When running Material Requirements Planning MRP in Manufacturing, Planning, MRP processing or Stock, Reorders, MRP processing, the type of the planned order created by MRP depends on the setting of the Suggested type that is selected in Common data, Products, Product-site, Planning tab. There are several suggestion types:

No suggestion: When no selection is made for the reorder mode or the suggestion type. This can be used for a non-managed product or if the product does not go into production.

Purchase: When the product is a raw material, the flow type is set to bought on the product category, and the reorder mode on the product-site is set to By MRP.

Manufacturing: When the product is a finished or semi-finished goods, the flow type is set to Manufactured on the product category, and the reorder mode on the product-site is set to By MRP.

Intersite: This is used to transfer between sites if the Reorder site for Intersite is entered in the product-site section.

Subcontracting: When the product is a subcontract, the flow type is checked for Subcontracted on the product category, and the reorder mode on the product-site is set to By MRP.