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<Session ID="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7120m000" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Supply Strategy (cprpd7120m000)</Title>
	</Header>
	<HelpTopic><AimSection><Paragraph>Use this session to define the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000105" role="glossary">supply strategy</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</AimSection>
		<GeneralSection><Paragraph>You can specify different rules for external and internal suppliers.</Paragraph>
			<List><ListIntro>You can specify supply strategies on the following levels of aggregation:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Cluster level</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Item group level</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Item level</ListItem>
			</List>
			<ProcedureList><ListIntro>To enter a supply strategy on cluster level:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Enter the cluster in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7120m000#cprpd720.clus" role="formfield">Cluster</GUIRef> field.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Leave the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7120m000#cprpd720.citg" role="formfield">Item Group</GUIRef> field empty.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Leave the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Plan Item</GUIRef> field empty.</ListItem>
			</ProcedureList>
			<ProcedureList><ListIntro>To enter a supply strategy on item group level:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Optionally, enter a cluster in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7120m000#cprpd720.clus" role="formfield">Cluster</GUIRef> field.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Enter an item group in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7120m000#cprpd720.citg" role="formfield">Item Group</GUIRef> field.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Leave the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Plan Item</GUIRef> field empty.</ListItem>
			</ProcedureList>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<List><ListIntro>If a plan item has no valid supply strategy, SSA ERP uses the following values by default:</ListIntro>
					<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000107" role="glossary">Priority rule</Link>: <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.ispr#priority" role="enum">Priority</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000108" role="glossary">Allocation rule</Link>: <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/com.diru#percentage" role="enum">Percentage</GUIRef>
					</ListItem>
				</List>
			</Note>
		</GeneralSection>
		<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000159" role="manual">To select external suppliers</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000160" role="manual">To select internal suppliers</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000057" role="manual">To search sourcing strategies</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000088" role="manual">Project items in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef>
				</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000410" role="manual">Sources of supply: production, purchase, or distribution</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000001" role="manual">To use an overview session</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000035" role="manual">To maintain records in an overview session</Link>
			</RelTopic>
		</RelatedTopics>
	</HelpTopic>
	<Fields><FieldHelp ID="cprpd720.plnc" OtherIDs="cprpd400.dsca"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Scenario</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000007" role="glossary">scenario</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000044" role="manual">Scenarios in Enterprise Planning</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="cprpd720.plvl"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Plan Level</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanLevel.ti" role="glossary">plan level</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>You can carry out distribution planning with <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#ProducFamily.ti" role="glossary">product families</Link>, because each plan level has its own sourcing rules and supply rules.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000149" role="manual">Plan levels and product families</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="cprpd720.clus" OtherIDs="tcemm135.desc"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Cluster</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Cluster.tc" role="glossary">cluster</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000301" role="manual">Clusters in Enterprise Planning</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="cprpd720.citg" OtherIDs="tcmcs023.dsca"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Item Group</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000007" role="glossary">item group</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000057" role="manual">To search sourcing strategies</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="cprpd720.item"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Plan Item</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanItems.ti" role="glossary">plan item</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<List><ListItem>This is the item code without the cluster segment because this segment is not used.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>If you leave this field empty, the supply strategy is defined on item group level or on cluster level.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</Note>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000057" role="manual">To search sourcing strategies</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="cprpd720.soty"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Supply Type</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000106" role="glossary">supply type</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
			<OptionList ID="com.soty"><Header>
					<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Options</Title>
				</Header>
				<ListValue><Value><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/com.soty#internal" role="enum">Distribution</GUIRef>
					</Value>
					<Paragraph>This supply strategy applies only to <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000049" role="glossary">planned distribution orders</Link>.</Paragraph>
				</ListValue>
				<ListValue><Value><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/com.soty#external" role="enum">Purchase</GUIRef>
					</Value>
					<Paragraph>This supply strategy applies only to <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000048" role="glossary">planned purchase orders</Link>.</Paragraph>
				</ListValue>
			</OptionList>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="cprpd720.effd"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Effectivity Date</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#EffectDate.tc" role="glossary">effective date</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="cprpd720.expd"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Expiry Date</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc><Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000210" role="glossary">expiry date</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="cprpd720.orru"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Priority Rule</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000107" role="glossary">priority rule</Link> determines the criteria based on which SSA ERP one (internal or external) supplier before the other suppliers.</FuncDesc>
			<OptionList ID="rpd.ispr"><Header>
					<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Options</Title>
				</Header>
				<ListValue><Value><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.ispr#priority" role="enum">Priority</GUIRef>
					</Value>
					<Paragraph>The criterion is the priority value defined for the internal supplier or external supplier.</Paragraph>
					<List><ListItem>For internal suppliers, you define the priority in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7130m000" role="session">Supplying Relationships (cprpd7130m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
						<ListItem>For external suppliers, you define the priority in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu/tdipu0110m000" role="session">Item - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
					</List>
				</ListValue>
				<ListValue><Value><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.ispr#margin" role="enum">Least Cost</GUIRef>
					</Value>
					<Paragraph>The criterion is the cost of the supplier. The internal supplier (site or cluster) with the least cost is selected first.</Paragraph>
				</ListValue>
				<ListValue><Value><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.ispr#transport" role="enum">Min. Transport Time</GUIRef>
					</Value>
					<Paragraph>The criterion is the transportation. The internal supplier or external supplier that can deliver with the shortest transportation time is selected first.</Paragraph>
				</ListValue>
				<ListValue><Value><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.ispr#transwip" role="enum">Min. Transport WIP</GUIRef>
					</Value>
					<Paragraph>The criterion is the transportation WIP.</Paragraph>
				</ListValue>
				<AllowedValues><SectionTitle>Allowed values</SectionTitle>
					<List><ListItem>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7120m000#cprpd720.soty" role="formfield">Supply Type</GUIRef> is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/com.soty#internal" role="enum">Distribution</GUIRef>, you can select any option.</ListItem>
						<ListItem>If the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7120m000#cprpd720.soty" role="formfield">Supply Type</GUIRef> is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/com.soty#external" role="enum">Purchase</GUIRef>, you can only select <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.ispr#priority" role="enum">Priority</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.ispr#transport" role="enum">Min. Transport Time</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
					</List>
				</AllowedValues>
			</OptionList>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="cprpd720.diru"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Allocation Rule</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000108" role="glossary">allocation rule</Link> determines how SSA ERP distributes the requirements over the available suppliers of equal priority.</FuncDesc>
			<OptionList ID="com.diru"><Header>
					<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Options</Title>
				</Header>
				<ListValue><Value><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/com.diru#percentage" role="enum">Percentage</GUIRef>
					</Value>
					<Paragraph>SSA ERP attempts to distribute the required quantity over the internal suppliers or external suppliers according to a predefined percentage for each supplier.</Paragraph>
				</ListValue>
				<ListValue><Value><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/com.diru#levelcap" role="enum">Percentage/Capable</GUIRef>
					</Value>
					<Paragraph>(Only for internal suppliers). SSA ERP attempts to distribute the required quantity over the internal suppliers according to a predefined percentage for each supplier, but limited to the quantity <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000029" role="glossary">capable-to-promise</Link> of the supplying plan item.</Paragraph>
				</ListValue>
				<ListValue><Value><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/com.diru#capable" role="enum">Capability</GUIRef>
					</Value>
					<Paragraph>(Only for internal suppliers). SSA ERP attempts to distribute the required quantity over the internal suppliers according to the quantity <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000029" role="glossary">capable-to-promise</Link> of the supplying plan item.</Paragraph>
				</ListValue>
				<ListValue><Value><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/com.diru#historic" role="enum">Historic Percentage</GUIRef>
					</Value>
					<Paragraph>(Only for external suppliers). SSA ERP attempts to distribute the required quantity over the external suppliers according to a predefined percentage for each supplier, taking past purchase orders into account.</Paragraph>
				</ListValue>
				<AllowedValues><SectionTitle>Allowed values</SectionTitle>
					<List><ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7120m000#cprpd720.soty" role="formfield">Supply Type</GUIRef> is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/com.soty#internal" role="enum">Distribution</GUIRef>, you can select <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/com.diru#percentage" role="enum">Percentage</GUIRef>, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/com.diru#levelcap" role="enum">Percentage/Capable</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/com.diru#capable" role="enum">Capability</GUIRef>
						</ListItem>
						<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7120m000#cprpd720.soty" role="formfield">Supply Type</GUIRef> is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/com.soty#external" role="enum">Purchase</GUIRef>, you can select <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/com.diru#percentage" role="enum">Percentage</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/com.diru#historic" role="enum">Historic Percentage</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
					</List>
				</AllowedValues>
			</OptionList>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="cprpd720.ospr"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">One Supply per Requirement</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, one requirement is always covered by a single planned purchase order. SSA ERP alternates between the available suppliers to realize the specified percentages as near as possible. <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#EffectDate.tc" role="glossary">effective date</Link>
			</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>You can modify this check box only if the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7120m000#cprpd720.diru" role="formfield">Allocation Rule</GUIRef> is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/com.diru#historic" role="enum">Historic Percentage</GUIRef>
				</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="cprpd720.cltm"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Check Lead Time</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>If this check box is selected,SSA ERP also checks whether the supplier can deliver in time.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>You can modify this check box only if the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7120m000#cprpd720.diru" role="formfield">Allocation Rule</GUIRef> is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/com.diru#historic" role="enum">Historic Percentage</GUIRef>
				</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
		</FieldHelp>
	</Fields>
	<FormCommands><CommandHelp ID="start.browser"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">View Tree Structure</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Displays an overview in a tree format.</FuncDesc>
		</CommandHelp>
	</FormCommands>
</Session>
