Amend Material Request – A Summary of the Activity

This activity allows you to select and amend a material request transaction. Material request (MR) is a document for requesting the issue of items from the warehouse. The request can be raised from any department or cost center for issuing the material. Material requests can be created with reference to a sale order, work order or production order or can be made without reference to a base document. If the MR refers to a base document, the reference document number and type are mandatory. This activity allows you to amend or alter material requests that have been previously authorized. You can add new items to be issued to the requesting cost center through this activity. In such a case, the amended quantity for the newly added item will be authorized when the “Amend MR” pushbutton is clicked. This activity facilitates you to increase the number of items and add new items in the MR  transaction.

Material requests are classified to be of type “Capital” and “General” depending on whether the request for issue of materials is from a warehouse of type “Capital” or “Non-capital”. Material request transactions can be authorized based on the permissions granted to the user. The user must have the requisite “Authorize” permissions to authorize the material request transaction.

During authorization of the material request, authorized quantity as specified in the MR document reserves the material in disposition by posting a firm entry in the issue column. A firm demand will always try to reserve against a firm receipt. If it is not available, then it will reserve against a plan receipt. This reservation is made only if the planning type of the item is defined as disposition in the item master component. Reservation is made at the warehouse level as disposition is defined at the warehouse level. For confirmation of reservation made in the material request, a free stock check is done to ensure that the material is available on the need date. If the material is not available, then disposition cannot be done. The system checks for the earliest available date to reserve the item on the date equivalent to the earliest available date.

The “Select MR” page allows you to select a material request transaction for amendment. The “Amend MR” page allows you to amend the details of the material request. The “View Item Details” page allows you to view the details of items. The “View Lot No. Details” page allows you to view lot related information. The “View Serial Nos.” page allows you to view the serial number information. The “Financial Information” page allows you to update the financial information for the material request transaction. The “Stock Status Review” page allows you to inquire the warehouse stock information. The “Free Stock Check” page allows you to inquire the amount of free physical stock available as on the need date. The “Earliest Available Date” page allows you to inquire the earliest available date till which the item can be reserved. The “View Item Substitutes” page allows you to view the substitute item information that can be used in place of the requested item. The “View Warehouse Details” page allows you to view information on the warehouse from which the items are issued.

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