Material Requirements Planning with SAP S/4HANA

Book excerpt: Optimize your production output and reduce costs with material requirements planning in SAP S/4HANA! Use step-by-step instructions to set up your system, from configuring master data to maintaining MRP groups. Run MRP--both classic and MRP Live--and then evaluate your results using the MRP cockpit. With information on time-dependent stock levels, handover purchase requisitions, and other new and improved functionality, this fully updated second edition has everything you need to master MRP! Highlights include: 1) Classic MRP 2) MRP Live 3) Master data 4) MRP runs 5) MRP evaluations 6) Planned orders 7) Demand management 8) Demand-driven MRP (DDMRP) 9) Long-term planning 10) Predictive material and resource planning (pMRP) 11) Administration