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<Session ID="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi1211m000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Generate Planned Supply based on Forecast (cpvmi1211m000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to carry out an <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000060" role="glossary">order-planning</Link> based on the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000456" role="glossary">forecast</Link> received from your customer.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <Paragraph>This session functions almost exactly like the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1210m000" role="session">Generate Order Planning (cprrp1210m000)</Link> session. Instead
		  of regular demand data, this session uses the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000456" role="glossary">forecast</Link> you received from your customer. The session
		  plans only the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanItems_ti" role="glossary">plan items</Link> for which the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.vmir" role="manual">VMI Role</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.role#supplier" role="option">Supplier</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>To base the planned supply only on the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000458" role="glossary">confirmed</Link> part of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000456" role="glossary">forecast</Link>, set the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/trm/tctrm1135m000#tctrm135.csbo" role="manual">Confirmed Supply Based On</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/trm/tctrm1135m000" role="session">Planning Terms and Conditions (tctrm1135m000)</GUIRef> session to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/csbo#cnfirm.forecast" role="option">Confirmed Forecast</GUIRef>.</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/000472" role="manual">To perform the supply planning for your customer - Procedure</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.current.plnc" OtherIDs="f.current.dsca">
         <Header>
            <Title>Scenario</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000007" role="glossary">scenario</Link> for which you want
		  to generate <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000050" role="glossary">planned orders</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.plvl">
         <Header>
            <Title>Plan Level</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The level within a hierarchical planning structure.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>When you plan on a higher plan level, plans are general and
		  less detailed.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <ExampleSection>
            <SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
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                         alt="[...]"/>
            </Figure>
            <Paragraph>Plan level 1 is the highest plan level; the higher the
		  number, the lower the plan level.</Paragraph>
         </ExampleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="plni.f" OtherIDs="plni.t">
         <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="plid.f" OtherIDs="plid.t">
         <Header>
            <Title>Planner ID</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000018" role="glossary">planner</Link> that is entered for the item in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.plid" role="manual">Planner</GUIRef> field of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.net.change.run">
         <Header>
            <Title>Run a Net Change Planning</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, LN carries out a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000078" role="glossary">net-change simulation</Link>.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>For details, refer to the Help of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1210m000#f.net.change.run" role="formfield">Run a Net Change Planning</Link> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1210m000" role="session">Generate Order Planning (cprrp1210m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.remove.fipl">
         <Header>
            <Title>Remove Firm Planned Orders</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, LN erases all previously generated planned
		  orders with the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rrp.osta#firmplanned" role="option">Firm Planned</GUIRef> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000051" role="glossary">order status</Link>, before it
		  starts a new simulation procedure.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>For details, refer to the Help of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1210m000#f.remove.fipl" role="formfield">Remove Firm Planned Orders</Link> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1210m000" role="session">Generate Order Planning (cprrp1210m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.parallel">
         <Header>
            <Title>Parallel Processing</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, LN distributes the calculations over multiple
		  bshells, to improve performance.</FuncDesc>
         <RelatedTopics>
            <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
            <RelTopic>
               <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000201" role="manual">RRP run, Parallel Processing</Link>
            </RelTopic>
         </RelatedTopics>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.run.top.down">
         <Header>
            <Title>Use Top-Down Item Selection</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc> If this check box is selected, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp" role="package">Enterprise Planning</GUIRef> extends the item selection and
		  also takes into account the multi-level structure of the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#BillOfMateri_ti" role="glossary"
                  Update="No">bill of material (BOM)</Link>, <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000005" role="glossary" Update="No">supplying relationships</Link>, and the relations
		  that exist between <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#GeneriItem_ti" role="glossary" Update="No">generic items</Link> and the possible <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ProducVarian_td" role="glossary"
                  Update="No">product variants</Link>.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>For details, refer to the Help of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1210m000#f.run.top.down" role="formfield">Use Top-Down Item Selection</Link> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1210m000" role="session">Generate Order Planning (cprrp1210m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.online.upd.atp">
         <Header>
            <Title>Online Update Item Master Plan</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, LN updates the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000019" role="glossary">item master plan</Link> of all simulated items online.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>For details, refer to the Help of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1210m000#f.online.upd.atp" role="formfield">Online Update Item Master Plan</Link> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1210m000" role="session">Generate Order Planning (cprrp1210m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.rep.sign">
         <Header>
            <Title>Send Signals to Report</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, LN prints an overview of the generated
		  signals in a report. You can also send the report to the display browser for a
		  quick overview of the planning problems.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>For details, refer to the Help of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1210m000#f.rep.sign" role="formfield">Send Signals to Report</Link> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1210m000" role="session">Generate Order Planning (cprrp1210m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.sign.plid" OtherIDs="f.planner.name">
         <Header>
            <Title>Planning Signals to Planner</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The employee to whom LN assigns all generated signals.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
   </Fields>
   <FormCommands>
      <CommandHelp ID="exec.cont.process">
         <Header>
            <Title>Generate</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Starts generating planned orders.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
   </FormCommands>
</Session>