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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Internal-supplier selection (procedure)</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Supplier selection</Level1>
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		<Keyword><Level1>To select internal suppliers</Level1>
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	<AimSection><Paragraph>Distribution planning is based on <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000005" role="glossary">supplying relationships</Link>. To cover demand that originates from distribution order requirements, SSA ERP must select the the appropriate supplying relationships. Online manual topic <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000160" role="manual">To select internal suppliers</Link> describes the corresponding selection process.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>The last step in this process is the distribution of the required volume over the supplying relationships that were chosen in previous steps. SSA ERP uses a phased procedure to do so. This topics gives an overview of the phases of this distribution procedure.</Paragraph>
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	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Phases of internal-supplier selection</SectionTitle>
		<ProcedureList><ListItem>Phase1: Only use the suppliers that can deliver on time, and for which there is a minimum volume constraint that is greater than zero (see the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7130m000#cprpd730.miqu" role="field">Minimum Volume</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7130m000" role="session">Supplying Relationships (cprpd7130m000)</GUIRef> session). The lot-size rules are taken into account.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Phase 2: Consider the suppliers that can deliver on time, and for which there is no minimum volume constraint. The lot-size rules are taken into account.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Phase 3: Consider the suppliers that can only deliver too early. The lot-size rules are taken into account.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Phase 4: Consider the suppliers that can deliver on time. The lot-size rules are ignored.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Phase 5: Consider the suppliers that can only deliver too early. The lot-size rules are ignored.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Phase 6: Consider the suppliers that can only deliver late. The lot-size rules are taken into account.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Phase 7: Consider the suppliers that can only deliver late. The lot-size rules are ignored.</ListItem>
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	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000160" role="manual">To select internal suppliers</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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