Your MRP run detects a shortage of 2000 pieces for a material with an active quota arrangement. Each of your two suppliers can only supply 1000 pieces at once. What must you maintain to have MRP…

Question

Options

• ASet a maximum lot size in the quota arrangement item and select the 1x checkbox
• BAssign a rounding profile in the material master record of the planned material
• CAssign the indicator for quota splitting to the lot-sizing procedure being used
• DSet a maximum quola quantity in the quota arrangement item for each supplier

• A
  74% (14)
• B
  11% (2)
• C
  16% (3)

Explanation

When a quota arrangement is active, MRP distributes requirements across suppliers based on quota percentages - but without quantity limits per item, it may still assign the full 2000 pieces to a single source. Option A (maximum lot size + 1x checkbox in the quota arrangement item) caps each individual procurement proposal at 1000 pieces per supplier, forcing MRP to generate two separate proposals. Option D (maximum quota quantity per item) similarly restricts the cumulative quantity assignable to each supplier within the arrangement, achieving the same hard ceiling of 1000 pieces per source.

Option B is wrong because rounding profiles in the material master control how quantities are rounded to packaging or pallet sizes - they have no influence on how demand is split across quota arrangement sources. Option C is wrong because the lot-sizing procedure's quota indicator simply tells MRP whether to use quota arrangements at all; it does not control the per-supplier quantity ceiling needed to enforce the 1000-piece split.

Memory tip: Think of A and D as the two "limiters" that live inside the quota arrangement item itself - maximum lot size (per proposal) and maximum quota quantity (cumulative cap). If you need to control how much goes to each supplier, the answer is always in the quota arrangement item settings, not in the material master or lot-sizing procedure.

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