Which of the following procurement proposals can be created during an MRP Live planning run for externally procured materials? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.

Question

Options

• APlanned order
• BPurchase order
• CDelivery schedule line
• DPurchase requisition

• A
  16% (11)
• B
  7% (5)
• C
  76% (52)

Explanation

During an MRP Live planning run, externally procured materials generate Purchase Requisitions (D) when no long-term supply agreement exists, and Delivery Schedule Lines (C) when the material's source list points to a scheduling agreement - these are the two procurement proposals MRP Live creates directly without manual conversion.

Option A (Planned Order) is wrong because planned orders in MRP Live are used as proposals for in-house production, not external procurement. MRP Live deliberately bypasses the planned order step for external materials and issues purchase requisitions directly.

Option B (Purchase Order) is wrong because MRP never creates purchase orders directly - purchase orders must be generated manually or by converting purchase requisitions (e.g., via transaction ME59N).

Memory tip: Think "Two external roads out of MRP Live - the PR highway (no agreement) and the Schedule Lane (scheduling agreement)." If you see "purchase order" as an option, eliminate it immediately - MRP is a planning tool, not an execution tool, so it never skips the requisition step.

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