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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000627" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Defining Supply Strategy</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e155905">
         <Level1>Defining</Level1>
         <Level2>supply strategy</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e155910">
         <Level1>Supply Strategy</Level1>
         <Level2>defining</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>You can specify different rules for external and internal
		suppliers.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>You can specify supply strategies on the following levels of
		  aggregation:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Cluster level</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Item group level</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Item level</ListItem>
      </List>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To enter a supply strategy on cluster level:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Enter the cluster in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7120m000#cprpd720.clus" role="field">Cluster</GUIRef> field.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Leave the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7120m000#cprpd720.citg" role="field">Item Group</GUIRef> field empty.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Leave the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Plan Item</GUIRef> field empty.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To enter a supply strategy on item group level:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Optionally, enter a cluster in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7120m000#cprpd720.clus" role="field">Cluster</GUIRef> field.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Enter an item group in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7120m000#cprpd720.citg" role="field">Item Group</GUIRef> field.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Leave the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Plan Item</GUIRef> field empty.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>If a plan item has no valid supply strategy, LN uses the following
			 values by default:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem> 
               <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000107" role="glossary">Priority rule</Link>: <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.ispr#priority" role="option">Priority</GUIRef>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem> 
               <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000108" role="glossary">Allocation rule</Link>: <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/com.diru#percentage" role="option">Percentage</GUIRef>
            </ListItem>
         </List>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000159" role="manual">To select external suppliers</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000160" role="manual">To select internal suppliers</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000057" role="manual">To search sourcing strategies</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000088" role="manual">Project items in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef>
         </Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000410" role="manual">Sources of supply: production, purchase, or distribution</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>