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   <Header>
      <Title>Plan items in Enterprise Planning</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e163786">
         <Level1>Plan items</Level1>
         <Level2>Enterprise Planning</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>In Enterprise Planning,
		items are known as <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanItems_ti" role="glossary">plan items</Link>. Each item that is planned using Enterprise
		Planning must not only be defined as an item in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc" role="package">Common</GUIRef>, but also as a
		plan item in Enterprise Planning.</Paragraph>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>How to define plan items</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>When you define an
		  item in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc" role="package">Common</GUIRef>, in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0501m000" role="session">Items - General (tcibd0501m000)</GUIRef> session, you can specify its <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000003" role="glossary">order system</Link> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd2500m000" role="session">Items - Ordering (tcibd2500m000)</GUIRef> session. If the order system is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/osys#mps" role="option">Planned</GUIRef>, ERP Enterprise automatically starts
		  the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session, where you can define the
		  corresponding plan item.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>You can define default
		  data for plan items in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1110m000" role="session">Items - Planning Defaults (cprpd1110m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Cluster segment</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Depending on how
		  Enterprise Planning has been configured, a plan item can have an additional
		  item-code segment known as the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Cluster_tc" role="glossary">cluster</Link> segment. This
		  segment represents the geographical location of a plan item, and is used for
		  distribution planning. If the cluster segment is filled, the plan item is a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000054" role="glossary">clustered item</Link>; if it is
		  empty, the plan item is a <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000055" role="glossary">nonclustered item</Link>. The use
		  of cluster segments implies that an item can be represented by more than one
		  plan item (with different cluster segments, and possibly a nonclustered
		  counterpart).</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Through the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#specific" role="glossary">appropriate</Link> menu in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session, you can generate a range of clustered items
		  based on a particular plan item (for a range of clusters), or based on a
		  particular cluster (for a range of plan items). If you do this, Enterprise
		  Planning also copies the relevant plan item data.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Plan-item settings</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>The plan item's settings in the Items - Planning
			 (cprpd1100m000) session determine, among other things:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>Whether an <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000019" role="glossary">item master plan</Link> is
			 maintained for a plan item.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Which supply-planning
			 method is used ( <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000059" role="glossary">master planning</Link>, <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000060" role="glossary">order planning</Link>, or both.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Which <Link href="/baanerp/cp/onlinemanual/000037" role="manual" Update="No">types of ATP and CTP checks</Link> are applied.</ListItem>
         </List>
         <Paragraph>Enterprise Planning
		  also uses the following data, some of which is stored in Manufacturing, and
		  some of which in Enterprise Planning:</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListItem> 
               <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000081" role="glossary">Bills of critical materials</Link> (BCM)</ListItem>
            <ListItem> 
               <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#BillOfCritic_ti" role="glossary">Bills of critical capacities</Link> (BCC)</ListItem>
            <ListItem> 
               <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#BillOfMateri_ti" role="glossary">Bills of material</Link> (BOM)</ListItem>
            <ListItem> 
               <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#Routing_ti" role="glossary">Routings</Link>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem> 
               <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#PlanniBillOf_ti" role="glossary">Aggregation relationships</Link>
            </ListItem>
         </List>
         <Paragraph>You can maintain the
		  data related to the BOM and the routings in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/bom" role="module">Bill of Material</GUIRef> and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ti/rou" role="module">Routing</GUIRef> module of
		  Manufacturing. The bill of critical materials, the bill of critical capacities,
		  and aggregation relationships are maintained in Enterprise Planning.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
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