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<Session ID="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0532s000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>VMI Buy-From Business Partners (cpvmi0532s000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph>Use this session to display a list of
		  relevant <Link href="/baanerp/cp/glossary/glossary#000466" role="glossary">VMI suppliers</Link> for the plan item you selected in the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0531s000" role="session">Item Supplier Plan - Find (cpvmi0531s000)</Link> session.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <Paragraph>You can start this session only by zooming from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0531s000#f.buy.from.bp" role="manual">Buy-from Business Partner</GUIRef> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/vmi/cpvmi0531s000" role="session">Item Supplier Plan - Find (cpvmi0531s000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <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>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.warehouse">
         <Header>
            <Title>Default Warehouse</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The value of the <Link href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000#cprpd100.cwar" role="formfield">Default Warehouse</Link> field in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/cp/rpd/cprpd1100m000" role="session">Items - Planning (cprpd1100m000)</GUIRef> session.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.bp.id" OtherIDs="f.bp.description">
         <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>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.bp.search.key">
         <Header>
            <Title>Search Argument</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#SearchArgume_td" role="glossary">search argument</Link> for the business partner.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.effective.date">
         <Header>
            <Title>Effective Date Terms and Conditions</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The date on which the relevant <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000505" role="glossary">terms and conditions line</Link> for this business partner has
		  become effective.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
      <FieldHelp ID="f.expiry.date">
         <Header>
            <Title>Expiry Date   Terms and Conditions</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>The date on which the relevant <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000505" role="glossary">terms and conditions line</Link> for this business partner will
		  no longer be effective.</FuncDesc>
      </FieldHelp>
   </Fields>
   <FormCommands>
      <CommandHelp ID="tccom4120s000">
         <Header>
            <Title>Buy-from Business Partner</Title>
         </Header>
         <FuncDesc>No Help topic is associated with this item.</FuncDesc>
      </CommandHelp>
   </FormCommands>
</Session>