| Supply Strategy (cprpd7120m000) |  |
| Use this session to define the supply strategy. You can specify different rules for external and internal suppliers. You can specify supply strategies on the following levels of aggregation: Cluster level Item group level Item level To enter a supply strategy on cluster level: Enter the cluster in the Cluster field. Leave the Item Group field empty. Leave the Plan Item field empty. To enter a supply strategy on item group level: Optionally, enter a cluster in the Cluster field. Enter an item group in the Item Group field. Leave the Plan Item field empty. Note If a plan item has no valid supply strategy, ERP LN uses the following values by default: Priority rule: Priority Allocation rule: Percentage Related topics To select external suppliers To select internal suppliers To search sourcing strategies Project items in Enterprise Planning Sources of supply: production, purchase, or distribution To use an overview session To maintain records in an overview session
Fields | Description
Scenario | The identification of an overall planning solution. Each scenario represents one overall planning solution, and involves particular settings for the planning of items and resources. You can use scenarios to analyze and compare various planning options and to find the best planning solution. For example, you can vary demand forecasts or sourcing strategies. One of the scenarios is the actual scenario, which corresponds with the actual planning situation. You can only transfer planned orders and production plans from the actual scenario to the execution level of ERP LN. Related topics Scenarios in Enterprise Planning
Plan Level | The level within a hierarchical planning structure. When you plan on a higher plan level, plans are general and less detailed. Example Plan level 1 is the highest plan level; the higher the number, the lower the plan level. You can carry out distribution planning with product families, because each plan level has its own sourcing rules and supply rules. Related topics Plan levels and product families
Cluster | A group of entities that are not necessarily related to one financial company or logistic company. In Enterprise Planning, clusters are used for groups of warehouses, connected by supplying relationships. Related topics Clusters in Enterprise Planning
Item Group | Group of items with similar characteristics. Each item belongs to a particular item group. The item group is used in combination with the item type to set up item defaults. Related topics To search sourcing strategies
Plan Item | An item with the order system Planned. The production, distribution, or purchase of these items is planned in Enterprise Planning based on the forecast or the actual demand. You can plan these items by means of: Master-based planning (similar to master production scheduling techniques). Order-based planning (similar to material-requirements planning techniques). A combination of master-based planning and order-based planning. Plan items can be one of the following: An actual manufactured or purchased item. A product family. A basic model, that is, a defined product variant of a generic item. A group of similar plan items (or families) is called a product family. The items are aggregated to give a more general plan than the one devised for individual items. A code displayed by the item code's cluster segment shows that the plan item is a clustered item that is used for distribution planning. Note This is the item code without the cluster segment because this segment is not used. If you leave this field empty, the supply strategy is defined on item group level or on cluster level. Related topics To search sourcing strategies
Supply Type | In ERP LN, the type of supplier (internal or external) for which a supply strategy is used. ERP LN uses internal suppliers to generate distribution orders, and external suppliers to generate purchase orders. Options Distribution This supply strategy applies only to planned distribution orders. Purchase This supply strategy applies only to planned purchase orders.
Effectivity Date | The first day on which a record or a setting is valid. The effective date often includes the effective time.
Expiry Date | The last day on which a record is valid. If you do not specify an expiry time, the validity expires at the end of the expiry date, at 24:00 hours.
Priority Rule | The priority rule determines the criteria based on which ERP LN one (internal or external) supplier before the other suppliers. Allowed values If the Supply Type is set to Distribution, you can select any option. If the Supply Type is set to Purchase, you can only select Priority or Min. Transport Time. Options Priority The criterion is the priority value defined for the internal supplier or external supplier. For internal suppliers, you define the priority in the Supplying Relationships (cprpd7130m000) session. For external suppliers, you define the priority in the Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000) session. Least Cost The criterion is the cost of the supplier. The internal supplier (site or cluster) with the least cost is selected first. Min. Transport Time The criterion is the transportation. The internal supplier or external supplier that can deliver with the shortest transportation time is selected first. Min. Transport WIP The criterion is the transportation WIP.
Allocation Rule | The allocation rule determines how ERP LN distributes the requirements over the available suppliers of equal priority. Allowed values Supply Type is set to Distribution, you can select Percentage, Percentage/Capable or Capability Supply Type is set to Purchase, you can select Percentage or Historic Percentage. Options Percentage ERP LN attempts to distribute the required quantity over the internal suppliers or external suppliers according to a predefined percentage for each supplier. Percentage/Capable (Only for internal suppliers). ERP LN attempts to distribute the required quantity over the internal suppliers according to a predefined percentage for each supplier, but limited to the quantity capable-to-promise of the supplying plan item. Capability (Only for internal suppliers). ERP LN attempts to distribute the required quantity over the internal suppliers according to the quantity capable-to-promise of the supplying plan item. Historic Percentage (Only for external suppliers). ERP LN attempts to distribute the required quantity over the external suppliers according to a predefined percentage for each supplier, taking past purchase orders into account.
One Supply per Requirement | If this check box is selected, one requirement is always covered by a single planned purchase order. ERP LN alternates between the available suppliers to realize the specified percentages as near as possible. effective date You can modify this check box only if the Allocation Rule is set to Historic Percentage
Check Lead Time | If this check box is selected, ERP LN also checks whether the supplier can deliver in time. You can modify this check box only if the Allocation Rule is set to Historic Percentage
Commands | Description
View Tree Structure | Displays an overview in a tree format.