing.

Under Alerts, you can specify an alert profile with which you can display alerts (green, yellow, red traffic light)
and/or fill rows or cells in the material and missing parts view with color according to defined conditions. For
details about configuring an alert profile, see the user documentation for the comprehensive functions under
Alerts.

Under Formulas, you can specify a formula profile that you can use to display new columns in the material and
missing parts view that display the results of configured formulas. For more information about configuring a
formula profile, see the user documentation for the comprehensive functions under Formulas.

Under BOM Explosion, you can specify settings for the BOM explosion that are used in the material view for a
BOM explosion.

For the period display in the material view, you can use the setting for adding missing periods to define whether
missing periods are to be displayed. If you select this option, periods in which no MRP elements exist, and
therefore in which no stock changes take place, are displayed. The quantities from the previous period are

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copied for the additional periods. . You can use the checkbox for displaying the stock line only to specify that
only the stock line is to be determined and displayed in the period display. A material is therefore not
duplicated multiple times to create lines for other MRP elements. This reduces the usage of system memory.
You can also specify the periodicity that is to be used in the period display.

In the Display Unit of Measure field, you can define a unit of measure for displaying quantities in the Material
View.

 Note

A quantity conversion is only performed for materials for which the display unit of measure selected has
been maintained as an alternative unit of measure in the material master.

In the Layout for Material View, you can define a default layout that is applied automatically.

The settings in the Navigation from Material into Transaction field control which transaction is called when
selecting a material number from the Material View or Missing Parts View.

Navigating to Transaction MD04

Related Information

General Report Folder

Formulas

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2.7 Use of Variants

Frequently used MRP exception monitor settings can be saved as variants, which can then be called again
when required.

Creating a Variant

You can access saved variants at any time and further modify them as needed.

To do this, choose the Get Variant pushbutton.

Getting a Variant

In a dialog box, you can select the variant you require.

Variant Catalog

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2.7.1 Default variants

You can save a default variant for the transaction of the consulting solution. This variant will be loaded
automatically every time you open the tool. There are two types of default variants available:

System-wide variant, valid for all users

If a variant exists with the same name as the transaction code (including /SAPLOM/), this variant will be the
default for all users who start the tool, unless they have a user-specific variant saved on the same system.
Normally system-wide variants are used to provide a predefined set of values that can enhance usability if, for
example, certain fields like plant, currency or time will be pre-populated. The user can change these values any
time before executing the program.

User-specific variants

If a variant exists with the following naming convention U_<username>, then this variant will be defaulted for
this specific user if they start the tool.

 Example

A user with a logon name of JSMITH would save his own variant like this: U_JSMITH

This, too, can enhance usability, because certain fields like plant, currency or time can be pre-populated for a
specific user. The user can change these values any time before executing the program. Although each user
can have only one predefined variant per system, the variant can be overwritten with new values.

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3 Results Overview of the MRP Exception
Monitor

The MRP exception monitor results overview is divided into critical SD orders, MM orders, stocks, PP orders,
and general MRP exception messages from the stock/requirements list as well as forecast messages.

The results overview displays an aggregated view of critical documents and exceptions for each aggregation
object (MRP controller for example).

 Example

If, for example, there are four delayed sales orders for an MRP controller, a 4 appears in the row of the MRP
controller concerned under the relevant column. To view the details of the entry, click a cell.

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To navigate to the material view of the MRP exception monitor, select the Material View pushbutton. There are
two options:

1. No rows selected in the overview: After selecting the Material View pushbutton, all materials that match the
selection criteria from the selection screen are displayed
2. One or several rows selected in the overview: After selecting the Material View pushbutton, only materials
with the same MRP controller, production group, vendor, MRP area or purchasing group as the selected
rows will be displayed.

The results overview therefore displays a highly aggregated view of messages for each MRP controller, product
Group, vendor, MRP area, or purchasing group, while the Material View shows a summary of messages for each
material in much greater detail.

Related Information

Material View [page 31]

Days' Supply View [page 42]
Missing Parts View [page 46]

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3.1 SD Orders

In this view, sales orders are displayed with the following criteria:

● Unconfirmed sales orders: Sales orders for which the requested quantity is not or not fully confirmed at the
requested delivery date.
● Delayed sales orders: Sales orders with a delivery date in past:

The following MRP elements are analyzed for the determination of critical SD orders:

● Orders (‘VC‘)
● SD scheduling agreements (‘VE‘)
● Deliveries (‘VJ‘)

 Note

Note: Data and quantities are factored in at schedule line level.

Sales orders will not be included in the analysis in the following cases:

● If the following three statuses are all ‘completely processed’:

○ Delivery status
○ Overall delivery status of the item
○ Overall processing status of the item
● or the order has been canceled.

To display details for the found SD orders (delayed orders for example), click one of the total cells and a table
listing the individual orders will be displayed.

Detail View: SD Orders

This table contains additional information about the documents; for example, the order date or requested
delivery date.

By clicking the order number, you can now navigate from the detail view to the respective SD order, the
material master of the relevant order item, and to transactions MD04 or MD05. The standard functions of the
ALV list with export, filtering, and sorting are also available.

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3.2 MM Orders

MM orders columns display messages about the following document categories:

● Delayed purchase orders: Purchase orders with exception message 07 (=delivery date in past)
● Purchase orders to bring forward: Purchase orders with exception message 10 (=bring process forward)
● Purchase orders to postpone: Purchase orders with exception message 15 (=postpone process) For these
purchase orders, the system can calculate an interest loss that is caused by early delivery and resulting
capital commitment. The interest rate is defined on the selection screen tab Critical Documents.
● Purchase orders with a too high days’ supply: Purchase orders whose days’ supply is greater than the
specified days’ supply limit. To determine the order days’ supply, all subsequent requirements are, in the
first instance, subtracted from the order quantity. If the order quantity reaches zero or falls below zero, the
order days’ supply is displayed as the difference between the schedule line date and shortfall date in
working days.

 Note

The functionality Purchase orders with a too high days’ supply is active only if the SCM Consulting
SolutionMRP Monitor is installed.

● Purchase orders to be canceled: Purchase orders with exception message 20 (=cancel process)
● Purchase orders to be reduced: Purchase orders with exception message 26 (=excess in individual
segment). In addition, purchase orders from the plant segment are displayed here, where only the partial
quantity is excess quantity. It is first checked whether the purchase order is the last receipt element in the
MD04 list. If it is, it is also checked whether the last available quantity (last line in plant segment) is
positive. If it is, this available quantity is displayed as the excess quantity
● Purchase requisitions in the planning time fence: Purchase requisitions with a delivery date earlier than the
end date of the planning time fence. Technical background: Purchase requisitions can no longer exist in the
planning time fence.
● Orders within replenishment lead time: Purchase requisitions with a delivery date earlier than the end date
of the replenishment lead time. Technical background: Orders within the replenishment lead time must
have a purchase order confirmation (payment advice note).
● Order delayed with overlapping: Purchase orders that have been identified using order linkage as late
requirement coverage elements, that is, for which the delivery date is later than the requirement date.

The following MRP elements are included in the determination of critical purchasing documents:

● PO schedule lines ('BE')

● SA schedule lines ('LE')
● Advanced shipping notifications ('LA')

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 Critical Purchase Orders

Clicking one of the aggregation totals displays a list of the respective documents in the lower part of the screen

Detail View: Delayed Purchase Orders

This view displays detailed information about the displayed documents, schedule line quantity, and delivery
data. Selecting one of the order numbers takes you directly to the related purchasing document.

3.3 Stocks

Messages for materials with the following properties are displayed in the columns for stocks:

● Stk.bklg.: The stock of the material is not sufficient to cover past demand. Here, materials are displayed
with a negative stock days’ supply without receipts.
● Stk.f.bklg.: A future shortage situation may occur as a result of the current stock and future requirements.
Here, all materials are displayed with a stock days’ supply that is smaller than the (total) replenishment
time.

For F-parts, the replenishment time is the total of the purchasing department processing time, planned delivery
time, and goods receipt processing time

For all other parts (E, X and space), either the replenishment time or the total replenishment lead time is used
for comparison depending on the settings defined on the Critical Documents tab page. The replenishment lead
time is the lot size independent in-house production time (if maintained); otherwise, it is the lot size dependent
in-house production time.

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 Critical Stocks

Clicking one of the totals displays a list of the materials with the relevant properties in the lower part of the
screen.

Detail View: Stock Backlog

This view displays detailed data about the stock situation, such as the stock days' supply, procurement type,
and MRP indicator. Clicking one of the material numbers takes you to the related material master.

3.4 PP Orders

The PP orders columns display documents with the following properties:

● PP orders with backlogs with exception message 07 (=basic finish date in past)
● PP orders with missing parts (=status MSPT in PP order)
● Incorrect goods movements (=PP orders from transaction COGI)
● PP orders to be brought forward: Orders with exception message 10 (=bring process forward)
● PP orders to be moved: Orders with exception message 15 (=postpone process)
● Production orders delayed with overlapping: Production orders that have been identified using order
linkage as delayed requirement coverage elements, that is, for which the order finish date is later than the
requirement date.
● Planned orders with exception message 30 (=dispatch process on time)
● Planned orders with missing parts as the result of the availability check via transaction MDVP
● Planned orders without a missing part as the result of the availability check via transaction MDVP

The following MRP elements are included in the determination of critical PP orders:

● Production orders ('FE')

● Process orders ('BR')
● Collective orders ('NE')
● Maintenance orders ('PM')

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 Critical PP Orders

Clicking one of the totals displays a detailed list of the relevant orders in the lower part of the screen:

Detail View: Production Orders

In addition to the order number, other information such as basic dates, target quantities, and the order type is
also displayed. Click the order number to go to the order processing function.

3.5 MRP Exception Messages

If exception messages were triggered in the stock-/requirements list for materials, the totals are displayed in
the MRP exception messages columns.

MRP Exception Messages

These exceptions are grouped into the following categories:

● Delays
● Undercoverage
● Overcoverage
● Master data error
● Missing parts
● Others
● Changed purchase proposals

Clicking one of the totals opens a detailed view showing additional information in the lower part of the screen.

Detail View: Undercoverage

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  Note

A distinction has to be made between the Missing Parts exception group and the Shortage view. The
Missing Parts column displays all materials with one or more exception messages in the MD04 list that
have been defined as part of the Missing Parts exception group on the selection screen.

The Shortage view lists all those materials with an available quantity of less than zero during the analysis
period. The Shortage view is therefore based on calculations and not exception messages.

Error Message List

3.5.1 Customizing Exception Group Texts

The default MRP exception group texts can be customized using transaction /n/SAPLOM/ERM_C.

Customizing Texts for MRP Exception Groups

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To translate, select all entries and choose Goto Translation in the menu

Translating Exception Texts

Changes will be assigned to a Customizing request, which can be used to transport the texts to follow-on
systems.

3.6 Forecast Exception Messages

If exception messages were triggered in the forecast, the totals are displayed in the forecast exception
messages columns.

Forecast Exception Messages

These exceptions are grouped into the following categories:

● Reorder level and safety stock

● Model selection and test
● Initialization
● Parameter optimization
● Difficulties during the forecast
● Forecast not calculated
● Missing table entries
● Terminations

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 List of Forecast Error Exception Messages

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4 Material View

In addition to the results overview, the MRP exception monitor provides a material-specific view of critical
planning statuses. In this view, all materials for which messages exist are listed for the selected MRP controller.
Each material has its own line, which displays all the relevant messages for this material.

Related Information

Results Overview of the MRP Exception Monitor [page 22]

Days' Supply View [page 42]
Missing Parts View [page 46]

4.1 Calling from the Overview

To call the Material View from the overview, select the Material View pushbutton. Alternatively, select one or
more rows with the required MRP controllers (or planning scenarios, product groups, vendors, MRP areas, or
purchasing groups) and choose the Material View pushbutton.

The Plant column is also displayed for the MRP Controller aggregation object. If you select one (or more) rows,
the displayed results will be filtered by MRP controller and plant when the Material View opens.

Calling Material View

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4.2 Key Figures in the Material View

The material view lists all material numbers of the MRP controller, product group, vendor, MRP area, or
purchasing group for which messages exist. The following data from SAP standard tables is also displayed:

● Plant
● Material description
● Material master data (including the tab SCM CS)
● Stocks (e.g. unrestricted stock, blocked stock, reorder point, safety stock)
● Total replenishment lead time
● Replenishment lead time
● Stock days' supply (based on consumption)
● First and second receipt days’ supply
● Safety stock days' supply (based on consumption)
● Past consumption quantities
● Receipts and requirements
● Projected stock
● Demand-driven replenishment key figures
● Periodic MRP data

Material View

The most important information about the materials is therefore available at a glance. The days' supply and
requirements key figures also provide additional information about the current and expected stock and
demand situation.

The messages from the overview are also available for individual objects such as SD orders, PP orders, and MM
orders, and the MRP and forecast messages are displayed again. If required, scroll to the right to view the
individual elements shown here.

Material View - Critical Documents, Exception Messages, and Forecast Errors

The display is summarized upon a material again, and not upon an aggregation object (MRP controller, product
group, vendor, MRP area, purchasing group). The Others column now displays the number of MRP messages
for each material.

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4.3 Days' Supply

For all materials of the aggregation object with a critical planning situation, the MRP exception monitor
displays the following days' supply:

● Stock days' supply (based on consumption)

● First and second receipt days’ supply
● Safety stock days' supply (based on consumption)

If required, scroll to the right to view the individual elements shown here.

The stock days’ supply and receipt days’ supply are the same as displayed in MD04.

To calculate the safety stock days’ supply, all requirements are, in the first instance, subtracted from the safety
stock. If the safety stock reaches zero or falls below zero, the safety stock days’ supply is displayed as the
difference between the current date and the shortfall date in working days. The receipts and issues and the
time period specified on the selection rule tab page are used to calculate the above-mentioned days' supplies.

The past days’ supply values are determined on the basis of past consumption. This involves dividing the stock
or safety stock by the average monthly consumption in the consumption period.

Days' Supply Table

 Note

Here, the first receipt days’ supply is compared with the replenishment lead time and an appropriate traffic
light icon is displayed. The three colors red, yellow, and green indicate the following different states:

● Red: The days’ supply is lower than the replenishment lead time.
● Yellow: The days’ supply is more than twice as high as the replenishment lead time.
● Green: The days’ supply is higher than the replenishment lead time, but not too high.

4.4 Detail Views, Navigation, Processing Indicator, and

Material Master Maintenance

As with the results overview of the MRP exception monitor, a detailed view can be called for the individual
message totals, which lists the individual objects for a particular message.

Unlike the results overview, however, the displayed messages are not only filtered according to aggregation
object, but also according to material. As a result, the aggregation object receives a list of objects specific for
the selected material.

It is also possible to navigate directly to the stock/requirements list or MRP list in the material view. To do this,
click the material number.

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Click one of the material numbers of the material view to go directly to transaction MD04 with/without
selection rule or transaction MD05. The actual transaction will depend on the setting made in the Other
Settings tab of the selection screen.

Transaction MM02 is called by clicking Material Description.

Clicking Mat.memo takes you to material memo maintenance.

The processing indicator can be set or deleted:

● For a single material by clicking the corresponding symbol

● Or using mass maintenance by selecting multiple materials and clicking the Set/Delete processing
indicator button:

Mass Maintenance - Processing Indicator

This is the same processing indicator as in MD06. This means that processing indicators set in the MRP
exception monitor will also appear in MD06 and vice versa.

 Note

If historical data is to be read on the Selection Rule selection screen, the processing indicator refers to the
MRP list stored in the /SAPLOM/ namespace using the preliminary report /SAPLOM/XMD. The processing
indicator based on XMD offers the status ‘Reset’ in addition to the statuses ‘New’ and ‘Processed’. MRP
Live users can continue to use the processing indicator using XMD and by reading historical data. For more
information about XMD, see the user documentation for the comprehensive functions under Save current
stock/requirements list.

The mass maintenance of material master data is done by selecting multiple materials and pressing the
Material Master button:

Material Master Mass Maintenance

 Note

Note: The Material Master button is only available if the MRP exception monitor has been called using
transaction /SAPLOM/ERM_U. Only then will you be able to use the material master maintenance function.

Related Information

Save current stock/requirements list

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4.5 MRP Elements

For all materials of the aggregation object with a critical planning situation, the MRP exception monitor
displays the following MRP elements:

● Fixed issues, e.g. reservations or customer requirements

● Planned issues, e.g. independent or dependent requirements
● Fixed receipts, e.g. production orders or consignment orders
● Planned receipts, e.g. planned orders or purchase requisitions
● Receipt and issue totals and the delta values.

By default, receipts are highlighted in green and issues in red.

Fixed receipts include the following elements:

● Purchase orders
● SA schedule lines
● Consignment orders
● Consignment SA schedule lines
● Production orders
● Receipt reservations

Planned receipts include the following elements:

● Purchase requisitions
● Receipt-related dependent requirements (dependent requirements of BOM items with a minus sign)
● Planned orders

Receipt quantity subject to delay

● All receipt elements with an availability date before todays’ date

Fixed issues include the following elements:

● Reservations
● Stock transfer reservations
● Fixed stock transfer releases (from purchase orders, scheduling agreements)
● Customer orders
● Scheduling agreements
● Deliveries
● Contracts

Planned issues include the following elements:

● Forecast requirements
● Dependent requirements
● Planned independent requirements
● Requests for quotations
● Quotations
● Planned stock transfer releases (from purchase requisitions, planned orders)

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Requirement quantity subject to delay:

● All requirements with a requirement date before today’s date. Detail views are available for all of these MRP
elements featuring the columns displayed below.

You can use layouts to change the information displayed in the individual detail views.

Detail View: MRP Element

4.6 Number of Material Withdrawals

Display of material withdrawals in selected period

If you have selected the setting Material Documents in the selection screen on the Days' Supply tab under
Consumption Settings, the period view displays columns with the number of material withdrawals in previous
periods from the material document analysis. The number of columns with picks corresponds to the setting for
the consumption period under Consumption Settings.

Number of Material Withdrawals in the Period View

4.7 Period View

The period view refers to a dynamically defined group of columns in the material view. Similarly to transaction
MD04, it permits an overview of period quantities by MRP element.

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 Period View

You can filter the period view by multiple MRP elements using the additional filter button. The default setting is
Available Quantity.

Click the additional filter button to filter by another MRP element:

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You can define a filter for multiple MRP elements as well as the order in which they are displayed. You can also
save these settings with a layout.
MRP Element Filter

4.8 BOM Explosion

Click the BOMExplosion button to determine the BOM component of the corresponding material for the
selected row. You can only select one row here.

The BOM explosion uses the BOM application and Valid from date that you specified on the Other Settings tab
on the selection screen.

BOM Explosion

The multilevel BOM explosion is used.

The relevant level is displayed in the Level column. The header material is level 0 and so on.

 Note

During the BOM explosion, new materials may occur that have more periodic MRP data than the header
material. The "new" periods are not taken into account in the period view.

Exiting BOM Explosion Mode

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Click the Back button to display the complete list of materials. The list now also contains the materials from the
BOM explosion, using the standard sort sequence of the material view.

4.9 Where-Used List (Material View)

Where-Used List

Choose the Where-Used List pushbutton to obtain an overview of materials, where a material is used is a
component and subcomponent. In the Level column, you can see whether the selected material is a
component, subcomponent, and so on for the material number displayed in the list (the material number for
which the where-used list was executed has the level 0). In the Component column, you can see direct
components of a material. The where-used list in the MRP exception monitor works in a similar way to
transaction CS15 with the "multilevel" option:

Material View

Click Back to return to the missing parts list. The list is completed and sorted with the material number found
by the where-used list.

 Note

In the where-used list, new materials can occur that have more periodic MRP data than the source material.
The "new" periods are not taken into account in the period view.

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4.10 Demand-Driven Replenishment

In the material view, demand-driven replenishment key figures are displayed for each material number. These
key figures are maintained in the SCM CS view (TOG – Top of Green, TOY – Top of Yellow, TOR – Top of Red,
TORS – Top of Red Safety, and their sources).

Demand-driven replenishment and sources

Depending on the sources of these parameters, the following columns are highlighted in blue, green, yellow,
red, or dark red:

● Plant stock
● Unrestricted-use stock
● Safety stock
● Reorder point
● Columns with periodic quantities

The MRP exception monitor also calculates the following key figures:

● Priorities of TOG, TOY, TOR, and TORS

● Number of days until the stock has fallen to or below the relevant key figure

Demand-driven replenishment key figures

4.11 Refresh Function

Use the refresh function of the material view to refresh the stock/requirements list data for materials and the
material master data (this option is available in transaction /SAPLOM/ERM_U). To do this, choose the Refresh
button and limit your selection of materials because this function can have a critical impact on performance.

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4.12 Use of Layouts

The material view also includes standard ALV buttons allowing you to download even very large results data
volumes.

Layout Pushbutton in the Material View

You use the layout pushbutton to change and save layouts.

 Note

If you are using period columns (PLUMI, MRP Element Data, DE, Current Period and so on) in layouts, all
period columns are always included in the layout. Since these columns are determined dynamically each
time depending on the selected materials, they have to be viewed as one unit. For example, there is no
sense in taking into account the period quantity columns without reference to the MRP element.
Conversely, if only the PLUMI and MRP Element columns were to appear in the material view, they would be
indecipherable without period quantity information.

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5 Days' Supply View

As an alternative to the Material View, the MRP exception monitor also offers a Days’ Supply View. In this view,
you can make various comparisons for the six days' supply categories and go directly to the Material View.

5.1 Calling from the Overview

To call the days' supply view from the overview, click the Days’ Supply View pushbutton or select one or several
lines containing the required values of the current aggregation object (for example, MRP controller or product
group) and click the Days’ Supply View radio button.

Selecting the Days' Supply View

5.2 Days' Supply - Replenishment Time Matrix in the Days'

Supply View

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 Days' Supply - Replenishment Time Matrix

Each colored cell in the Days’ Supply view matrix shows the number of materials that meet the relevant days’
supply and replenishment lead time-related criteria.

 Example

The figure above, for example, shows that there are five materials with a replenishment lead time of
between 0 and 10 days and a days’ supply of between -999 and 0.

The days’ supply can be changed by clicking the Days’ Supply pushbutton. Stock days’ supply without receipts
is set by default.

Setting the Days' Supply

Double-click one of the colored cells to call the material view and display the relevant materials.

The different cell colors indicate the following:

● Red: The selected days’ supply is lower than the replenishment lead time.
● Yellow: The selected days’ supply is more than twice as high as the replenishment lead time.
● Green: The selected days' supply covers the replenishment lead time and is not too high.

 Note

The colors are only intended as a guide, i.e. the actual results in the material view, which are called by the
matrix, might differ from that indicated by the colors.

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5.3 Comparison Table in the Days' Supply View

The table in the days’ supply view lists all the materials of the selected values of the aggregation object, which
would also be displayed by calling the material view by the overview.

The following data are also displayed:

● Days' supply profile

● Minimum/target/maximum coverage 1, 2, 3 (according to selected period)

To change the days’ supply interval, select the Period pushbutton. The days' supply is set in the first period by
default.

Period button

The Comparison button enables various comparisons between the target coverage (set days’ supply) and the
actual range of coverage.

Comparison button

The values of the following fields are compared here:

Fields to Compare

Subsequently, the table is filtered by the selected comparison criterion, i.e. reduced to those data that match
the criterion.

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Furthermore, depending on the days’ supply selected in the upper part of the screen, the corresponding days'
supply is displayed in the Details view, and the columns are updated accordingly:

Setting the Days’ Supply and Detail View

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6 Missing Parts View

The Missing Parts View of the MRP exception monitor displays materials with missing parts, that is to say
materials with a shortfall.

6.1 Calling from the Overview

To call the missing parts view from the results overview, select the required MRP controller and click the
Missing Parts View button.

Calling the Missing Parts View

6.2 Results List of the Missing Parts View

The Missing Parts View lists all materials that have a shortage quantity within a specified time period.

Missing Parts View

The key indicator here is the shortage quantity displaying the quantity that is not covered on the day the
shortage occurs. Additional columns are displayed alongside the shortage quantity (e.g. the requirement date
causing the shortage and the next receipt date, including MRP element and receipts quantity).

The number of shortages displayed for a material number depends on the Num. of shortages to be displ.
setting on the selection screen (tab page Exception Groups → Settings for Missing Parts View). For every
shortage, the receipt may be displayed both before and after the shortage.

Based on the setting Ignore Past Receipts (tab page Exception Groups → Settings for Missing Parts View), you
can control whether the receipts in the past are to be ignored when determining the missing quantity.

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6.3 Where-Used List (Missing Parts View)

You use the Where-Used List function in the missing parts view in the same way as in the material view. For
more information, see Where-Used List (Material View).

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7 Work center view

7.1 Work Centers Subscreen

In the work center view, all selected work centers are listed with the number of planned orders and production
orders with missing parts and the earliest shortage date and time.

Figure 2.1

The time-based alert display shows the times at which there are orders with missing parts. When you click on
the underlined number of orders with missing parts, a list of all planned orders and production orders with and
without missing parts that run via the selected work center is displayed in a new chart, sorted in ascending
order according to the scheduled start date and time.

7.2 Order Operations Subscreen

The orders are displayed with their operations, together with different information about the order and
operation.

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 Work center view

Alongside the standard information such as the order/operation quantities and times, the following key figures
are determined using calculations and algorithms:

● Earliest shortage operation: Number of the earliest operation with late receipts (backward edge)
● Number of missing components: Number of components that are missing because insufficient stock
and/or receipts exist to satisfy the open operation quantity (= remaining quantity)
● Remaining quantity: Operation quantity – confirmed quantity – rework quantity – confirmed scrap
quantity
● Feasible stock quantity operation: Available component quantity by stock for all operations is less than or
equal to the operation number in question – quantity already produced (quantity produced = confirmed
quantity + rework quantity + confirmed scrap quantity)
● Feasible receipt quantity operation: Total feasible quantity operation – feasible stock quantity operation
● Total feasible quantity operation: Available component quantity by stock plus receipts for all operations is
less than or equal to the operation number in question – quantity already produced (produced quantity =
confirmed quantity + rework quantity + confirmed scrap quantity)
● Feasible stock quantity order: Feasible stock quantity operation to the last operation of the order, that is for
the entire order and not up to and including the operation displayed, as is the case for the "feasible stock
quantity operation"
● Feasible receipt quantity order: Feasible total quantity order – feasible stock quantity order
● Feasible total quantity order: Feasible receipt quantity operation to the last operation of the order
● Earliest availability date and time operation: Latest component receipt date. Only operations that are less
than or equal to the operation in question are taken into account.
● Earliest availability date and time order: Latest component receipt date. All operations are taken into
account.
● Earliest requirement date and time: Point in time of a requirement and of the parent order for which the
sales order in question serves as a requirement coverage element.
● Time stamp of the last order linkage run

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The alert display gives the feasible quantity as a percentage:

Feasible quantity

● · Red = not feasible or not on time

● · Yellow = feasible from receipt
● · Green = feasible from stock

When you click the order number, a list of all components for the selected order is displayed, sorted in
descending order according to the latest receipt date.

7.3 Components Subscreen

Components

In addition to order operation data such as the earliest start date and time or the requirement quantity,
calculations and algorithms are used to determine the following key figures:

● Shortfall quantity: requirement quantity – total available quantity

● Available stock quantity: assigned in-time stock quantity
● Available receipt quantity: assigned in-time receipt quantity
● Total available quantity = available stock quantity + available receipt quantity
● Latest receipt date: If the requirement quantity is covered only by stock, today's date; if there is a shortfall
quantity and no receipts are pegged, then 31.12.9999. Otherwise, the date of the latest receipt element.
● Number of sources of supply: number of determined vendors plus orders (every order counts as a source
of supply)
● Main source of supply: name of the vendor or plant with the largest assigned receipt quantity
● Time stamp of the last order linkage run

The alert display gives the available quantity as a percentage:

Alert display

● Red = not available or not available in time

● Yellow = available from receipt
● Green = available from stock

When you click the order number, a dialog box appears that displays the order linkage results for the selected
order.

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7.4 Order Linkage Subscreen

Order linkage

The dialog box with the order linkage results shows data for the selected order and the associated
requirements and the assigned stock and receipt quantities. Partial lot data may also be displayed here.

7.5 Maintenance of MRP Elements

You can process quantities and dates of selected MRP elements directly from the detail views for MRP
elements. You can maintain MRP elements in two different ways, as described below.

 Note

The editing functions are available exclusively in transaction /N/SAPLOM/ERM_U.

On the one hand, you can edit the white editable cells directly.

In the corresponding entries, choose the white cells that can be edited, and enter a new value to change it
directly. Multiple changes can be collected and executed at the same time. Choose Enter to execute the
changes made. A dialog box then informs you of which changes have been made.

On the other hand, you can download the table to Excel, edit the columns that would also be editable in the SAP
system, and then upload the table again. The application toolbar in the detail views contains two pushbuttons

for this purpose. For more details about the function Excel Upload/
Download, see the user documentation for the comprehensive functions.

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Related Information

Excel Upload/Download
Documentation on the consulting solution comprehensive functions

7.5.1 Tasks, Resubmissions, and Comments

Tasks, Resubmission, and Comment

You can use the corresponding pushbuttons to maintain tasks, a resubmission date, and comments with
reference to a selected task object. In the material view, task objects can be, for example, plant, material
number, or MRP controller, and in the detail view for purchase orders, task objects can be, for example,
purchase order number. As soon as you change the task object, tasks, resubmission dates, and comments
created with reference to the selected object are displayed. When you create a new task, resubmission date, or
comment, the object is preset accordingly.

To document a task for one or more material numbers, select the Task pushbutton. You can then create a task
with reference to the selected object.

To create a resubmission or comment, select the Resubmission and Comment pushbuttons.

For more information on this, see the user documentation for the comprehensive functions under Tasks,
Resubmissions, and Comments on the Results Screen.

Related Information

Documentation on the comprehensive functions

Overview of SCM Consulting Solutions
Tasks, Resubmissions, and Comments on the Results Screen

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