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The activities associated with approving, formatting and communicating the Materials Requirements Plan. This may include a formal process to review and ratify the plan and/or identify alternative scenarios triggering a rerun of P203 with the intention to achieve a more favorable Sourcing Plan.

The output of this process may include Purchase Requisitions for internal use and a formal forecast for internal and/or external suppliers. Planning Frequency Material Requirements Planning Distribution Requirements Planning Surplus Return

Hierarchy

ID	Name	Level	x
P2	Plan Source	2	P2
P204	Publish Sourcing Plan	3	P204

Metric(s)

ID	Name	Level	x
RS11	Planning Frequency	2	RS11

Term(s)

ID	Name	Clear	x
DRP	Distribution Requirements Planning		DRP
MRP	Material Requirements Planning		MRP
REQ	Requisition		REQ
RL4	Surplus Return		RL4

Workflow

From Input(s)	Process	Output(s) To
wf_process wf_arrow P203 Net Material Requirements	P204	wf_arrow wf_process MRP Rerun Request P201 Sourcing Plan P205 Purchase Requisition S101 Sourcing Plan P103 Sourcing Plan P402

Publish Sourcing Plan Plan Source 520400 3 Publishing, Materials, Requirements, Plan, Sourcing, Plan, Procurement, Purchasing, Supply chain Approving, formatting and communicating the Materials Requirements Plan (MRP)