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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Authorizations</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>authorizations</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>raw</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>fab</Level1>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>General</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>When <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000000000000011" role="glossary">purchase schedules</Link> are used, a supplier ships the goods based on the <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000340" role="glossary">requirement type</Link>. The Firm requirement type, however, can deviate from the earlier received Planned requirement type.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>If authorizations are used, before the Firm requirement type is communicated, a buyer gives permission to the supplier to fabricate goods or to buy raw materials up to a certain quantity level. The essence of an authorization is that you bear the risk if you do not need the goods. In other words, you must pay for the fabrication and/or raw materials, whether or not the goods are required.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>Several types of authorizations are available:</Paragraph>
		<List><ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000003" role="glossary">fab authorization</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000008" role="glossary">high fab authorization</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000002" role="glossary">raw authorization</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000009" role="glossary">high raw authorization</Link>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>Authorizations are only used in case of <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000338" role="glossary">non-referenced schedules</Link> that are sent to the supplier in a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#MateriReleas.td" role="glossary">material release</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</Note>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>To use authorizations</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>To use authorizations, take the following steps:</Paragraph>
			<ProcedureList><ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu/tdipu0110m000#tdipu010.auth" role="field">Authorizations</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur3102m000" role="session">Purchase Contract Line Logistic Data (tdpur3102m000)</GUIRef> session and/or the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu/tdipu0110m000" role="session">Item - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>If you want to give a FAB authorization, define a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000336" role="glossary">FAB period</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur3102m000#tdpur302.tifa" role="field">FAB Period</GUIRef> field of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur3102m000" role="session">Purchase Contract Line Logistic Data (tdpur3102m000)</GUIRef> session and/or the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu/tdipu0110m000" role="session">Item - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>If you want to give a RAW authorization, define a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000337" role="glossary">RAW period</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur3102m000#tdpur302.tira" role="field">RAW Period</GUIRef> field of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur3102m000" role="session">Purchase Contract Line Logistic Data (tdpur3102m000)</GUIRef> session and/or the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu/tdipu0110m000" role="session">Item - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			</ProcedureList>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>To calculate FAB and RAW authorizations</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>FAB and RAW authorization quantities are only calculated for push schedules and pull forecast schedules. However, the way in which the calculation is executed for both schedules, differs:</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph><Emphasis>Push schedules</Emphasis>: FAB and RAW authorizations are calculated from the <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000355" role="glossary">schedule issue date</Link> on.</Paragraph>
			<List><ListItem>FAB Authorization: <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000004" role="glossary">required CUM</Link> on the schedule issue date + requirements of released schedule lines for which no receipts are booked yet on the schedule issue date + sum of all schedule requirements that fall into the FAB period.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>RAW Authorization: required CUM on the schedule issue date + requirements of released schedule lines for which no receipts are booked yet on the schedule issue date + sum of all schedule requirements that fall into the RAW period.</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Paragraph><Emphasis>Pull forecast schedules</Emphasis>: FAB and RAW authorizations are calculated from the current date on.</Paragraph>
			<List><ListItem>FAB Authorization: required CUM on the current date + requirements of released schedule lines for which no receipts are booked yet on the current date + sum of all schedule requirements that fall into the FAB period.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>RAW Authorization: required CUM on the current date + requirements of released schedule lines for which no receipts are booked yet on the current date + sum of all schedule requirements that fall into the RAW period.</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<List><ListItem>The pull forecast schedule retrieves the required CUM from the pull call-off schedule, as stored in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur3130m000" role="session">Required Cumulatives (tdpur3130m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>For pull forecast schedules, you cannot use the schedule issue date to calculate the FAB and RAW authorizations, because pull call-off schedules are not released based on schedule issue date. If you use the schedule issue date, several call-off schedule lines can be excluded from the FAB and RAW calculation, because of the short horizon of these schedule lines. As a result, the current date is used.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</Note>
			<Paragraph>For pull forecast schedules, the current date can be one of the following:</Paragraph>
			<List><ListItem>The date on which release lines are generated in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur3222m000" role="session">Generate Release Lines (tdpur3222m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The date on which a release is updated, which you can perform by clicking <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur3522m000#update.release" role="form command">Update Release</GUIRef> on the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur3522m000" role="session">Purchase Release Line - Details (tdpur3522m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The date on which a release is rebuilt, which you can perform by selecting the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur3222m100#reb.int.view" role="field">Rebuild Release</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur3222m100" role="session">Approve Release Lines (tdpur3222m100)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
			</List>
			<ExampleSection><SectionTitle>Example 1</SectionTitle>
				<TABLE border="1"><TBODY><TR><TD width="123">REQUIREMENT TYPE</TD>
							<TD width="98">TIME PERIOD</TD>
						</TR>
						<TR><TD width="123">Firm</TD>
							<TD width="98">01/01 - 15/01</TD>
						</TR>
						<TR><TD width="123">Planned</TD>
							<TD width="98">15/01 ---&gt;</TD>
						</TR>
					</TBODY>
				</TABLE>
				<List><ListItem>The time period from 01/01 - 15/01 contains real orders. The delivery is certain.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>For the time period from 15/01 - 01/02, you can give a fab authorization.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>For the time period from 01/02 - 15/02, you can give a raw authorization.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</ExampleSection>
			<Paragraph>Sometimes an authorization must be adjusted. In this case, the highest authorization that is given to the buy-from business partner for the specific period is valid. In other words, the buyer must pay the highest authorized quantity for the specific period.</Paragraph>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>The period during which high authorizations are valid is calculated from the current <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000350" role="glossary">CUM reset date</Link> on up to the moment that the CUM reset date is reset in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur3230m000" role="session">Reset Cumulatives (tdpur3230m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</GeneralSection>
		<ExampleSection><SectionTitle>Example 2</SectionTitle>
			<TABLE border="1"><TBODY><TR><TH>period</TH>
						<TH>FAB authorization</TH>
						<TH>high FAB authorization</TH>
						<TH>schedule issue date</TH>
					</TR>
					<TR><TD>15/1 - 1/2</TD>
						<TD>100</TD>
						<TD>100</TD>
						<TD>1/1</TD>
					</TR>
					<TR><TD>15/1 - 1/2</TD>
						<TD>150</TD>
						<TD>150</TD>
						<TD>5/1</TD>
					</TR>
					<TR><TD>15/1 - 1/2</TD>
						<TD>125</TD>
						<TD>150</TD>
						<TD>10/1</TD>
					</TR>
				</TBODY>
			</TABLE>
		</ExampleSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000342" role="manual">Resetting authorizations</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000352" role="manual">Planned delivery moments</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000346" role="manual">Purchase schedule release types</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000347" role="manual">Push schedules</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000348" role="manual">Pull forecast schedules</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000349" role="manual">Pull call-off schedules</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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