Individual/Collective Requirements

[Former Member]

Hello!

I need a fair idea about how exactly individual/collective requirements work as i have a particular scenario for our business where i need the system to adopt a particular path for BOM Explosion.

Regards

Kaashif M

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi

In the mass processing function for production orders, you can check the material availability of several orders at the same time. These collective availability checks always carry out an overall availability check for each of the orders.

You can check production orders or planned orders in this way. As with individual checks, the checking rule is determined via the order type (production orders) or the MRP group / plant parameters (planned order).

regards

Srinivas

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Srinivas,

It was really nice to hear from you, actually our requirement goes like this....

FG's have "Blank" entry in the Individual/Collective Indicator (as good as "1" i.e. individual requirement, so whatever sales order or project requirements generated are transferred as individual requirements)

When it comes to child items in the BOM of FG,

If i maintain 1 in the Individual/Collective Indicator the system will propose Purchase Requisition/Planned order individually for all the dependent requirements WITHOUT CHECKING THE STOCK IN THE PLANT and WILL ALLOCATE THE REQUIREMENT WITH AN ACCOUNT ASSIGNMENT.

If i maintain 2 in the Individual/Collective Indicator the system will propose Purchase Requisition/Planned order collectively for all the similiar dependent requirements of Projects/Sales orders AFTER CHECKING THE EXISTING STOCK IN THE PLANT( propose Procurement for the remaining requirements....am i right?) AND I WILL NOT HAVE THE ACCOUNT ASSIGNMENT IN THE PURCHASE REQUISITION/PLANNED ORDER.

So if u can suggest me how i can have the system to propose a procurement proposal for child items where the system can check the available stock for dependent requirements and allocate account assignments for the remaining procurement proposals individually.

Regards

Kaashif M

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Please some one answer for the above scenario

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Kaashif,

This indicator controls whether individual or collective customer requirements planning is allowed for dependent requirements.

If you define individual requirements for explosion, dependent requirements for a component are shown individually on the superior low-level code.

If you define collective requirements for explosion, required quantities for the material are summarized independently of the sales order.

As per my thinking if the header part is MTO with individual requirements then all dependent parts must be with the same settings in order to link the account assignments in PO...we should not use collective requirements.

Regards

TAJUDDIN

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TAJUDDIN MOHAMMED

[Former Member]

Hi Kaashif,

Usually individual/collective indicator is used in MTO scenario.If u enter 1 or no enry in material master of component, customer stock of that component will be created.System will check stock only in customer stock, so no material is available. so system will create purchase requisition.

If you want to consider the component for order, set indicator 2 . Means system will check stock of component if stock is available PR will not be created.No customer stock will be created.

Simply indicator 2 is used to act a component as a make to stock in MTO environment.

This will clear your doubts.

Regards,

Suhas

[Former Member]

Vijai,

As per std SAP if the indicator is 1 then stock will be checked agisnt that special stock only. It is not possible to have the account assignment as E and also check the stock in general category.

I had a similar requirement for which I got developed a Z fucntionaility which runs after std MD50 and finds the stock in general category which is available and attaches the stock to the sp stock and cancels the planned order by the amount attacehd. It is a highly complicated development.

Ram