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   <Header>
      <Title>Enterprise Planning</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e202953">
         <Level1>Enterprise Planning</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection ID="cp_overview_aim">
      <Paragraph>
         <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> performs and controls the planning process in mutisite and
		single-site environments. The planning run supports master planning and
		detailed order planning for production, purchase and distribution. Extensive
		analysis tools support the planner in evaluating the plan, such as scenarios,
		planning signals and performance indicators.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>You can use <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> to plan supply based on:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Demand
		  forecasts</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Actual customer
		  orders</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Dependent demand for
		  components of manufactured items</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro> 
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> supports logistic planning at various levels of detail in
		  terms of:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Time (from plan periods
		  to seconds)</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Product level (from
		  product families to individual products)</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Degree of explosion of
		  requirements (from a wide range of components and/or work centers to a limited
		  number of critical components and/or work centers).</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Sourcing</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro> 
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> supports three sources of supply:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Production</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Purchase</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Distribution (within
		  your company, or between your company and an <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#AffiliCompan_tc" role="glossary">affiliated company</Link>)</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>If you wish, you can
		divide the required supply for an item over several sources and several
		suppliers.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Planning methods</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro> 
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> offers two basic planning concepts:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>In <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000059" role="glossary">master planning</Link>, supply is
		  planned in the form of a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000073" role="glossary">supply plan</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>In <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000060" role="glossary">order planning</Link>, supply is
		  planned in the form of <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000050" role="glossary">planned orders</Link>.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>You can also combine
		these methods for one item.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>For production planning, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> supports:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Infinite master
		  planning.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Order
		  planning.</ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000013" role="glossary">Workload control (WLC)</Link>: a
		  constraint-based master-planning method.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>You can use <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000007" role="glossary">scenarios</Link> to compare
		planning alternatives. When you are satisfied with the planning solution in the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000093" role="glossary">actual scenario</Link>, you can
		transfer the planned supply to the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000027" role="glossary">execution level</Link> of LN.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>For an overview topic with links to a number of Help topics
		where basic notions and procedures in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> are explained, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000300" role="manual">Enterprise Planning, an Overview</Link>.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Modules</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>This package contains the following modules:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cpcom" role="manual">Common Data (COM)</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cpwlc" role="manual">Workload Control (WLC)</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cprmp" role="manual">Resource Master Planning (RMP)</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cprrp" role="manual">Resource Requirements Planning (RRP)</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cpwlc" role="manual">Workload Control (WLC)</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cprao" role="manual">Resource Analysis and Optimization (RAO)</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cpdsp" role="manual">Demand and Sales Planning (DSP)</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/cppat" role="manual">Plan Aggregation and Transfer (PAT)</Link>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>