Monitor Material Coverage - Net and Individual Segments (Version 2)
Application component: Fiori UI for Material Requirements Planning
App type: Transactional
Line of business: Supply Chain
Leading industry: Cross Industry
Solution capability: Material Requirements Planning (S/4)
Description:  With this app, you can monitor all the materials in a selected area of responsibility. This includes collective requirements materials, make-to-stock and make-to-order materials, and materials for direct procurement. You are provided with a list of all materials with a net requirement segment or individual planning segments, which considers the following planning segments:  Net segment – planning for the whole MRP area   Individual customer segment – using sales order stock   Individual project segment – using project stock   Segment for direct production planning – with direct creation of planned orders   Segment for direct procurement planning – with direct creation of purchase requisitions  The system calculates the requirements for each segment separately. The materials of these planning segments might have coverage issues according to a specified shortage definition. The shortage definition you choose contains a set of rules that the system uses for calculating the material shortages. These rules define the scope of the shortage calculation, meaning the supply and demand elements to be considered and the conditions that have to be met to be a relevant shortage. You can use the default filter Shortage Evaluation Period to check the coverage of materials within a specific time frame. Based on the material coverage information provided by this app, you can react to material shortage issues on time, meaning that you can avoid disruptions to production or to the fulfillment of customer demands. From this app, you can directly navigate to the Manage Material Coverage (F0251) or Manage Material Coverage (F0251A) app to view details of the selected materials and check different solutions. Navigation to the Manage Material Coverage (F0251A) must be enabled in your user-specific app settings, which are available from the user actions menu. Note Materials used in demand-driven replenishment (MRP procedure C) are currently not displayed by this app. This app is contained in the business catalog Production Planning - MRP Cockpit (SAP_SCM_BC_MRPCOCKPIT). For more information about the business role templates, see the Fiori Apps Reference Library for your release. 
With this transactional app, you can monitor all the materials in a selected area of responsibility. This includes make-to-stock and collective requirements materials, make-to-order and engineer-to-order materials, as well as materials for direct production and direct procurement. You can use the default filters "Time till Shortage", "Material", and "Individual Segment" to narrow down the scope of your list.
Key features:  Select an area of responsibility  Select a shortage definition depending on how you want the system to calculate the material shortage. You can choose from the following shortage definitions, which are available by default:   MRP Standard Represents the standard MRP logic Use this option to compare all supplies with all demands.   Stock Days' Supply Calculates the stock days' supply Use this option to compare available stock with planned demands.   Ordered Requirements Calculates whether you have sufficient planned receipts (supplies) to cover your ordered demands (requirements)   Ordered Receipts Calculates whether you have ordered enough receipts (supplies) to cover your planned demands (requirements)   You can define additional shortage definitions in the configuration settings for material shortage profiles. In your configuration environment, use the search function to open the following activity: Define Material Shortage Profiles.   Narrow down the scope of the material list by using different filters Depending on which filters you want to use, you can specify filter values directly in the app or define default values using the settings that are available from the user actions menu. Default filter values are automatically applied to all apps that reference them and support the default values option. Note Default filter values for suppliers are currently not taken into account by this app. View a material list according to the selected shortage definition as well as other selection criteriaChoose which table columns are shown and how table entries are sorted  Open quickviews for materials, suppliers, and projected stock overview   Display days' supply and intraday supply information, either based on current stock or based on current stock and planned receipts   Display and configure a chart that shows the stock availability of a selected material within the horizon you select  Navigate to the Manage Material Coverage app as well as other related apps from the material list and from the quickviews for materials and projected stock   Check whether master data issues exist for a material and navigate to the Display MRP Master Data Issues app for a detailed analysis.   Display the number of receipt elements in the stock / requirements list that are past due for each material:  Receipt elements that have an opening date in the past   Receipt elements that have a basic start date or release date in the past   Receipt elements that have a basic end date or delivery date in the past     Perform the MRP run at material level Find which shortages you accepted in the Manage Material Coverage appRevoke the acceptance of shortages to process the materials in the Manage Material Coverage app again and find solutions  Tailor the app to your needs and save the combination of shortage definition and filters as a view   Save your personalized views as tiles on your home page from which you can access this app or directly navigate to the Manage Material Coverage app  
Business roles: Production Planner| Material Planner - External Procurement
Material Planner - External Procurement: (is an add-on role to the Material Planner)
Ensures the availability of materials for production supply plans and monitors and adjusts material supplies procured externally. Collaborates internally with production planners and externally with suppliers.

Production Planner : 
Plans, monitors and adjusts material supplies produced internally and ensures material availability for sales order fulfillment and production supply. Collaborates internally with customer care and other production planners.