This document provides a tutorial on demand management in SAP PP. It discusses key concepts like planned independent requirements (PIR) and covers how to [1] create, change, and delete PIR data, as well as [2] display stock/requirement lists. The tutorial includes step-by-step instructions on transactions MD61, MD62, MD04, and MD74/MD75 to manage demand in SAP PP. Troubleshooting tips are also provided.

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Table of Contents
Demand management Tutorial for SAP PP...................................................................................................2
What is Demand Management?...............................................................................................................2
Impact of Planning Strategies...................................................................................................................2
Make to Stock ...........................................................................................................................................2
Make to Order...........................................................................................................................................2
In this tutorial- you will learn....................................................................................................................2
A. How to Create Planned Independent Requirement (PIR).............................................................2
B. How to Change PIR........................................................................................................................5
C. How to display Stock/Requirement List........................................................................................7
D. How to delete PIR data .................................................................................................................9
Troubleshooting......................................................................................................................................11

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Demand management Tutorial for SAP PP
What is Demand Management?
Impact of Planning Strategies
Make to Stock
Make to Order
In this tutorial- you will learn
A. How to create Planned Independent Requirement (PIR)
B. How to change PIR
C. How to display Stock/Requirement List
D. How to delete PIR data
A. How to Create Planned Independent Requirement (PIR)
Step 1. From SAP Easy access screen open transaction MD61
1. Enter single material or Requirements plan (for multiple materials) for
which demand needs to be created.
2. Enter MRP area and Plant Code "INA2".
3. Enter version as "00", which is active version and requirements would be
considered in MRP run.
4. Enter the Planning horizon dates for which demand needs to be created.
5. Enter planning period as month M.

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After filling in all the fields, click or press Enter to go to the next screen.
Step 2. In this Screen we are going to enter the requirement quantity in monthly buckets,
1. Version "00" and Active check box flagged would come as default which
means it is an active requirement and would be considered in MRP run.
2. Enter the requirement quantity in monthly buckets
Click to save after filling all data, the system will show message
.

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Note: If you want to delete the demand of one material, click of the row and click the
delete button .

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B. How to Change PIR
Step 1. From SAP Easy access screen open transaction MD62
1. Enter parent material for which PIR needs to be changed.
2. Enter Plant Code.
3. Enter version as "00".
4. Input the planning horizon dates with planning period as month M.
Step 2. After filling in all the fields, click to go to the next screen.
1. Change the requirement quantity to 900 as shown below.

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After finishing all modifications, click to save PIR. The system will show a message
like changed at the lower left corner.

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C. How to display Stock/Requirement List
Step 1. From SAP Easy access screen open transaction MD04
1. Enter material for which stock/requirement list needs to be displayed.
2. Enter Plant Code.

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Step 2. After filling in all the fields, click to go to the next screen and
Stock/requirement list displayed.
1. Display stock/requirements list of the material, where you can see PIR
(requirement type VSF driven from planning strategy 40 in material master
MRP3 view ) quantity of 1000 EA reduced to 939 by sales orders.

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D. How to delete PIR data
Step 1. From SAP Easy access screen open transaction MD74/MD75
1. Enter Plant code
2. Enter Key date before which you need to delete whole PIR data of the plant
if no material is selected in the screen.
3. Flag Record history, delete inactive version and create list check box.
Click execute button to run the report and move to next screen.

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Step 2. In next screen, you will see the messages regarding deletion of PIR.
a. Check the messages regarding deletion of PIR.

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Troubleshooting
 There might be the case wherein material master record does not exist. For this, you
need to create the material master for the material before creating PIR.
 Ensure right planning strategy is in place in material master which drives the
requirement type of PIR and based on that PIR is considered in MRP run.