The Production Plan facilitates users in scheduling production across multiple sales orders and aids in planning material procurement for raw-material items based on the quantity of finished products to be manufactured.

However, when there’s a need to plan only for raw-material items for a single Sales Order, the process can become somewhat cumbersome. Consequently, you have the option to create a Material Request for the raw materials required for the finished items listed in the Sales Order directly from that Sales Order.

To accomplish this, you can follow the steps outlined below:

1. Once your Sales Order has been submitted, navigate to Make and choose Request for Raw Materials.
2. This action will prompt a dialog box displaying all the Finished Items with their respective Bills of Materials (BOMs).
3. Here, you have the flexibility to modify the BOM as needed and select the appropriate options.
4. For instance, enabling the Include Exploded Items option will retrieve the raw materials from the exploded items of the BOM, and enabling the Ignore Existing Ordered Quantity option will generate a request even if the required quantities are already accounted for.
5. Click on Make, and your Material Request will be processed and submitted.

A Material Request will then be generated specifically for the raw materials required for the finished items listed in the Sales Order.