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| When Enterprise Planning plans supply, it first determines the source of supply: production, purchase, distribution, or a combination of these. For more information, refer to Sources of supply: production, purchase, or distribution. In case of purchase or distribution, Enterprise Planning must determine which supplier(s) to use. Supply strategies determine how this selection takes place. You can define supply strategies in the Supply Strategy (cprpd7120m000) session. Planned purchase orders For purchase, ERP LN selects the suppliers on the basis of: Supply strategies for external suppliers. Item-supplier data defined in the Item Purchase Data module. For more information, refer to To select external suppliers Planned distribution orders For distribution, ERP LN selects the suppliers on the basis of: Supply strategies for internal suppliers. Supplying relationships. For more information, refer to To select external suppliers Related topics Sources of supply: production, purchase, or distribution To select external suppliers To select internal suppliers |