SAP ABAP Data Element MDRD_METHD_M (Method for Determining Supplied MRP Areas)
Hierarchy
☛ SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting
   ⤷ MM-CBP (Application Component) Consumption-Based Planning (See Also PP-MRP)
     ⤷ WEFF (Package) Retail: Extended Forecast Functions
Basic Data
Data Element MDRD_METHD_M
Short Description Method for Determining Supplied MRP Areas  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type MDRD_METHD    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 1    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 1    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Method 
Medium 20 MRP Areas Method 
Long 40 Method for Determining MRP Areas 
Heading 7 Method 
Documentation

Definition

Using the method for determining the delivery relationship, you can control whether the receiving plants are determined or not.

The following determination options are possible:

  • Using documents that already exist in the system
  • Using a logic for determining receiving plants using master data (recipient determination).


  • Using a reference to another delivery relationship (no separate determination)
  • Using a customer-specific method

For the first two methods, additional checks can be carried out.

In addition, you can also define manual maintenance as a method (that is, no automatic determination). If an automatically determined delivery relationship is changed manually, the relevant value is set for the method, and this delivery relationship is no longer determined automatically.

Determination using documents

The receiving plants are determined using documents that exist in the system.

The following documents can be checked:

The document types that are relevant for determination can be set for each document category (purchase order or delivery) using separate Customizing. If no document type is maintained for a document category for determining the delivery relationship, all document types are taken into consideration.

You can set the time period for which existing documents are to be considered.

It makes sense to use this method if documents exist within a limited time period that map the exising delivery relationship exactly enough for all receiving plants that are relevant for the forecast scenario.

Determination using master data (recipient determination)

Recipient determination uses the same master data as supply source determination but recipient determination takes the issuing plant rather than the receiving plant as the starting point.

The following data can be checked:

  • Issuing plants (scope of the check can be set)
  • Source list (scope of the check can be set)
  • Locked source list entries
  • Source list requirement in plant

You can set determination using issuing plants or the source list. In addition to determination using issuing plants, the source list can also be checked.

It makes sense to use this method when the existing delivery relationships are not mapped sufficiently by the documents that exist in the system, but they can be determined from the master data using one of the possible analysis methods.

You must ensure that the logic set for recipient determination matches the supply source determination used, otherwise the delivery relationship determined will not be exact enough.












Additional checks

The following additional checks can carried out for the receiving plants determined by the automatic methods:

  • Check of the plant category of the receiving plant
  • Opening times of the receiving plant
  • Listing of the material in the receiving plant (only when determining the delivery relationship at material level).
  • Supply source key of the material for the receiving plant (only when determining the delivery relationship at material level).
  • MRP type of the material for the receiving plant (only when determining the delivery relationship at material level).
  • Plant-specific material status of the material for the receiving plant (only when determining the delivery relationship at material level).

In addition, using exit EX_BADI_WDRD_002 in the Business Add-In BADI_WDRD, the determined recipients can be adjusted further.

Reference to another delivery relationship

If the reference to another delivery relationship is set as the method, the receiving plants are not determined separately for the plant and material concerned. With read access to the delivery relationship, exit EX_BADI_WDRD_005 in the Business Add-In BADI_WDRD can be used to replace the operative material and plant with reference data so that the delivery relationship for a reference is imported.

Customer-specific method

Using exit EX_BADI_WDRD_001 in the Business Add-In BADI_WDRD, a completely customer-specific determination of the receiving plants can be carried out.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20050428 
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