Hierarchy
BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM⤷
PP-MP-DEM (Application Component) Demand Management⤷
MDPB (Package) Application development R/3 purchasing
Basic Data
| Data Element | VPMAT |
| Short Description | Planning material |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | MATNR | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 18 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 18 | |
| Value Table | MARA |
Further Characteristics
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| Parameter ID | ||
| Default Component name | PLNG_MATL | |
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| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Plng matl |
| Medium | 15 | Plng material |
| Long | 20 | Planning material |
| Heading | 18 | Planning material |
Documentation
Definition
Material number whose planned independent requirements the system uses to consume the sales order of the material in question if you use the planning strategy, "planning with planning material".
The strategy, "planning with planning material" is used if the BOM of a finished product contains variable and non-variant parts. The non-variant parts can be planned using the planning material.
Use
You maintain planned independent requirements for the planning material entered here. If a sales order/customer requirement is posted for the material in question, the sales order quantity consumes the planned independent requirements of the planning material. The planning material is not actually produced itself. If is only used for planning non-variant parts and for consuming the planned independent requirements.
Note
In this planning strategy, the system uses the consumption mode maintained for the planning material to determine how many days into the future or the past consumption is to be carried out. The means that you must maintain the consumption mode for this strategy must be maintained in the material master record.
Example
The material master record 4711 contains the material 4712 as a planning material. The planning material contains the BOM with the non-variant parts. You create planned independent requirements for material 4712. When creating a sales order for material 4711, the system realizes that material 4712 is the planning material for material 4711. Then the sales order for material 4711 consumes the planned independent requirements of material 4712.
Dependencies
A valid material master record must exist for the planning material in the planning plant. The material master record of the planning material cannot contain a planning material as this procedure can only be carried out at single-level.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 19991102 |
| SAP Release Created in |
