We have materials which will be used in multiple lines. These materials come in reels and each line requires that the whole reel be mounted on the line equipment. If 4 lines require the materials, we need to order 4 reels to run the lines at the same time. For example, the minimum order quantity is 10,000 and it comes in one reel. If each line only need 2500, MRP will plan for 10,000 which is only one reel and we cannot run multiple lines due to the limitation stated above i.e each line requiring it's own reel.
We would like to plan the materials in such a way that MRP will order 4 reels instead of one. How can we achieve this kind of planning ?
Note: We have limitations on using MRP areas, so we cannot implement MRP areas at this time.
Any help is appreciated.