This parameter determines when Material Requirements Planning (MRP) should generate suggestions if coverage periods are used for products managed in stock.

For every transaction in a coverage period (expressed in weeks), MRP compares the resulting stock level and the reorder lead time with actual requirements (orders). If the stock level on the date of the planning run (MRP processing (FUNMRPG), field Reference date) plus the reorder lead time is too low MRP can generate a suggestion. The date for the generated suggestion will be the date of the planning run.

'No' (default) - The MRP process must analyze the requirements inside the coverage period and generate a suggestion to cover demand.

'Yes' - The MRP process must analyze the requirements inside one coverage period and only generate a suggestion at the start of that coverage period. It must ignore changes to demand until the start of the next coverage period.

Example

Product A
Coverage: 5 weeks
Safety stock: 0
Start stock: 0
Production lead time: 1 week
Requirements expressed: Per week for 10 weeks

MRP results with MRPRECOVST=No (default)

Coverage is used for products managed in stock. When the MRP process is run with coverage, this means that the requirements inside the coverage period are analyzed in order to issue a global suggestion. Coverage can slide. The suggestion is placed at the start of the coverage period, that is, at the earliest one coverage period before the requirement date.

W0

W1

W2

W3

W4

W5

W6

W7

W8

W9

W10

SOF

50

250

100

50

105

105

150

250

125

125

WOF

100

100

WOS

350

105

105

150

150

125

125

Projected stock

350

405

260

410

510

530

550

400

250

125

0


MRP results with MRPRECOVST=Yes

The requirements inside the coverage period are analyzed in order to issue a global suggestion. The suggestion is placed at the start of each coverage period, that is, at the start of one coverage period before the requirement date.

W0

W1

W2

W3

W4

W5

W6

W7

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SOF

50

250

100

50

105

105

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250

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125

WOF

100

100

WOS


455


655

Projected stock


405

155

155

105

0

550

400

250

125

0

Level of localization/Global variable

This parameter is defined at the level Site. It belongs to Chapter STO (Inventory) and the Group SCH (Planning), The following parameters are also associated with this chapter and group :

No global variable is associated with it.

Functions concerned

The following functions are associated with this parameter :

  Stock > Reorders > MRP processing

  Manufacturing > Planning > MRP processing


Comments

The type of suggestions to be generated (work order, purchase order, intersite transfer or subcontract order) are defined in the MRP Requirements parameters (Setup > Stock > Requirements parameters (GESPCB)).

The facility to move an existing order forward is also defined in the MRP Requirements parameters (field Forward lead time) for each type of suggestion.