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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Enterprise Planning</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Enterprise Planning</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<AimSection><Paragraph>You can use <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> to carry out the logistic planning of your items, your production facilities, and your distribution network.</Paragraph>
	</AimSection>
	<GeneralSection><List><ListIntro>You can use <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> to plan supply based on:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Demand forecasts</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Actual customer orders</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Dependent demand for components of manufactured items</ListItem>
		</List>
		<List><ListIntro><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> supports logistic planning at various levels of detail in terms of:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Time (from plan periods to seconds)</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Product level (from product families to individual products)</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Degree of explosion of requirements (from a wide range of components and/or work centers to a limited number of critical components and/or work centers).</ListItem>
		</List>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Sourcing</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> supports three sources of supply:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Production</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Purchase</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Distribution (within your company, or between your company and an <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#AffiliCompan.tc" role="glossary">affiliated company</Link> )</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
		<Paragraph>If you wish, you can divide the required supply for an item over several sources and several suppliers.</Paragraph>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Planning methods</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro><GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> offers two basic planning concepts:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>In <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000059" role="glossary">master planning</Link>, supply is planned in the form of a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000073" role="glossary">supply plan</Link>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>In <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000060" role="glossary">order planning</Link>, supply is planned in the form of <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000050" role="glossary">planned orders</Link>.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
		<Paragraph>You can also combine these methods for one item.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>For production planning, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> supports:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Infinite master planning.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Order planning.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000013" role="glossary">Workload control (WLC)</Link>: a constraint-based master-planning method</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>You can use <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000007" role="glossary">scenarios</Link> to compare planning alternatives. When you are satisfied with the planning solution in the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000093" role="glossary">actual scenario</Link>, you can transfer the planned supply to the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000027" role="glossary">execution level</Link> of SSA ERP.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>For an overview topic with links to a number of Help topics where basic notions and procedures in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> are explained, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000300" role="manual">Enterprise Planning, an Overview</Link>.</Paragraph>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Modules</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>This package contains the following modules:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cpcom" role="manual">Common Data (COM)</Link>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cpwlc" role="manual">Workload Control (WLC)</Link>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cprmp" role="manual">Resource Master Planning (RMP)</Link>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cprrp" role="manual">Resource Requirements Planning (RRP)</Link>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cpwlc" role="module">Workload Control (WLC)</Link>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cprao" role="manual">Resource Analysis and Optimization (RAO)</Link>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cpdsp" role="manual">Demand and Sales Planning (DSP)</Link>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cppat" role="manual">Plan Aggregation and Transfer (PAT)</Link>
				</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
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