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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Supply planning</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Supply planning</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Sourcing</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> can plan supply for a plan item within this item's <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000066" role="glossary">planning horizon</Link>. Enterprise Planning plans supply on the basis of the forecast and actual demand.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>For supply planning, there is a division of labor between <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000060" role="glossary">order planning</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000059" role="glossary">master planning</Link>.</Paragraph>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Planning supply with order planning</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>Within the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000065" role="glossary">order horizon</Link>, supply is planned by means of order planning, in the form of <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000050" role="glossary">planned orders</Link>.</Paragraph>
			<List><ListIntro>Planned orders are generated during an order simulation. You can start an order simulation by running one of the following sessions:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1210m000" role="session">Generate Order Planning (cprrp1210m000)</GUIRef>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1220m000" role="session">Generate Order Planning (Item) (cprrp1220m000)</GUIRef>
				</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Planning supply with master planning</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>Within the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000303" role="glossary">master-planning horizon</Link>, supply is planned by means of master planning, in the form of a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000073" role="glossary">supply plan</Link>.</Paragraph>
			<List><ListIntro>Supply plans are generated during a master-plan simulation. You can start a master-plan simulation by running one of the following sessions:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rmp/cprmp1202m000" role="session">Generate Master Planning (cprmp1202m000)</GUIRef>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rmp/cprmp1203m000" role="session">Generate Master Planning (Item) (cprmp1203m000)</GUIRef>
				</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Order planning and master planning</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>When you run an order simulation, you can indicate that a master-plan simulation must be performed as well.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>In both master planning and order planning, the various plan items involved are planned in a particular order, to take logistic dependencies between plan items into account.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Three sources of supply</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>Enterprise Planning works with three sources of supply:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.act.sour#manufacture" role="enum">Production</GUIRef> – manufacture goods at a production facility</ListItem>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.act.sour#purchase" role="enum">Purchase</GUIRef> – acquire goods from a business partner</ListItem>
				<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.act.sour#distribution" role="enum">Distribution</GUIRef> – acquire goods from elsewhere in your company or from an <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#AffiliCompan.tc" role="glossary">affiliated company</Link>
				</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Paragraph>For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000410" role="manual">Sources of supply: production, purchase, or distribution</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Supplier selection</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>If SSA ERP selects the source <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.act.sour#distribution" role="enum">Distribution</GUIRef>, SSA ERP must then select the internal suppliers ( <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000315" role="glossary">clusters</Link> ).</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>If SSA ERP selects the source <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.act.sour#purchase" role="enum">Purchase</GUIRef>, SSA ERP must then select the external suppliers ( <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#BuyfroBusine.tc" role="glossary">buy-from business partners</Link> ).</Paragraph>
			<List><ListIntro>For more information, refer to:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000159" role="manual">To select external suppliers</Link>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000160" role="manual">To select internal suppliers</Link>
				</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000306" role="manual">Production planning in Enterprise Planning</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000307" role="manual">Purchase planning in Enterprise Planning</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000064" role="manual">Distribution planning</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000410" role="manual">Sources of supply: production, purchase, or distribution</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000026" role="manual">Net-change simulations</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000158" role="manual">Sourcing strategies</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
