| # Generate Active Supplying Source Overview (cprpd7250m000) Use this session to generate an active supplying source overview for the first time. After you generated the active supplying source overview, you can view the result in the Active Supply Sources Overview (cprpd7150m000) session. After you generated the overview for the first time, LN maintains the overview automatically. To discard the oldest history and update the overview, use this session from time to time, for example, once a month, to update the generation of the active supplying source overview. Update Mode The update mode determines which ranges you can select in this session. From 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 the following: Master-based planning, which is similar to master production scheduling techniques. Order-based planning, which is 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. From 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. From The business partner from whom you order goods or services; this usually represents a supplier's sales department. The definition includes the default price and discount agreements, purchase-order defaults, terms of delivery, and the related ship-from and invoice-from business partner. From The business partner that ships the ordered goods to your organization. This usually represents a supplier's distribution center or warehouse. The definition includes the default warehouse at which you want to receive the goods and if you want to inspect the goods, the carrier that takes care of the transport, and the related buy-from business partner. Start Date Computation The beginning of the entire period over which you generate the overview. Generate Starts generating |