YES

NO

YES

NO

NO YES

YES

NO

YES NO YES NO

NO

NO

YESYES

YES

YES

NO

NO YES

NO YES NO YES

NO YES

YES NO

YES NO YES NO

NO YES

Common finalproduct

Configurablematerial

Customizedproduction

High number ofvariants (>x)?

Material variant

Assembly /phantom assembly

Component

BOM successor betterto forecast?

BOM successor betterto forecast?

Planning onsuccessor level

Configurablematerial

no planning

Characteristicspre-planning

Planning onassembly level

Planning onsuccessor level

Planning oncomponent level

Preplanning oncomponent level

Pre-planningTotal LT final prod > acc LT

Preplanning No preplanning

No planningmaterial

Preplanwithplanning mat.

52, Preplanning with-out final assembly or

customized prod.

89, Assembly withcharacteristics pre-

planning

A -, B-item?Preplanning withplanning material

No planningmaterial

preplanningno preplanning

Preplanning withplanning material

No planningmaterial

56,Characteristicspreplanning with

secondary demand

25, MTOproduction for

configurable materials

65, Preplanningmaterial variant with

planning material

55, Preplanningmaterial variant with-

out final assembly

26, MTOproduction for material

variant

60, Preplanningwith

planning material

50, Preplanningwithout

final assembly

20, KEF (MTOproduction)

63, Preplanning withplanning material with-out customized prod.

74, Preplanning atassembly level withoutfinal product assembly

59, Preplanning atPhantom assembly level

Planning as 'Cus-tomized production'

Planning material• Several final products with common parts

Planning material• Several final products with common parts

Pre-planningTotal LT final prod > acc. LT

Planning material• Several final products with common parts

PreplanningNo preplanning

Pre-planningTotal LT final prod > acc. LT

Primary demand known/determinable?

Prodcution of planned amount,disregarding the stock level

Production smoothing important

Planning material• Several final products with common parts

Pre-planning Total LT final product > acc. LT

51, Pre-planning without final assembly (Project accounting)

61, Pre-planning with plan.material (Project accounting)

85, Assembly with network map (Project)

Successor planned with anonymousproduction + is better to forecast

Successor planned with anonymousproduction + is better to forecast

10, anonymous MTSprod./ Net planning

11, anonymous MTSprod./Gross planning

Common finalproduct

Assembly /phantom assembly

Component

S-T-O

A-T-O

Service

Variant

Part of project

Project

Serial product

Final product orassembly

86, Configuration &assembly order

81, Assembly withseries production

82, Assembly withproduction order

84, Service order

Small amount for'Sale-from-stock'

70, Preplanning onassembly level

Planning onassembly level

M-T-S

E-T-O

M-T-O

Pre-planning

no pre-planning21, Projectaccounting

pre-planning withplanning material

no planning material

Planning onsuccessor level

40, Preplanningwith final assembly

consumption-based, Kanban

Planning oncomponent level

30, Lot production

Planning onSuccessor level

STO (Service-To-Order):• ServiceETO (Engineer-To-Order:• Project or part of project (project accounting)MTS (Make-To-Stock):• Anonymous planning (procurement and production independent from customer orders)• AND/OR: Lead time > accepted lead timeATO (Assemble-To-Order):• Numerous final products are produced from common pre-planning (common assemblies and components).• Use, when 'statistic ss', 'range of coverage' or 'combination' not applicable.MTO:• Order dependent production and procurement

Configuration of the SAP MRP Strategy Parameter

Taken from 'Automatic Parameter Configuration for Inventory Management in SAP ERP/APO' by David Bucher and Joern Meissner, available at: http://www.meiss.com