| # Forecast by Revision to Supplier (cpvmi0503m100) Use this session to view current or past revisions of the forecast that you sent to the supplier regarding the demand for an item. To specify the number of past revisions LN stores, use the Number of Revisions field in the EP Parameters (cprpd0100m000) session. Related topics Supply planning by supplier To let your supplier perform the supply planning - Setup 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 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. Buy-from BP 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. Revision The revision of the forecast sent to your supplier. Revision Confirmed Supply The revision of the confirmed supply received from your supplier. For records of order type Confirmed Supply, the Supply field displays the confirmed supply of this revision. Note To change this field from the current revision to the previous revision and back, use the corresponding commands in the appropriate menu. Date Sent The date you sent the forecast to your supplier. Receipt Date Confirmed Supply The date you received the confirmed supply from your supplier. Accepted If this check box is selected, this revision of the confirmed supply has been accepted. Before a confirmed supply revision has been accepted, LN does not take this confirmed supply into account. Changes in the terms and conditions agreement do not affect revisions already accepted. Sent Date The date of the supply or demand. Order Type The type of order in this record. Examples of order types are Forecast to Supplier or Confirmed Supply. The value of this field can be one of the following order types: Stock Expected Supply Confirmed Supply Forecast to Supplier Total Forecast The total forecast. If the order type is Forecast to Supplier, the total forecast is the sum of the confirmed forecast and the unconfirmed forecast. Related topics Confirmed forecast and unconfirmed forecast Confirmed Forecast The part of the total forecast which the customer definitely expects to consume. If the customer sends the forecast by period to the supplier that plans the supply, the customer can differentiate between confirmed and unconfirmed forecast. Typically, confirmed forecast of a component is derived from actual sales orders and sales schedules of end item. The user can use various methods to determine how much of the forecast is confirmed forecast. See also unconfirmed forecast. Related topics Confirmed forecast and unconfirmed forecast Unconfirmed Forecast The part of the total forecast for which the customer desires a supply in addition to the confirmed forecast. Possibly, the customer is unsure whether this quantity will be needed. The sum of the confirmed forecast and the unconfirmed forecast is the total forecast. Typically, the total forecast includes not only the demand based on actual sales orders for the customer's end products, but also forecast demand based on estimated future sales of the customer's end products. See also confirmed forecast. Related topics Confirmed forecast and unconfirmed forecast Supply The supplied quantity. The origin of this data depends on the value of the Order Type field. Total Difference The total difference is an indication of the expected inventory level. A negative value shows an anticipated inventory shortage. The Total Difference field is a cumulative value, based on the Total Forecast field and the Supply field. Confirmed Difference The confirmed difference is an indication of the expected inventory level. A negative value shows an anticipated inventory shortage. The Confirmed Difference field is a cumulative value, based on the Confirmed Forecast field and the Supply field. Related topics Confirmed forecast and unconfirmed forecast Minimum Inventory The minimum inventory, as agreed in the applicable terms and definitions. Related topics To work with minimum and maximum inventory Maximum Inventory The maximum inventory, as agreed in the applicable terms and definitions. Related topics To work with minimum and maximum inventory Unit The unit of measure in which the inventory of an item is recorded, such as piece, kilogram, box of 12, or meter. The inventory unit is also used as the base unit in measure conversions, especially for conversions that concern the order unit and the price unit on a purchase order or a sales order. These conversions always use the inventory unit as the base unit. An inventory unit therefore applies to all item types, also to item types that cannot be kept in stock. Planning Output Planning Total Forecast The value of the Total Forecast field originally calculated in the planning run. The Total Forecast field can be manually changed after the calculation. For more information, refer to Total Forecast. Planning Confirmed Forecast The value of the Confirmed Forecast field originally calculated in the planning run. The Confirmed Forecast field can be manually changed after the calculation. For more information, refer to Confirmed Forecast. Planning Total Difference The total difference is an indication of the expected inventory level originally calculated in the planning run. A negative value shows an anticipated inventory shortage. The total difference field is a cumulative value, based on the Planning Total Forecast field and the Supply field. Planning Confirmed Difference The confirmed difference is an indication of the expected inventory level originally calculated in the planning run. A negative value shows an anticipated inventory shortage. The total difference field is a cumulative value, based on the Planning Confirmed Forecast field and the Supply field. Specification If this check box is selected, a specification is present. To view the specification, on the appropriate menu, click Specification. Allocated to Reference If this check box is selected, a specification is present. To view the specification, on the appropriate menu, click Specification. Accept Confirmed Supply Sets the revision to accepted. View confirmed supply current revision Changes the Revision Confirmed Supply field to the current revision. The current revision is displayed in the Revision field. View confirmed supply previous revision Changes the Revision Confirmed Supply field to the revision that preceded the current revision. The current revision is displayed in the Revision field. Use this command to view the situation based on confirmed supply values from the previous revision. Specification Displays the selected record's specification. Print Forecast by Revision to Supplier Starts the Print Forecast Revisions to Supplier (cpvmi0403m000) session. |