Here you enter a max. quantity for the part. The Run Netting, Requirement Calculation and manually registered manufacturing orders will then take the part's max. quantity into consideration. Order suggestions and manufacturing orders will never exceed the max. quantity. If the requirement is larger the current order will be divided into several manufacturing orders with the max. quantity as the largest order quantity. The start and finish periods on the divided orders will be distributed evenly during the period. This to avoid that loading and material requirements will be created against the same finish point.
Example: The requirement is 100 pcs and the max. quantity on the part is 20 pcs. This means that you need 5 manufacturing order to fulfill the requirement.
Max. quantity applies only to the part types S and M. The field Max. quantity is shown to the right under the Planning tab if you have activated the setting Show max. quantity, under Requirements Planning under the Inventory tab in the Settings procedure.