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<Session ID="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0531s000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Item Supplier Plan - Find (cpvmi0531s000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to specify the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000007" role="glossary">scenario</Link>, <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanItems_ti" role="glossary">plan item</Link>, <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000466" role="glossary">VMI supplier</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000465" role="glossary" Update="No">VMI requirement type</Link> for which you want to
		  display the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000464" role="glossary" Update="No">item-business-partner plan</Link> and then start the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0530m000" role="session">Item Supplier Plan (cpvmi0530m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <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="f.scenario" OtherIDs="f.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 ERP Enterprise.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <RelatedTopics>
            <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
            <RelTopic>
               <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000044" role="manual">Scenarios in Enterprise Planning</Link>
            </RelTopic>
         </RelatedTopics>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.plan.item">
         <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>
         <AllowedValues>
            <SectionTitle>Allowed values</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>You must select a plan item for which the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.vmir" role="manual">VMI Relation</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session has the value <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.role#customer" role="option">Customer</GUIRef>. If you zoom from this field, only the applicable
			 plan items will be displayed.</Paragraph>
         </AllowedValues>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.buy.from.bp" OtherIDs="f.buy.from.bp.nam">
         <Header>
            <Title>Buy-from Business Partner</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>
         <AllowedValues>
            <SectionTitle>Allowed values</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>You must select a business partner that is a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000466" role="glossary">VMI supplier</Link> for the plan item. A business partner is a
			 VMI supplier for an item if an applicable <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000500" role="glossary">terms and conditions agreement</Link> of type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/trm.trtp#purchase" role="option">Purchase</GUIRef> exists. If you zoom on this field, only the
			 applicable business partners will be displayed.</Paragraph>
         </AllowedValues>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>At any one moment in time, no more than one supplier can be
			 the valid VMI supplier for a plan item.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.requ.type">
         <Header>
            <Title>Requirement Type</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000465" role="glossary">VMI requirement type</Link>.</FuncDesc>
         <SimpleSection>
            <Paragraph>For more information, refer to the Help of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0530m000" role="session">Item Supplier Plan (cpvmi0530m000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
         </SimpleSection>
         <AllowedValues>
            <SectionTitle>Allowed values</SectionTitle>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>The <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000465" role="glossary">VMI requirement type</Link> can have one of the following
				values:</ListIntro>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.req.type#actual.demand" role="option">Actual and Planned Demand</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>The item-business-partner plan is based upon the actual
				demand data and planned demand data that you generated in the order-planning
				process.</ListItem>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.req.type#calc.forecast" role="option">Calculated Forecast to Supplier</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>The item-business-partner plan is based upon the demand
				data from the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000456" role="glossary">forecast</Link> that you have calculated in the most recent
				order-planning run. (This calculated forecast may or may not yet have been sent
				to your supplier).</ListItem>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.req.type#sent.forecast" role="option">Sent Forecast to Supplier</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>The item-business-partner plan is based upon the demand
				data from the most recent <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. (After ERP Enterprise calculates the
				forecast, you can modify the forecast before you send the forecast to your
				customer).</ListItem>
            </List>
         </AllowedValues>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.start.date">
         <Header>
            <Title>Start Date</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The start date of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000464" role="glossary">item-business-partner plan</Link>. ERP Enterprise uses this date as
		  the date for the first transaction displayed in the item-business-partner plan.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.filter.records">
         <Header>
            <Title>Hide 'Empty' Periods</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, the empty periods are
		  hidden when the results are displayed in the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000464" role="glossary">item-business-partner plan</Link>. An empty period is a period
		  without any demand or supply.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
   </Fields>
</Session>