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   <Header>
      <Title>Supply source for clustered items</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e158444">
         <Level1>Clustered items</Level1>
         <Level2>supply source for clustered items</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e158449">
         <Level1>Supply source</Level1>
         <Level2>clustered items</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>A clustered plan item can be supplied by distribution, purchase,
		or production. You can also define multisourcing strategies.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Distribution</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>If the default supply source is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.act.sour#distribution" role="option">Distribution</GUIRef>, the clustered plan item is replenished
		from warehouses in other clusters. To set up distribution planning (DRP), you
		must define supplying relationships between the clusters (warehouses) in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7130m000" role="session">Supplying Relationships (cprpd7130m000)</GUIRef> session. The DRP functionality uses
		these relationships to generate planned distribution orders to supply the
		cluster.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle> Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>You do not define supplying relationships on warehouse level,
		  but on cluster level. You do not need supplying relationships on warehouse
		  level, because <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> always plans on the same default warehouse per cluster, as
		  well as on the same default warehouse for the nonclustered item.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Purchase</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>If the actual supply source is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.act.sour#purchase" role="option">Purchase</GUIRef>, external suppliers supply the clustered plan
		item. This setup is called local purchasing.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>To set up purchase planning, use these sessions:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu/tdipu0101m000" role="session">Items - Purchase (tdipu0101m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/ipu/tdipu0110m000" role="session">Items - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0110m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7120m000" role="session">Supply Strategy (cprpd7120m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>The cluster segment is only applicable in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef>.
		Therefore, all the clustered plan items use the same purchase data and item
		purchase business partner information.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The supply strategy is optional and you can define a supply
		strategy for each cluster. This strategy determines the priority rules for the
		selection of suppliers during the planning run.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Production</SectionTitle>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>If you set the default supply source to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rpd.act.sour#manufacture" role="option">Production</GUIRef>, production orders supply the clustered plan
		  item. To set up production planning, the following sessions are the most
		  important sessions:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom/tibom1110m000" role="session">Bill of Material (tibom1110m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou/tirou1102m000" role="session">Routing Operations (tirou1102m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd3120m000" role="session">Bill of Critical Materials (cprpd3120m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd3130m000" role="session">Bill of Critical Capacities (cprpd3130m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <Paragraph>The cluster segment is only used in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef>. As a
		result, the clustered plan items use the nonclustered manufactured item’s BOM,
		routing, bill of critical material (BCM) and bill of critical capacities (BCC).
		In the order horizon, the planning routines use BOMs and routings to explode
		material requirements and operations. In the planning horizon, the planning
		routines use BCMs and BCCs to explode material requirements and
		operations.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Multisourcing</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>Clustered plan items can also have multiple sources of supply,
		such as a combination of distribution, purchase, and production. To define
		multisourcing, you can use the sourcing strategy. You can set up a separate
		sourcing strategy for each clustered plan item.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>To set up the sourcing strategy, use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd7110m000" role="session">Sourcing Strategy (cprpd7110m000)</GUIRef> session:</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>For distribution sourcing only, you can set up cluster-specific
		distribution relationships. This option is not available for purchase and
		production. Therefore, the planning process always uses the same item purchase
		business partner information and same BOMs and routings to plan both the
		nonclustered item and the clustered items. You can set up the high level
		sourcing strategy by cluster.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>