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   <Header>
      <Title>Function: Master planning</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2263057">
         <Level1>Master planning</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>This function is used to perform end item planning. The master
		plan shows more than volumes and dates. A detailed plan is available in which
		the origin of orders can be detected and analyzed. The master plan is an
		overall production plan, which contains a company's logistic targets with
		respect to sales, production, and inventory. In this function, you can create a
		master plan, based on a demand plan generated by demand management or supply
		chain planning. Master planning looks at the critical capacities while taking a
		fixed lead-time offset into account. You can use the resulting master plan as
		input for order planning.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Process: Master planning (code: MPL01a)</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>The order and master plan will be generated, but first the
		supply plan will be reviewed. Before the master plan is generated, you might
		first be required to update, roll, or change the scenario. If sales channels
		are used to define the demand forecast, you must first aggregate the channel
		plans to item plans. If a multisite scenario is in place, you can first
		disaggregate the demand to the local sites.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>If a simulation of the master plan is created, this demand will
		be analyzed. If adjustments are required, you can take corrective actions
		towards the original setup, and the master-planning run will be carried out
		again until the master planning is suitable. After finalization, the production
		plan will be transferred to production orders, or the master plan will be moved
		to firm planned orders.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Assumptions:</GUIRef>
         </ListIntro>
         <ListItem>This process is applicable to all production and distribution
		  environments, although the project functionality of ERP Enterprise will handle
		  designed project solutions.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Analysis of critical materials is only performed in master
		  planning and not in order planning because this activity usually occurs on
		  end-product level. Master planning is most often used for long-term
		  planning.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">IT support:</GUIRef>
         </ListIntro>
         <ListItem>ERP Enterprise Planning</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>