Review Material Plan

Explanation

Use this activity to review a material plan. The material plan is created as described here: Generate Material Plan. Important information to review are warnings, required quantity and required date etc. A material plan consists of planning items with execution type Material. It is important to get information of changes done after a required material calculation has been performed. This information is shown in the GRC Indicator field, as described here: Review GRC Indicator. While GRC Indicator show issues for a complete project deliverable structure, the material plan warnings enables identification of issues on item level, as described here: Review Warnings.

The following material plans exist:

Supply option Shop Order creates a material plan for shop order (Shop Order Plan).
Supply option Purchase creates a material plan for purchasing (Purchase Order Plan).
Supply option Project MRP creates a material plan for project MRP (Project MRP Plan).
Supply option MRP creates a material plan for MRP (MRP Plan).

How to review supply option is described here: Review Supply Option.

Prerequisites

Material plan should have been generated, as described here: Generate Material Plan.

System Effects

None

Window

Project Deliverables Navigator

Related Window Descriptions

Project Deliverables Navigator/Materials/Material Plans

Procedure

Review information about material plan in Material Plans tab:

Open the Project Deliverables Navigator window and populate it with values.
Open the Project Deliverables Navigator/Materials/Material Plans tab.
Review material plan warnings, required quantity and required date etc.

Review information about material plan, by using planning items:

Open the Project Deliverables Navigator window and populate it with values.
Expand the tree and select one of the following planning items: shop order plan, purchase order plan, project MRP plan or MRP plan.
Open General tab.
Review material plan warnings, total required quantity and required date etc.