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   <Header>
      <Title>Multisite planning</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e206837">
         <Level1>multisite planning</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>In a supply chain
      involving multiple logistic <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000046" role="glossary">sites</Link>, there is a need for coordination between the
      planning activities of the various sites.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Multisite planning can involve several aspects, such as:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Aggregation of planning
        data, in a centralized or in a decentralized multisite environment.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Disaggregation of
        planning data, in a centralized or in a decentralized multisite environment.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Passing on requirements
        between sites</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Carrying out a planning
        run for multiple sites at once, in the right order</ListItem>
      </List>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Multisite aggregation and disaggregation</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If you want to be able
        to aggregate data from several sites, and/or disaggregate data from a central
        location to several sites, you can do this by defining <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanniBillOf_ti" role="glossary">aggregation relationships</Link>. You can define
        these aggregation relationships in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd3110m000" role="session">Aggregation Relationships (cprpd3110m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Decentralized multisite planning</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If you want
        requirements to be passed on between sites, you can apply decentralized
        multisite planning.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>In decentralized
        multisite planning, each site has its own planning runs, which are not
        coordinated centrally. Requirements are passed on between the various sites
        through the valid <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000005" role="glossary">supplying relationships</Link>.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Centralized multisite planning</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If you want to
        coordinate the planning runs at various sites, and make sure that these
        planning runs are carried out in the right order, you need to apply centralized
        multisite planning.</Paragraph>
         <Paragraph>In centralized
        multisite planning, you coordinate the planning from a multisite scenario that
        is located in a central site. This multisite scenario is linked to the
        corresponding local scenarios of each local site.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Instead of placing the
        multisite scenario in a separate central site, you can also define it in one of
        the local sites (in addition to the local scenario for that site).</Paragraph>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000044" role="manual">Scenarios in Enterprise Planning</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000018" role="manual">The use of decentralized multisite planning</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000019" role="manual">The use of centralized multisite planning</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000009" role="manual">Multisite aggregation</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>