Required Quantity in SAP PP

In the Required quantity field, you can enter the quantity to which all component quantities displayed refer.

The component quantities are relative to the base quantity. The system uses the following calculation:

Component quantity =

Required quantity * Stored component quantity --------------------------------------------------------------- Base quantity

Calculating the Component Quantity: Example

The following table shows an example calculation for calculating component quantities with reference to the required quantity.

Recalculation of Component Quantity for Assembly Blue paint-01

Component	Component quantity (liters)
	Base quantity (3 liters)	Required quantity (30 liters)
Blue pigment	0.3	3.0
Solvent	1.2	12
Water	1.5	15

If you do not enter a required quantity, the component quantities displayed are based on the base quantity.

Items which have a component quantity defined as a Fixed quantity (Detail screen: General data) are not affected by the required quantity entered.