SAP Note 448960 - Net requirements calculation (documentation)

Component : Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling -

Solution : https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/448960 (SAP Service marketplace login required)

Summary :
This SAP Note elucidates the purpose and procedures tied to net requirements calculation within PP heuristics for product planning. It delineates the use of this calculation for matching product requirements, such as sales orders or safety stock, against available and upcoming product receipts, both fixed and unfixed. The Note discusses the conditions under which these calculations are performed, particularly highlighting their initiation in the product planning process. It comprehensively discusses various implementation strategies including standard, FIFO, and procedures minimizing alerts, supplemented by comparing them to dynamic and fixed pegging. Furthermore, it addresses how adaptations in the net requirements calculation impact order creation in SNP and the significance of the PP/DS horizon within the calculation process.

Key words :
planning sap_pp_003 material shortage quantities performs, net requirements calculation unfixed snp receipt elements, slightly changed net requirements calculation, standard net requirements calculation work, standard lot size heuristic creates, product requirements include sales orders, fifo net requirements calculation covers, pp/ds receipt element covers, standard net requirements calculation consumes, consecutive material flows sap_pp_c001

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