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MRP
Material Requirement Planning ForecastsSAP Component or Feature Available
Enables the user to create forecasts to plan purchase and production in advance, even before the actual sales orders are received. Forecast can serve as additional requirements source for the MRP run. You may receive sales orders in short notice, however the lead time to manufacture the product is long in most cases. Therefore, you produce the product for the forecast and when the actual sales orders arrive, you are able to supply the goods even in short notice.

To fully utilize this functionality, the following products should be evaluated

  • SAP Business One

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    Material Requirement Planning WizardSAP Component or Feature Available
    Guides the user through 5-step process of defining new MRP scenarios and analyzing the MRP results. MRP recommendations are presented on screen or in a report.

    The user is able to create, maintain, run, and save MRP scenarios, analyze MRP results.

    To fully utilize this functionality, the following products should be evaluated

  • SAP Business One

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    Order Recommendation ReportSAP Component or Feature Available

    Users can display the list of all MRP recommendations before the release, according to user defined selection criteria. The report shows which items have to be purchased and which items have to be manufactured.



    In addition, the report runs in accordance with the results of the MRP recommendations. It enables users to automatically create production and purchase orders. Users can also change quantities and items, and delete the recommendations.  

    To fully utilize this functionality, the following products should be evaluated

  • SAP Business One

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