mrp for procured materials in a project

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus

We are using various procured materials in our projects. We manually assign these materials to the network activity and create reservation for the WBS.

Would maintaining ‘PD’ in MRP type of the materials be sufficient to trigger automatic PR’s against the reservations, after the MRP run (in case there is no project stock of the material)? Should we assign any strategy group to the materials? Are there any other settings that need to be maintained?

Additionally, can we put all these materials in a bom with a dummy header material (marked as phantom item, without a strategy group), so that header is not planned (but components are)? Could we then use bom transfer to reduce effort?

Your inputs would be appreciated.

Thanks

[Former Member]

Following MRP master data is required in material master for Project MRP.

MRP Type=PD, Lot sizing procedure, ind/collective indicator for plant stock or project stock procurement, MRP group and Procurement Type.

Yes, you can use BOM transfer or also can use 'Explode BOM; fu alsonction. Here you can link the BOM header to a activity and then use MENU > Edit > Component > Explode BOM function. In this way, your BOM header becomes text item and only components are available for planning.

Regards,

Mahendra