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<Session ID="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0102m000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Forecast to Supplier (cpvmi0102m000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to prepare the forecast
		  data that you intend to send to your supplier (or <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#BuyfroBusine_tc" role="glossary">buy-from business partner</Link>).</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000470" role="manual">Supply planning by supplier</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi002.plnc" OtherIDs="e.scenario.desc">
         <Header>
            <Title>Scenario</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The identification of an overall planning solution.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>Each scenario represents one overall planning solution, and
		  involves particular settings for the planning of items and resources. You can
		  use scenarios to analyze and compare various planning options and to find the
		  best planning solution. For example, you can vary demand forecasts or sourcing
		  strategies.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>One of the scenarios is the actual scenario, which
		  corresponds with the actual planning situation. You can only transfer planned
		  orders and production plans from the actual scenario to the execution level of LN.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi002.plni" 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="cpvmi002.otbp" OtherIDs="e.buy.fr.bp.desc">
         <Header>
            <Title>Buy-from BP</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#BuyfroBusine_tc" role="glossary">buy-from business partner</Link> for which you
		  prepare the forecast data.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="e.inventory.unit">
         <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="e.approved">
         <Header>
            <Title>Approved for Sending</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, this revision has been
		  approved. Before a revision has been approved you cannot send it to the
		  supplier.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>You can only approve a revision if the revision's scenario
			 is the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000093" role="glossary">actual scenario</Link>.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>If you repeat the order planning before you approved a
			 revision, LN overwrites
			 the forecast values.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>Changes in the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000500" role="glossary">terms and conditions agreement</Link> do not affect revisions
			 already approved.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi002.sdat">
         <Header>
            <Title>Start Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The start date of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000463" role="glossary">aggregation period</Link>.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>The end date and time of the aggregation period is defined
			 as one second before the start date and time of the next aggregation period.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="e.start.time">
         <Header>
            <Title>Time</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The start time of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000463" role="glossary">aggregation period</Link>.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>The end date and time of the aggregation period is defined
			 as one second before the start date and time of the next aggregation period.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi002.tdem">
         <Header>
            <Title>Total Forecast</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The total of <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000458" role="glossary">confirmed forecast</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000459" role="glossary">unconfirmed forecast</Link> in this period, as communicated to
		  the supplier.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi002.cdem">
         <Header>
            <Title>Confirmed Forecast</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000458" role="glossary">confirmed forecast</Link>, as communicated to the supplier.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi002.udem">
         <Header>
            <Title>Unconfirmed Forecast</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000459" role="glossary">unconfirmed forecast</Link>, as communicated to the
		  supplier</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="e.min.inv">
         <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="e.max.inv">
         <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="cpvmi002.otde">
         <Header>
            <Title>Planning Total Forecast</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The total of <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000458" role="glossary">confirmed forecast</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000459" role="glossary">unconfirmed forecast</Link> in this period, as calculated in the
		  most recent planning run.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="cpvmi002.ocde">
         <Header>
            <Title>Planning Confirmed Forecast</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000458" role="glossary">confirmed forecast</Link> in this period, as calculated in the
		  most recent planning run.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="e.unconfirmed.dem">
         <Header>
            <Title>Planning Unconfirmed Forecast</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000459" role="glossary">unconfirmed forecast</Link> in this period, as calculated in the
		  most recent planning run.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title>Specification</Title>
         <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 display the specification, in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual" Update="No">appropriate</GUIRef> menu, click <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0102m000#cprrp0101s000" role="manual">Specification</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000460" role="manual">Allocation and hard pegging overview</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="e.alloc.to.ref">
            <Header>
               <Title>Allocated to Reference</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The supply that fills this demand must have been <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000450" role="glossary">allocated</Link> or <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000451" role="glossary">hard pegged</Link> to the reference code displayed in this
			 field.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <Paragraph>LN uses this characteristic to find a matching supply for this demand.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>LN uses the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0102m000#e.alloc.to.ref" role="manual">Allocated to Reference</GUIRef> field to record an internal
				reference.</Paragraph>
               <Paragraph>If related parts follow different routings, such as if
				some of the parts are transported to a subcontractor to be returned later, you
				can use a reference code to keep the parts linked together.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000460" role="manual">Allocation and hard pegging overview</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
      </FieldGroup>
   </Fields>
   <FormCommands>
      <CommandHelp ID="cpvmi0402m000">
         <Header>
            <Title>Print Forecast to Supplier</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Starts the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0402m000" role="session">Print Forecast to Supplier (cpvmi0402m000)</GUIRef> session.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="set.approved">
         <Header>
            <Title>Set Approved for Sending</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Approves the forecast for transfer to the supplier.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="reset.approved">
         <Header>
            <Title>Reset Approved for Sending</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Cancels the approval to transfer the forecast to the supplier.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="send.forecast.to.supplier">
         <Header>
            <Title>Send</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Sends the forecast to the supplier.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
      <CommandHelp ID="cprrp0101s000">
         <Header>
            <Title>Specification</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>Displays the selected record's <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000455" role="glossary">specification</Link>.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
   </FormCommands>
</Session>