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<Session ID="/baanerp/tc/trm/tctrm1136m000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Planning Inventory Levels (tctrm1136m000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to define the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000512" role="glossary">minimum inventory level</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000511" role="glossary">maximum inventory level</Link> for a specific time period in the
		  terms and conditions agreement.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>You can only define time-phased inventory levels in this
		  session if the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/trm/tctrm1135m000#tctrm135.mmsp" role="manual">Min-Max Specification</GUIRef> field is set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/imms#by.quantity" role="option">By Quantity</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/trm/tctrm1135m000" role="session">Planning Terms and Conditions (tctrm1135m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <GeneralSection>
         <Paragraph>Fixed inventory levels and time-phased inventory levels can be
		  combined. For the periods for which time-phased levels are set up, these
		  inventory levels are applicable. For the remaining periods, the fixed inventory
		  levels from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/trm/tctrm1135m000" role="session">Planning Terms and Conditions (tctrm1135m000)</GUIRef> session
		  are used.</Paragraph>
         <ExampleSection>
            <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
            <List>
               <ListItem>The terms and conditions agreement is effective from 1
				January 2007 through 31 December 2007.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>For this year, the fixed minimum inventory level is
				100.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>For this year, the fixed maximum inventory level is
				500.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>A time phased inventory level is set up for February with
				the following data: <List>
                     <ListItem>Start date: 1 February 2007.</ListItem>
                     <ListItem>End date: 28 February 2007.</ListItem>
                     <ListItem>The minimum inventory level is 200.</ListItem>
                     <ListItem>The maximum inventory level is 800.</ListItem>
                  </List>
               </ListItem>
            </List>
            <Paragraph>Therefore, the inventory quantities are as
			 follows:</Paragraph>
            <TABLE border="1" borderstyle="default" space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
               <TBODY noTR="4">
                  <TR no="1" isLast="false">
                     <TH rowspan="1" colspan="1">Time period</TH>
                     <TH rowspan="1" colspan="1">Minimum inventory
					 level</TH>
                     <TH rowspan="1" colspan="1">Maximum inventory level</TH>
                  </TR>
                  <TR no="2" isLast="false">
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">1 January - 31
					 January</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">100</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">500</TD>
                  </TR>
                  <TR no="3" isLast="false">
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">1 February - 28
					 February</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">200</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">800</TD>
                  </TR>
                  <TR no="4" isLast="true">
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">1 March - 31
					 December</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">100</TD>
                     <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">500</TD>
                  </TR>
               </TBODY>
            </TABLE>
         </ExampleSection>
      </GeneralSection>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000500" role="manual">Overview of terms and conditions</Link>
         </RelTopic>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000503" role="manual">To set up terms and conditions</Link>
         </RelTopic>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000509" role="manual">To retrieve terms and conditions</Link>
         </RelTopic>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000488" role="manual">To specify the minimum and maximum inventory</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="tctrm136.trid">
         <Header>
            <Title>Terms and Conditions ID</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>An agreement between business partners about the sale,
		purchase, or transfer of goods, in which you can define detailed terms and
		conditions about orders, schedules, planning, logistics, invoicing, and
		allocation/hard pegging, and define the search mechanism to retrieve the
		correct terms and conditions.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>The agreement includes the following:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>A header with the type of agreement and the business
			 partner(s).</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Search levels with a search priority and a selection of
			 search attributes (fields) and linked terms and conditions groups.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>One or more lines with the values for the search levels’
			 search attributes.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Terms and conditions groups with detailed terms and
			 conditions about orders, schedules, planning, logistics, invoicing, and
			 allocation/hard pegging for the lines.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tctrm136.slev">
         <Header>
            <Title>Search Level</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>A priority level for searching and selecting a terms and
		conditions line. Search levels include a selection of search attributes
		(fields) and linked terms and conditions groups.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tctrm136.pono">
         <Header>
            <Title>Position</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The number used to identify the position of the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000505" role="glossary">terms and conditions line</Link> on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000500" role="glossary">terms and conditions agreement</Link> or the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000508" role="glossary">terms and conditions template</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tctrm136.efdt">
         <Header>
            <Title>Effective Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The first day on which a record or a setting is valid. The
		effective date often includes the effective time.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tctrm135.exdt">
         <Header>
            <Title>Expiry Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The last date on which a record or a setting is valid. The
		expiry date often includes the expiry time.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tctrm135.inun">
         <Header>
            <Title>Inventory Unit</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The unit of measure in which the inventory of an item is
		recorded, such as piece, kilogram, box of 12, or meter.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>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.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tctrm136.stdt">
         <Header>
            <Title>Start Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The first date and time the time phased inventory record is
		  applicable.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tctrm136.endt">
         <Header>
            <Title>End Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The last date and time the time phased inventory record is
		  applicable.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tctrm136.mnil">
         <Header>
            <Title>Minimum Inventory Level</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The minimum inventory quantity that must be available in a
		warehouse.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="tctrm136.mxil">
         <Header>
            <Title>Maximum Inventory Level</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The maximum inventory quantity that can be available in a
		warehouse.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
   </Fields>
   <FormCommands>
      <CommandHelp ID="tctrm1120m000">
         <Header>
            <Title>Terms and Conditions Lines</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Starts the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/trm/tctrm1120m000" role="session">Terms and Conditions Lines (tctrm1120m000)</Link> details session, in which you can view the fields
		  to which the terms and conditions apply.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
   </FormCommands>
</Session>