SAP MRP Settings for auto-generation of Stock Transfer PRs

Stock Transfer PRs is an internal requisition document, used for the creation of Stock Transport Order.
STO (Stock Transport Order) are purchase orders used to satisfy the requirements of one plant with another.

MRP generates Stock Transfer PRs when there exist a shortage of quantity between existing stock & reorder
point derived/maintained in material master.

Reorder Point can be maintained manually by user/ automatically by running forecast using transaction MP30.

The SAP formulae for automatic calculation of Reorder Point & Safety stock is available in the below link:
https://w3-03.sso.ibm.com/services/practitionerportal/documents/Y722103M14213R07

We came across a unique requirement from client to handle a storage location with varying lot sizing
procedures depending on the material, and that the safety stock & reorder point needs to be automatically
forecasted for them.
Since MRP at Storage location level (MRP 4 View) in Material master can facilitate only a fixed replenishment
quantity and the reorder point needs to be manually entered, we decided to create a new Plant (Dependent plant)
in place of the storage location and generate ST PRs (Stock Transfer PRs) to the parent Plant to satisfy the
requirement of this new dependent plant.

Configuration of MRP settings to generate ST PRs:

1. Assign the Parent plant to the dependent plant for the Special procurement type ‘40’

Goto the below path in customization for the special procurement types:

SPRO  Material Management  Consumption-Based Planning  Master Data  Define Special

Procurement Types

Once you click on ‘Define Special Procurement Types’, you get a window with Plant & Spl Proc Types.
Select the dependent plant with Spl Proc Type ‘40’ and click on details ‘ ’.
Eg. Dependent plant ‘1000’ with Spl Proc Type ‘40’.
 Assign the Parent plant with Special procurement ‘U – Stock transfer’ as shown below:
Eg. Assigned Parent plant ‘1001’ with Special procurement ‘U’ for dependent plant ‘1000’ and Spl Proc
Type ‘40’.

2. Ensure to use Procurement Type ‘F - External procurement’ along with Spl Proc Type ‘40’ in the
‘MRP 2’ View of the dependent plant in material master.

Procurement type defines how the material is procured.

The following procurements types are possible:

o The material is produced in-house.
o The material is procured externally.
o The material can be both produced in-house and procured externally.
The procurement type can also be defaulted during material master creation based on the configuration
of material type as highlighted below:
We use special procurement when we want to be able to override the procurement type in the
material master or define the procurement type more precisely.
If the procurement type is in-house, you can nevertheless force the system to ignore the BOM
and routing, and process the material as if it were externally procured, by specifying the special
procurement as external.

Eg. Material has Procurement Type ‘F’ to indicate external purchasing, with Spl Proc Type ‘40’
indicating the special procurement type is Stock transfer (proc.from alter.plant).
3. Set the document type for the generation of ST PRs.

The document type of auto-generated ST PRs can be defaulted with the use of MRP Group.

Goto the following path to set the document type for the Plant & MRP Group combination:
SPRO  Material Management  Consumption-Based Planning  Planning  Procurement
proposals  Define External Procurement

Click on the MRP Group and define the DocType ST for the ST PRs.
 DocType SPO  Standard PRs
DocType SC  Subcontracting PRs
DocType ST  Stock Transfer PRs

Since we are working on Stock Transfer PRs, set the required DocType under the column DocType ST.
Eg. DocType ST ‘ZEC’.

The MRP Group should be assigned to the Material for which ST PRs needs to be generated in the
material master under MRP 1 View.

4. Allow PR Doc Type to have Item Category ‘U’ in the configuration

Ensure that the DocType ST used necessarily allows the Item Category ‘U’ in the configuration.

SPRO  Material Management  Purchasing  Purchase Requisition  Define Document Types

5. Create Parent Plant as a Vendor using Plant Account group

Eg. Created Parent Plant 1001 as vendor V1001 with a custom Plant Account group Z004.
Standard Account group for Plants is 0007.
6. Start the Planning run

You can plan for all the materials in a Plant by running Planning run via Transaction MD01, but
only for those materials with above settings a ST PR can be raised to satisfy requirements.

Eg. Planning run for a single material ‘Test Material’ under dependent Plant 1000 to verify the
generation of ST PRs to satisfy the needs of the dependent plant 1000 via parent plant 1001.
Once the Planning run is completed for the material, the results are displayed as below.

Eg. ST PR# 10000020 was generated successfully.

 Thanks for reading.
The above information provided are true and correct to my knowledge.
In case of any flaw in the above logic, kindly notify me to rectify the same.
Cheers !!
Prepared by:

Bharath Anandan
SAP MM Consultant
IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
: bhananda@in.ibm.com