Consumption-Based Planning and Forecasting in SAP S/4HANA

• Introduction to Consumption-Based Planning
• Explaining the function and results of MRP
• Outlining the MRP procedures
• General Configuration
• Explaining and defining MRP areas
• Understanding the material master fields for consumption-based planning
• Explaining the MRP type and the related fields
• Understanding the lot-sizing settings
• Understanding and controlling scheduling
• Execution of the planning run
• Describing the planning run
• Executing a planning run using classic MRP
• Executing a planning run using MRP Live
• Evaluating and converting the planning results
• Forecasting
• Explaining basics of the forecast
• Executing and postprocessing the forecast
• Performing forecast-based planning
• Performing time-phased planning
• Performing automatic reorder point planning
• Source Determination
• Explaining and controlling source determination in materials requirement planning

• This course will prepare you to:
• Explain the material requirements planning (MRP) process.
• Use different consumption based MRP procedures.
• Describe and execute forecasting

• Application Consultant
• Business Process Architect
• Business Process Owner / Team Lead / Power User
• Program/Project Manager
• User

Essential

• Knowledge about business processes in SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement (comparable to S4500 content)

Recommended

• none

• SAP S/4HANA 2022

• The current course focuses on consumption-based planning. For information on further procedures refer to the course S4220 – Production Planning in SAP S/4HANA.