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   <Header>
      <Title>Confirmed supply type</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e192665">
         <Level1>Confirmed supply</Level1>
         <Level2>confirmed supply type</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e192670">
         <Level1>VMI</Level1>
         <Level2>confirmed supply type</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>This topic contains the following information:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>How must the confirmed supply type of a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000461" role="glossary">confirmed-supply</Link> record be interpreted?</ListItem>
         <ListItem>How does ERP Enterprise determine the confirmed supply type?</ListItem>
      </List>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>If you are the supplier in a <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000469" role="glossary">vendor-managed-inventory (VMI)</Link> setup, ERP Enterprise can use the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000461" role="glossary">confirmed supply</Link> to plan the supply for a customer.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>You can view and modify the a confirmed-supply record's type in
		the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0108m000#cpvmi008.csty" role="manual">Confirmed Supply Type</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0108m000" role="session">Confirmed Supply to Customer (cpvmi0108m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Allowed values</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>A confirmed-supply record's type determines how that confirmed
		  supply is handled:</ListIntro>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.sup.type#stock" role="option">Stock</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Supply of type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.sup.type#stock" role="option">Stock</GUIRef> is already present at the customer; so, you do not
		  need to generate <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000049" role="glossary">planned distribution orders</Link> to deliver the supply.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.sup.type#immediate" role="option">Immediate</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>Supply of type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.sup.type#immediate" role="option">Immediate</GUIRef> is used to increase the inventory level to at
			 least the agreed minimum inventory level.</Paragraph>
            <Paragraph>
               <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000049" role="glossary">Planned distribution orders</Link> that result
			 from this confirmed supply can be immediately transferred to the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000027" role="glossary">execution level</Link>.</Paragraph>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.sup.type#to.release" role="option">To Release</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>If planned distribution orders are based on confirmed supply of
		  type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.sup.type#to.release" role="option">To Release</GUIRef>, these orders get the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1100m000#cprrp100.ordr" role="manual">Order Release</GUIRef> field set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rrp.ordr#release" role="option">To be released</GUIRef>. These planned orders can be immediately transferred to the
		  execution level.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.sup.type#planned" role="option">Planned</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>If planned distribution orders are based on confirmed supply of
		  type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.sup.type#planned" role="option">Planned</GUIRef>, these orders get the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1100m000#cprrp100.ordr" role="manual">Order Release</GUIRef> field set to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rrp.ordr#no.release" role="option">Not to be released</GUIRef>. These planned orders cannot be transferred to the execution
		  level until the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1100m000#cprrp100.ordr" role="manual">Order Release</GUIRef> field is changed to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/rrp.ordr#release" role="option">To be released</GUIRef> in a later planning run or manually.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.sup.type#released" role="option">Released</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>If a confirmed-supply record has confirmed supply type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/domains/vmi.sup.type#released" role="option">Released</GUIRef>, the confirmed supply has already been covered by
		  an actual order. This actual order corresponds with a scheduled receipt for the
		  customer's warehouse.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If you transfer a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000049" role="glossary">planned distribution order</Link> to the execution level, the
		  planned order results in a <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000388" role="glossary">warehousing order</Link> with <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000004" role="glossary">inventory transaction type</Link> 
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/domains/inh.ittp#transfer" role="option">Transfer</GUIRef>. Theoretically, a planned distribution order can
		  also be transferred to a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#SalesOrder_td" role="glossary">sales order</Link>, but that is not useful in a
		  vendor-managed-inventory (VMI) setup.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>How the confirmed supply type is determined</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>The confirmed supply type depends on the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/trm/tctrm1135m000#tctrm135.rpbo" role="manual">Replenishment Based On</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/trm/tctrm1135m000" role="session">Planning Terms and Conditions (tctrm1135m000)</GUIRef> and the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1100m000#cprrp100.ordr" role="formfield">Order Release</Link> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rrp/cprrp1100m000" role="session">Planned Orders (cprrp1100m000)</GUIRef> session.</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/000491" role="manual">Confirmed supply (VMI)</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>