Safety stock coverage
This parameter determines if Material Requirements Planning (MRP) should generate suggestions if the planning run establishes that actual requirements will result in stock shortages.
For every transaction, 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 (FUNMRP / FUNMRPG), Reference date field) plus the reorder lead time is too low, MRP can generate a suggestion. The suggestion quantity increases the stock level to the specified safety level. The date for the generated suggestion is the date of the planning run.
Yes: The MRP process generates a suggestion to cover the safety stock.
No: The MRP process does not generate suggestions if the planning run establishes that an existing order covers safety stock for the date of the run plus the reorder lead time.
Level of localization/Global variable
This parameter is defined at the level Folder. It belongs to Chapter STO (Inventory) and the Group SCH (Planning), The following parameters are also associated with this chapter and group :
- AVGDAY (Average days per month)
- AVGWRKDAY (Average work days per month)
- DEFPTO (Assignment rule MTO)
- FIRWRKDAY (First work day of week)
- GPLNFLT (Planner/buyer filter)
- GPLNHOR (Default planning horizon)
- MPSECCSOF (Process firm SOs in MPS)
- MPSECCSOP (Process planned SOs in MPS)
- MPSECCSOS (Process suggested SOs in MPS)
- MPSPJTSOF (Process firm SOs in MPS)
- MPSPJTSOP (Process planned SOs in MPS)
- MPSPJTSOS (Process suggested SOs in MPS)
- MPSRECOVST (MPS reduce coverage stock)
- MPSSECCOV (Safety stock coverage)
- MRPECCSOF (Process firm SOs in MRP)
- MRPECCSOP (Process planned SOs in MRP)
- MRPECCSOS (Process suggested SOs in MRP)
- MRPPJTSOF (Process firm SOs in MRP)
- MRPPJTSOP (Process planned SOs in MRP)
- MRPPJTSOS (Process suggested SOs in MRP)
- MRPRECOVST (MRP reduce coverage stock)
- MRPREOALL (Exclude transfer allocation)
- PLNTWD (Weekly planning structure)
- SETITMLLC (Set by-product low level code)
No global variable is associated with it.
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 (Forward lead time field) for each type of suggestion.