What is requirements totaling in SAP PP - Production Planning and Control?

SAP Term: requirements totaling

• Component: PP

• Component Name: Production Planning and Control

• Description: A process in MRP in which the system creates totals records for dependent requirements in the planning run. In this process, the system does not create individual records for components for which requirements totaling is allowed. The system creates one totals record for each component that contains the requirements for one day.

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• Key Concepts: 
  Requirements totaling is a feature of SAP Production Planning and Control (PP) that allows users to create a total requirement for a material based on the sum of individual requirements. This feature is useful for creating a total requirement for a material that is composed of multiple components. 
  
  How to use it: 
  To use the requirements totaling feature, users must first create individual requirements for each component of the material. Once all of the individual requirements have been created, users can then select the “Total Requirement” option in the PP menu. This will generate a total requirement for the material based on the sum of all of the individual requirements. 
  
  Tips & Tricks: 
  When creating individual requirements, it is important to ensure that all of the components are correctly specified. This will ensure that the total requirement accurately reflects the sum of all of the individual requirements. Additionally, it is important to note that any changes made to an individual requirement will also be reflected in the total requirement. 
  
  Related Information: 
  The requirements totaling feature can be used in conjunction with other features in SAP Production Planning and Control such as material availability check and capacity planning. Additionally, this feature can be used to create total requirements for materials that are composed of multiple components.