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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Plan items in Enterprise Planning</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Plan items</Level1>
			<Level2>Enterprise Planning</Level2>
		</Keyword>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>In Enterprise Planning, items are known as <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanItems.ti" role="glossary">plan items</Link>. Each item that is planned using Enterprise Planning must not only be defined as an item in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc" role="package">Common Data</GUIRef>, but also as a plan item in Enterprise Planning.</Paragraph>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>How to define plan items</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>When you define an item in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc" role="package">Common Data</GUIRef>, in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0501m000" role="session">Items - General (tcibd0501m000)</GUIRef> session, you can specify its <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000003" role="glossary">order system</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd2500m000" role="session">Items - Ordering (tcibd2500m000)</GUIRef> session. If the order system is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/osys#mps" role="enum">Planned</GUIRef>, SSA ERP automatically starts the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session, where you can define the corresponding plan item.</Paragraph>
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		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>You can define default data for plan items in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1110m000" role="session">Items - Planning Defaults (cprpd1110m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
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		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Cluster segment</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>Depending on how Enterprise Planning has been configured, a plan item can have an additional item-code segment known as the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Cluster.tc" role="glossary">cluster</Link> segment. This segment represents the geographical location of a plan item, and is used for distribution planning. If the cluster segment is filled, the plan item is a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000054" role="glossary">clustered item</Link>; if it is empty, the plan item is a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000055" role="glossary">nonclustered item</Link>. The use of cluster segments implies that an item can be represented by more than one plan item (with different cluster segments, and possibly a nonclustered counterpart).</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>Through the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session, you can generate a range of clustered items based on a particular plan item (for a range of clusters), or based on a particular cluster (for a range of plan items). If you do this, Enterprise Planning also copies the relevant plan item data.</Paragraph>
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		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Plan-item settings</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>The plan item's settings in the Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000) session determine, among other things:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Whether an <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000019" role="glossary">item master plan</Link> is maintained for a plan item.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Which supply-planning method is used ( <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000059" role="glossary">master planning</Link>, <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000060" role="glossary">order planning</Link>, or both.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Which <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000037" role="manual" Update="No">types of ATP and CTP checks</Link> are applied.</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Paragraph>Enterprise Planning also uses the following data, some of which is stored in Manufacturing, and some of which in Enterprise Planning:</Paragraph>
			<List><ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000081" role="glossary">Bills of critical materials</Link> (BCM)</ListItem>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#BillOfCritic.ti" role="glossary">Bills of critical capacities</Link> (BCC)</ListItem>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#BillOfMateri.ti" role="glossary">Bills of material</Link> (BOM)</ListItem>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#Routing.ti" role="glossary">Routings</Link>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanniBillOf.ti" role="glossary">Aggregation relationships</Link>
				</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Paragraph>You can maintain the data related to the BOM and the routings in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom" role="module">Bill of Material</GUIRef> and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou" role="module">Routing</GUIRef> module of Manufacturing. The bill of critical materials, the bill of critical capacities, and aggregation relationships are maintained in Enterprise Planning.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
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