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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To plan supply with master planning</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Planning supply with master planning</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Master planning</Level1>
			<Level2>supply planning</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>When you use <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000059" role="glossary">master planning</Link> to plan supply, SSA ERP generates a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000073" role="glossary">supply plan</Link> for the item's master-planning horizon. This is done in a master-plan simulation, by using the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rmp/cprmp1202m000" role="session">Generate Master Planning (cprmp1202m000)</GUIRef> session or the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rmp/cprmp1203m000" role="session">Generate Master Planning (Item) (cprmp1203m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>A supply plan consists of:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000018" role="glossary">Production plan</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000023" role="glossary">Purchase plan</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000049" role="glossary">Planned distribution orders</Link> (serving as a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000300" role="glossary">distribution plan</Link> )</ListItem>
		</List>
		<List><ListIntro>In master planning, two methods for production planning are available:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000131" role="glossary">Infinite planning</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000013" role="glossary">Workload control</Link>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>Infinite planning assumes that there are no capacity or material constraints. In workload control, capacity constraints and/or material constraints are taken into account.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If you want to use workload control, you need to define <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000004" role="glossary">plan</Link> units. A plan unit groups items that use capacity at the same critical resource, or use the same critical material.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>Related topics</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000020" role="manual">Master planning, an overview</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000305" role="manual">Supply planning</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000142" role="manual">Infinite master planning</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000003" role="manual">Workload control</Link>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
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