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Author's profile photo Narasimha Prasad Bhat

Comparing MD07 – MD04 Vs Monitor material coverage app – 2/2

The blog post aims to evaluate the Monitor material coverage app features WRT  classical tools MD04 and MD07 with use cases.

Please go through the previous blog for other use cases while comparing MD04-MD07- Monitor Material coverage app

Use Case 3: Material type – Raw material, Initial stock -0, No supply elements, Future demand exits.

Let us create future demand (Say tomorrow) by creating a manual reservation -MB21

Use Case 4 : Material type – Raw material, Initial stock -200, No supply elements, Future demand exits and surplus situation.

The above screens show the surplus situation in MD04, MD07, and Green bars in the Material coverage app.

Let us add future demand.

There are many blog posts on features of the Monitor material coverage app. I will not repeat them, however, will put a few screenshots to cover a few important features.

When you access Manage materials, you will get into the monitor coverage app, which looks like the one below.

The stock requirement list in Fiori would look like below when MRP is run

You can see that you can easily edit PO date and other options.

 

Conclusion: Material coverage and monitor material apps are very useful apps which add value to existing MD07 transaction.

Do give feedback on any other important features I may have missed comparing these objects.

 

 

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      Author's profile photo Girija V
      Girija V

      Thanks for the blog.The PO option- "requested-waiting for answer-" does it change S/R date ?.

      Author's profile photo Narasimha Prasad Bhat
      Narasimha Prasad Bhat
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      No Girija.

      Author's profile photo hasan pereira
      hasan pereira

      Simple explanation

      Author's profile photo Narasimha Prasad Bhat
      Narasimha Prasad Bhat
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      Thanks Hasan

      Author's profile photo hasan pereira
      hasan pereira

      Can you explain new features for Manufactured materials just like you id for Raw materials?

      Author's profile photo Narasimha Prasad Bhat
      Narasimha Prasad Bhat
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      Will do Hasan.

      Author's profile photo Poorna chnadra
      Poorna chnadra

      Thanks.MD04 in Fiori is looking much simpler

      Author's profile photo Narasimha Prasad Bhat
      Narasimha Prasad Bhat
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      Thanks Chandra

      Author's profile photo Poorna chnadra
      Poorna chnadra

      Yes, but only one issue is how it shows exceptions (I know how it shows schedule in and out)

      Author's profile photo Narasimha Prasad Bhat
      Narasimha Prasad Bhat
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      I am not sure, if it shows all error messages in the Fiori

      Author's profile photo Deepa K
      Deepa K

      As always, very useful. I liked your way of testing it with manual reservation.

      Author's profile photo Narasimha Prasad Bhat
      Narasimha Prasad Bhat
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      Thanks Deepa

      Author's profile photo Poorna chnadra
      Poorna chnadra

      Yes Deepa, even I liked it. I don't have to wait for SD/MM/PP guys to give me demand to complete my demo to user. Super cool way of demo.

      Author's profile photo sahail seth
      sahail seth

      Good one. For PO 3 radio buttons, is there any report which says , which are the pOs where ate changed/ requested-waiting for answer /request later ? This report would be very helpful for procurement team

      Author's profile photo Vrinda B
      Vrinda B

      That is a very good point.

      Author's profile photo Narasimha Prasad Bhat
      Narasimha Prasad Bhat
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      Not explored Sahil

      Author's profile photo Avkash Surathkal
      Avkash Surathkal

      Good questions

      Author's profile photo Harsh Banda
      Harsh Banda

      Running MRP every now and then, somehow doesn't look practical in live environment

      Author's profile photo Narasimha Prasad Bhat
      Narasimha Prasad Bhat
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      Although, I have implemented in 2 sites, users are still hesitant to use this feature.

      Author's profile photo Harsh Banda
      Harsh Banda

      We need to check if we run MRP and create PR-convert to PO and rerun MRP. Will it create another dependent requirement?

      Author's profile photo Poorvi Kulkarni
      Poorvi Kulkarni

      Does this solve MD06 issue ? Looks like revoke acceptance shortage can do some trick

      Author's profile photo Narasimha Prasad Bhat
      Narasimha Prasad Bhat
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      No. This works on MD07  (live data) , revoke acceptance - I am still testing. will come out with its features

      Author's profile photo Chavi K
      Chavi K

      Another quality document. Keep posting

      Author's profile photo Narasimha Prasad Bhat
      Narasimha Prasad Bhat
      Blog Post Author

      Thanks Chavi

      Author's profile photo Rajendra K
      Rajendra K

      Good one. What do you mean by MD04=-MD07- Monitor Material coverage app?

      Author's profile photo Poorna chnadra
      Poorna chnadra

      I think It is MD04-MD07 (Typo) , but in my opinion, the app is to be compared only with MD07. Md04 is not relevant here.

      Author's profile photo Narasimha Prasad Bhat
      Narasimha Prasad Bhat
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      Yes It is mistake.  I used MD04 because, in Fiori S/R list shows different layout

      Author's profile photo Avkash Surathkal
      Avkash Surathkal

      There are many Monitor material coverage apps. Which one should be used for which scenarios?

      Author's profile photo shashwati s
      shashwati s

      I believe some are for MTO and some are for MTS