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<Session ID="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Forecast by Revision to Supplier (cpvmi0503m100)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph> Use this session to view current or past <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000457" role="glossary">revisions</Link> of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000456" role="glossary">forecast</Link> that you sent to the supplier regarding the
		  demand for an item.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <Paragraph>To specify the number of past revisions LN stores, use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd0100m000#cprpd000.nore" role="manual">Number of Revisions</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd0100m000" role="session">EP Parameters (cprpd0100m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000470" role="manual">Supply planning by supplier</Link>
         </RelTopic>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000473" role="manual">To let your supplier perform the supply planning - Setup</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="e.plan.item" OtherIDs="e.plan.item.desc">
         <Header>
            <Title>Plan Item</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>An item with the order system <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/osys#mps" role="option">Planned</GUIRef>.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>The production, distribution, or purchase of these items is
		  planned in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> based on the forecast or the actual demand.</Paragraph>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>You can plan these items by means of the following:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>Master-based planning, which is similar to master production
			 scheduling techniques.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>Order-based planning, which is similar to
			 material-requirements planning techniques.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>A combination of master-based planning and order-based
			 planning.</ListItem>
            </List>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>Plan items can be one of the following:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem>An actual manufactured or purchased item.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>A product family.</ListItem>
               <ListItem>A basic model, that is, a defined product variant of a
			 generic item.</ListItem>
            </List>
            <Paragraph>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.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="e.buy.from.bp" OtherIDs="e.buy.fr.bp.desc">
         <Header>
            <Title>Buy-from BP</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>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, delivery
		terms, and the related ship-from and invoice-from business partner.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="e.revision">
         <Header>
            <Title>Revision</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000457" role="glossary">revision</Link> of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000456" role="glossary">forecast</Link> sent to your supplier.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="e.supply.revision">
         <Header>
            <Title>Revision Confirmed Supply</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000457" role="glossary">revision</Link> of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000461" role="glossary">confirmed supply</Link> received from your supplier.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>For records of order type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/koor#conf.supply" role="option">Confirmed Supply</GUIRef>, the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#cpvmi005.csup" role="manual">Supply</GUIRef> field displays the confirmed supply of this
			 revision.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle> Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>To change this field from the current
			 revision to the previous revision and back, use the corresponding commands in
			 the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi003.sdad">
         <Header>
            <Title>Date Sent</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The date you sent the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000456" role="glossary">forecast</Link> to your supplier.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="e.supply.date">
         <Header>
            <Title>Receipt Date Confirmed Supply</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The date you received the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000461" role="glossary">confirmed supply</Link> from your supplier.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi003.appr">
         <Header>
            <Title>Accepted</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc> If this check box is selected, this revision of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000461" role="glossary">confirmed supply</Link> has been accepted. Before a confirmed supply revision has been
		  accepted, LN does not
		  take this confirmed supply into account.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>Changes in the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000500" role="glossary">terms and conditions agreement</Link> do not affect revisions already accepted.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title> Sent</Title>
         <FieldHelp ID="e.date">
            <Header>
               <Title>Date</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The date of the supply or demand.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="e.order.type">
            <Header>
               <Title>Order Type</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The type of order in this record. Examples of order types are <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/koor#aggr.demand" role="option">Forecast to Supplier</GUIRef> or <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/koor#conf.supply" role="option">Confirmed Supply</GUIRef>.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <List>
                  <ListIntro>The value of this field can be one of the following
				  order types:</ListIntro>
                  <ListItem> 
                     <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/koor#stock" role="option">Stock</GUIRef>
                  </ListItem>
                  <ListItem> 
                     <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/koor#exp.supply" role="option">Expected Supply</GUIRef>
                  </ListItem>
                  <ListItem> 
                     <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/koor#conf.supply" role="option">Confirmed Supply</GUIRef>
                  </ListItem>
                  <ListItem> 
                     <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/koor#aggr.demand" role="option">Forecast to Supplier</GUIRef>
                  </ListItem>
               </List>
            </SimpleSection>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi004.tfor">
            <Header>
               <Title>Total Forecast</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The total forecast.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>If the order type is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/koor#aggr.demand" role="option">Forecast to Supplier</GUIRef>, the total forecast is the sum of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000458" role="glossary">confirmed forecast</Link> and the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000459" role="glossary">unconfirmed forecast</Link>.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000474" role="manual">Confirmed forecast and unconfirmed forecast</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi004.cfor">
            <Header>
               <Title>Confirmed Forecast</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The part of the total forecast which the customer definitely
		expects to consume.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>If the customer sends the forecast by period to the supplier
		  that plans the supply, the customer can differentiate between confirmed and
		  unconfirmed forecast.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>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.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>See also <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000459" role="glossary">unconfirmed forecast</Link>.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000474" role="manual">Confirmed forecast and unconfirmed forecast</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi004.ufor">
            <Header>
               <Title>Unconfirmed Forecast</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>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.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>The sum of the confirmed forecast and the unconfirmed forecast
		  is the total forecast.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>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.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>See also <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000458" role="glossary">confirmed forecast</Link>.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000474" role="manual">Confirmed forecast and unconfirmed forecast</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi005.csup">
            <Header>
               <Title>Supply</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The supplied quantity.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>The origin of this data depends on the
				value of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#e.order.type" role="formfield">Order Type</Link> field.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="e.diff.tfor">
            <Header>
               <Title>Total Difference</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The total difference is an indication of the expected
			 inventory level. A negative value shows an anticipated inventory shortage. The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#e.diff.tfor" role="manual">Total Difference</GUIRef> field is a cumulative value, based on the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#cpvmi004.tfor" role="manual">Total Forecast</GUIRef> field and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#cpvmi005.csup" role="manual">Supply</GUIRef> field.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="e.diff.cfor">
            <Header>
               <Title>Confirmed Difference</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The confirmed difference is an indication of the expected
			 inventory level. A negative value shows an anticipated inventory shortage. The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#e.diff.cfor" role="manual">Confirmed Difference</GUIRef> field is a cumulative value,
			 based on the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#cpvmi004.cfor" role="manual">Confirmed Forecast</GUIRef> field and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#cpvmi005.csup" role="manual">Supply</GUIRef> field.</FuncDesc>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000474" role="manual">Confirmed forecast and unconfirmed forecast</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi004.mini">
            <Header>
               <Title>Minimum Inventory</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The minimum inventory, as agreed in the applicable terms and
			 definitions.</FuncDesc>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000476" role="manual">To work with minimum and maximum inventory</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi004.maxi">
            <Header>
               <Title>Maximum Inventory</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The maximum inventory, as agreed in the applicable terms and
			 definitions.</FuncDesc>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000476" role="manual">To work with minimum and maximum inventory</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="e.inventory.unit">
            <Header>
               <Title>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>
      </FieldGroup>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title> Planning Output</Title>
         <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi004.ptfo">
            <Header>
               <Title>Planning Total Forecast</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The value of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#cpvmi004.tfor" role="manual">Total Forecast</GUIRef> field originally calculated in the
			 planning run. The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#cpvmi004.tfor" role="manual">Total Forecast</GUIRef> field can be manually changed after
			 the calculation.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#cpvmi004.tfor" role="formfield">Total Forecast</Link>.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi004.pcfo">
            <Header>
               <Title>Planning Confirmed Forecast</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The value of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#cpvmi004.cfor" role="manual">Confirmed Forecast</GUIRef> field originally calculated in the
			 planning run. The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#cpvmi004.cfor" role="manual">Confirmed Forecast</GUIRef> field can be manually changed
			 after the calculation.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#cpvmi004.cfor" role="formfield">Confirmed Forecast</Link>.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="e.diff.ptfo">
            <Header>
               <Title>Planning Total Difference</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>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 <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#cpvmi004.ptfo" role="manual">Planning Total Forecast</GUIRef> field and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#cpvmi005.csup" role="manual">Supply</GUIRef> field.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="e.diff.pcfo">
            <Header>
               <Title>Planning Confirmed Difference</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>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 <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#cpvmi004.pcfo" role="manual">Planning Confirmed Forecast</GUIRef> field and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#cpvmi005.csup" role="manual">Supply</GUIRef> field.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
      </FieldGroup>
      <FieldHelp ID="e.spec.present">
         <Header>
            <Title>Specification</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc> If this check box is selected, a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000455" role="glossary">specification</Link> is present.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>To view the specification, on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu,
			 click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m000#cprrp0101s000" role="command">Specification</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="e.alloc.to.ref">
         <Header>
            <Title>Allocated to Reference</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc> If this check box is selected, a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000455" role="glossary">specification</Link> is present.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>To view the specification, on the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu,
			 click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#cprrp0501m000" role="command">Specification</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
   </Fields>
   <FormCommands>
      <CommandHelp ID="approve.revision">
         <Header>
            <Title>Accept Confirmed Supply</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Sets the revision to <Emphasis>accepted</Emphasis>.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="view.supply.curr.revision">
         <Header>
            <Title>View confirmed supply current revision</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Changes the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#e.supply.revision" role="manual">Revision Confirmed Supply</GUIRef> field to the current <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000457" role="glossary">revision</Link>. The current revision is displayed in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#e.revision" role="manual">Revision</GUIRef> field.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="view.supply.prev.revision">
         <Header>
            <Title>View confirmed supply previous revision</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Changes the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#e.supply.revision" role="manual">Revision Confirmed Supply</GUIRef> field to the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000457" role="glossary">revision</Link> that preceded the current revision. The current
		  revision is displayed in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0503m100#e.revision" role="manual">Revision</GUIRef> field.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>Use this command to view the situation based
			 on <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000461" role="glossary">confirmed supply</Link> values from the previous revision.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="cprrp0501m000">
         <Header>
            <Title>Specification</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Displays the selected record's <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000455" role="glossary">specification</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="cpvmi0403m100">
         <Header>
            <Title>Print Forecast by Revision to Supplier</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Starts the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0403m000" role="session">Print Forecast Revisions to Supplier (cpvmi0403m000)</GUIRef> session.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
   </FormCommands>
</Session>